Baltimore sportscaster Mark ""Flex"" Washington finds his bachelor's paradise disrupted when his feisty 14-year-old daughter, Breanna, comes to live with him full-time. Flex is used to the carefree life of a young single man, complete with junk food, sports and women. Breanna is accustomed to no rules and all fun when she visits her dad for two weeks a year. But when the demands of her mother's new job make it necessary for Breanna to move in with her father for the foreseeable future, Flex must adjust to raising a teenager on a day-to-day basis. In the series premiere, Breanna's jealousy of Flex's date causes her to act out, straining their relationship.

When Breanna finds out that her friends are going to a club for ages (14-18) and figures her father won't mind, she decides to follow them to the club. Meanwhile, Duane is trying to avoid a customer he cheated. When Flex comes home from work and finds his parents there and learns that his daughter Breanna was at a club without any permission, he shows her what it's like to be an adult. Which isn't easy. Meanwhile, Duane ends up at Flex's house with the customer he cheated.

Flex and Breanna find themselves at loggerheads over where she should go to school. While Breanna is eager to attend a funky public school for the performing arts, Flex prefers that she enroll in a posh private academy. But once he hears her excruciatingly bad singing voice, he agrees to let her audition for the performing arts school.

Flex is dismayed when Breanna tries to recover from her recent heartbreak by taking on the persona of a ""player,"" flirting outrageously and toying with every boy around. But he is even more distressed to discover that she's emulating him.

Once again Breanna's mother has come over for the holidays. This time she feels sick. Later on Flex's whole family comes over for Christmas, and Breanna's grandma discovers that Nicole is pregnant. Breanna overhears and tells Flex. At first their all happy about it thinking that it's a miracle, but when she takes a pregnancy test she realizes that there's no baby, but Breanna says that there's still a miracle because her parents are together for Christmas.

After Flex's father eats unheatly and gets a heart attack Flex decides to take risk and live his life as the last day everyday. Meanwhile at Breanna's highschool the upcoming Ghetto-Fabulous dance arrives and Arnaz brings his country cousin for a visit. She wants to go to the dance but not until Breanna and Spirit give her a ghetto makeover.

Arnaz comes over to Breanna's house with the tape and taunts her with it. Breanna denies what she said to Arnaz on the tape, but he says that he'll get her to say those words again if it kills him. Meanwhile Nicole tells Flex that she's taking Breanna to live with her in Nova Scotia, but Flex says he can work it out. Nicole then says that he has to choose between his dream career as a professional basketball player on the NBA or giving it up for Breanna. Breanna then comes in and she and Flex both try to reason with Nicole but her mind is made up. She asks Flex why should Breanna have a half-time dad when she can have a full-time mom. This makes Flex give up and decide to join the NBA. This saddens Breanna and she and Spirit spend some final time together as friends. Arnaz comes and he once again confronts Breanna about her true feelings. Just as she's about to admit them one of Arnaz's old girlfriends, Ginger comes and steals him away. Spirit encourages Breanna to catch Arnaz but she

Breanna tries to get her learner's permit, so Flex decides to teach her how to drive. All seems to go well until he freaks out and becomes overprotective of Breanna on the open road. Meanwhile Duane is interested at a woman at his gym but she only likes to date built men so he takes diet pills. Breanna, annoyed by her dad gets Arnaz, Duane, and her Grandparents to teach her how to drive but they all react just like Flex. Flex then realizes how overprotective he is but he tells Breanna it's because he loves her. Flex suggest that maybe she should get a proffessional teacher who doesen't know her and Breanna agrees. Duane gets off his diet pills and wins the woman's heart in the end.

Flex's little sister, Bernadette has come to Baltimore to announce to her brother that she has given up her sucessful career in law to become a fashion model. Flex tries to figure out how to break the news to their dad. Meanwhile when Breanna gets a baby from her Home Economics class Josh and Arnaz become competitive to be it's father.

Breanna begins to see Flex, Natalie, and herself becoming one, big happy family—until she catches Natalie on a date with another man.

Flex throws a retirement party for his father. There a nervous Natalie meets his mother for the first time. Eunice disapproves of Flex's girlfriend. Flex doesen't understand at first but when Flex's paternal grandmother still holds her grudge against his mother he starts to understand why. Meanwhile Breanna, Spirit, and Arnaz look after Eunice's dog but it dies when Breanna runs over it with her car.

Flex becomes jealous when Breanna starts to admire her Drama teacher more than her. He gets soo jealous that he goes to McKinley Highschool just to tell the teacher off, but because of a huge snowstorm he, Breanna and the entire school gets snowed in. Meanwhile because of the snowstorm Duane is the only one left in the building soo he tries to find ways to entertain himself. Also Flex's father comes back from a trip and helps Flex out with his jealousy.

Breanna, excited to take part in the political process, ends leading a McKinley High protest against her cousin.

When Arnez hires a sexy back up singer for his band, Breanna is full of envy. Beacuse she thinks that Arnaz may have a passion for more than just the music.