It's "Take Your Son to Work Day" and Dean heads to band practice with Bill. But the "grown folks' business" at the music studio prompts Lillian to have to pick up Dean. While at her office, Dean finally learns what his mom does while he's at school all day, gaining a newfound respect for her career and ambition.
s01e01 - Pilot
s01e02 - Green Eyed Monster
s01e03 - The Club
s01e04 - The Workplace
s01e05 - The Lock In
s01e06 - Be Prepared
s01e07 - Independence Day
s01e08 - Science Fair
s01e09 - Home for Christmas
s01e10 - Lads and Ladies and Us
s01e11 - Brad Mitzvah
s01e12 - I'm with the Band
s01e13 - The Valentine's Day Dance
s01e14 - Country Dean
s01e15 - Black Teacher
s01e16 - The Sleepover
s01e17 - Jobs and Hangouts
s01e18 - Goose Grease
s01e19 - Love & War
s01e20 - Bill's New Gig
s01e21 - Where No Dean Has Gone Before
s01e22 - Love, Dean
A coming of age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the point-of-view of imaginative 12 year-old Dean. With the wisdom of his adult years, Dean's hopeful and humorous recollections show how his family found their "wonder years" in a turbulent time.