The Huangs travel to Taiwan to set things right with Gene.

Eddie shows Emery the ropes on his first day of middle school, revealing that he convinced the teachers and staff into believing fake Chinese customs that provide special privileges at school. Meanwhile, Jessica is thoroughly offended when Louis hires a housekeeper to help lighten her load at home.

Louis tries to get Jessica into the Halloween spirit, but she's busy writing her first horror novel. In the meantime, Emery and Evan debate what costumes to wear and Eddie is excited about partying with high schoolers at Nicole's house.

As Louis and the Cattleman's Ranch staff prepare to serve as a polling place for the 1996 election, Jessica suspects that one of the restaurant employees may be an undocumented immigrant. So when Jessica reports her findings to the I.N.S., she learns that her immigration status is also questionable. Meanwhile, Eddie and his friends have a heated debate over who killed rapper Tupac Shakur.

Louis and Jessica decide to open Cattleman's Ranch on Thanksgiving, inspiring Emery and Evan to get into the restaurant business.

Sundays are usually reserved for Jessica and Evan's weekly Costco run, but Jessica is thrown for a loop when Evan decides to go to church instead. Meanwhile, Marvin treats Louis to a free teeth-whitening session, and Eddie and Emery find creative ways to get rid of the healthy cereal in the multi-pack.

To celebrate their one-year anniversary, Eddie reluctantly agrees to take Alison to the see a modern remake of Romeo and Juliet. But when Louis and Alison's dad bond over their love of Shakespeare and crash their date, Alison wonders if she and Eddie's relationship has lost its spark. Meanwhile, Jessica gets called for jury duty and campaigns to be the Jury Boss, and Emery and Evan struggle with the responsibilities of raising a Tamagotchi digital pet.

While the Huangs are out at the movies, Evan is accidentally left home alone, and Jessica vows to make it up to him. Meanwhile, Marvin takes a spill and is visited by Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

During Jessica's U.S. citizenship interview, she reveals shocking details about her past that even Louis was not aware of. Meanwhile, Eddie, Emery and Evan have a day off from school and attempt to take the family minivan out for a joyride.

Louis is named Small Businessman of the Year, but forgets to thank Jessica in his acceptance speech.

On the eve of Chinese New Year, Jessica pushes the entire family to settle all debts, disputes and grudges to ensure good fortune for the coming year. Unsure if she can contain her temper for the remainder of the day, Jessica enlists Emery to makes sure she keeps her cool. Meanwhile, Louis and Evan go on a wild goose chase to hunt down some hate mail, and Eddie is forced to entertain his super lame cousin, on a special Chinese New Year-themed episode.

Jessica disagrees with her sister's passion for art.

When a pastrami sandwich mysteriously appears in the Huang mailbox, Jessica appeals to the duly dismissive police, but picks up the suggestion this is rather for a neighborhood watch. As there is none, she plans to lead one in her dictatorial style, but the neighborhood association decides to start one and exclude her as utter non-team player. While Emery is dared to find grandma's cash cache in house, Evan is not amused when a neighbor mother fails to repays the cash he advanced and even flaunts the shoes she wasted it on. Louis trains Jessica in team attitude and overplays his hand to stage a need for a more efficient watch then the lax one set up without them, yet they discover the awkward truths. Eddie decides the Valentine's ball is the right team to shake his kissing virginity, an secret he confides in closet Robin boy-scout Trent. Written by KGF Vissers

Jessica meets Marvin's ex-wife, Sarah, at a yard sales and admires her technique and later gets her together with Honey not realizing Sarah was the first wife. The meeting doesn't go well and Hiney vents to Jessica, who thinks she is supposed to get even with Sarah for Honey. Louis and the boys see a commercial for a motorized wheelchair which is free for seniors 65 and over, but Grandma has no idea how old she is and has no birth certificate. So the guys try to determine Grandma's age in hopes of getting her one. The chair salesman says he can see she is over 65, making an enemy of Grandma who does get even. Written by sugaravenue

When Eddie is accused of stealing, Jessica realizes he has other motives for his actions; a TV crew comes to shoot an informercial at Cattleman's Ranch.

Jessica's ultra competitive nature is on full display when the Huangs host game night for couples; Emery and Evan help Eddie grieve the unexpected, sudden death of rapper Notorious B.I.G.

Louis excitedly plans a guys' weekend for he and Eddie, but is disappointed when he invites his buddies over for a sleepover instead. Unbeknownst to Louis, Eddie and his friends were hiding out in his room, trying beer for the first time. So when Eddie has an adverse reaction to alcohol, also known as the Asian Flush, Louis reassures his eldest son that the discomfort will pass and reminisces about his college drinking days. Meanwhile, Jessica, Emery, Evan and Honey go on a road trip to Georgia in search of The Big Peanut and to save a few dollars on a piece of furniture.

Louis and the boys splurge on a pricey pay-per-view wrestling match while Jessica sleeps off the flu, or so they think.

Louis worries about Grandma's safely and also that she may have to much freedom in her new motorized wheelchair; Jessica fears that Emery has turned into a hoarder; Eddie tries to hustle his way into Evan's successful side business.

The family learns that Tiger Woods is half Asian. Two storylines emerge from this. One is the desire to spread awareness of Tiger Woods Asian half. The other is that the parents wish to test their parenting skills and see who's teaching method produces the best golfer. Written by Bruce A Farmer

Jessica is happy to learn of Evan's interest in joining the debate team; Eddie and Emery team up to enter a comic book contest.

Eddie looks forward to starting high school with his friends; Jessica considers moving the family to a new neighborhood; Louis gets the opportunity to expand Cattleman's Ranch with his new silent partner, Michael Bolton.

Louis and Jessica make big changes to provide a better life for their family. Yet these changes come with their own set of challenges and possibly a few regrets.