S1 • E1
Enterprising Matt runs various scams, using a vacant apartment as his base. He meets his match when quick-witted writer Norman moves in and begins dating Matt's mother Eileen. Matt disapproves and is intent on driving them apart.
S1 • E2
Matt's successful business selling answer keys to classmates is thrown a curve when Norman is hired as the substitute teacher.
S1 • E3
Matt's older sister Julie rejects Eli's invitation to the school dance. While Matt is engrossed in choosing his own date, his best friend Eli turns to Norman for dating advice.
S1 • E4
Matt struggles to impress Stacey, the hottest girl in school. Secretive about his new night job, all is revealed when Norman collides with Matt on his"big date".
S1 • E5
Matt's party plans are ruined after Julie hijacks the apartment for her slumber party. Realizing the revenge potential of Julie's "slam book", he schemes to discover it's hiding place.
S1 • E6
Distrust trumps romance when Norman and Matt both receive love letters from secret admirers.
S1 • E7
Eileen asks Norman to keep an eye on Matt, while she's out of town with Julie. After thieves clean out the Burton apartment, Norman and Matt join forces to win prizes on the game show "Dad and Me".
S1 • E8
Matt hires a handsome actor to fall into Eileen's life, sure that this will make Norman act jealous and insecure.
S1 • E9
Matt's teacher disappears. Matt hires a fake replacement so Norman won't get the job.
S1 • E10
Matt cancels Norman's new credit card right before Norman leaves for a secret vacation with Matt's mother.
S1 • E11
Norman doesn't feel that everyone else has the proper Christmas spirit.
S1 • E12
When financial problems affect booking a band for the school dance, Matt and Eli create a fake band - The Dregs of Humanity. Things get sticky when Norman asks to interview the band for an article he has pitched to a local magazine.
S1 • E13
When Norman's article is published, the Dregs popularity explodes. Matt and Eli are swamped with offers for high paying gigs, and fans clamoring to meet the band. Scammers crawl out of the woodwork, wanting their piece of the pie.
S1 • E14
When Eileen says that her boss is being difficult and giving her a raise. Matt decides to do something and Norman gives him an idea of how he can do it. But when he is caught, Eileen finally learns just what Matt's been doing. And when she asks Norman to talk to him he gloats but she hears him and he ends up in the dog house.
S1 • E15
When a reluctant Norman is appointed coach of the high school's losing soccer team, Matt persuades him to give Eli the opportunity of a lifetime and make him second-string goalie.
S1 • E16
When an old boyfriend of Eileen's who's rich among other things returns, her children are happy at the prospect but Norman feels that he's going to lose her cause he doesn't have what her ex has. But to everyone's surprise, she chooses Norman. Awhile later they learn that her ex found another girl and married her in a lavish wedding and Norman still feels inadequate. But when an ex shows up, Norman decides show Eileen how much he cares about her by rebuffing an ex in front of her but Matthew upon learning of the plan decides to make a little alteration that shocks Norman too.
S1 • E17
On Matt's advice, Norman and Principal Ellis make a successful investment in the stock market. Fortunes fall when they get cocky, and a talent contest is their only option to raise cash.
S1 • E18
Classic whodunit when someone sabotages Julie at the school's yearly cheer-leading auditions. Matt and Eli play detective, as they test theories, interrogating Julie's so-called friends and rivals.
Matthew Burton
Eileen Burton
Julie Burton
Lou Donatelli
Norman Lamb
Eli
Angela
Principal Dwight Ellis
Stacey Hall
Connie