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Sam spends a frazzled day attempting to keep everybody happy while still finding a little time for herself... a balancing act that makes her feel inadequate.

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Sam's annoyed when the mother of a child in Duke's after-school chorus passively-aggressively manipulates Sam into picking up her child from school. And she's even more annoyed when she ends up having to accept an invitation to attend her church.

Sam deals with some situations: people her age dating younger women, clothing shopping with the girls, trauma in her friends' lives, getting hit on at work, a request from her ex-husband, and helping Phil with random stuff.

When Frankie gets ill and one of the mothers on her soccer team undergoes a difficult surgery, Sam finds herself contemplating mortality, and asks Phil whether she's made a living will. Meanwhile, Max is made uneasy after a visit to her college guidance counselor, and worries about her future.

Sam is considered for the lead in a sitcom, but lots of factors are at play. Meanwhile, Sam who is uninvolved in these machinations deals with exhaustion and stress brought on by the kids, and tries to keep up with Frankie's life.

Sam brings home a guest for dinner, who happens to be her colleague.

Sam finds that the kids have trashed the house while she was away, her gynecologist delivers unexpected news, and she has to speak at a women and girls empowerment seminar at Frankie's high school.

In the series premiere, single mother and actress Sam Fox struggles to balance family life and her career.