Life as We Know It

Deborah's ma Mia Tynan, a nurse, apologizes to Jonathan for the embarrassingly blatant sex talk. Dino plays with his dear dad, proud he decked coach Scott for cuckolding him with ma and is disappointed to hear the big bra in the laundry is Deborah's, a source of boyish pride for Jonathan though. Ben just manages to hide his hickey for his ma and in school under a turtleneck despite the hot weather, but Monica not only keeps putting all the weight on him, now she breaks up with the poor boy. Dino is caught kissing on the couch with Zoe by Mia, Deborah and his dad but insists he doesn't just want to be a mere visitor at dad's but to move in, away from his adulterous ma, and refuses to tell her more on the phone, when prompted by dad, then goodnight. Deb tells everything to Jackie, which her ex Dino dislikes hearing even from Jonathan; Deb actually objects to her ma giving the 'filanderer' a ride to school. The boys commiserate about the troublesome girls, even as exes. Dino packs and tells his ma he can't even bear the sight of her; she brings over his cloths to dad's with some extras and hugs her firstborn, who is too unsettled to receive even Zoe. Dad spoils his youngest Max with midget-golf and carting after school. A self-mixed CD gets Monica to kiss Ben again; just then Jonathan sees them trough a telescope...

The boys are in awe of Ben's big brother Sam Conner, who's back for the weekend, because of his Pontiac and cool job as CD-cover graphic designer; he even got them three VIP invitations. Dino's dad and ma can't afford new, better fiber skates, so he convinces Jonathan to get cool jobs together in clothes retail, and his hunky looks get them hired. Ben's parents forbid him to get any job, and even fraternal help doesn't lift his 11PM curfew, still he asks Sue along. Jackie and Deborah decides to have a girls night instead, Jonathan was detained in the shop anyway; the bitches sneak into Dino's place to steal a garment to burn to 'exorcise' Jackie. Dino steals Ben's dad's ED medicine, but it kicks in during wrestling practice and lasts. Dino scores with sales-colleague Greta, but he's really being set up by his ex Zoe as 'jeans thief''; his ma pays for the three pairs of trousers. Monica did it with Sam, who was ignorant she was Ben's first. Ben has a row with his dad who wanted him to attend his mother's nth classical recital and 'gives up educating you boys'; Sam had a minor car accident, Ben gives him hell for seeing Monica again.

Dino bitches at his adulterous ma after finding his dad slept on the couch. Ben finally Makes out with his secret girlfriend, teacher Monica Young. Dino waits all day to talk to Jackie, then she has no time for him: her soccer 'regionals' have priority. Dino ditches his class to avoid coach Dave Scott; ma Annie Whitman tells coach it's over now that Dino knows. Dino's parents have a picnic and make love, but it still doesn't feel right; dad ends up telling her he needs to resign his job. Jonathan is embarrassed to be choosing condoms with his girlfriend Deborah Tynan, but shouts 'sex' trough his cellphone bragging to Dino that he's about to get laid; she tells him her first time was with the new drug store clerk, Gabe, Jonathan is put off, afraid she knows too much about sex; they decide to take it slow as they are right for each-other. Adam's friend Zoe Cresswell dares Dino to drink beer and tells him he looks like her sex symbol Tom Cruise; he misses Jackie's soccer game which went badly, she tastes beer in his kiss and calls him a hopeless egoist. The boys are worried when Ben doesn't tell them about his sex-life and suspect that he may be gay. When they confront him he assures them that he's NOT gay and tells them about his teacher but they dismiss that as a fantasy. Dino goes to Jackie's to make up and finally tells her the whole truth, she still feels they need a new start: she can't depend on him, they don't understand each-other, they sort of break up; on the bus home Dino sees Zoe again...