Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date | Prod. code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Important Stuff" | James Widdoes | Written by : Susan McMartin & Chuck Lorre & Leanne Morgan | July 31, 2025 | T12.18801 | ||
Leanne is stunned to find out her husband of 33 years, Bill, is leaving her for another woman via email. She doesn't want to tell anyone yet except her sister Carol who shows up to cheer her up and son Tyler who drops off his son for Leanne to babysit. Leanne and Carol keep the secret from their church congregation and parents, Mama Margaret and Daddy John who see Bill as the ideal husband. Leanne tells her daughter, Josie, who is also shocked. Later, Bill shows up at the house unannounced to pick up some things and Leanne yells at him for deciding to end the marriage. Bill reveals he is miserable in the marriage. After he leaves, Carol comes back to sleep on the side of the bed where Bill used to sleep along with the CPAP machine. | |||||||
| 2 | "The Healing Magic of Family" | James Widdoes | Nick Bakay & Mark Gross Story by : Chuck Lorre & Susan McMartin | July 31, 2025 | T12.18802 | ||
The next morning, Leanne is still mopey and dragging Carol with her. Tyler stops by with a flower bouquet and tries to cheer her up while on his way to work at RV Emporium. When Mama Margaret's Life Alert necklace goes off, Leanne and Carol quickly get dressed and go to the hospital. They find out that she fainted on the kitchen floor. Bill arrives at the hospital as well due to Mama's Life Alert necklace notice on his phone. The doctor diagnoses her with low blood pressure and dehydration. Leanne takes her parents in for the night after Mama refuses to stay at the hospital for the night. The family keep lying to Mama and Daddy about Bill until Leanne gets tired of the lying and reveals that she and Bill are separating. Mama faints and ends up in the hospital again after hearing the news. While at the hospital waiting room, Leanne punches Bill after he says that he would always love her. | |||||||
| 3 | "Oh, Knoxville" | James Widdoes | Susan McMartin & Mark Gross Story by : Chuck Lorre & Nick Bakay | July 31, 2025 | T12.18803 | ||
Leanne's neighbor Mary who also goes to her church brings over a lasagna after hearing about Bill leaving her. Carol encourages Leanne to go out for the night after seeing Leanne depressingly singing and eating the lasagna. Leanne reluctantly gets dressed and hits the bars alongside Carol. At the bar, they chat with some men, but the men ditch Leanne and Carol after coming back from the restrooms. She becomes upset and wants to go home. Meanwhile, Daddy John picks up Bill to talk to him about leaving Leanne and shares his marital problems that he had in the past. John crashes his truck along with Bill. John has a suspended license. John and Bill end up in jail and John's truck is in the impound lot. The sisters go to the police station to pick up their father after getting a call from Mama Margaret. Leanne tells Bill she is dating again. They leave Bill at the station. | |||||||
| 4 | "Smooth Like a Dolphin" | James Widdoes | Nick Bakay & Julie Bean Story by : Chuck Lorre & Susan McMartin | July 31, 2025 | T12.18804 | ||
Leanne and Carol go see a divorce attorney to work on Leanne's divorce settlement. The sisters celebrate with champagne after Leanne consults a divorce attorney and hearing about the large settlement. Leanne wants to use the settlement for her grandchildren while Carol suggests she uses it for splurging on herself like buying a Cadillac. She picks the Escalade. The sisters go over to their parents' house for lunch to reveal that she saw a divorce lawyer. Later that evening at Leanne's home, upon hearing a noise downstairs, Leanne grabs a shotgun and Carols brings a knife downstairs. Leanne threatens to shoot and Bill tells them that they should. He tells her that he wants her back. She tells him to get out, but Bill is too drunk to drive. So, she lets him stay the night on the couch, but tells him he needs to leave before the sun comes up or she shoots. The following morning, she gets her shotgun and fires it after finding Bill showering in the bathroom. Later, the entire family comes over to watch college football. Bill shows up unannounced with the keys to an Escalade. The family tries to convince Leanne to consider taking him back. His mistress announces that she is pregnant and Mama tells Leanne to let him go. | |||||||
