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Josh starts
dating a seventeen-year-old girl named Bobbie Fitzgerald who seems to have all
the right qualities -- attractive, smart, sweet, level-headed, responsible. But
he soon discovers she also has a child -- a two-year-old son named Kevin. Josh keeps the fact that Bobbie has a son a
secret from his parents -- while he struggles with whether or not he can deal
with the notion himself. Josh gets the
wrong idea when he shows up with a gift for Kevin and sees Alan (Bobbie's
ex-boyfriend and Kevin's father) playing with Kevin.
Bobbie tries to clear the air by reassuring Josh that she wants Alan to
be a part of Kevin's life but that there are no romantic feelings between them
anymore. Bobbie explains that her first
priority is to her son -- and leaves the rest up to Josh. When Claire finds a toy elephant (which Josh
had intended for Kevin) among his things, she asks who it's for. Josh is evasive, saying it's a surprise. Hattie
warns Josh that his parents are starting to get suspicious.
Hattie explains that she recognized Bobbie from the day care center
(where Hattie volunteers). Hattie knew
that Bobbie had a son, but was waiting for Josh to tell her himself. When Bobbie has to cancel her plans to join
the Greenes on a weekend trip to Boulder because Kevin has a cold, the truth
comes out. Russell and Claire express
their concerns for Josh getting involved with a single mother. Bobbie may have to live with the
consequences of her actions, but Josh shouldn't have to. But Josh says he cares about Bobbie and
wants to be with her -- and Kevin.
Also, during this episode, Dinah
meets an unusual girl named Margot Notewirthy. Margot is not your average
teenager. Margot drinks only loose green tea, rides a three wheeled
bicycle and scrawls Dorothy Parker quotations on her notebook. Russell and
Claire are taken off guard by this precocious girl who claims she was born a
hundred years too late and insists on calling them by their first names.
But once they look beyond the eccentricities, they (and Dinah) learn to
appreciate Margot and realize friendship comes in many forms.
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