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How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

2013 · 1 season, 13 episodes · canceled

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Seasons and episodes How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

Season 1

2013 · 13 episodes · about 5h

Still: Pilot1. Pilot21 min

Polly leaves her irresponsible husband, Julian, and taking her young daughter, Natalie, moves back in with her unpredictable parents, Elaine and stepfather Max. Apprehensive but determined to get her life back on track, Polly jumps into the dating scene and reluctantly leaves Natalie home for a night with her parents.

Still: How to Get Off the Couch2. How to Get Off the Couch21 min

When Polly hurts her back training for a 5K and becomes confined to the couch, her parents step in to take care of Natalie. Elaine finds herself in an awkward situation with Natalie's classmates when they ask her to explain heaven and religion. Meanwhile, Max and Elaine encourage Julian to give Polly some space.

Still: How to Live With the Academy Awards Party3. How to Live With the Academy Awards Party21 min

The family celebrate their favorite holiday - the Oscars. Polly invites an old classmate over for the event and tries to impress him. Meanwhile, Max thinks that Elaine has too close a relationship with her brother, and tensions explode at the party.

Still: How to Not Screw Up Your Kid4. How to Not Screw Up Your Kid21 min

When Polly and Julian tell Natalie they won't be going camping as a family this year, Natalie invents an imaginary bully in an effort to deal with her parents' divorce. Meanwhile, Elaine forces Max into planning to see an old Aunt who is at death's door.

Still: How to Run the Show5. How to Run the Show21 min

Elaine and Max encourage Polly to put her needs first, as they did when Polly was growing up, and offer to babysit Natalie so Polly can spend time out with Scott. But they get a quick lesson in parenting the middle ground between letting kids run the show and ending up on a milk carton.

Still: How to Fix Up Your Ex6. How to Fix Up Your Ex21 min

With Polly now happily dating, Natalie wants her dad to also have someone, and guilts Polly into helping Julian find a girl. Meanwhile, Elaine and Max, who have always been unapologetic about who they are, realize they have to make some changes for the sake of Natalie.

Still: How to Stand on Your Own Two Feet7. How to Stand on Your Own Two Feet21 min

Polly is determined to start paying her own way, so when her attempt at a second job fails, she decides to go back to school and make something of herself. Meanwhile, Elaine inspires Julian to follow his dream of opening a zombie survivor fantasy camp.

Still: How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life8. How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life21 min

With Max stressing out over the opening of his second comedy club, and a lawsuit that comes with it, Max and Polly are butting heads - with Max eating anything in sight to calm his nerves. Meanwhile, Polly helps Julian figure out his feelings for his new girlfriend.

Still: How to Get Involved9. How to Get Involved21 min

When Polly is apprehensive about putting herself up for a promotion (wine and cheese manager) and Natalie announces that she's playing a "hillside" in the school play, Elaine and Max decide to get involved in order to make sure that Natalie and Polly are living up to their full potential.

Still: How to Have a Play Date10. How to Have a Play Date21 min

Polly's desire for Natalie to fit in with the kids and moms at her new school causes tension when she arranges a playdate and Elaine tries to steal the show.

Still: How to Not Waste Money11. How to Not Waste Money21 min

Max and Polly bond when he helps her learn to follow through on doing things -- like Groupons that she amassed while coping with her separation from Julian.

Still: How to Help the Needy12. How to Help the Needy21 min

When Polly is a hit at Elaine's birthday lunch, Elaine is left feeling uninteresting, so Polly gets her an audition for a movie to boost her ego. But Polly soon realizes she's fallen into an old pattern of putting her mother's dream before her own.

Still: How to Be Gifted13. How to Be Gifted21 min

Having always felt ordinary, Polly gets her family to go the extra mile to get Natalie into the gifted Magnet program, only to discover she's gifted in her own way. Also, when Elaine takes on a part in Max's play reading, their sex life is affected.

Season summaries1 season, 13 episodes

Season 1

2013 · 13 episodes · about 5h

1 season, 13 episodes, about 5h in total, from April 3, 2013 to June 26, 2013. Episodes run about 21 min.

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What is it about? How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

Polly is a single mom who has recently divorced. The transition hasn't been easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie, have moved back home with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max.

Genres: comedy, family. Themes: single mother, family, sitcom.

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Poster: How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
First episode
April 3, 2013
Last episode
June 26, 2013
Status
canceled
Network
ABC
Country
United States
Original language
English
Rating
TV-PG
Studios
20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television Studios, Hot Lava Girl

Frequently asked questions

How many seasons does How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) have?

1 season, 13 episodes. The last episode aired June 26, 2013.

Who’s in How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)?

Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore, Rachel Eggleston, Stephanie Hunt, Brad Garrett, Greg Eagles, Tyler Nunes, Joe Wengert, and Michele Lee. Created by Claudia Lonow.

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