Burbank, CA Joe puts his foot down on parenting Dani, but Mel - wanting to be the "cool" stepmom - lets Dani break the rules.

It's Ryder's 18th birthday, and the family gathers to video chat with him, but the computer crashes before they get a chance to talk. Joe insists he can fix it, but Mel is afraid they'll run out of time, so she secretly hires a Jiffy Nerd computer technician behind Joe's back.