Mr. McFly promises the class pizza if they take care of a flour "baby" for the day. But James struggles to cope when Max bails on him for a new partner.
While sneaking into the teachers lounge to snag sweet treats, James is mistaken for a substitute teacher and faces the wrath of a competitive Mr. McFly.
James get obsessed with a maze in the back of a cereal box, making him forget to do his oral report, so he makes up a lie that there is secret treasure in Dirt, but Dirt then falls into chaos finding the "secret treasure."
James and Max bond with their sentient toaster, Toasty, now Declan who is now going through puberty. But after an argument, Declan goes on a rampage around Dirt, and James, Max, and Echo are the only ones who can save Dirt.