Rude Awakenings :
Peter Scolari and Julia Duffy play Scott and Renee Foster, a married couple who are living a very prim and proper lifestyle. Scott is a successful insurance agent, always looking for more clients. Jane is a sophisticated real estate agent, who is a tad bit anal retentive at times. Scott and Renee are proud parents of two kids: popular Holly (Hilary Duff) and cute Jason (Frankie Ryan Manriquez). Holly, 17, and Jason, 10, don't always see eye-to-eye. Holly is pretty, popular, straight A student, tons of friends, and several crushes. Jason is cute, smart, funny, mischevious, and loves tormenting her sister. The Foster family's so-called perfect lives are turned upside down, when they are asked to allow Renee's 18-year-old niece, Alex (Olivia Wilde) move in with them (after being kicked out by her parents). Renee and Scott are not fond of Alex's wild side and rebellious attitude. Holly learns she wants to have "an edge" in her life, and decides to learn how-to from Alex. Alex is now a high school senior at Holly's school (where Holly is a high school junior; Jason is a fourth grader). Alex and her uncle Scott often buttheads over many issues and topics (such as boyfriends, curfews, her attitude, etc.) .


CAST:
Peter Scolari as Scott Foster
Julia Duffy as Renee Foster
Olivia Wilde as Alex Van Lanen
Hilary Duff as Holly Foster
Frankie Ryan Manriquez as Jason Foster

Episodes

Ep1: Pilot Episode:
The Foster family welcome Alex into their home and life. Scott becomes instantly unattracted to Alex's attitude. Renee and Holly convince Scott to give her another chance. Holly and Jason are excited that Alex is living with them.

Ep2: School Sucks:
Alex is not thrilled by the "clique-iness" of the school. Alex is befriended by Holly and her oh-so-perky friends, whom Alex tries her best to tolerate Holly's friends. Jason walks in on Scott and Renee in the shower together, leaving Renee and Scott to run through the house putting locks on doors.

Ep3: Finding My Own:
Alex tells Holly she needs to go off and find new friends, but in reality, she just can't tolerate their perkiness anymore. Alex scopes out the quota of the school to search of new group of friends. Scott and Jason look forward to their annual Foster Men Weekend at Scott's hunting cabin.

Ep4: Get A Job:
Scott and Renee make Holly and Alex go out and look for a job, after realizing how much they are depending on Scott and Renee financially. Holly gets hired at the local clothing store in the mall, as Alex gets hired at the local "teen bar" (a bar-like place where kids 16-20 can go and hangout without alcohol).

Ep5: Piercing Flesh:
After seeing Alex's belly-button pierced, Holly wants hers pierced too. Alex takes her to get hers pierced, as Alex debates getting her tongue pierced. Renee and Scott are not fond of Alex's tongue being pierced, resulting in Holly carefully hiding her newly pierced belly-button from her parents.

Ep6: Exes and Uh-Ohs:
Renee has to find a home for her former college flame and his new wife, much to her dismay. Alex explains her true reason for being kicked out by her parents is due to the fact, she had gotten pregnant-not knowing who was the father. Alex only had gotten an abortion-much to her parents' dismay, which resulted in her being kicked out. Alex's secret reason gets out around school, after Holly tells her big-mouthed friends-causing a rift between Alex and Holly.

Ep7: Big Sister:
Renee's older sister (whom is Alex's aunt-not mom), Donna (Jean Smart) pays a visit. Donna, Renee, Holly, and a reluctant Alex head out shopping. Alex sees how her relatives are starting to grow on her-when she starts to tear up when Donna decides to head back home after her visit is complete.

Ep8: Secret-Time:
Alex decides to become open and honest with the family while they go around the Thanksgiving table, telling everyone something that no one else knows. Alex informs the family that she is bisexual (and that she has had relationships with both guys and girls), Scott shares the fact that he still thinks of his old girlfriend from before Renee, Renee shares the fact that she is pregnant, Holly shares the fact that she got her belly-button pierced, and Jason shares the fact that he believes he is "in love" with one of Holly's closest friends. The whole family is all in an uproar about each others' secrets.

Ep9: Baby Talk:
Alex and Holly are excited to hear about the new baby. Jason is starting to become jealous of the new baby's attention, as Scott freaks out about his wife and him having and raising a kid in their 40s.

Ep10: Junk Food:
Renee gets rid of all junk food in the house, meaning the kids crave for junk food and start having withdrawls. Scott walks in and discovers Renee hiding her secret stash of candy bars.

Ep11: Boyfriends:
Holly gets upset when a potential boyfriend of hers has wandering eyes, yet it makes her furious when he admits to being attracted to Alex. Alex flirts with the boy yet has no intentions of wanting to do anything with him.

Ep12: Big 1-8:
Alex turns 18, and to celebrate she and Holly go to a teen club-where they bump Alex's former nemesis, Rachel (Ashlee Simpson) who now is dating her former boyfriend, Jace (Chad Michael Murray). Alex becomes jealous of how Jace is now dating Rachel. With Holly's help, Alex thinks of plan of somehow distracting Rachel, so Alex could talk to Jace a little bit.
(holly helps by distracting rachel, so alex can talk with jace-resulting in an exchange of numbers)

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Ep13: Cancelling Plans:
After hearing that Jace (Murray) has cancelled his plans with Rachel to hangout with Alex, she decides to cancel her vacationing plans with the Fosters-who are going up north for the weekend. Resulting in Jace and Alex having the Foster home to themselves (and an unlocked liquor cabinet).

Ep14: Sex It Up A Bit:
After being called "Ma'am" at the grocery store, Renee begins to feel old. Holly and Alex decide to give Renee a makeover before her and Scott's anniversary of their engagement. Meanwhile, Jason befriends the new kids across the street.

Ep15: Father and Son:
Scott and Jason enter themselves in the annual father-son triathleton, in hope of beating the rival dad and son team, The Bakers (Greg and Joey). Renee and Holly overhear Greg's loud-mouthed wife, Lori flapping her mouth about how the Fosters cheated, they tell her off with Alex's help.

Ep16: Scott's Day Off:
Scott takes the day off to relax. Yet a hormonally-charged Renee makes up a list of things for Scott to do on his day off. While hanging out together, Alex learns Jace broke up with Rachel-over the phone. Alex is happy that she has Jace all to herself now.

Ep17: Tough Guy:
Jason gets into a fight with a 6th grader at school, resulting in Jason, Renee, Scott, the 6th grader and his parents having a talk with the school principal. Alex and Holly are proud of Jason, after hearing how he made the other boy's nose bleed (after he mentioned that he thinks Jason's mom and sister are hot).

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