Crime drama series about a private police consultant with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Monk visits a nudist beach following a murder.
Sam takes care of Frankie when she runs a high fever, Duke when she has coins to turn in at the bank, and Max when she takes a frank look at her lackluster academic career.
Sam learns that the scary part about getting old is the young people. She has issues with a young actor playing her son in a sit-com and with her hoarder mother Phyllis. Show more
It is another full house at Sam's as she cooks risotto for guests invited and uninvited. Phil arrives with her new boyfriend and Jeff arrives with his new girlfriend, and a monkey.
Sam is disappointed that Frankie has been missing from home for eight days without contacting her. Show more
Sam helps Max settle in to her first days of college life in Chicago and has an unsettling return journey back to Los Angeles.
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Sam and Phil pick up Frankie and Duke, who have been visiting their father. Frankie surprises Sam by saying she wants a big party for her 15th birthday. Rich needs comforting.
Tessa rings with some good news - they are reviving a popular kids' TV show, which may help with the bills, both expected and unexpected. Show more
Sam takes two good friends to meet with an attorney specialising in divorces, calls Jeff over to help assemble a chinchilla cage and meets one of Frankie's new friends in surprising circumstances. Show more
Sam has to persuade a reluctant Phil to give a sample of her DNA, receives some bad news from an orthopaedic specialist and has a spectacular blow-up with Max.
Sam has to remind Frankie that she knows more about boys and men than her daughter. Show more
Sam falls in love with New Orleans when she is invited to her friends Andrew and Maneesh's wedding, but has mixed feelings when an ex-lover seems to be everywhere she goes, with his new girlfriend.
Sam and the girls are invited to Marion and Caroline's housewarming, where Phil makes a scene. Show more
Sam and her single girlfriends celebrate Father's Day with a party to commiserate with each other over their failed relationships. Phil has a very special present for Frankie.
Wider family and friends start gathering at the Fox household to celebrate Frankie's 15th birthday with a batceanera, a mixed cultural event shared with her friend Rosita.
Sam takes Duke and Murray to an LA Dodgers game but has difficulty in finding a ride home. Xander arrives for a family meal but gets a taste of his own medicine.
A busy day for Sam has her helping Max find an apartment, visiting the genealogist with her brother Marion and being a shoulder to cry on for best friend Rich.
Annoyed that the girls are on their phones too much, Sam demands that they give them up for a week. Max asks Rich to tell Sam about a secret they have been keeping from her.
Max is grateful for Rich's unquestioning support. Sam tries her hand at volunteer reading in a sixth grade class, and Xander brings Duke home after their vacation together in Mexico.