In the opener, Molly flirts with a hunky classmate, then flips when she learns her mom has invited him to dinner.

Molly celebrates her 16th birthday and endures her family's bizarre rituals, which include peculiar songs and a seafood dinner at the same restaurant where cool kids from Molly's school are hanging out.

At school, Molly finds a discarded CD with an eclectic mix of love songs on it, and she sets out to find the person who recorded it. Mary, meanwhile, is angry with Jerry but won't tell him why; and Harriet meets a mime and develops an interest in the art.

Jerry agrees to house an exchange student from Brazil after learning that the girl plays on her country's Olympic soccer team. Meanwhile, Molly is upset that she can't go to a party with Nick because it's scheduled for the same night as a piano recital by the twins.

Molly wins a chance to compete for a Dutch heritage scholarship for college, only to learn that her family isn't really Dutch. Meanwhile, Grant has trouble sleeping because of recurring romantic dreams about Mia.

In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Molly develops feelings for her friend Ben and she considers asking him to the prom. Meanwhile, Rick learns that his name is on the deed to the Stage home and he inadvertently loses the property in a card game.