Envious of not being considered "the cool house" where kids like to hang out, Greg and Em encourage Sophie to have her friends over, promising not to embarrass her.

When Brad announces his plans to propose to his new flame Nadia, Greg and Em seize the opportunity to right the wrongs of their own botched proposal seventeen years earlier.

Greg hatches a plan to earn funds for the family holiday by selling the mighty TurboMax mixer; Em juggles having Chloe at work for the day.

When Em's pompous father and stepmother come over for a family BBQ, Greg attempts to ask them for money while Em stokes the fires of familial conflict to generate material for her book.

Greg's task is to wait at home for the NBN technician, but he is tempted away from his post by a once-in-a-lifetime Aldi special buy; his absence means that all the family's problems fall in Em's lap.

After a sobering cyber-safety information night, Greg and Em decide to install a secret surveillance app on Sophie's phone and are shocked to discover her sexting with a boy from school.