Jen Ray

Richard arranges a surprise interview for Rory with the dean of admissions at Yale University.

After Brick's teachers tell his parents that he's socially challenged, Mike tries to help Brick make friends; while Frankie needs her son's coveted football jersey.

Frankie vows to make her kids stop fighting with each other and interact as a loving family, while Mike contemplates firing Aunt Edie after she makes a costly mistake.

Against Mike's wishes, Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at their house. And Sue calls on Reverend TimTom to explain the meaning of Christmas to a questioning Brick.

Frankie convinces Mike and the kids that the Heck family should host a foreign exchange student from Japan to expose him to life in an average American family.

Frankie and Mike decide it's time to regain control over their lives and the Heck household after years of being at their kids' beck and call.