Episode #105 "Lily B. Goode"

  Claudia demands an explanation when Lily storms into the house followed by Sean screaming that he's violated her civil rights. Sean says he thinks he really screwed up. He was coming home with a bucket of chicken and noticed a couple making out in a car. Realizing that the girl was Lily, he threw the chicken at the car as kind of a reflex action The guy was Brad, their next-door neighbor who's always around doing homework with Lily. Sean had no idea that Brad was her boyfriend. Lily's humiliated and refuses to talk to Sean. Walt has come over to watch the two boys while Sean and Claudia go out to dinner. He informs his charges that there will be spankings and sends them to the back yard to dig a big hole, which he thinks builds character. Sean keeps trying to hook up with Brad to apologize for what he did, but Brad's doing a good job of avoiding him. He yells over the fence next to Brad's house, but he's pelted with chicken that flies from the window. Sean eventually catches Brad when he comes over to get his book bag. Sean says he overreacted. Lily's old enough to make her own decisions. Sean's anxious for Lily to know that he's patched things up with Brad, but she accuses him of going out of his way to humiliate her. Sean doesn't get it; he tells Lily he doesn't want to come between her and her boyfriend. He isn't her boyfriend, and, besides, he's a geek, says Lily. She was only in the car with him because she wanted someone to notice her. She doesn't ever get noticed, especially when her mom's around. Sean says he's relieved that all this isn't about his being a bad dad; it's about Claudia being a leggy siren who's threatening to destroy their daughter's self esteem. Claudia thinks is all ridiculous, but Eddie says he can see it. He remembers Mrs. Delvecchio, a sexy older woman that he had a serious crush on. Sean tries to console Lily. She's much prettier than her mom was at her age. Claudia says she isn't to blame for Lily's promiscuity. Lily confesses that nothing much happened in the car, and Lily initiated the whole thing herself. She insists that she's traumatized for life, but Sean suggests that having her own phone line might ease her pain. She agrees that it would definitely work.