While Gene is in Japan filming a monster movie Shannon and Tracy go antiquing and buy a piece of furniture that sends them on a search for its original owner.

Nick's band hits a roadblock when all of their gear is stolen moments before their debut gig. Meanwhile Shannon convinces Gene to be social and attend a dinner party that unknowingly has another agenda.

Gene travels to Nashville as a favor to KISS' manager and takes a promising but bickering country band under his wing.

When Gene finds himself with a week of nothing to do the family gets a sense of what it would be like if he didn't work so much and hatches a plan to show him their appreciation.

While Shannon recovers from her roller derby accident Gene continues to handle the day-to-day household chores, and Nick entertains a friend and his "cougar" mother from out of town.

Gene becomes the homemaker and Shannon the breadwinner when the kids convince Shannon to return to acting after she is offered a role in a new Roller Derby exploitation film.

The Simmons-Tweed household is turned upside down when a foreign exchange student visits Sophie and Nick gets his own apartment for the summer with a difficult landlord.

Like father, like son. Gene and Nick are both caught in embarrassing situations they must hide from Shannon.

When his nephews' dog passes away Gene lends them Snippy to help cheer them up and quickly realizes he needs to find them a new pet before they get too attached.

Shannon and Tracy spend a weekend at a Wine Country Vineyard in order to placate a big time investor Gene does not want to offend. Meanwhile, Nick must stay up for 48 hours to finish a missed deadline for his comic book.

Seeking more "family time," Shannon guilts the family into throwing a 70's-themed "Murder Mystery Party.

Sophie and Gene both have interesting evenings when she puts a cheating boy through the wringer and he volunteers a depressed Carrot Top to crash a Vegas bachelorette party.

When Shannon falls ill it is up to Gene to keep an eye on Sophie and her 5 hyper friends, fend off a horde of horny boys trying to crash the party and track down one bad girl who sneaks out for a little rendezvous.

While Gene rings the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and spreads the word about investing in America, Shannon does some spending of her own when she gets addicted to late night infomercials.

When Gene and Shannon hit New Jersey to be Godfather to a friend's newborn grandson Shannon inadvertently starts a feminist uprising amongst the subservient wives when she refuses to fall into line with tradition.

Gene visits his mom on Long Island only to learn she has volunteered him to host a fundraiser for the local fire department...and train with them.

Nick learns the blues first hand when an innocent business trip with Dad results in him taking the stage on the spot where the legendary Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil 100 years before.

Nothing is too good for Gene's little girl when he takes what starts as a simple birthday celebration and, against Sophie's wishes, attempts to turn it into the Sweet Sixteen of the Century.