| 5 | "A Plumber Sent from Heaven" | James Widdoes | Susan McMartin & Julie Bean Story by : Chuck Lorre & Nick Bakay | July 31, 2025 | T12.18805 | ||
Leanne tries to get a revenge body by working out and limiting her food intake. She sneaks into the kitchen to eat and runs into a man named Dylan who reveals to be Carol's new boyfriend. She asks how they met the following morning. Carol says they met while she was choking on beef at Korean BBQ restaurant and Dylan gave her the Heimlich maneuver. She calls him her hero, but Dylan says it was not a big deal since he is a plumber. Daddy John calls Leanne because Mama Margaret needs a bath. Leanne and Carol asks Dylan to install a walk-in tub for Mama. He agrees to install it. Daddy announces that he likes Dylan after talking to him about his intentions with Carol while Dylan explains the walk-in installation process. Bill shows up to finally install the walk-in tub and they tell him it was already done by Dylan. So, Bill leaves. Mama posts pictures of Dylan installing the tub all over social media and Dylan insists she takes them down. He leaves abruptly. Later, the sisters find out that he cleared out his apartment. | |||||||
| 6 | "Too Much Wedding Ring" | Andy Ackerman | Mark Gross & Julie Bean Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay | July 31, 2025 | T12.18806 | ||
FBI agent Andrew knocks on Leanne's front door and asks for Carol. Andrew says it is about her missing boyfriend Dylan whose real surname is McQuaide. Leanne flirts with Andrew and he reciprocates. As Andrew leaves, he tells the sisters to give him a call if they find anything helpful. Leanne throws a gender reveal party for Tyler and Nora. While getting ready for the party, she sneaks into the bathroom to call Andrew and leaves a voicemail. Daddy John cuts the gender reveal cake and tells Leanne they are having a girl after he got tired of waiting for Leanne. Leanne goes to Andrew's office to give a hairbrush that Dylan used. Andrew says that it doesn't help. As she leaves, Andrew asks her out for a date. While getting ready for the date, she has second thoughts about going. Carol and Josie reassures that she would be fine and tell her to take off her wedding ring. On the date, Andrew reveals that he has been divorced twice. He never wants to get married again and Leanne feels that same. At the end of the night, Andrew says that he is looking forward to a second date and kisses her on the cheeks. Bill sees that and leaves. | |||||||
| 7 | "Please Be a Lizardr" | Kristy Cecil | Susan McMartin & John "Jack" O'Brien Story by : Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano | July 31, 2025 | T12.18807 | ||
Leanne is out jogging and Mary makes her spill the beans about the man she is dating. Leanne is smitten with Andrew while Carol is depressed about Dylan. Leanne goes to see her gynecologist for her a routine check-up. She is concerned about her pelvic floor issues. At home, Josie comes over to give Carol a safe to keep her box containing a vape pen, edibles, pills, and mini tequila bottles. At the doctor's office, she runs into Bill's baby mama Faye. Faye asks to grab coffee to talk and Leanne declines. Leanne becomes very angry at Faye. She changes her mind and meets up with Faye to give her a piece of her mind. She finds out Faye is the dentist she sent Bill to see for a root canal. Faye says Bill is only with her because of the baby and he really wants to be with Leanne. Leanne tells Faye that she has moved on and Bill is all hers. Meanwhile, Carol gets high with Bill in the gargage from Josie's edibles. Bill is upset that Leanne is dating Andrew because he still loves her. Carols tells him to get over himself and just be happy for Leanne. | |||||||
| 8 | "Muscle Memory" | Kristy Cecil | Nick Bakay & Amy Hubbs Story by : Susan McMartin & Alexandra Melnick | July 31, 2025 | T12.18808 | ||
