Andrew J. Fishman

Valentine's Day unexpectedly finds Frankie and Mike home alone and ready for a romantic evening while Brick is away at his first sleepover, Sue goes to her first boy-girl party, and Axl has a big date night planned with some friends. But Cupid's arrow doesn't exactly hit the target, and the best-laid plans soon begin to unravel.

The Heck family BBQ is being planned as spring rolls around, and Mike decides it's time for he and Brick to attempt to be more social at the event when Frankie points out that Mike's own social ineptness was passed on to Brick. Meanwhile, Axl sets out to clean the family pool in order to entice the girls to stop by for a swim ¬- in their bikinis; and Sue finally finds someone who totally understands her - church youth group leader Reverend TimTom (guest star PAUL HIPP) - but upon learning that he may be leaving the parish due to budget cuts, she attempts to raise money to help finance his stay.

After having their power turned off because they couldn't afford to pay their electric bill on time, Frankie and Mike decide to cut out unnecessary expenses - starting with their cable TV. But while the kids adapt to the change by doing other activities, Frankie and Mike find themselves not knowing how to fill in the time they used to spend in front of the tube. Meanwhile, Brick and his fellow socially challenged friends are dealt a major blow when the school library is closed during recess, and they are forced into the outside world on the playground with their fellow students.

Fearing that a friendless Brick could be missing out on his childhood, Frankie makes it her mission to find a suitable friend for him. Meanwhile, after Mike forbids Sue from seeing an R-rated film, she goes against her father's wishes and sneaks into a movie theater with her friend Carly (guest star BLAINE SAUNDERS); and Axl and his band need a hot chick to appear in their online music video and attempt to shoot footage of their sexy biology teacher, Ms. Devereaux (guest star KRISTIN CAVALLARI) -- without her knowledge or consent.

After being embarrassed over wearing a childish costume at a high school Halloween costume party and being ignored by the guys, Sue asks a flabbergasted Mike for his advice on what boys want when it comes to girls. Meanwhile, Frankie reluctantly volunteers to take Brick's socially awkward school social skills group trick-or-treating; and Axl and his friends devise a plan to trick rather than treat the neighborhood kids on Halloween.