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Father Knows Least
Former bachelor, David Ramos, finally settles down with single mom Kim Mclaughlin after wanting to start a new chapter in his life, with the help of his pushover mother, Delia. David meets Kim's three kids: teenage Nicki, middle child Zack and youngest daughter Haley. Failing to connect with the kids instantly, David tries to man up and be more responsible in order to become a good husband and father to Kim and the kids, but realizes that the transition from "manchild" to "man of the house" will take some time to get used to.
Characters
Main
David Ramos
Kim McLaughlin
Nicole "Nicki" McLaughlin
Zack McLaughlin
Haley McLaughlin
Recurring
Delia Ramos
Edgar
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 20 | January 5, 2006 | May 18, 2006 | |
| 2 | 24 | September 21, 2006 | May 17, 2007 | |
| 3 | 19 | September 27, 2007 | May 15, 2008 | |
| 4 | 24 | September 25, 2008 | May 14, 2009 | |
| 5 | 24 | September 24, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | |
| 6 | 24 | September 23, 2010 | May 12, 2011 | |
| 7 | 23 | September 22, 2011 | May 24, 2012 | |
| 8 | 24 | September 20, 2012 | May 16, 2013 | |
| 9 | 24 | September 26, 2013 | May 15, 2014 | |
| 10 | 24 | September 18, 2014 | May 14, 2015 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2006)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Malcolm Fraser | Andy Garcia & Nina Hart | January 5, 2006 | FKL0101 |
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After proposing to Kim, David is given the opportunity to finally meet her three kids. While not making a first good impression on them, David gets a second chance when Kim has to work overtime and insists on watching the kids, much to Nicki's dislike. Later, Kim isn't able to trust David anymore when his irresponsibility leads to a series of mishaps in the household. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Delia Moves In" | Malcolm Fraser | Andy Garcia & Nina Hart | January 12, 2006 | FKL0102 |
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David realizes that it's time to move out of his mother's house and in with the McLaughlins. However, Delia starts getting too overprotective of him when things look great between David and Kim, so much so that she decides to move in with him to make sure David doesn't ruin his relationship with Kim. Meanwhile, the kids begin to enjoy Delia's company while David and Kim try to find a way to get her to leave. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Baseball" | Malcolm Fraser | Wendy Schneider | January 19, 2006 | FKL0103 |
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When Edgar manages to get his hands on three front side tickets to a Texas Rangers baseball game, David sees an opportunity for a chance to bond with Zack and fill that missing father role in his life. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "A Cat Named Snowball" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart Teleplay by : Lee Hammond | January 26, 2006 | FKL0104 |
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After getting good grades, Haley is rewarded with adopting a cat at the animal shelter whom she names Snowball. However, when Haley feeds Snowball some chocolate and it dies, David fails to cheer her up as a result of a similar experience he had in his childhood with a stray dog. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "David's 18 Again" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Jill Washington & Philip Dortenberry Teleplay by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart | February 2, 2006 | FKL0106 |
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Kim is upset to learn that David's partying life isn't over with when he chaperones for Nicki who's attending a party at her crush's house and acts disorderly. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Vows" | Malcolm Fraser | Dave Latham & Dan McCracken | February 9, 2006 | FKL0105 |
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David is tasked with writing his wedding vows after Kim's overjoyed prospect at expressing themselves romantically. However, Kim questions his engagement with David when he rather watch boxing instead of writing his vows. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Like Jesus the Carpenter" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Lee Hammond Teleplay by : Nina Hart & Donald Walsh | February 16, 2006 | FKL0107 |
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While David spends some quality time with Zack building a tree house in the backyard, Delia teaches the girls how to make tamales for her church's Bible study meeting. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Edgar's New Date" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Nina Hart & Frank McCallum Teleplay by : Andy Garcia & Dan McCracken & Dave Latham | February 23, 2006 | FKL0108 |
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David convinces Kim to set lonely Edgar up with her sister, Sharon, who's visiting from New York. However, David is shocked to learn that Edgar is planning on proposing to Sharon and tries to stop him from making a big mistake. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "PTA Meeting" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart Teleplay by : Frank McCallum & Wendy Schneider | March 2, 2006 | FKL0109 |
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David tries to fit in with the other parents when he reluctantly joins the PTA meeting at Haley's school. David and Kim later meet happy-go-lucky parents Ted and Jamie that want to discuss school activities with them and invite them over for dinner at their house. However, David makes a fool out of himself during dinner and it haunts him to the point of acknowledging his own incompetence as a step-father. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Zack's Crush" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart Teleplay by : Jill Washington & Philip Dortenberry | March 9, 2006 | FKL0111 |
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When Zack develops a crush on a cheerleader at school, he is left panicked on not knowing how to approach her. David and Kim offer different ways but Zack goes with instincts and declares his love for her outright, which proves to be a disaster. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Imaginary Gary" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart Teleplay by : Wendy Schneider & Lee Hammond | March 16, 2006 | FKL0110 |
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Everybody in the house has growned accustomed of Haley and her imaginary friend, Gary. However, David finds this a little creepy and attempts to stop this odd habit of hers by introducing Haley to real friends at school. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Future In-Laws" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Jill Washington Teleplay by : Andy Garcia & Dave Latham | March 23, 2006 | FKL0112 |
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Kim is fed with Delia always meddling in her life much to David's amusement. However, David thinks that his mother is worse than Kim's parents and the latter doesn't think so. In an attempt to prove him wrong, Kim agrees to let her parents visit for dinner so they can meet David. To Kim's surprise, David gets along with them just fine. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Family Game Night" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia & Nina Hart Teleplay by : Dan McCracken & Dave Latham & Philip Dortenberry | March 30, 2006 | FKL011 |
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Kim's idea to start a tradition of 'family game night' doesn't go as planned when the kids rather do something else. Kim enlists David's help to get the kids interested and so he does by paying them to enjoy game night. David regrets listening to Kim when game night takes a competitive turn. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Big Fish, Little Fish" | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Andy Garcia Teleplay by : Christy Jones & Paul Copperfield | April 6, 2006 | FKL011 |
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Kim becomes upset to learn that Nicki is dating a senior boy from her school. David tries to talk to Nicki about her dating life but is surprised to also learn that she plans to lose her virginity to him. David tries to keep this secret to himself and prevent Kim from knowing until he can convince Nicki otherwise. | ||||||
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Malcolm Fraser | Story by : Teleplay by : | 2006 | FKL011 |