By Al Lowe
In what is perhaps the most horrifying opening scene of TV since... last week's American Idol, Adam goes toe to toe with a possum. He takes the intrusions of this creature personally, though possums are the least of his problems. His daughter admits that she purchased pot and Max is diagnosed as having Aspergers. He and Kristina gird up their loins and decide to have hope for Max's future.
Crosby is handling the revelation that he has a five-year-old child with the maturity of a four-year-old child. He hangs out with Jabar and makes very little effort to get to know him. He'll supposedly have more opportunities, though, since Jasmine and Jabar have moved back to town.
Sarah successfully lands a job at an awesome design firm, and then has it unfairly ripped away. The good news is, she's able to translate her own misfortune into understanding for Amber, especially after she finds out that Amber was telling the truth about the police incident from last week. When Amber's school wants to hold her back a grade because of her bad transcripts, Sarah goes to bat for her.
Julia must face her insecurities when some skinny tramp from Sydney's school starts macking on her man. She embarrasses herself pretty thoroughly by publicly casting aspersions on the tramp's stay-at-home-mom status.
In short, it's been a rough day for the Bravermans. So, who can blame them when they light up Haddie's weed in the elementary school parking lot?