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The Turn

Episode number: 1

Overview: Penelope worries about changes she sees in Alex, who gets into trouble at school. Elena wonders if others are misidentifying her based on her appearance.

Schooled

Episode number: 2

Overview: When juggling family, work and college proves too much for Penelope, Schneider offers her a way to sharpen her focus and improve her test grades.

To Zir, With Love

Episode number: 3

Overview: Lydia gives Elena advice on approaching her crush. After running into a hunky Army buddy who's also single, Penelope rethinks her dating rules.

Roots

Episode number: 4

Overview: Elena is horrified to learn that her grandmother doesn't vote. Penelope teaches her son all her tricks on how to save money at the movie theater.

Locked Down

Episode number: 5

Overview: Penelope's furtive date at home with Max is interrupted when a neighborhood lockdown brings the rest of the family back early.

Work Hard, Play Hard

Episode number: 6

Overview: To teach Alex the value of a dollar, Penelope forces him to take a summer job at her workplace. Meanwhile, Elena finds a way to get paid for her hobby.

Exclusive

Episode number: 7

Overview: Lydia learns that Dr. Berkowitz is going to the opera without her. When Schneider asks if she and Max are exclusive, Penelope realizes it's time for a talk.

What Happened

Episode number: 8

Overview: Penelope recalls Elena's birth in 2001, and how an unexpected turn of events drastically changed the life plans she and her husband had made.

Hello, Penelope

Episode number: 9

Overview: Feeling like she's finally got her life together, Penelope unwisely stops taking her antidepressants so she doesn't have to tell Max she's on them.

Storage Wars

Episode number: 10

Overview: As Schneider's trainee, Elena learns there's more to being a building super than fixing things. Penelope battles Lydia over space in their garage.

Homecoming

Episode number: 11

Overview: At the kids' school dance, Elena tries to appear popular in front of Syd, and chaperones Penelope and Max reach a milestone in their relationship.

Citizen Lydia

Episode number: 12

Overview: Lydia and Schneider take their U.S. citizenship tests. Penelope wonders if she'd be willing to have another child to fulfill Max's wish to be a dad.

Not Yet

Episode number: 13

Overview: A medical emergency brings bedside visits, admissions of regret, moments of realization, declarations of love and and out-of-body experience.