Even though he specifically asked them not to fix him up, Nicole and Carl do just that, and hit him with a surprise b...

Ben and Alex wait at Nicole's to close an autobiography deal with basketball superstar Will Jones -- which makes Ben ...

Carl introduces the family to his new girlfriend, Jeanette, who's a professional cellist. Ben enjoys her company, sin...

Since Ben has never met Paige's parents, James suggests that he invite them over to the apartment for dinner -- a sug...

Matty asks Ben if he and Weitzman can catch a train to a Blackhawks game -- in Detroit. The farthest Ben allows him t...

Ben's birthday is coming up, and Matty knows just what to get him after Ben spots his favorite author, Samuel Lawrenc...

Ben goes to a ritzy furniture store with Alex and Matty to buy a new lamp for Matty, and Ben becomes smitten with the...

It's Halloween, and Ben dresses up like one of the Pips in preparation for a big party he's throwing. A big party to ...

Ben begins to feel unneeded when he leaves Matty in Carl's care while he and Alex work overtime filing tax returns, a...

The Stevensons are visited by Ben's long-time friend, Michael -- who lost a race to him many years ago -- and his you...

Carl brags about his new client, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Matty's choir has been selected to go to D.C. to sing at the na...

Matty starts a 2-week internship at Nicole's, for a school program. While he, Ben, Carl and Alex are out having dinne...

Matty gets a new--and older--Spanish tutor, Maria, but he's too smitten with her to concentrate on the español. Jame...

Matty braces himself for a Sadie Hawkins Day dance by dodging the calls of the many interested girls who aren't named...

Ben is nervous about an upcoming television appearance on ""Book Chat."" His anxiety leads to a recurring dream where...

Ben becomes awestruck after a manuscript falls into his lap about a fearless Masai Princess called Wahunthra. At Nico...

Matty joins a study group, and begs Ben for some money to attend a lecture. When Ben presses him for more info, Matty...

Matty gets in trouble at school, making Ben have to come down and talk with his tough English teacher, Anita Hunsley ...

Ben gets a surprise visit from his baby sister-in-law, Julia Bullock. She's a drifter slash swindler who owed him $10...

Ben takes out a mugger to protect Matty, making him a hero in his son's eyes, and an object of envy in Carl's. Ben ju...

When Ben turns down an offer to spend the night at Kyra's place after walking her home, he wonders if there's somethi...

After a heart attack scare with James, Ben recommends that he start taking better care of himself. But when Carl remi...