Tyler asks Becca to go to the prom; Paige auditions for a play; Libby reconnects with an old flame.

Libby cooks up a great ad for a line of diet frozen foods. Elsewhere, Corky and Zoe play Sherlock Holmes and snoop into Tyler's furtive behavior.

Corky befriends an older man with Down Syndrome who leads the kind of life Corky would like to live.

Drew finds himself having doubts about the restaurant and turns to conversations with his late grandfather for advice.

Drew confronts his feelings about him and Libby having another child. Meanwhile, Becca makes a muck over an athlete's unearned grades--only to muddy herself.

Corky gets lost and wanders around the mean streets of Chicago leaving Becca and a newly single Tyler to spend a rainy, frustrated evening driving around Chicago looking for him.

Becca does a double flip over her gymnastics coach and so does Gina as she goes head over heels for a handyman who is several years her junior.

Becca organizes a '60s-style protest in support of a record store owner arrested for selling allegedly obscene material. She begins having nightmares of "Thought Police" (censorship cops) storming through Glen Brook.

Gina despairs when nothing she does is right in the eye of her mother, and Corky despairs when his special-ed substitute suddenly takes leave.

Cupid is shooting arrows at almost everyone: Hans gets a crush on a widowed lady; Paige's motorcycle man revving back to her; Becca hopping for her lab partner; and Jerry developing a crush on Gina.

Corky resolves to enter a 50k bike race despite his father's objections, and makes friends with another biker who is epileptic. Sadly, his happiness turns to heartbreak when his brand-new bicycle gets stolen.

A fun-loving old buddy brightens up Drew's life, but the man has a shady side. Meanwhile, Becca and Zoe squabble over room sharing.

Tension between Becca and Drew isn't helped by the arrival of Libby's sister Gina and niece Zoe. Unfortunately, an even greater strife between the sisters lands Libby in the hospital.

Corky pictures the family at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving; Drew, who opens the restaurant for the holiday, meets an old classmate who is homeless.

Becca and Maxie have high hopes of getting in with the "mature" crowd which brings their friendship to a low. Elsewhere, Corky and Drew become heroes to a choking woman; only to get Drew slapped with a $25,000 lawsuit.

Libby is forced to take care of everything when Becca, Drew, and Corky all come down with chicken pox. During her illness, Becca draws even closer to Tyler who has broken up with Rona again.

Halloween scares up bad times for all: Libby and Drew at a party; Corky at the school masquerade; and Becca at home alone.

Drew gets funding from Farmer Jack for a new banquet room for the restaurant on the condition that Drew use his son Teddy as a worker. However, this results in jealousy from Corky who tries to help but causes more damage than good.

Becca becomes manager of Tyler's band and sets up a gig at the opening of a new mall with a prerequisite of a female singer. Also, Libby is offered a chance to leave the restaurant and return to her old high-pressure, but higher-paying job.

Libby discovers she's expecting again, and the family find themselves fearing the consequences of a pregnancy at her age.

After a few snafus, everything is going swimmingly for the Thatchers on their Hawaiian vacation with Corky riding with the dolphins and Becca falling for a surfer.

Corky wins a church raffle prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii for the family. But his plans to give Libby and Drew a second honeymoon soon become plagued with many problems.