Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.
Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.
Season 1 episodes
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In a desperate grab for attention, Lily makes out with the nerdish next-door neighbor, Brad O'Keefe, in his car; when Sean catches them, he responds in a rather unorthodox way--by throwing fried chicken at the windshield. Meanwhile, Walt babysits Jimmy and Henry and teaches them how to dig a hole; and Eddie tries to hook up illegal cable so he and Sean can watch softcore porn.
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Directed by Gary HalvorsonWritten by Bonnie KallmanGuest stars Bret Harrison, Sabrina Bertaccini, Floyd Van Buskirk
Sean inadvertently finds a fake ID in Lily's bedroom. Sean and Claudia confront their daughter about her rebellious behavior, but they get few answers. They decide to hack into her e-mail to find out more about Lily's trouble-making friends. While they are checking, an e-mail comes in from a ""SweetandNastee."" Sean responds, pretending to be Lily. SweetandNastee gives Sean an address to a rave party in Yonkers. Sean and Eddie go to the address which turns out to be a dry cleaners. Convinced the rave is really at the dry cleaners, Sean and Eddie try to gain access to the party but end up getting beaten up by the dry cleaners' owner. Back at home, Sean and Claudia confront Lily, but she slams them for invading her privacy. Turns out she knew they broke into her e-mail account because she was online at a friend's house when she saw her name logged in. Lily made up the rave to teach her folks a lesson about snooping.
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Directed by Paul LazarusWritten by Brad CopelandGuest stars Shannon Woodward, Vic Polizos, Stu Levin
Jimmy’s science project is late, because his parents made him go with them to a Ramones’ concert. When Sean pleads Jimmy’s case with the principal, he only succeeds in getting Jimmy thrown out of school.
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Directed by Ken KwapisWritten by Bill Martin, Mike SchiffGuest stars Miriam Flynn, Dan Martin, Oscar Nuñez
Jimmy's claim of demonic possession and Lily's skirt length prompt Sean's perceived battle with school head Sister Helen
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Directed by Craig ZiskWritten by Tom Purcell, Tyrone FinchGuest stars Bret Harrison, Miriam Flynn, David DeLuise, 50 Cent, Carol Kiernan, Meredith Morton, Christine Weatherup
Lily's trip to an amusement park with a group of her friends backfires when she calls Sean to pick her up. He doesn't like what he sees, and when he realizes HE was the one called because everyone thought he would go easy on them, he proceeds to get them all in trouble by telling their parents.
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Directed by John WhitesellWritten by Bill Martin, Mike SchiffGuest stars Chachi Pittman, Anastasia Emmons, Adam Brody, Lee Arenberg, Lukas Behnken, Eddie Karr, J.B. Gaynor, Stefan Umstead
Lily freaks out when Sean says they can't afford to send her on a ski trip with her classmates. But things get worse when she learns that Sean inherited some money and spent it on a guitar for himself.
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Directed by Ken KwapisWritten by Tom PurcellGuest stars Hal Ozsan, Raymond O'Keefe, Michael Malarkey, Eddie Karr, J.B. Gaynor, Sara Williams, Timmy Fitzpatrick, Alyssah Hernandez
Claudia is looking forward to a trip to New Jersey to try to bond with Lily. However, things go from bad to worse when Claudia tells popular cheerleaders from Lily's school that her daughter is still a virgin. Lily takes off, leaving Claudia stuck - with no daughter, no luggage, and no clothes.
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Directed by Dennie GordonGuest stars Geoff Stults, Steve Tom, Ray Wiederhold, Freddy Martinez, Jamie Anderson, Rachel Roth, Alan Heitz, Nicolas Mize
Sean (Donal Logue) tries to keep Eddie (Kevin Corrigan) from hitting on a woman (guest star Julie Claire) Claudia (Megyn Price) is consoling after a break-up.
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Directed by Brian LevantWritten by Chris KellyGuest stars Katy Selverstone, Julie Claire, Dan Martin, Stacy Reed Payton, Eddie Karr, J.B. Gaynor, Sarah DeVincentis, Sean G. Griffin
Sean catches a fly ball that's still in play and loses a game for the Yankees. Claudia's upset when the bachelorette party she's throwing for her girlfriend gets disrupted by Sean, Eddie and the boys, who have been chased home by irate fans.
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Directed by Ken KwapisWritten by Jim O'Doherty, David IsraelGuest stars Bret Harrison, Van Epperson, Jackie Debatin, Karri Bowman, Erin Beaux, Wesley Thompson, Ken Abraham, David Lewis Hays
To save for a dream vacation to Mexico, Sean and Claudia start working extra shifts at work. This leads to chaos at home, with Eddie raising the kids, Lily getting her tongue pierced, Jimmy becoming a bully, and Henry panhandling and eating out of the garbage.
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Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Brad CopelandGuest stars Miriam Flynn, Jim O'Doherty, Kevin G. Schmidt, Sabrina Bryan
Sean volunteers to referee Henry's soccer team and ends up making an unethical decision in the team's favor. Which in hindsight wasn't a great idea, when Henry gets an inflated ego. So Sean tries to make things right the following week by making an unethical decision in the opposing team's favor. . . Meanwhile, Lily flirts with the cute guy at the concession stand and the conversation leaves her walking on air. But when she starts to obsess over the introduction, she replays the scene over and over in her head, each time thinking that she made a bigger and bigger fool of herself.
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Directed by John BlanchardWritten by Tom PurcellGuest stars Kevin Brief, Michael Malota, Alberto Gutierrez, Lindsey Parks, Micah Williams
When Lily is miserable because she and her girlfriends have been booed off the stage at the school's talent show, Sean and Claudia have some explaining to do. Meanwhile, the Finnerty's get roped into buying cases of candy bars that the boys are selling for school.
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Directed by Kenny OrtegaWritten by Aron AbramsGuest stars Jerry Ferrara, Miriam Flynn, Andrea Bogart, Jennifer Weston, Wesley Thompson, Bermina Jackson, Mike Randleman, Jesse Stock
Sean has some explaining to do when Lily’s devastated to discover that she was born out of wedlock.
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Directed by Craig ZiskWritten by Ned Goldreyer, Chris KellyGuest stars Elizabeth Berridge, Bruce French, Kate Orsini, Carol Kiernan, Grace Chen, Daniel Passer, Wesley Thompson, Joshua Wheeler
Ned Goldreyer, Chris Kelly, Mike Schiff, Bill Martin, Brad Copeland, Aron Abrams, Tom Purcell, Jim O'Doherty, Bob Kushell, Erica Rivinoja, Jeremy Hall, Eric Kentoff, Dave Tennant, Bonnie Kallman
Production details
Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
91
Original language
English
Networks & production
FOXUnited States
The WBUnited States
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions
Themes
dysfunctional familyfamilyirish-americanmiddle classsitcomstaten island, new york city
