Keith Gerchak

When Mike discovers that Brick is a spelling wiz and won the school spelling bee, he puts all of his efforts into training him to, win the regional bee, which could ultimately lead to competing in the Scripps Spelling Bee. But as the family gets set for their, road trip to Chicago for the regional bee, Frankie and Mike are horrified when they realize they forgot one thing - Sue's birthday.

Sue is determined to win herself a car and enters Ehlert Motors ‘Hands on a Hard Body’ contest, in which the last person whose hands never leave the car wins. Meanwhile, Mike and his perpetually down-on-his-luck brother Rusty (guest star NORM MACDONALD) find time to bond again when they take a road trip to Chicago with Brick to attend his Spelling Bee; and Frankie has to travel to Axl's college dorm to help him locate a missing desk or risk losing her $200 deposit.

Several characters deal with change.