Mark Daugherty

After learning that Axl text-invited the wrong girl to prom and plans to solve the situation by standing her up, Frankie and Mike demand that he meet the girl face-to-face in a timely manner to gently break off the date -- or face the music and take her to the big event. Meanwhile, Sue and her friend Carly (guest star BLAINE SAUNDERS) try in earnest to fit in with the school's "B" crowd during lunch. And, after a successful first show, Brick begins to bore Frankie and Mike with his impromptu one-man plays.

Obsessed with the upcoming royal wedding, Frankie shocks her family when she treats the event like the Super Bowl and begins purchasing commemorative "tchotchkes" -- as well as an expensive HDTV -- to enjoy the festivities. Meanwhile, Brick attempts to teach Sue how to become an on-air reporter when she decides to try out as an anchor for the school's Shucker News Team, and Mike has a mutiny on his hands at the quarry when he's forced to make cutbacks and takes away the one thing his workers care about -- free pretzels.

After a burn victim unexpectedly dies in the ER, the Chief and board member Jennings question the residents, as all the staff members defend their actions in an effort to save their jobs.

When Dodge (Louis T. Moyle) tells Joy (Jaime Pressly) he doesn’t want Darnell (Eddie Steeples) to speak at career day, she enlists Earl (Jason Lee) to pretend to be his father. Things don’t go well and Earl realizes Dodge needs to know his real dad. Despite Joy’s protests, Earl enlists Randy (Ethan Suplee) and Catalina (Nadine Velazquez) to help him hunt down the deadbeat dad, but what they discover is worse than they could have imagined.

Boyce and Lolli's old friends Paul and Robyn come to visit, bringing along their brand new foster child. When Boyce and Lolli see their parenting skills in action, it's up to them to save the kid.