At the workout class, Mary hounds Leanne about Andrew as she sees everything on her Ring camera. Leanne has yet to kiss him and Carol makes fun of her. Leanne wants to kiss him, but wants it to be perfect. That night, Leanne quickly gets out of his car and asks him to leave because she is having hot flashes and is embarrassed. Bill comes over the next morning to pick up his passport for his work trip. They kiss unexpectedly as they say goodbyes. Leanne says it is just muscle memory and nothing more as Carol saw the kiss. That night, Carol drives her parents and Tyler to the movies to watch a rom-com. John is less than enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Leanne is on a date with Andrew. Leanne hesitates to kiss Andrew because she is afraid to get into a relationship and experience heartbreak later and she doesn't want that to happen again. He is ok with Leanne not being ready for a relationship. Mary comes over to discuss how Carol's kiss made her realizes how much she is starved for affection since her husband Jerry died. Mary drunkenly kisses Tyler when he walks her home. Leanne shows up at Andrew's house and kisses him. | |||||||
| 9 | "Chipmunk in the Drywall" | Rhiannon O'Harra | Mark Gross & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay | July 31, 2025 | T12.18809 | ||
At church, Leanne tells Carol that she can't stop thinking about Andrew. Mary acts weird at church due to remembering her kiss with Tyler. Mama Margaret is out of town to visit Aunt Ruth. Daddy John gets to ditch church when Mama is out of town. Leanne tells him about Andrew. Carol gets upset when Daddy gives Grandma's Loretta bunny china to Leanne instead of her. Daddy tells her it is because Leanne has a family and she doesn't. Carol argues that it is because Leanne is his favorite. Daddy gives Carol a bag of 3,000 pennies. The sisters get into an argument after Carol feels that she never takes her side. Carol leaves Leanne's house to go back to her apartment. Meanwhile, Mary keeps harassing Tyler about the kiss as she assumes Carol knows and needs to get ahead of it before everyone finds out. Leanne tells Daddy that he is too hard on Carol and says that Carol has always been there for her, but she has not thank her enough. Leanne apologizes to Carol for not standing up for her and wants her to move back in. Carol accepts her apology and moves back to Leanne's. | |||||||
| 10 | "Apology Pie" | Nick Bakay | Susan McMartin & Julie Bean Story by : Amy Hubbs & John "Jack" O'Brien | July 31, 2025 | T12.18810 | ||
| |||||||
| 11 | "Dog Day Afternoon" | Nikki Lorre | Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Matthew McGeehan | July 31, 2025 | T12.18811 | ||
Andrew arrives late to meet Leanne's parents because he was arresting Dylan. Carol asks what he did. Andrew says Dylan robbed banks and he has been chasing Dylan for years. He was a ghost until he showed up on Mama's Facebook page. Andrew leaves for work immediately as they need him to interview Dylan. Leanne asks Andrew do her favor by setting Carol up to meet with Dylan to give Carol some closure after seeing how depressed Carol is. As soon as Carol sees Dylan, she smacks him repeatedly. Dylan admits that he lied about almost everything. The sisters go home after Leanne refuses to let Carol make more bad choices. Then, Leanne takes Andrew to her parents' house for dinner and Daddy badgers Andrew about the reward. After discussing what Dylan did for them, Andrew takes a look of the dry wall in the bathroom and discovers things that Andrew stolen are in there. Since it is a crime scene, Leanne's parents can't be there so, Leanne offers to house them temporarily. Andrew says he will look into the reward money more. Daddy says he likes him. Carol convinces herself that Dylan really loves her and is fine to be a prison wife. | |||||||
| 12 | "The Queen's Dilemma" | Nikki Lorre | Mark Gross & Julie Bean & Kelly Farrell Story by : Susan McMartin & Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano | July 31, 2025 | T12.18812 | ||
The next morning, Leanne complains about having no hot water for a shower. Mary rings Leanne's doorbell to let her know that she is rebooting her book club and expects Leanne and Carol to be there. The sisters go to Mary's house for her book club. Mary bores the ladies with a prolonged review of The Queen's Dilemma. When it is Leanne's turn, she admits that she didn't read the book and glad she didn't because it is about a woman who can feel only whole if she has a man with her and thinks it is a bunch of hooey. The book club turns into the ladies sharing their own problems. Leanne asserts that they are the real queens. Carol is thinking about ending things with Dylan. One the ladies, Becca stops by and lets her know that she is a hit on Instagram with her female empowerment speech. Later, Mama Margaret announces that she is leaving Daddy John. The sisters agree to lie to their parents so that they will to be back together. | |||||||
