See Dad Run
After a decade on television, actor David Hobbs becomes a stay-at-home dad so his soap-opera star wife can get back in the spotlight, but he quickly realizes that playing a dad on television is very different from the real thing. He looks after his three kids--Emily, Joe, and Janie--with help from his best friends Marcus and Kevin.
- Metascore50
- 2012-2019
- 3 seasons
- Nickelodeon Network
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- TV-PG
After a decade on television, actor David Hobbs becomes a stay-at-home dad so his soap-opera star wife can get back in the spotlight, but he quickly realizes that playing a dad on television is very different from the real thing. He looks after his three kids--Emily, Joe, and Janie--with help from his best friends Marcus and Kevin.
Season 3 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2014 - 2015
Episode 1
See Dad Nail Valentine's Day
Sun, Feb 9, 2014 22 mins
Joe thoroughly prepares for his first Valentine's Day with Amanda, but despite finding a perfect gift, the Curse of the Hobbs Men seems to strike him too, despite fielding Kevin with super glue, which alas proves a testing complication for all present. David is resigned to his gift-failure fate until "gift king" Marcus gets him to hide the necklace for Alicia, which Amy accidentally finds and assumes to be for her, leaving the men to battle for it all the way to the restaurant.
Episode 2
See Dad Downsize
Thu, Apr 3, 2014 22 mins
Finding all storage at home completely cluttered, David decides to dump most of the family's "hidden treasures", mostly discarded junk someone wants to keep. He's eager to reuse the space for his and especially Kevin's dream: a "See Dad Run" memorabilia "experience museum". However, the family tries everything to hide and save some of their stuff, and part of the show memorabilia is accidentally dumped--and acquired by wheelchair-bound superfan Calvin Riggins, whom Kevin had to expel from the Hobbs fan club. Meanwhile, Joe gets frustrated when he can't impress Charlotte, who seems better than he is at everything he tries.
Episode 3
See Dad Run Joe Into Detention
Thu, Apr 10, 2014 22 mins
David lets Joe play hooky, but Joe feels guilty and reveals the truth; Amy and Emily want to learn which neighbor is not cleaning up after their dog.
Episode 4
See Dad Teach Emily to Drive
Thu, Apr 17, 2014 22 mins
Joe wants to become a detective, so Kevin organizes mystery games for him at home. Alas, the case of Janie's cuddly bear, which David accidentally ran over and hid, hoping Kevin can get it cleaned and fixed, rests on a trail of bananas, which Joe logically ignores as irrelevant trash. Meanwhile, Emily can't wait to learn to drive, but Amy became a terrible example herself and overprotective David's constant alerts make her too jumpy, so Marcus is recruited as instructor.
Episode 5
See Dad Run Into Marcus' Nephew
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 22 mins
The Hobbs parents are looking forward to a night out together, so Joe finally gets to babysit--and boss around--unwilling Janie, but he calls the police when they're scared by a sinister figure outside (actually just "safety spy" Kevin); recently-licensed driver Emily, forbidden to drive at night--especially after meanly exposing backseat-spy Kevin--sneaks out with depressed party-animal friend Robbie.
Episode 6
See Dad Rough It
Thu, May 1, 2014 22 mins
David naïvely joins Joe's Scout troop but soon realizes that neither is ready for the boy to earn a merit badge from serious leader Burwick, so Kevin mobilizes props man Guy to fake every test for them. It still proves too hard and dangerous for David, but Joe saves the day for real. Back home, the girls enjoy a shopping spree, but Emily tries to hide that she got Janie's ears pierced without Amy and overcompensates, only to land in truth time.
Episode 7
See Dad Ruin Joe's Teacher
Thu, Oct 2, 2014 22 mins
Joe's teacher Mumbrue, a big David fan, inspires him to enter the school's speech competition. When Mr. Mumbrue drops by with his years-labored-over script, David doesn't dare tell him that it's hopeless, but his over-encouragement makes Mumbrue decide to quit his boring teaching job (and he's too rude about it to take it back), and go into full-time script-writing. David must now deliver on his promise to help and get Mumbrue back to being Joe's teacher, so he gets Kevin to play a producer and turn him down, but that goes pear-shaped in two tiers. Now David must inspire Joe. Meanwhilem Emily panics when her all-attention-consuming cell-phone goes missing (actually hidden by jealous Janie).
