After his wife's death, Sam takes his three kids and relocates to Hawaii to begin a new life.

Sonny and Manu want to start a family; a practical joker called ""The Phantom"" strikes at the Palmer school, where aging hippy Alan Moon is applying for admission; Junior puts Harry in an awkward position.

Franny throws herself a birthday party; Sonny and Manu discover that trying to have a baby is no piece of cake; and Harry doesn't have much to celebrate when he finds out that Crystal is pregnant with Junior's baby.

Sam strikes out when trying to recruit a great player for the Palmer School baseball team. Meanwhile, someone in the Byrd household seems to have taken to stealing.

Sam is offered a job at Amherst College in Massachusetts; Junior is in danger of being expelled from the Palmer School; and Alan gets stressed out about final exams.