Things Change

Starring Michael O'Keefe as Mike Dalton, the patriarch of his Ohio family. Mike is happily married to his wife, Renee (Connie Britton). Mike and Renee have a total of four children: 20-year-old twin daughters: Kelly and Katie (Kelly and Sabrina Aldridge), 17-year-old son: Luke (Ryan Pinkston), and 14-year-old son: Josh (Josh Hutcherson). Mike quit his office job to pursue his teenage dream of owning up his own restuarant. Renee works as a 2nd grade teacher. Kelly and Katie are off at Ohio State University living in the dorms (and come home every other weekend). The twin girls are very smart, pretty, and popular. Luke is a high school senior with no future goals that exceed his "weekend party plans"-much to his parents dismay. Luke is a cocky, smooth semi-popular guy who thinks he's "God's gift to women". Josh is a high school freshman who desperately just wants to fit in with "the popular kids" (like his older siblings do). Unlike the older ones, Josh isn't considered "cool" enough to be "popular" and finds himself fitting in with the "less popular kids" instead. Mike's new job change, the girls away at college, Luke's cocky attitude, and other issues that the Daltons face-make life just a little bit more complicated and harder to deal with.

CAST:
Michael O'Keefe as Mike Dalton
Connie Britton as Renee Dalton
Kelly Aldridge as Kelly Dalton
Sabrina Aldridge as Katie Dalton
Ryan Pinkston as Luke Dalton
Josh Hutcherson as Josh Dalton
Recurring Cast:
Joy Lauren as Carly Martin
Rachelle Lefevre as Nikki Johnson
Kat Jennings as Amber Keilin

Episodes


Ep1: Pilot Episode:
Mike's new restuarant's grand opening is debuting in a few weeks and he's stressing over getting all the necessary stuff done in time. Luke ignores and ditches his "newbie" brother on his first day of high school, where he harshly learns "he's not considered cool enough to be popular". While at college, Katie and Kelly get settled into their dorms and get re-acquainted with roommates.

Ep2: Fitting In:
A scorned Josh finds himself fitting in with the "less popular kids" at school, of whom he shares similar interests and hobbies with. Meanwhile, Renee freaks out when she realizes she can no longer fit into her old pair of jeans from her college days. A determined Renee sets out to "change her lifestyle" and go on a vigarious exercise and diet plan, she then forces Mike to join her when she realizes how he's not as "thin and fit" as he use to be too.

Ep3: Party Hoppin:
Luke attends a underage drinking party that gets busted by the cops, on the same night as Mike's restuarant's grand opening debuts. Mike and Renee are called away to pick up a drunken Luke and take him home, causing Luke to get a huge, long lecture from his equally-furious parents. Meanwhile, Katie must deal with her roommate, Amber (Kat Jennings) and her boyfriend's constant fighting, on the night before a big test is due in Katie's class.

Ep4: Nymphology 101:
At college, Katie fears Kelly is getting herself into trouble when Kelly starts hanging around with Nikki (Rachelle Lefevre), a girl with a reputation for "being easy" with male companions. Kelly ignores Katie's advice and ends up in over her head when Nikki's boyfriend hits on her and refuses to let her go until "somethin happens". Meanwhile, Mike and Renee are thrilled when Josh gets invited to spend weekend with his new friend, as Luke thinks his friend is gay. But everyone's thrown for a loop when Josh's new friend, Sam is short for Samantha!

Ep5: Boys and Girls:
Luke and his new girlfriend, Carly (Joy Lauren) decide to take their new relationship to the next level--sex! Luke is a little uneasy when he learns she's not a virgin and he lied to her saying the same (when he is actually a virgin). Luke and Carly engaged in sex but their "afterglow" was interrupted by Josh walkin in on them in bed naked together. Luke bribes Josh to shut up and not say a word to their parents. Meanwhile, Kelly finds herself attracted to her roommate's boyfriend.

Ep6: Switcheroo:
Kelly and Katie decide to see if Kelly's new boyfriend can truly tell her apart from her sister, as he says; they switch and pretend to be the other twin for a week--which causes its own havoc. Especially when Katie thinks she's falling for her sister's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Mike learns he must fire a slacker employee (Hailey Duff) who decides to flirt her way into letting Mike change his mind about firing her...and it works, much to Renee's dismay.

Ep7: Jokes On You:
Renee learns about Luke hiding her keys on her until she decides to let him go to Carly's family cabin up north with Carly and her friends. Renee, out of frustration, gives in and gets her keys in time to arrive an half hour late for a meeting at work, which causes Renee to become angry with Luke. When she gets home and sees Luke about to leave with Carly, she changes her mind and takes back her approval of him going-which causes Luke to become pissed. Meanwhile, Katie and Kelly are assigned to work on a Psychology project together-which only ends in arguments, disagreements, and hurt feelings as the twins can't agree upon a mutual interest to do project on.

Ep8: The Story Of Nikki Marie:
Katie's semi-promscious friend, Nikki (Rachelle Lefevre) invites Katie and Kelly to come with her to a frat house party, where the three girls have a blast-until Nikki and the twins bump into her ex...ex-husband! The twins are shocked to learn that Nikki was once married, the whole story of Nikki and her so-called happy, short-lived marriage unfolds...much to Nikki's dismay. Meanwhile, Mike and Renee make plans to celebrate their 22nd anniversary; Mike wants to stick around town for the weekend (to be nearby in case of emergency at work) as Renee wants to go out of town for the weekend.

Ep9: Hiring My Son:
Mike looks forward to hiring a reluctant Luke at the restuarant. Luke turns out to be a big success as a waiter and ends up loves the tips and being 'oggled' by the female customers. Josh begins having feelings for his tomboyish best friend, Samantha (Alyson Stoner). Josh decides to ask Samantha if she likes him back the same way or not, but every chance he gets-he chickens out.

Ep10: Divorcing The Future:
Renee and Mike realize almost all of their married friends are divorced or getting a divorce, which makes them really think if someday they will get divorced like all of their once-happily married friends did. Meanwhile, Carly's dad (Alan Thicke) pressures Carly (Joy Lauren) into thinking about her future plans after high school, with this on Carly's mind-its also on Luke's mind about his own future.

Ep11: Consoling Friends:
Kelly consoles her newly-dumped roommate, Amber (Kat Jennings), which causes the two of them to really bond for the first time. Meanwhile, Nikki (Rachelle Lefevre) and Katie go on a double date with two guys from their Ethics class--who turn out to be very unethical and think nothing of it.

Ep12: Thanksgiving:
Mike and Renee (and Luke and Josh) look forward to having the twins coming home for the holiday. Kelly and Katie are eager to come home, visit and spend the holiday with family, and have a good homecooked meal. Mike's overbearing widowed mom, Joan (Dixie Carter) arrives for the holidays, as does Renee's world-traveling, always-bickering parents, Ann and Don (Gena Rowland, James Garner).

Ep13: Black Friday Shopping Spree:
Renee, Kelly, Katie, Joan (Dixie Carter), and Ann (Gena Rowland) decide to go out shopping the Friday after Thanksgiving. While shopping: Joan gets into it with a fellow-driven shopper; Ann and Renee have a mother-daughter spat over who's at fault for leaving Ann's purse unattended; and the twins get kicked out of a store after an elderly lady on purpose falsely accuses them of shoplifting (and framed them by putting an item in Kelly's purse).