Part of Becky's recovery program mandates she make amends with people she has lied to over the years, leading her to meet up again with a former high school friend Darlene visits with Pastor Phil Louise continues planning her wedding.
After Ben declines Darlene's proposal, she starts to ponder why she tends to be so negative in life, prompting her to start a journey of self-discovery, which leads to Pastor Phil.
Dan and Louise take their relationship to the next level and come to appreciate the complexities of aging Darlene spends the night in jail and leaves parenting duties to Ben Mark and a friend's class experiment leaves them both with hickeys.
Dan is finally ready to share his feelings with Louise Darlene realizes how badly she wants a baby Ben gets caught up playing handyman and babysitter for Becky, which causes him to miss an important meeting.
Bev is back from Arizona and realizes she'd like to use her finances to spread happiness Bev decides to fund Mark's tuition to a prestigious coding camp, but Darlene tries to convince her to give the money to Harris instead.
Harris is newly unemployed, depressed and has moved back into the house, while Becky struggles to find affordable childcare Jackie suggests Becky reach out to Emilio's family for support the family contemplates tattoos.
Darlene, desperate for money, gets a job at Price Warehouse Jackie decides to take her thrupple relationship with Ron and Janelle to the next level Ben shaves his beard in an attempt to appear more clean-cut to potential advertisers.
Dan starts to bond with his younger half brother, but he can't get over the fact that their father paid for Ed Jr.'s college education, something he refused to do for Dan Jackie hits it off with a fun married couple.
Dan avoids coping with a death in the family, only to be confronted by it head-on Ben and Darlene address Ben's baby fever Dwight gets the jitters when he has to fill in for the chef who suffers an accident.
The Conners share their differing takes on why they all think everyone should vote Louise gets an opportunity that might send her away from Lanford, prompting the family to interfere in Dan's complicated relationship.
Becky thinks that Jackie's new friend, a restaurant supplier, is taking advantage of them Darlene is thrilled when Harris gets into Central Illinois State, but Harris might have found a better offer Dan finds himself in an embarrassing situation.
The Conners struggle to accept Becky's new boyfriend, a Green Bay Packers fan Dan tries to impress upon Mark the importance of the family's die-hard loyalty to the Bears Ben and Darlene try to get a loan for their new magazine.
Dan is disappointed when everyone but Becky forgets about his birthday Darlene faces another issue Dan excludes Jackie from the family Christmas Santa photo for mistreating Louise.
Jackie is faced with a difficult decision that brings the family and community together Becky starts working a new late-night shift at Casita Bonita Darlene goes to extreme measures to mend her relationship with Harris.
Chaos ensues when Dan finally gets the entire family together for Thanksgiving dinner mixed feelings about the Lunch Box continue to build tension in the house Harris makes an unexpected move.
Jackie and Becky pitch their business plan to Darlene in hopes of getting the Lunch Box back, but Darlene's decision leads to hostility Dan bans Odessa from the house, causing a rift with Harris Mark makes extensive Thanksgiving plans.
Halloween brings nothing but horror for Jackie after she uncovers a shocking secret when trying to reopen the Lunch Box Mary gets upset when a woman assumes she is adopted Darlene continues to deal with her complicated love life.
Darlene gets one surprise after another when David introduces his girlfriend at a parent-teacher conference and mentions that Mark and Harris will be spending the weekend with them Dan hires Becky to help out at work.
A sudden turn of events forces the Conners to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before.
The Conners gear up for a megawedding Jackie and Neville, Darlene and Ben and Harris and Aldo are planning for a shared big day, but along the way, they discover that some of the couples may not be on the same page about their happily ever afters.