| 13 | "Don't Dangle a Dream" | Nikki Lorre | Amy Hubbs & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & Julie Bean | July 31, 2025 | T12.18813 | ||
Leanne, Carol, and Mama Margaret make baked goods for their church's bake sale. Josie decides to sell her bridesmaid dresses on EBay or burn them if they don't sell. She says people in Knoxville only get married and have babies. Mama Margaret tells Josie her time will come. She also says she never had a wedding and describes her dream wedding. Leanne ropes Carol into throwing a wedding for their parents at Leanne's place. Mama Margaret is excited whereas Daddy John is not interested. Mama wants to do the wedding the following Saturday. She demands that Josie to be the flower girl and Tyler as the ring bearer much to their chagrin. Carol hires funeral director Stephen for the flower arrangements because she couldn't find a florist due to short notice. On the big day, Stephen tells Leanne that his vendor sent them funeral flower arrangements instead of the wedding ones. The wedding begins to fall apart. Leanne tells everyone that we are going to adapt and pivot. Mama thanks Leanne and Carol for making her dream come true. Josie tells Leanne that she has no desire to get marry ever and wants to leave Knoxville. | |||||||
| 14 | "Gomez Is a Woman" | Nikki Lorre | Susan McMartin & Mark Gross Story by : Nick Bakay & Julie Bean | July 31, 2025 | T12.18814 | ||
Josie shows Leanne and Carol information about the collective farm in California that she is moving to. Carol tells Leanne she needs to let Josie go. When Bill comes over to give Josie survival gear, he blames Leanne for smothering Josie. Leanne meets Andrew's FBI partner Gomez during her lunch date with Andrew. Gomez happens to be a single attractive woman without any kids. Leanne feels very insecure and tells Carol about her lunch date and Gomez. After some meditation and tea, Leanne realizes she is blowing it out of proportion a bit. Carol assures Leanne that Andrew is locked in. The next date, Andrew and Leanne get into a brief argument about Leanne not trusting him with Gomez. The ladies at Zumba class try to get into Leanne's head. Carol reassures her that she doesn't think Andrew is going to cheat on her and tells her jealousy is making her super unattractive. While waiting for Josie, Bill apologizes to Leanne about blaming her for Josie leaving. Bill and Leanne say their goodbyes to Josie at the airport. Andrew agrees to take a lie detector test. He reveals he loves her and it is the truth. | |||||||
| 15 | "Spiritual Airbags" | Nikki Lorre | Nick Bakay & Anne Flett-Giordano Story by : Susan McMartin & John "Jack" O'Brien | July 31, 2025 | T12.18815 | ||
| |||||||
| 16 | "Having Big Feelings" | Nikki Lorre | Mark Gross & Amy Hubbs Story by : Susan McMartin & Julie Bean | July 31, 2025 | T12.18816 | ||
During a date, Andrew says he is taking Leanne for a weekend getaway. Leanne is not thrilled about it because she feels insecure about the trip. To get ready for the romantic getaway, Carol accompanies Leanne to the mall for Leanne to get a wax, a spray tan, and a bathing suit. As Andrew and Leanne are on their way to their getaway, Leanne looks uncomfortable. Bill stops by while Leanne is away for Josie's old crib. Bill is shocked to learn that Leanne is very serious with Andrew. Meanwhile, Leanne and Andrew become very awkward around each other, but eventually they get over it and have fun. Carol dials 9-1-1 when Bill says he is having chest pain. Tyler calls Leanne to tell her that Nora is in labor and they need her. As Leanne and Andrew are driving back home, she receives a call from Carol about Bill's chest pain. The family learn that Bill just had a panic attack as the couple arrives. Leanne and Bill have a heart-to-heart conversation about their failed marriage. Nora gives birth to a baby girl and the family comes together. | |||||||
