S01 Episode 1
Pilot
Struggling to figure out where he fits in, Dean decides to pursue his calling as "The Great Uniter" and attempts to organize the first integrated baseball game between his team and his friend Brad's team.
21 mins · Wed, 22 Sep 2021
S01 Episode 2
Green Eyed Monster
While Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and assume his grief is from mourning current events.
21 mins · Wed, 29 Sep 2021
S01 Episode 3
The Club
Dean stumbles upon some “racy literature” and shares it with friends at school. When he is caught by the school principal, Bill and Lillian navigate uncharted territory as parents and Dean learns that manhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
21 mins · Wed, 6 Oct 2021
S01 Episode 4
The Workplace
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.
21 mins · Wed, 13 Oct 2021
S01 Episode 5
The Lock In
Dean is reluctant to attend the annual church lock-in until Kim tells him it’s where she got her first kiss. He enlists his friends to help him pair up with Keisa, but his plans are thwarted when he instead gets paired up with the pastor’s daughter, Charlene.
21 mins · Wed, 20 Oct 2021
S01 Episode 6
Be Prepared
When Coach Long and Bill take the boys on a camping trip as part of their newly formed scout troop, their starkly different approaches to the outdoors show Dean that his father isn’t good at everything. As a thunderstorm threatens an eerie quest through the woods, Bill leans into his expertise to save the day.
21 mins · Wed, 27 Oct 2021
S01 Episode 7
Independence Day
As Kim’s campaign for a car coincides with the need to take Grandaddy Clisby’s keys away, Bill proposes a solution that is only pleasing to him: Kim can drive, so long as she takes her grandfather and Dean around town. Later on at the mall, Dean is worried about seeming uncool when Clisby ends up chaperoning him and his friends, but Clisby has a few crowd-pleasing tricks up his sleeve.
21 mins · Wed, 3 Nov 2021
S01 Episode 8
Science Fair
After seeing Dean bullied by Michael after school Lillian goes to confront his parents and learns he needs more compassion than discipline. Much to Dean’s dismay, she takes Michael under her wing and helps him with his project for the science fair – an event where Dean typically excels
21 mins · Wed, 17 Nov 2021
S01 Episode 9
Home For Christmas
Dean can’t wait to spend Christmas with his older brother, Bruce, when he returns home from Vietnam. But adjusting to life back in Montgomery comes with unexpected challenges for Bruce, and the rest of the Williams family rely on their favorite holiday traditions to bring cheer
21 mins · Wed, 1 Dec 2021
S01 Episode 10
Lads and Ladies and Us
Bill and Lillian decide to join high society club Lads & Ladies as a way to introduce Kim and Dean to positive influences in the community. Bill, Kim and Dean fit right in, but things take a turn when Lillian is treated differently for being a working mom.
21 mins · Wed, 5 Jan 2022
S01 Episode 11
Brad Mitzvah
Brad works through his nerves preparing for his bar mitzvah speech while Dean ends his friendship with Keisa when Charlene tells him he can’t be friends with other girls. Things come to a head when the whole group comes together to celebrate Brad’s bar mitzvah.
21 mins · Wed, 12 Jan 2022
S01 Episode 12
I'm With The Band
When Dean loses his position as first chair saxophone in the school band, Bill lays the pressure on him to earn it back.
21 mins · Wed, 19 Jan 2022
S01 Episode 13
The Valentine’s Day Dance
Dean’s plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine’s Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first after a new makeover makes her the talk of the school. Meanwhile, Bill and Lillian make Kim sign up for a Big Sister program to have extracurricular activities for her college applications.
21 mins · Wed, 2 Feb 2022
S01 Episode 14
Country Dean
The family spends spring break with Lillian's parents in the countryside, and Dean lies to his cousins about city life in Montgomery to impress them. Meanwhile, Lillian helps to settle a land dispute between her parents and their neighbors to impress her difficult-to-please mother.
21 mins · Wed, 23 Feb 2022
S01 Episode 15
Black Teacher
When their teacher goes on maternity leave, Dean, Cory and Keisa are excited to be taught by Mr. Brady, the school’s first Black teacher. Mr. Brady encourages the students to try out for the Knowledge Bowl team where Dean faces some unexpected challenges
21 mins · Wed, 2 Mar 2022
S01 Episode 16
The Sleepover
When Dean learns that Corey’s dad, Coach Long, is in the doghouse, he struggles to keep this secret from his friend.
21 mins · Wed, 16 Mar 2022
S01 Episode 17
Jobs and Hangouts
Kim is excited to start her new job as a waitress at the local diner, which Dean adopts as his local hangout. When Kim experiences drama with her friends, she finds unlikely allies in a tough coworker and her younger brother.
21 mins · Wed, 23 Mar 2022
S01 Episode 18
Goose Grease
When Dean comes down with the chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Grandaddy Clisby, Lillian forces the three of them to quarantine together. Clisby pushes homemade remedies on them out of his mistrust of doctors, but he’s forced to reckon with this when Dean’s condition worsens.
22 mins · Wed, 6 Apr 2022
S01 Episode 19
Love & War
Bruce returns home from Vietnam, and the family is shocked to find out he is dating an older woman with an 8-year-old son with whom he is eager to start his life. When they learn more about Bruce’s latest deployment, they begin to understand his survivors’ guilt and come together to support him.
22 mins · Wed, 13 Apr 2022
S01 Episode 20
Bill's New Gig
Bill is excited to have made tenure at the university, only to find that his focus on career and family has cost him his spot in his band; Bruce adjusts to living at home.
21 mins · Wed, 20 Apr 2022
S01 Episode 21
Where No Dean Has Been Before
Dean tries to impress Keisa's cool new boyfriend by inviting him and his friends to a party Kim is throwing while Bill and Lillian are away for the night; things get out of hand just as Bill and Lillian arrive home.
Wed, 11 May 2022
S01 Episode 22
Love, Dean
It's the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around; Bill and Lillian each receive major career opportunities; Dean and Keisa take shelter together as a tornado tears through.
Wed, 18 May 2022
