Odd Man Out

Already the one who does most of the chores around the house, Andrew also endures a bossy new girlfriend, Gwen. His sisters chide him for behaving passively with a woman, but Andrew claims to be happy. Julia worries that Andrew is confused about male and female roles because she is overbearing and he has no father figure. Finally, Andrew goes to Gwen's house to assert what he wants, angering her. Andrew resents the girls getting involved and ruining his relationship. After another talk with Julia, Andrew returns to Gwen and works out a fair arrangement for both of them.

Julia is having a good dinner date with a new man called Dave but then she suspects he likes Jordan. Meanwhile, Andrew must bond with a group of middle-aged fathers when he takes Elizabeth on a camping trip.

Paige anxiously awaits for a letter to say she has been accepted at Emory, a prestigious out-of-state college. When it arrives, she tells the family that she didn't get in, and will attend the local college. Julia finds out that Paige was actually accepted at Emory. Paige tells her mother that she wants to stay in town to maintain her social status with her friends. But it turns out that she feels responsible for taking care of her mom and brother and sisters and wants to live at home during college.

When widow Julia finds out that Keith's divorced father Alan is romantically interested in her, she agrees to a date. Andrew is disturbed by the prospect of his mom dating again--especially because her date is Keith's dad--but she feels liberated. Alan is as weird as his son, but Julia has a good time. After the first date, however, Alan admits that he is not ready to have a new relationship. Julia informs her children that she is going to date more often.

Keith enlists Andrew's help in a ""foolproof"" plan to get girls interested in him. Since the school's all-star quarterback doesn't know how to use the school's e-mail system, Keith plans to write romantic messages to girls using the quarterback's screen name, Goldenarm. Keith reads the directory and selects what he thinks is a girl's name, S.B. Tigress, based on personal information in the computer user's profile. Neither Andrew nor Keith knows the true identity of S.B. Tigress. Since Keith does not understand anything about the opposite sex, Andrew writes soulful messages for his friend. After an exchange of six messages, Keith obtains a copy of the access codes for the school's intranet. The boys soon discover that the girl Andrew is writing to is really his sister Paige. Andrew arranges a meeting between Goldenarm and S.B. Tigress. But while Keith waits for Paige, Val arrives instead--wearing makeup. Val was using Paige's profile to write to the quarterback! Meanwhile, Jordan admits

Andrew gets a date with one of Paiges friends Caroline, to Paiges annoyance. But once Paige thinks of Andrew floundering with an experienced Caroline, she decides to let him embarass himself. Andrew nervously arrives at Carolines house while her parents are away. Caroline is very flirty, but Andrew keeps pace. Instead of having sex, however, Caroline confesses that she is a Virgin. She was hoping Andrew would be too scared to carry on. Later, Paige finds out that Andrew was sensitive with Caroline and thanks him for it.

Andrew and Keith have a new Chemistry partner meeting them called Lauren, but when she arrives she ignores the chemistry and asks Andrew on a date. After Andrew dates Lauren, he finds out that another girl, Kendall has been asking about him. He breaks up with Lauren using a stupid excuse. He then brings Kendall home, but Lauren is there, and both girls get upset with Andrew because of the way he treated Lauren. So he brings them both flowers individually and thinks he has solved the problem until they both find out that he gave the other flowers!