Widower Jack Taylor (Gregory Harrison) tries to be both mom and dad during his kids' first week back at school.
Jack tries to bring his family closer together by planning a family day but is disappointed when the kids don't share his enthusiasm.
Allison educates her fellow kindergarten class on the facts of life.
Tired of the constant fighting between Steve and Brian, Jack decides to put them in different rooms.
Jack is concerned that the mother of Allison's friend may be intersted in him.
Someone dents Jack's treasured Mustang, and he's determined to find the culprit.
Jeff is in love with a gorgeous senior (Marlee Shelton), but she only has eyes for his younger brother - Steve!
Jack decides to transfer to a safer job within the department after a near-fatal accident fighting a fire.
The addition of a gorgeous firewoman to the team throws the guys at the firehouse into chaos.
Brian and Jack butt heads over Jack's coaching technique with his Youth League basketball team.
Steve finds himself in double trouble when he escort two girls to the spring formal dance.
Allison runs away from home to avoid telling her father that she's lost the money she raised selling Buttercup Cookies.
Jack has an embarrassing confrontation with an investigative reporter when her cameraman accidentally videotapes Jack stepping out of the shower.
Jack and Steve switch roles as father and son for the weekend after Steve complains that he is made to do all the work while Jack lazes about the house.
Jack and television reporter Jill Nichols question their growing romance when he tries to adjust to her snobbish friends and she tries to adjust to the Taylor children.
Jeff and Steve find themselves on the run from the football team after their attempt to make a quick buck running a betting pool goes horribly wrong.
Jack and Joe sign up for marriage councelling when they can't agree on the household rules.
Jack recruits high school senior, Tiny, to join the firehouse squad in order to win the annual fireman's team endurance competition.
Jack is thrown off-blanace when his mother decides to move in.
Allison is jealous of the time Jack is spending with her friend Patrick.
To improve his chances for a promotion, Jack escorts his boss's daughter to the theatre, not realizing that her emotional dependency will soon have her clinging to him like a leech.
Jack is jealous of all the time that Brian is spending with his stand-up comedy coach, so he enters an ""Open Microphone"" competition. Steve soon regrets letting Allyson watch a scary movie.