Instant Mom

Stephanie feels unneeded when all of the kids have their own plans and ditch her on Halloween. Meanwhile, Charlie tries to maintain his perfect rating as the best house in the neighborhood.

Aaron gets in trouble after calling his teacher "Doofus", a nickname he learned from Stephanie who knew his teacher years ago. Meanwhile, James tries to get out of history homework by making his teacher and Charlie new friends.

James gets recruited by a professional video gaming team, but finds out that his dream isn't all it's cracked up to be, so Stephanie and Charlie go to great lengths to get him out of his contract.

In order to help Aaron with his fear of the dentist, Stephanie agrees to get checked out as well, despite being afraid herself. When she discovers their new dentist is someone from her past, she becomes even more scared.

James becomes part of the popular crowd when he is mistaken for a bad boy. When Stephanie lectures him on doing the right thing and tattling on one of his new friends, James is conflicted.

Stephanie and Charlie plan a kid-free weekend in New York, only to find that Aaron has stowed away in their car. Meanwhile, both James and Gabby have plans for what to do with the empty house while their parents are away.

When Stephanie's new company gets evicted from their office and James does not get the MVP of his basketball team, she signs them both up for a bike race to prove that hard work pays off, but she gets carried away trying to win.

Stephanie pretends there are no plans for Gabby's sixteenth birthday while she secretly plans a surprise party, but when she trusts Maggie with the invitations, things take an unexpected turn.

After Aaron describes Stephanie as a "yelly monster" when she is trying to get the family ready in the morning, Stephanie tries to do better, but things go from crazy to crazier.

Stephanie's neighbor, Eunice, is able to get Gabby, James, and Aaron to do all the things that Stephanie cannot get them to do by using the "mom pyramid", but Stephanie worries what it may be doing to her kids.