Hal thinks Mallory is trying to trick him to go on a date with her when they meet to discuss business over a TV cooking show on Friday night. Ron Yuma and Sadie accidently makes plan to hang out together.
When Sadie's cousin Katie is suspended from her school and transfers to Bennett High School, she sets her sights on Ben. During this, Hal and Walter work together for Career Day.
Sadie gets a new crush since breaking up with Ben, who tells her that he is wrong for her. After hearing this, Sadie thinks Ben is jealous and ignores his advice to stay away.
Sadie becomes worried that Hal is being taken advantage of when he falls for a college girl; Rain learns that his lifelong crush likes him, but he is dating Taylor.
After breaking their mother's favorite vase, Hal and Sadie must raise money to replace it. Meanwhile, Margaret gives Rain bad advice which ruins his first date with Taylor.
The Hawthornes receive a generous inheritance from their great aunt Helen, but when Sadie tries to spend the money, disasters strike, and she believes the money is cursed.
When lab mice are released from their cages, Ms. Mann holds a mock trial between Sadie and Arden to find out who the real culprit is; Margaret struggles to finish her portfolio for the fashion-design internship, while also designing a dress for Mallory.
Margaret gives geeky Ron Yuma a makeover; Hal and Sadie are horrified when Jean's offered a permanent teaching position at Bennett High, fearing she'd tell their embarrassing childhood stories to their classmates.
Sadie has to decide on a shirt for school, pink or blue. Margaret tells her the one she chooses will have a lasting effect on what takes place today. Which will she choose and what outcome does each shirt have in store for her?
Sadie's relationship with Ben hits an unexpected snag when Ben's extremely competitive ex-girlfriend shows up with every intention of winning her former beau back. Also, Rain and Hal go into business with Ms. Mann, a partnership that goes sour fast.
Sadie tries her best to find the right Christmas gift for Ben; while Rain is given the responsibility of decorating his family's restaurant for the holidays. Meanwhile, Hal becomes a mall Santa.
Hal must make up a missed English assignment from last year, which lands him temporarily in the same class as Sadie, whom he seems determined to embarrass.
Rain gets Sadie a job waiting tables at Acropolis Wow, but he ends up regretting it when Sadie's impressive performance earns her the promotion that he has been after.
Plans for the school's Halloween dance get underway, with Sadie given the cringe-worthy task of taking orders from Arden. Meanwhile, zombie teens seem to be roaming the halls of R.B. Bennett High School.
To Sadie's chagrin, a computerized matchmaking service declares that she and Ben are incompatible, while Margaret and Jamie are determined to be a perfect couple.
A school drama production brings out Sadie's jealous side when Arden is chosen to play Ben's love interest, and it's a part that involves some kissing.
Afraid that Walter and Jean will get happily involved and embarrass her, Sadie decides not to tell her parents that she is going out on her first date with Ben. Despite their objections, Margaret and Hal are forced to share the spotlight in a theme night event at Acropolis Wow planned out by Rain.moreless
Frustrated with Ben's sarcasm and his refusal to open up to her, Sadie begins to wonder whether she really wants to be with him or not. It doesn't help the situation when she meets another boy who shares a lot of the same interests as her. Meanwhile, Rain uses his temporary new role as the school mascot as a way of getting to know more about Vivian.moreless
Fred sets out to find who was the main cause of a food fight at Acropolis Wow by interrogating each person who was involved, but soon discovers that their stories conflict with each other.
At a fashion competition, Margaret picks Sadie to model her extremely original clothing designs; Rain spends time eyeing pretty girls when he's supposed to be helping Ben take pictures of the event.
On a school fieldtrip to the outdoors with Mr. Klatt-Meyer, Sadie leads the girls in an orienteering competition against Ben and the boys. Meanwhile, Jean and Walter spend the day taking care of J.P.
After Ben and Sadie are assigned a school assignment where they have to be parents to a lifelike baby doll, the two argue over the proper way of taking care of a child. Rain discovers that girls are drawn to him when he is around the baby doll. Meanwhile, Margaret is given the responsibility of watching her energetic little stepsister for the whole day at school.moreless
To avoid being grounded due to their continuous fighting, Sadie and Hal try their best to get along so that they can attend the school's bowling party. A conflicted Margaret wonders whether she should reveal a secret that she is keeping from Sadie and the boy she likes. Meanwhile, Rain prepares to be the sports commentator for the event.moreless
Sadie gets in over her head after she agrees to go to the homecoming dance with both Ben and Owen. Meanwhile, Rain and Margaret compete against each other to win concert tickets by attempting to raise the most money for the school football team.