Episode 8
See Dad Lose the Forest for the Treehouse
Thu, Oct 9, 2014 22 mins
When Joe admires neighbor Bob the Builder's cool new tree-house, David is jealous and decides to build one for him, but Joe's enthusiasm dwindles when he's not allowed to actually help--as David bumbles utterly; even the stage replica Kevin gets done by a crew is a bummer, while Joe is drawn to Bob's further elaborate improvements and learns about carpentry, until the Hobbs family works out what counts for more. Amy arranges a dogsbody job for Emily in wardrobe at her soap's studio, but she and a fellow daughter mess up, paying more attention to handsome shirtless actors than the dresses they must care for, but they try to cover up by doctoring the script.
Episode 9
See Dad Become Room Mom
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 22 mins
Joe moves to high school and duly doubts Emily's endless social advice, yet seems in need of help after making forbidden eye-contact with intimidating senior Greg Howard, who however has his own priorities. David hopes to regain time for himself as Janie finally goes to kindergarten, but when she whines about being forbidden to sit next to buddy Charlotte, he foolishly volunteers as class parent, which turns out to be a grueling full-time job he's not fit for and tries to get himself "fired" from until he turns a baking disaster into a food-fight triumph.
Episode 10
See Dad Live at Five
Thu, Nov 6, 2014 22 mins
While Joe and his mates prepare a great air-rock act for the school's talent show, Emily shocks the family by planning to quit school after David somewhat naïvely gets her an internship at a TV news show through bitchy director Brooke, which she takes to like a duck to water as the fixer for star newsreader Chance Stone. David now asks Brooke to make it tough, and arranges to get her to the talent show, where her mates prepare their best-ever silhouettes act thanks to masterly coaching from Kevin and Marcus.
Episode 11
See Dad Watch Janie Run Away
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 22 mins
Joe was resigned to "cool" senior Emily pretending not to know him at school, but enjoys milking her sudden interest when his big-brother program mentor turns out to be hot Carson, to her liking but less interested then Joe suggests. The Hobbs parents trust the "our home, our rules" threat to make their kids obey, but shamelessly-selfish mini-tyrant Janie just must cross the road and be spoiled even worse by Marcus and his wife, so David and Amy just keep offering bigger carrots.
Episode 12
See Dad Fire Original Katie... Again
Thu, Nov 20, 2014 22 mins
Joe is reluctant to get a Spanish tutor, until he meets Tracey McFee and decides that the fox is worth wriggling into his tight jeans for; alas, she's worthless at Spanish--and she's the viciously aggressive actress whom David had fired from his show before it became a hit. Not daring to confront her or disappoint Joe by firing her, David gets her a part on Amy's stop, where she stinks at acting and also stops at nothing to exact insane demands by tantrums, even endangering male lead Santiago.
Episode 13
See Dad Get in the Ring
Thu, Dec 4, 2014 22 mins
Seeing that Joe and his sissy mates admire TV wrestling, David shows them some of his Mane-iac video moves and even takes them to his professional TV coach, but bragging gets him to accept a challenge from Dr. Mayhem, not realizing that maniac takes no prisoners, but it's too late to bow out just now--cool guy Dylan has joined Joe's gang. Meanwhile, admiring little sister Janie inappropriately copies Emily's dubious dance-mobbing in class.
