David installs a surveillance system in the house that monitors everything downstairs. David and Amy get angry when noticing that the kids are saying bad comments about them. Emily throws a party, David and Amy use the surveillance system to spy on her. At the party, Joe tries to impress Mary and Matthew asks Emily to the junior prom.
Marcus casts both David and Janie in a father and daughter commercial that he is directing, however, Janie ends up being the one impressing Marcus' client, with another actor playing the dad in the commercial. Emily tries to prove to a judgmental student, that she is not a predictable person. Joe's friends all have crushes on Amy, after seeing an old film of hers.
Joe fears there’s a curse on the Hobbs’ men concerning Valentine’s Day. Elsewhere, Amy finds a necklace and thinks it’s her present, but she’s mistaken.
David thinks that the house is cluttered and asks everyone to make some sacrifices; Kevin tracks down another ``See Dad Run'' fan.
David lets Joe play hooky; feeling guilty, Joe reveals the truth; Amy and Emily want to learn which neighbor is not cleaning up after their dog.
David thinks Emily is not ready to drive when his coaching makes her nervous; Janie discovers that Dr. Monkey Chunks was run over in the driveway.
After being forbidden to drive at night, Emily takes Amy's car and goes to a party; Joe wants more responsibility.
David takes Joe's scout troop on a camping trip with help from his old crew.
David decides to help Joe build a tree house; Emily gets her first job on Amy's set.
Emily cannot decide on a career, so David gets her an internship with Brooke Miller (Nicole Sullivan), a respected but zany news reporter. With the internship going so well, Emily decides to quit high school, to work for Brooke full time. Janie agrees to give Joe's air rock band an image makeover. Kevin and Marcus help a high school silhouette dance group, that Emily was a member of.
Refusing to abide by David and Amy's rules about eating cookies before dinner, Janie leaves home to live with empty nesters Marcus and Alicia. Emily is way too embarrassed to be seen with Joe at school, but soon changes her tune, when Joe is taken under the wing of Carson Castle (Noah Centineo), a handsome classmate that Emily has a crush on.
Tracey McFee (Daniella Monet), an actress who played David's daughter on his old sitcom before she was fired, returns into David's life as Joe's Spanish tutor, who is terrible at her job. Emily and Kevin are hired as background extras on Amy's soap opera, however the gig will require Kevin to be away from David for two days, causing Kevin to stress out. Janie has a friend with terrible body odor.
David finally impresses his father-in-law by serving on jury duty; the children must go through the Major's boot camp.
Emily is forced to participate in a beauty pageant in order to please Amy's boss.
David tries to make Joe realize he needs to complete things and agrees to jump out of a plane if Joe complete a project.
Janie invites David's mother and Amy's father to attend grandparents' day at her school; David demands that his mother and Amy's father stop fighting and try to get along.
When David begins acting differently around Janie, she becomes worried that she is going to be given away; Joe and Amy are trapped in an elevator with Joe's hero.
A guardian angel gives David a glimpse of what his family would be like if See Dad Run never ended.
David decides he can have it all and brings the family with him to New York. He has to make a choice about what is most important to him.