Jean decides to enroll a reluctant Sadie and her friends in a self-defense class so that she can spend some with her daughter. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity to get closer with Vivian, Rain joins the class. Meanwhile, Walter brings out a fantasy role playing game in hopes of doing some bonding with Hal.moreless
When Ben asks Sadie to be his ballroom dance partner for P.E., Arden mysteriously wants to hang out and study with her. To avoid failing the class, Margaret pairs up with Rain after she mistakenly believes he is a great ballroom dancer.
Hoping to make a difference, Sadie decides to run for school President. When someone unexpectedly enters the race and uses some shady tactics against her, will Sadie resort to the same underhandedness to win the election?
Sadie slowly becomes overwhelmed when she agrees to help her friends and family with their tasks. Meanwhile, Rain decides to take short cuts with different things in order to save time.
In order to have the house all to herself while her parents go out on a Friday night, Sadie agrees to help Hal get a date with the most popular girl in school. Meanwhile, Rain and Margaret attempt to be opposites so that they can avoid being labeled a couple.
Sadie is eager to plan a funding raising dance to help save the endangered Komodo dragon, but her ideas for the event clashes with those of Ben and the other students. Meanwhile, Rain, Margaret, and Hal each manipulate the event for their own benefit.
School is back in session and Sadie wants to start off with a bang. She and Margaret attempt to complete five risks on a list in three days with the loser having to wear a goofy outfit picked by the winner. Meanwhile, Rain who is having a difficult time talking to Vivian turns to Hal for advice on girls.moreless
Sadie is embarrassed after she accidentally blurts out something hurtful about a popular fellow student. Meanwhile, Rain is told by his mother to pull his grades up by the next test or he will be spending weekends at his parent's restaurant scrubbing toilets until he does graduate.
When a neighbor mistakes her for a boy, Sadie decides to investigate what it takes to make herself look more feminine. Meanwhile, Rain decides to sneak himself into the yearbook photos, and is astonished to learn that his parents were considered cool in their day.
Sadie's decision to concentrate on her application to the "Roots & Shoots" volunteer program, run by her idol Jane Goodall, jeopardizes her history project with Mallory on a Hawthorne ancestor. Meanwhile, Rain attributes his run of good luck to a tie.
Sadie attempts to devise a theory to explain her brother Hal's annoying behavior. Meanwhile, Rain becomes drunk with power after he becomes editor of the school newspaper.
Margaret tries to show Sadie that her crush, Owen Anthony, has feet of clay, but this only seems to get Owen interested in Margaret instead of Sadie. Meanwhile, Rain ends up spending time in detention with Hal.
Sadie again attempts to impress Owen Anthony, this time by getting him into a jam session with her rock musician brother Hal. Meanwhile, Rain suffers an image reversal after being deleted from the ranks of the hand bell choir.
When she finds all her family and friends acting suspiciously whenever she's around, Sadie determines to find out what is going on, but a tornado intervenes. Meanwhile, Mallory finds out that there's a secret about Sadie she doesn't know.
After convincing her teacher the she's the most qualified to take care of the science class's pet reptile, a bearded dragon, Sadie accidentally loses it. Meanwhile, Rain starts selling a soup made from the leftover snacks found on his bedroom floor.
Sadie tries to keep her favorite tree from being cut down, but when her petition fails, she goes out on a limb as a tree-sitter. Meanwhile, Rain decides to try making money by racing his pet frog.
Sadie tries to find out who burglarized Dr. Finch's store, even though he doesn't seem to want her help. Meanwhile, to impress a girl, Rain gets a makeover.
When a hot band comes to town for a concert, Sadie and Margaret simply try to get tickets, while Rain comes up with a complex series of deals to get backstage passes.
After seeing a pet and its owner in matching outfits, Sadie enters a speech contest with an essay on "animal domestication", but when she has to be tutored on delivering her speech, she begins to wonder who is domesticating whom. Meanwhile, Rain has trouble training his cat.
Sadie objects to the dictatorial methods of the captain of the quiz team, and tries to make it more democratic. Rain lets a girl believe he can teach her how to speak Greek.
A cute new science teacher causes Sadie to lose focus, jeopardizing her father/daughter bonding scuba weekend. Meanwhile, Rain and Margaret take their communication methods to the next level by scoring a messaging device and attempting to share it.
Sadie is worried that her mom will be disappointed with her when she gets a C in art class, so she enlists for the help of a tutor--- who turns out to be her older brother, Hal.
When Margaret tries to show Sadie how to move up the social ladder, she only manages to embarrass Mallory. So Sadie suggests that Margaret become Mallory's friend. Meanwhile, Hal's band tries to get a gig somewhere.