Astrid and James realize they are at the dawning of a new era when Felix starts showing signs of preteen rebellion; James tries to ease tensions after he rejects Bo's job offer.
After Nisha gets in a minor fender bender, Astrid decides to help her buy a new car; James' stay-at-home-dad duties eclipse his efforts of a job search when he struggles to complete a simple task as part of an interview.
Feeling left out when Ennis makes a new friend, James inserts himself in Ennis' dodgeball tournament. Meanwhile, Astrid struggles to help Viv to control her emotions, especially when frustrations at work make leading by example difficult.
When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find time to play; but a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed themselves
In a mockumentary style episode, Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it by arranging something special for Nisha's surprise birthday party; James misses the good old days of work.