Raising Expectations
The Wayneys are an amazing family: good looking, MENSA smart, talented, athletic and popular to boot. Paige (Ringwald) and Wayne Wayney (Priestley) have worked hard at raising "multi-exceptional" offspring and are proud of their children: Adam, Conner, Bentley and Derek. Everyone in town envies them or wants to be them, and you can even find Paige's book about raising her extraordinary family on the bestseller list. But alas, their fifth child, Emmett, is not marching in lock step on the path to familial greatness. What he lacks academically, athletically or artistically, he makes up for with relentless enthusiasm and curiosity. Emmett knows that one day he'll find his way, but in the meantime he's determined to celebrate his C-average status in spectacular creative fashion - no matter how often his best laid plans threaten to destroy the family's living space, reputation or sense of safety.
- 2016-2019
- 2 seasons
- Comedy, Family
- TV-PG
The Wayneys are an amazing family: good looking, MENSA smart, talented, athletic and popular to boot. Paige (Ringwald) and Wayne Wayney (Priestley) have worked hard at raising "multi-exceptional" offspring and are proud of their children: Adam, Conner, Bentley and Derek. Everyone in town envies them or wants to be them, and you can even find Paige's book about raising her extraordinary family on the bestseller list. But alas, their fifth child, Emmett, is not marching in lock step on the path to familial greatness. What he lacks academically, athletically or artistically, he makes up for with relentless enthusiasm and curiosity. Emmett knows that one day he'll find his way, but in the meantime he's determined to celebrate his C-average status in spectacular creative fashion - no matter how often his best laid plans threaten to destroy the family's living space, reputation or sense of safety.
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
The Tyranny of the Jars
22 mins
Emmett produces a shockumentary showcasing the tyranny of the intricate system of penalty jars for grammatical offenses. The family revolts and smashes the jars, only to devolve into a pun filled world that makes them crave their previous life.
Episode 2
Learner's Permit to Kill
22 mins
Wayne, Paige, and Adam are fed up with chauffeuring Bentley. They insist he get his learner's permit even though he is scared of driving. Emmett attempts to help. Bentley overcomes his fear of driving while Derek and Conner feud over the 'security threat' of a visiting rabbit.
Episode 3
Chez Bentley
22 mins
Paige decides to leave the kids at home alone to visit Wayne. Adam decides to hold a party with a non-alcoholic keg. Bentley decides to open a B&B with one guest. Connor brings home a dog.
Episode 4
Sorcery the Summoning
22 mins
Emmett "borrows" a rare gaming card from Derek but is in trouble when a teacher confiscates it. The stakes are raised when Emmett discovers the same teacher using the card at a tournament, and realizes he has to win it back.
Episode 5
The Owl and the Drone
22 mins
Notorious for giving bad birthday presents to his sister Conner, Emmett is determined to set things right this year by giving her a harris hawk.
Episode 6
The Postman Always Sings Twice
Episode 7
Food Fight at the Algonquin
22 mins
Bentley's fancy group, known as The Sophisticates, has lost their library table to the rival Aficionados. To resolve this problem, they have a quip-off at the Wayney's household.
Episode 8
What's Growing in Emmett's Room
22 mins
When the stench coming from Emmett's room is determined to be mold, the family calls a fumigator who claims he only needs to tent Emmett's room. As the mold spreads to other bedrooms, the siblings are inconvenienced when they have to bunk together.
Episode 9
Freak Out
22 mins
Paige is excited and worried about her upcoming interview with her favorite journalist. Conner and Adam vie for screen time during the interview, while Emmett goads Derek to freak out on camera.
Episode 10
She Shed
22 mins
The basement hockey tournament is cut short when Wayne enlists the kids to help him finish Paige's anniversary gift, an outdoor she shed. Things get complicated when Paige discovers she hates working in the she shed but must hide it from Wayne.
Episode 11
Smells Like Victory
22 mins
After being banned from the school's science fair, Emmett recruits Nate to enter a stink bomb disguised as a project. Derek is so confident he'll win the science fair, he asks his siblings to coach him in the art of acting humbly surprised.
Episode 12
Poetry Commotion
22 mins
Paige receives what she thinks is a love poem from a teacher, but Wayne disagrees. Things get so heated, the kids, worried their parents might get a divorce, intervene.
Episode 13
The Big Trip
22 mins
Paige discovers it is no easy task to organize five children on a last-minute trip to Paris. Emmett can't find his passport, Conner is scared of flying, Bentley and Adam disagree about packing and Derek gets locked in his "safe room".