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s09e21 · 2021-05-21
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Last Man Standing
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Last Man Standing follows Mike Baxter, a married father of three girls, who tries to maintain his manliness, despite being surrounded by women.
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24 this season · 194 totals01e01 Pilot 2011-10-12 00:00
Pilot
Mike plays Cupid for Mandy by setting her up on a blind-date with Kyle, one of his employees who he thinks would be the perfect guy for her. But Mike's set-up gets off track when Kyle accidentally meets Kristin. Meanwhile at work, Mike's long-time boss and friend, Ed, announces that he's grounding Mike from their catalogue's international photo shoots and putting him in charge of the company's webpage. In this new role, Mike discovers that the Internet might actually provide him just the outlet he needs, a platform that gives him a voice to appeal to those who agree that manliness is under assault, and a pulpit for his opinions about feeling like the last real man in a woman's world.
s01e02 Last Baby Proofing Standing 2011-10-12 00:00
Last Baby Proofing Standing
Mike is outnumbered by his wife and daughters when they all agree that baby proofing the house is a good idea. But soon Vanessa has second thoughts when she finds herself home by herself babysitting Boyd and can't release the toilet seat's complicated childproof latch. Meanwhile, Mike thinks it's time for Mandy to earn her own money and gets her a job delivering pizzas -- without first consulting Vanessa.
s01e03 Grandparents Day 2011-10-19 00:00
Grandparents Day
When Vanessa forces a reluctant Mike to attend Grandparents Day at their grandson Boyd's preschool, Mike manages to insult the daycare teacher and Boyd gets kicked out of school. Boyd's mom, Kristin, tells Mike that he now has to look after him, so Mike takes the two-year-old to work with him. Meanwhile, after an elderly looking grandmother at the Grandparents Day event thinks she and Vanessa are the same age, Vanessa goes out of her way to look more youthful -- hoping no one sees her buying clothes from a boutique with her 17-year-old daughter.
s01e04 Last Halloween Standing 2011-10-26 00:00
Last Halloween Standing
Mike feels let down when his daughters aren't into celebrating Halloween with him the way they used to. He decides that his two-year-old grandson, Boyd, can be his perfect trick or treat partner. But Kristin, Boyd's mother, adamantly tells him that she doesn't want her son to go out on Halloween. Mike sneaks him out -- with a plan to get the child home before Kristin gets back from work. When Mike, dressed as John Wayne from 'The Green Berets,' gets to Ed's house with Boyd, they are greeted at the door by Ed's lady friend, Elvira.
s01e05 Co-Ed Softball 2011-11-02 00:00
Co-Ed Softball
The Outdoor Man's softball team holds a vote to decide if they will go coed; Kristin thinks about her own future as she helps Mandy fill out college applications.
s01e06 Good Cop, Bad Cop 2011-11-09 01:00
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Vanessa asks Mike to be the one who says 'no' to Mandy when she wants to try out for a modeling show, since he usually says 'yes' to his daughters for everything. Ed has issues with Mike making too many business decisions.
s01e07 Home Security 2011-11-16 01:00
Home Security
After a neighbor's home is broken into, Vanessa puts together a neighborhood watch program; Mike finds himself in trouble after getting caught up in some gossip.
s01e08 House Rules 2011-11-23 01:00
House Rules
Mike establishes new, strict house rules after Kyle accidentally falls asleep in Kristin's room.
s01e09 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 2011-11-30 01:00
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Mike is surprised to learn he shares similar interests with a new neighbor; Mandy plots revenge after catching her boyfriend in a lie.
s01e10 Last Christmas Standing 2011-12-07 01:00
Last Christmas Standing
Mike's Christmas spirit gets dampened when Ryan, the father of Kristen's baby, unexpectedly comes back to town after a long absence. Meanwhile, Ed hires Mandy as an elf at Outdoor Man, where she tries to unionize the other elves to get better perks.
