Sam Kindseth

Beverly plans a birthday sleepover for Adam, but things go awry when a friend brings his dad's home-brewed beer and gets everyone sick. Meanwhile, Murray promises Erica and Barry a new CD player on the condition that they write the greatest song ever.

Murray takes Erica's car privileges away, which leads her to retaliate by going halfsies with Barry on a shabby used black van that they end up living in much to the despair of Beverly. Meanwhile, Adam doesn't take kindly to being voted "nicest guy" in the school yearbook

Adam rallies his nerd pals to fight back against Mellor’s school yard pick system for gym. Mellor chooses Adam as a Captain – and the power goes to Adam’s head; he also picks the best athletes – even after Dave Kim chooses “Dungeons & Dragons” as the next team sport. Adam must train his doltish classmates to win at the game. Erica is surprised when Bev sparks to an out of state college tour; Murray turns the tables and forbids his daughter from leaving town; Erica then shares that she is not ready to leave the nest/town – at this time.

Beverly arranges for Adam's teacher to tutor him in Spanish, a class she can't believe he's failing; at the same time, Barry gets a job delivering pizzas to impress Murray, but meanwhile, Erica is upset that her father hasn't acknowledged the fact that she has been working throughout her teen years.

As Adam (Sean Giambrone) goes to great lengths to avoid swimming at school, jealousy prompts Barry (Troy Gentile) to undermine Erica’s (Hayley Orrantia) effort to make the world a better place.