Tina attempts to save her school news segment by interviewing Mr. Frond about his revolutionary new computer game. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda entertain Teddy by making up the plots to popular horror movies they haven't seen.

When the Belchers visit the local drive-in, Bob comes up with a plan to save the theater from closing. Meanwhile, Linda accidentally insults another mom while on a group text chain, and Louise and Gene hide from Tina after stealing some of her favorite candy.

Linda agrees to drive Teddy to pick up Kathleen from her colonoscopy after he accidentally injures himself. Meanwhile, the kids concoct a scheme to prank an overhead drone which is set to film the school from above.

It's a mystery within a mystery as Louise stages a murder mystery in a creepy old dollhouse store for reasons that she has trouble explaining.

Louise trains Tina to be the last student standing during an all-out cheese throwing battle against the other eighth graders. Meanwhile, Bob and Teddy teach Linda how to successfully eavesdrop on customers' conversations without getting caught.

The kids want to host an open mic night at the restaurant, but the hidden costs keep mounting and Bob worries that this night will ruin them.

Bob's past comes back to haunt him when Louise signs up for a father-daughter boogie board contest.

Tina and Louise get into an argument that escalates across several graphic "apology" cards.

A family trip to see Christmas lights turns into a rescue mission, in more ways than one.

Tina becomes the new advice columnist for the school newspaper. Teddy takes on more than he can handle when he volunteers to build a float for the Bounty of the Bay Parade.

When the Belchers' landlord, Mr. Fischoeder, offers them two months free rent in exchange for catering an important reception at his house, the family must do everything they can to ensure the event goes perfectly.

The Belchers run into Coach Blevins while on a family walk and find him selling sweat-scented candles, which Gene and Louise discover to be a cover for Blevins' scheme to sell sweat samples for DNA mining.

Louise starts an illegal snack trade at school with Gene and Tina, but tensions rise when a rival snack business emerges; Bob and Linda face a laptop crisis, forcing them to choose between family memories and bookkeeping records.

Tina embarks on a scavenger hunt for the "golden pinecone" during an overnight orienteering trip and gets trapped in an etiquette camp for good girls when she and her fellow Thundergirls get lost in the woods.