Episode 1
Pilot
Sep 22, 2021
Struggling to figure out where he fits in, Dean decides to pursue his calling as "The Great Uniter" and attempts to organize the first integrated baseball game between his team and his friend Brad's team.
Episode 2
Green Eyed Monster
Sep 29, 2021
While Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and assume his grief is from mourning current events.
Episode 3
The Club
Oct 6, 2021
Dean stumbles upon some “racy literature” and shares it with friends at school. When he is caught by the school principal, Bill and Lillian navigate uncharted territory as parents and Dean learns that manhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Episode 4
The Workplace
Oct 13, 2021
It's "Take Your Son to Work Day" and Dean heads to band practice with Bill. But the "grown folks' business" at the music studio prompts Lillian to have to pick up Dean. While at her office, Dean finally learns what his mom does while he's at school all day, gaining a newfound respect for her career and ambition.
Episode 5
The Lock In
Oct 20, 2021
Dean is reluctant to attend the annual church lock-in until Kim tells him it's where she got her first kiss. He enlists his friends to help him pair up with Keisa, but his plans are thwarted when he instead gets paired up with the pastor's daughter, Charlene.
Episode 6
Be Prepared
Oct 27, 2021
When Coach Long and Bill take the boys on a camping trip as part of their newly formed scout troop, their starkly different approaches to the outdoors show Dean that his father isn't good at everything. As a thunderstorm threatens an eerie quest through the woods, Bill leans into his expertise to save the day.
Episode 7
Independence Day
Nov 3, 2021
As Kim's campaign for a car coincides with the need to take Grandaddy Clisby's keys away, Bill proposes a solution that is only pleasing to him: Kim can drive, so long as she takes her grandfather and Dean around town. Later on at the mall, Dean is worried about seeming uncool when Clisby ends up chaperoning him and his friends, but Clisby has a few crowd-pleasing tricks up his sleeve.
Episode 8
Science Fair
Nov 17, 2021
After seeing Dean bullied by Michael after school Lillian goes to confront his parents and learns he needs more compassion than discipline. Much to Dean's dismay, she takes Michael under her wing and helps him with his project for the science fair – an event where Dean typically excels
Episode 9
Home For Christmas
Dec 1, 2021
Dean can’t wait to spend Christmas with his older brother, Bruce, when he returns home from Vietnam. But adjusting to life back in Montgomery comes with unexpected challenges for Bruce, and the rest of the Williams family rely on their favorite holiday traditions to bring cheer
Episode 10
Lads and Ladies and Us
Jan 5, 2022
Bill and Lillian decide to join high society club Lads & Ladies as a way to introduce Kim and Dean to positive influences in the community. Bill, Kim and Dean fit right in, but things take a turn when Lillian is treated differently for being a working mom.
Episode 11
Brad Mitzvah
Jan 12, 2022
Brad works through his nerves preparing for his bar mitzvah speech while Dean ends his friendship with Keisa when Charlene tells him he can’t be friends with other girls. Things come to a head when the whole group comes together to celebrate Brad’s bar mitzvah.
Episode 12
I'm with the Band
Jan 19, 2022
When Dean loses his position as first chair saxophone in the school band, Bill lays the pressure on him to earn it back.
Episode 13
The Valentine's Day Dance
Feb 2, 2022
Dean’s plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine’s Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first after a new makeover makes her the talk of the school. Meanwhile, Bill and Lillian make Kim sign up for a Big Sister program to have extracurricular activities for her college applications.
Episode 14
Country Dean
Feb 23, 2022
The family spends spring break with Lillian's parents in the countryside, and Dean lies to his cousins about city life in Montgomery to impress them. Meanwhile, Lillian helps to settle a land dispute between her parents and their neighbors to impress her difficult-to-please mother.
Episode 15
Black Teacher
Mar 2, 2022
When their teacher goes on maternity leave, Dean, Cory and Keisa are excited to be taught by Mr. Brady, the school's first Black teacher. Mr. Brady encourages the students to try out for the Knowledge Bowl team where Dean faces some unexpected challenges
Episode 16
The Sleepover
Mar 16, 2022
When Dean learns that Corey's dad, Coach Long, is in the doghouse, he struggles to keep this secret from his friend.
Episode 17
Jobs and Hangouts
Mar 23, 2022
Kim is excited to start her new job as a waitress at the local diner, which Dean adopts as his local hangout. When Kim experiences drama with her friends, she finds unlikely allies in a tough coworker and her younger brother.
Episode 18
Goose Grease
Apr 6, 2022
When Dean comes down with the chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Grandaddy Clisby, Lillian forces the three of them to quarantine together. Clisby pushes homemade remedies on them out of his mistrust of doctors, but he's forced to reckon with this when Dean's condition worsens.
Episode 19
Love & War
Apr 13, 2022
Bruce returns home from Vietnam, and the family is shocked to find out he is dating an older woman with an 8-year-old son with whom he is eager to start his life. When they learn more about Bruce's latest deployment, they begin to understand his survivors' guilt and come together to support him.
Episode 20
Bill's New Gig
Apr 20, 2022
Bill is excited to have made tenure at the university, only to find that his focus on career and family has cost him his spot in his band; Bruce adjusts to living at home.
Episode 21
Where No Dean Has Been Before
May 11, 2022
Dean tries to impress Keisa's cool new boyfriend by inviting him and his friends to a party Kim is throwing while Bill and Lillian are away for the night; things get out of hand just as Bill and Lillian arrive home.
Episode 22
Love, Dean
May 18, 2022
It's the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around; Bill and Lillian each receive major career opportunities; Dean and Keisa take shelter together as a tornado tears through.
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