Episode 14
See Dad Rest His Case
Thu, Jun 25, 2015 21 mins
David's nightmare father-in-law, the retired Major, is staying for three days, so he's stoked when PA Kevin confesses that he failed to get his boss out of jury duty: anything beats Sir's belittling. For the "softie-mismanaged" grandkids he actually plans a boot-camp to toughen then up, which Joe bravely tries to survive. Emily pretends to spend all her time on homework instead, but bragging ropes her in later. Amy is just frustrated that her dad doesn't seem to notice her acting career at all, while David overdoes his star part when elected jury foreman until he's thrown out. Hearing that the Major finally commends his civic commitment, he gets Kevin to stage a fake court so he can still stage a heroic sentence reading, which doesn't go according to script.
Episode 15
See Dad Runner Up
Fri, Jun 26, 2015
Joe's mates can't partake in the gaming tournament for which they trained for months, so he desperately recruits Marcus, who proves hopelessly inept, and Kevin, who can't get over a previous game trauma. Amy fears she'll be written out of her soap if anyone antagonizes the bullying studio boss, but David runs into him at the sports store, which rekindles a golf-club feud, and talks himself into volunteering bribed Emily as his daughter's competitor in the local pageant, in which she agrees to compete to dissuade Janie with a feminist charade, but motivations get twisted.
Episode 16
See Dad Jump
Mon, Aug 10, 2015
David fears that his kids are becoming quitters, so he should give the good example. He hoped Joe would get the message but he fails to finish a complex miniature puzzle, losing the bet, so David panics as his son triumphs and expects to see the wager-loser jump from a plane. fail to finish a complex miniature puzzle, loosing the bet, so panics as his son triumphs and expects to see the wager-loser jump from a plane.
Episode 17
See Dad's Mom with Mom's Dad
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 21 mins
David and Amy are horrified that they must invite both his haughty ma and her domineering Major pa, who hate each other, to Grandparents' Day at Janie's school. When they arrive, elaborate efforts to prevent them from meeting fail, so the open fighting starts and Joe thinks that his Chinese-knowledgeable grandpa must be a spy. After David expels both grandparents "'til you learn to get along", he and Amy are shocked and horrified to find them kissing. Unwilling to take them to school, David goes in the Major's attire with Emily roped in as her grandmother. Will the ruse work? Will the real ones arrive?
Episode 18
See Dad Overreact
Wed, Aug 12, 2015
Joe is excited to attend a Sci-Fi convention dressed as his hero, but bugged by his chaperoning ma's eternal fussing, which keeps them running later, but her overstuffed purse comes in handy when he gets stuck in the elevator with the real Time Lord and clueless Marcus. Against better knowledge, David follows female advice to boost Janie's confidence with gifts for a school trip, but Charlotte convinces her that they're proof that she'll be sent on an overseas exchange program unless she earns her keep with model behavior and chores. Worried by her attitude, David consults psychotherapist Dr. Lugner, who considers clingy PA Kevin's trauma worse.
Episode 19
See Dad Find His Way Home: Part 1
Thu, Aug 13, 2015
After rushing makes David run over Joe's science project and Emuily's foot, he fears becoming a home dad just made life worse for him and his family. While exhausted desperate David re-watches series episodes, his guardian angel character drags him into an alternate reality where he remained the ever-absent TV star, promoting Kevin to studio boss with his own slavish PA. Joe is happy with the family's new nanny, David's ex-rival ted McGinly, whom he even calls dad, while Amy got addicted to plastic surgery and Emily as clingy as insecure, desperate for paternal attention. When David wants to return and fix their lives, that's not in the angel's gift: he must earn it.
Episode 20
See Dad Find His Way Home: Part 2
Thu, Aug 13, 2015
David is finally hired to star in a police-detective action movie, so the whole family follows him to the New York set, where they become the crew's nightmare, wrecking nearly every scene, while Marcus' attempts to come up with a smashing ending are cheap, inept ripoffs. Emily swoons over already desperately-insecure hunky co-star Nick, Joe pigs out on the catering, and Kevin's every attempt to film runs wild. After they accidentally ruin the expensive stunt scene, Amy takes the kids home, but when they drop by the bank they're taken hostage by clowns who turn out to be Hobbs fans, and David and Nick, still in police-detective attire, genuinely run to the rescue.