Grounded for Life

Sean intercepts a phone call from Claudia’s doctor and discovers she is pregnant. He doesn’t want to tell Claudia yet since it’s his fault she is pregnant. Brad, after admitting he hooked up with his space-campmate Lana, begs Lily’s forgiveness until he learns of her infidelity.

Sean’s feeling sick, and Eddie convinces him that he has sympathetic pregnancy syndrome. Brad and Lily decide to just be friends but their hormones get the best of them. Jimmy tries to impress the new neighbor girl by pretending to be a sports fanatic. Eddie resumes his relationship with his ex, Faye, who’s become angrier and more bitter than ever.

Now that Eddie is spending all of his free time with Faye, lonely Sean finds every possible thing wrong with her, including the way she parks her car, which he "accidentally" smashes into. Lily’s attempt to make Brad jealous by dating Mocha Joey backfires when Brad points out that Lily and Mocha Joey have nothing in common; and Claudia gets upset when she finds out that Sean has told everyone that she is pregnant.

Eddie moves into the Finnerty basement after being evicted from his apartment. Claudia is not happy and tells him if he screws up he’s out. Lily is jealous of Brad’s new girlfriend Taya when she becomes the first girl on the school football team. Claudia’s pregnancy interferes with her motherly duties.

Claudia is upset with Sean when she finds out he gambled the money for the baby’s crib and used the winnings to buy a new TV. When Claudia accidentally breaks the TV, she convinces Eddie to take her to the track so she can win money to repair the set.

Brad and Lily fight it out in a race for student body president, but the sniping and mudslinging is a mask to hide the former lovers’ true feelings about each other. Meanwhile, Eddie is depressed and seeks the help of a quack psychiatrist. Claudia tries not to learn the baby’s sex, wanting to be surprised.

Sean’s old friend Dave is in town, a children’s performer who goes under the name "J.J. Bodybuddy". Sean invites Dave to stay out the house and promises the school a J.J. Bodybuddy show, but Dave, a decade-sober recovered alcoholic, gets too drunk to do the gig.

With the bar in financial trouble, Sean and Claudia must get extra jobs to pay the bills: Sean applies for a manager position at T.J. Shenanigans while Claudia works from home collecting unpaid medical bills. When Sean and Eddie find themselves competing for the same job, they consider selling the bar. Meanwhile, Brad and Lily get back together and broken-hearted Taya rebounds with Jimmy.

Feeling unsexy and depressed, pregnant Claudia gets a boost when her cuty study buddy Steve flirts with her then she finds out that Sean paid him to do so. Lily helps Eddie write stand-up routine material, but another comic steals their jokes.

Lily becomes insecure when she learns that she’s "not school smart." So when Brad snags an interview at Yale, she becomes jealous and connives to land her own interview. Sean takes a second job as a limo driver, to avoid doing work at home. Claudia tries to convince her neighbor, Arianna, that the Finnerty clan is not trash. Jimmy seeks advice from Eddie for his debut in the school production of Tom Sawyer.

Sean becomes infuriated after receiving letters from the Home Owner’s Association telling him to clean up his house, while Claudia is happy about the positive changes to the neighborhood. Lily insists that Brad buys her an anniversary gift from a list that she’s made.

Eddie’s ex, Amy, displays naked photos of him in an art gallery, but he’s too afraid to ask her to remove them; Sean is having problems trying to sell the Red Boot; Claudia has a baby shower; and Jimmy fills in on the cheerleading squad to get close to the girls.

In the series finale, Claudia and Sean miss Lily’s graduation (and spoil her senior-prank plan) when Claudia goes into labor. The Finnerty boys learn that Walt has a girlfriend...