Good Grade Hunting

Can't Dye This

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Seventh grader Sydney decides she wants a bold new hairstyle for picture day, but her single dad Max forbids it, so she and her best friend Olive bleach and dye her hair at home while he is out. The plan goes wrong and leaves her with burnt, rainbow-streaked hair, mirrored by flashbacks to Max making the very same mistake as a boy in 1992. When Sydney calls him a hypocrite, Max admits she is right and explains that the fight is really about her growing up. They reconcile, she is still grounded, and he takes her back to the salon to fix the hair properly.

Who Let the Dogs In

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Sydney wants to adopt Rocco, a dog whose elderly owner can no longer care for him, but her dad says no. She secretly hides Rocco at home for five days, until her own allergy gives the secret away. In a parallel 1992 flashback, her dad Max is refused a dog as a boy and given a pet turtle named Hawk, which he later loses. When that same turtle turns up alive in the walls years later, Max forgives Sydney and lets her keep it as her pet.

The Parent Track

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Twelve-year-old Sydney wants to attend a '16 Oranges' concert without an adult, and when her dad Max refuses and secretly tracks her phone, she sneaks off anyway with her friend Olive. The episode intercuts this with a 1992 flashback in which a young Max lies to his own mother about his whereabouts using a new beeper. Both schemes fall apart, and father and daughter each confess and forgive. It ends with them agreeing to a 'trust reset' and a light-hearted punishment.

Adventures in Babe-Sitting

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In the present day, Sydney and her best friend Olive start a babysitting service and take a job watching a boy named Dylan, only to be tempted away by his cool older brother and his friends. In a parallel 90s flashback, Sydney's dad Max as a boy tries to prove he no longer needs a sitter while a scary movie tests his nerve. The girls eventually choose their responsibility over being popular, send the older kids home and win Dylan over. Both stories end well, with the girls booked solid for weeks.

Shaved by the Bell

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Sydney discovers leg hair days before a pool party and panics about whether to shave, trying tutorials and practice while her dad and grandmother try to help. A parallel thread flashes back to her dad Max as a boy, who wants to shave to look older like the guys at the skate park. Grandma Judy returns from a music festival and tells Sydney that some women shave and some do not, and that either choice is fine as long as it is her own. In the end Sydney decides she is not ready to shave, and her family tells her they are proud of her.

I Know What You Did Last Sleepover

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Sydney and her best friend Olive spend a week living as pretend sisters while Olive's parents are out of town, but their differences over sharing a bathroom, borrowed clothes and game rules push them into a fight. In a parallel 1992 flashback, Sydney's dad Max is fired by his childhood best friend Leo for being late once too often and has to work up an apology. Both friendships are repaired through honest conversation by the end. When Olive's parents' flight is cancelled, the girls happily get another day together.

You've Got Female

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Sydney is turned away from her school's jazz band because she is a girl, so she rallies other girls to protest for fair, open club sign-ups. Her campaign moves from a strongly worded email to a hallway walkout that lands her in detention, then goes viral and forces the school to reopen auditions. A parallel flashback shows her dad Max as a boy who once lied to keep skating with the popular 'dog boys' and lost a girl friend because of it. Sydney does not win the band spot in the end, but the clubs open up and Max admits his old mistake to her.

The Lyin' King

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When Olive returns from a week home sick, she discovers her best friend Sydney has grown close to a new girl, Robin, which sets off a tangle of secret friendships and cover stories. In a parallel story, young Max hides from his friend Leo that he made the A basketball team while Leo landed on the C team. Both threads unravel as the lies pile up until the friends are caught. Everyone finally chooses honesty, with Sydney and Olive agreeing to always be truthful and Max deciding to come clean with Leo.

Caved & Confused

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Sydney asks her dad Max to turn the family basement into a hangout of her own, which puts their tradition of watching the cooking show Hot Shot Chef together at risk. In parallel flashbacks, a young Max hides basement robot battles from his own mother by secretly doing the household laundry all week. Grandma steps in to pay for the renovated basement so the whole family has a place to gather. After Sydney's friends drift away, she and Max reconcile and watch the finale together, tying both timelines to the same idea about growing up.

Can't Hardly Date

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In this live-action family sitcom, teenager Sydney decides her widowed dad Max, a bike shop owner, has been alone too long and sets out to get him dating a customer named Maggie. A parallel thread follows a younger Max and his friend Leo hatching a popcorn-selling scheme with hidden cheat codes. Both storylines hinge on characters faking their true feelings until everyone finally admits the truth. It closes with Max, reassured by his daughter, deciding he is ready to date again.

Little Shop of Reynolds

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Twelve-year-old Sidney takes charge of her family's neighbourhood bike shop when her dad is knocked flat by the flu right before a make-or-break weekend sale. With Grandma, Olive and the mechanic Hunter, she sells bikes, mixes smoothies and, when things fall apart, assembles the bikes herself and wins over impatient customers with an honest plea to keep a family business alive. A parallel 1990s flashback follows her dad Max as a boy squabbling with his friend Leo over a new co-worker. By the end the store is saved and the sick family members recover.