Mandy is thrilled by the opportunity to meet Kim Kardashian. Meanwhile, Mike fights city hall when he’s ordered to remove a damaged tree on his lawn.

Vanessa blames Mike for their lack of party invitations, so he attempts to be friendlier and agrees to attend a neighbor’s dinner party. Elsewhere, Eve damages Mandy’s car while driving without a license.

When a rising young star on the pro fishing circuit has dinner at the Baxters’ and the conversation turns to traveling the world for work, Vanessa wonders if Mike is feeling tied down now that he spends more time at home. Meanwhile, Kristin and Eve think Mandy’s decision to become a vegan is another one [...]

Mike brings Mandy to work with him when she tries to save Ed’s favorite barber shop through an Internet campaign and he’s excited that she’s found a passion for something; and Vanessa falls asleep at her own business presentation.

When Mike’s grandson’s deadbeat dad suddenly reappears, Mike struggles to keep his stress levels at bay and stay focused on holiday feelings of forgiveness and good will. Meanwhile, Ed hires Mandy as an undercover elf to keep an eye out for shoplifters

Mike meets his lesbian neighbors and learns he has a lot in common with one of them; and Mandy discovers that her boyfriend lied to her, and she gets Kristin and Eve to help her make a special music video to get revenge

Mike, amazed that Mandy might finally have found a passion for something, takes her under his wing at work when she offers to start an Internet campaign to keep Ed’s favorite barber shop hangout from closing. Also, an exhausted Vanessa insists that she can still take care of the household despite her hectic work schedule, [...]

When a neighbor’s home gets broken into, Mike thinks his fists and a cabinet full of rifles are enough to keep a home intruder at bay. But Vanessa thinks otherwise and rallies the neighbors to start a Neighborhood Watch program. While Mike patrols the block, he gets wrapped up in some neighborhood gossip which gets [...]

Vanessa asks Mike to be the one who says “no” to Mandy when she wants to try out for a modeling show, since he usually says “yes” to his daughters for everything

Mike’s softball team must decide whether to allow women to play; and Mandy fills out college applications while her parents try to persuade her about which college to choose.