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#1
S2E13 8.6
Still Narcing

Brian is the high-school basketball team's statistician and believes that they're his friends. While picking up the team, who are all very drunk, Bill finds out that they call Brian "Jeeves", short for "Jeeves Our Helper Monkey" and made him their errand boy and chauffeur. Bill angrily lets all the players' parents know that they're drunk. While talking to Brian, Bill and Judy learn that being named "Jeeves" is no big deal and that being an errand boy has its perks. But now they've changed the nickname to "Narc" and he's no longer the statistician but demoted to the team mascot, "Coogie." Bill talks to the team and takes responsibility for getting them into trouble with their parents and says that Brian wants to be statistician again. He also suggests that Brian and the family van can help the team prank their rival, Hancock Magnet School. Then Bill tells the coach about the prank and gets the team into more trouble and they nickname Bill "Suck" and keep calling Brian "Narc." The next day, Bill and Judy get a call from the coach, who accuses Brian of pulling the prank against Hancock. Meanwhile, Linda dumps "needy" boyfriend Pete and pawns him off on one of her co-workers, then gets jealous when things go well with the new couple.

#2
S4E18 8.4
Still Bad

Judy wants the job of assistant to Dr. Holman the dentist, so she needs her family to behave like the ideal family on a dinner at his place. Meanwhile, Brian gets a cut during a knife fight scene in West Side Story and meets Amy, a hot girl who makes the mistake of thinking Brian is talking about a real knife fight - a story which makes her hot for Brian. Brian is about to explain that he is not really a bad boy in a gang, but Bill urges him to seize the chance to get the girl, so Brian continues playing the role. Difficulties arise when the Millers arrive at the Holmans and it turns out that Amy is Dr. Holman's secretly rebelling daughter. Brian now needs to make Amy think he is a bad boy who's pretending to be a nerd when his parents are around, when the truth is that he actually *is* a nerd. And Dr. Holman is also a nerd with a room full of nerdy collector's items. Brian needs to choose: the girl or the items?

#3
S4E20 8.4
Still Graduating

Brian graduates. Bill and Judy don't feel emotionally shaken like most parents. Brian gets into a summer program at the university and is moving out. Bill and Judy start planning new uses for Brian's room.

#4 Still Using S4E2 8.2
#5 Still Looking for Love S3E3 8.1
#6 Still Drinking S3E14 8.1
#7 Still Beauty and the Geek S4E4 8.1
#8 Still a Team S4E10 8.0
#9 Still Eighteen S4E15 8.0
#10 Still in School S1E3 7.9

Lowlights

#88 S1E1 Pilot 7.1

While Bill and Judy's marriage seems threatened by the sudden introduction of unadorned honesty, Bill's fatherly advice to Brian for attracting girls gets Brian into trouble at school.

#87 Still Not the One S3E16 7.3
#86 Still Champions S2E22 7.3
#85 Still Flirting S2E15 7.3
#84 Still Reading S1E2 7.3

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