How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

2013 • ABC

4.4

37 reviews

TV-PG

Rating

Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 Pilot

4/3/13

Season-only

Polly leaves her irresponsible husband, Julian, and taking her young daughter, Natalie, moves back in with her unpredictable parents, Elaine and stepfather Max. Apprehensive but determined to get her life back on track, Polly jumps into the dating scene and reluctantly leaves Natalie home for a night with her parents.

2 How to Get Off the Couch

4/10/13

Season-only

When Polly hurts her back training for a 5K and becomes confined to the couch, her parents step in to take care of Natalie. Elaine finds herself in an awkward situation with Natalie's classmates when they ask her to explain heaven and religion. Meanwhile, Max and Elaine encourage Julian to give Polly some space.

3 How to Live With the Academy Awards Party

4/17/13

Season-only

The family celebrate their favorite holiday - the Oscars. Polly invites an old classmate over for the event and tries to impress him. Meanwhile, Max thinks that Elaine has too close a relationship with her brother, and tensions explode at the party.

4 How to Not Screw Up Your Kid

4/24/13

Season-only

When Polly and Julian tell Natalie they won't be going camping as a family this year, Natalie invents an imaginary bully in an effort to deal with her parents' divorce. Meanwhile, Elaine forces Max into planning to see an old Aunt who is at death's door.

5 How to Run the Show

5/1/13

Season-only

Elaine and Max encourage Polly to put her needs first, as they did when Polly was growing up, and offer to babysit Natalie so Polly can spend time out with Scott. But they get a quick lesson in parenting the middle ground between letting kids run the show and ending up on a milk carton.

6 How to Fix Up Your Ex

5/8/13

Season-only

With Polly now happily dating, Natalie wants her dad to also have someone, and guilts Polly into helping Julian find a girl. Meanwhile, Elaine and Max, who have always been unapologetic about who they are, realize they have to make some changes for the sake of Natalie.

7 How to Stand On Your Own Two Feet

5/15/13

Season-only

Polly is determined to start paying her own way, so when her attempt at a second job fails, she decides to go back to school and make something of herself. Meanwhile, Elaine inspires Julian to follow his dream of opening a zombie survivor fantasy camp.

8 How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life

5/22/13

Season-only

With Max stressing out over the opening of his second comedy club, and a lawsuit that comes with it, Max and Polly are butting heads - with Max eating anything in sight to calm his nerves. Meanwhile, Polly helps Julian figure out his feelings for his new girlfriend.

9 How to Get Involved

5/29/13

Season-only

10 How to Have a Playdate

6/5/13

Season-only

Polly's desire for Natalie to fit in with the kids and moms at her new school causes tension when she arranges a playdate and Elaine tries to steal the show.

11 How to Not Waste Money

6/12/13

Season-only

Max and Polly bond when he helps her learn to follow through on doing things -- like Groupons that she amassed while coping with her separation from Julian.

12 How to Help the Needy

6/19/13

Season-only

When Polly is a hit at Elaine's birthday lunch, Elaine is left feeling uninteresting, so Polly gets her an audition for a movie to boost her ego. But Polly soon realizes she's fallen into an old pattern of putting her mother's dream before her own.

13 How to Be Gifted

6/26/13

Season-only

Having always felt ordinary, Polly gets her family to go the extra mile to get Natalie into the gifted Magnet program, only to discover she's gifted in her own way. Also, when Elaine takes on a part in Max's play reading, their sex life is affected.

About this show

Polly, a recently divorced single mom moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, a couple who know no boundaries.

Ratings and reviews

4.4

37 reviews

Dillon Merritt

August 31, 2014

This is the best show I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The rewatchablity of this program is on par with shows such as Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and the original Spiderman 3. If I were stuck on a deserted island the one item I would choose to bring is the complete first season box set of this show. It would remain my choice even if there was no tv set on this island because the mere presence of the video graphic masterpiece would be enough to keep me warm at night.

3 people found this review helpful

Savannah Maddon

May 29, 2013

I liked the show it self I just didnt like the PRICE for ea h episode

5 people found this review helpful

Alyssa Duvall

July 21, 2013

Hilarious and heart warming! :)

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