s01e11 The Passion of the Mandy 2011-12-14 01:00
The Passion of the Mandy
Mike, amazed that Mandy might finally have found a passion for something, takes her under his wing at work when she offers to start an Internet campaign to keep Ed's favorite barber shop hangout from closing. Also, an exhausted Vanessa insists that she can still take care of the household despite her hectic work schedule, until she falls asleep during her own business presentation.
s01e12 Moon Over Kenya 2012-01-04 01:00
Moon Over Kenya
A visit from a rising star on the professional fishing circuit leaves Vanessa wondering if Mike feels tied down; Eve and Kristin assume Mandy's decision to become a vegan is a passing phase.
s01e13 Take Your Daughter to Work 2012-01-11 01:00
Take Your Daughter to Work
Mike is taken aback when he finds out that Ed, who has been an absentee dad, has hired his daughter, Gabriella, to replace him as the new marketing consultant of Outdoor Man. When Ed agrees with Mike that her youth-oriented proposals to re-brand the retail stores aren't the way to go, she plays the Daddy card for all its worth. Also, Mike and Eve bring home a stray dog that Mandy thinks she's allergic to.
s01e14 Odd Couple Out 2012-01-18 01:00
Odd Couple Out
Vanessa blames Mike when she finds out they were not invited to a neighbor's party; Eve accidentally damages Mandy's car.
s01e15 House of Spirits 2012-02-08 01:00
House of Spirits
When a history of Mike and Vanessa's house reveals a previous occupant died there, the family starts blaming things on a ghost; Ed keeps borrowing money from Kyle because he doesn't carry cash.
s01e16 Tree of Strife 2012-02-08 01:30
Tree of Strife
Mandy gets to meet Kim Kardashian; when the city orders Mike to cut down a tree on his property, he decides to organize a protest.
s01e17 Adrenaline 2012-02-15 01:00
Adrenaline
When Mike gets NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and his racecar in the store, he realizes how much he misses the adrenaline rush he used to get from his adventures on the road; Vanessa thinks about how she used to take more chances before she was a mom.
s01e18 Baxter & Sons 2012-02-22 01:00
Baxter & Sons
When Mike's younger brother and father visit, a sibling rivalry ensues; Eve, Mandy and Kristin try to help Bud find a girlfriend.
s01e19 Ding Dong Ditch 2012-02-29 01:00
Ding Dong Ditch
A teenage prankster gets hurt on the Baxter's property, and the Baxters get a bill for his injuries. Meanwhile, Kristin's busy schedule gets more challenging when she begins taking college courses.
s01e20 Animal Wrongs 2012-03-21 00:00
Animal Wrongs
Mandy worries when Mike doesn't like her new boyfriend, Terrence, who is an animal rights activist. Kyle discovers that Ed is Basque, like him.
s01e21 Wherefore Art Thou, Mike Baxter 2012-04-11 00:00
Wherefore Art Thou, Mike Baxter
Ed and Mike second-guess their decision to have Kyle on their team in an annual sports competition. Vanessa is caught saying she doesn't want to attend Eve's soccer game and Mandy's school play.
s01e22 This Bud's for You 2012-04-18 00:00
This Bud's for You
When Mike's dad, Bud, moves to town to be the builder on the new Outdoor Man store, Vanessa is concerned that some of Bud's well-intentioned ways might elevate Mike's high blood pressure.
s01e23 The Spotlight 2012-05-02 00:00
The Spotlight
When Mike realizes he unintentionally upstaged Vanessa's announcement about being nominated as the top volunteer school parent, his efforts to make it up to her might cause more harm than good. Meanwhile, Eve is afraid she won't fit in at high school; and Ed wants to release an Outdoor Man action figure inspired by Mike.
s01e24 Found Money 2012-05-09 00:00
Found Money
When Vanessa's sweet but flighty sister, April, comes to visit, Mike knows she's only coming to ask for yet another loan. Mike would rather use any extra money they have to buy a tank so that he and Ed can take it to a junkyard to run over old cars and boats. Meanwhile, when Kristen and Kyle decide to break up, Kyle is more concerned with what Mike will think.