18 To Life

During a game of truth-or-dare, 18-year-old Tom proposes to Jessie, the girl next door.

With newlyweds Tom and Jessie waking in separate beds, it's clear they need their own pad. Luckily Tom's dad has a plan - the recently abandoned granny suite in the attic. But the suite has a price, which Tom and Jessie discover includes an unfortunate granny smell and constant interruptions in the bedroom.

When Monica pays a visit to Tom and Jessie's new attic apartment, she's appalled by their crappy appliances and hand-me-down fry pans. It's time the newlyweds capitalize on the free gift grab known as a "bridal shower." Jessie agrees, since it might create an opportunity to bond with her mother-in-law. But bonding with Judith doesn't go as planned.

Tom's starting to feel a little emasculated - his ill-advised attempts to get everyone to say "Tom and Jessie" instead of "Jessie and Tom" are failing, and the pussy-whip jokes from Carter are wearing thin. No way around it, it's time he gets a driver's license.

Tom and Jessie receive a belated wedding gift from Tom's Uncle - a cheque for three thousand dollars. After considering blowing it on a flat screen TV, Jessie decides instead to open a joint bank account. Tom encourages the idea, buying into the adage "what's mine is yours." But he soon discovers it's all "mine" and no "yours," given that virtually all their shared assets come from him.

Ben is thrown into an unexplained panic when Judith invites a rabbi to dinner.