Max is reluctant to tell his parents that he wants to strike a romantic chord with Celia, a young Polish girl he's teaming up with for a piano competition. After consulting the quirky Rabbi Teitleman, though, Max decides to speak up.
A boating incident in cottage country causes a rift between the Glicks and the Brzjinskis that only Rabbi Teitelman knows how to fix.
Max is shocked when Celia informs him that she's confessed their first kiss to her priest. Max decides to confess to Rabbi Teitelman, only to discover that Jews only do that once a year - so Max takes things into his own hands.
Max is recruited onto his family's curling team for the town's annual Bonspiel.
When Max, Celia and Bobby are assigned a project at school to plan a nuclear fallout shelter, they decide instead to present a realistic picture of what their home town might look like following a nuclear war.
While performing at a seniors' home with Celia, Max learns some long kept secrets about his grandfather from one of the residents.
When Max's scout troop needs another chaperone for an overnight camping trip, both his father and grandfather sign up.
When working for free at the family store becomes too much for Max, he goes out and gets a real job.
Max and Celia must compete against each other at the upcoming piano competition, which brings out a strong competitive spirit in both of them.
Rabbi Teitelman performs his comedy routine for the first time at a coffeehouse in the city, and budding journalist Max decides to cover the event for his school newspaper.
Max has his first real date with Celia, and looks to his mom and a teen magazine for advice.
After Max thinks he has spotted a UFO and Sandy finds a strange pattern on a field near his house, the town goes into a frenzy over a possible encounter with extraterrestrial visitors.
Sharing a small one-bathroom house with in-laws leads Sarah to think about making some changes.
Max and his friends find their newly acquired Ouija board makes surprisingly accurate predictions.
When his school holds a career day, Max looks at options for his future. Max's father and grandfather have a disagreement over the family business, leaving the elder Glick to reflect on his past career and possibilities for his own future.
Max can't understand why his family tolerates visits from his abrasive Aunt Sophie, until he inadvertently discovers some secrets about her past.
Max glimpses another side of his father when Sarah travels to the city, leaving the two alone for the night.
Max tries to find a date for his best friend Dougie with little success.
Max and his pals take a stand against racism in an episode that recalls the latter half of 1964, when Canada was choosing a new flag. Trouble begins when the class is asked to enter new flag designs in a contest, with first prize being a free trip to Ottawa. But when Max learns that the original winner has been relegated to runner up because he's Chinese, he abandons the flag-waving and sets out on the revenge trail.
Max becomes concerned about the hereafter when his grandfather decides to buy a family burial plot.
Rabbi Teitleman has returned to the U.S. to honor his draft notice rather than obtain religious exemption, and Max has a hard time understanding his decision.
Rain forces the Glicks to spend time together during a holiday.
When a former mental patient is found hiding inside an abandoned hospital, Max and Stephanie learn that some problems don't have easy answers.
Sarah discovers a letter written by Henry before they were married.
Max discovers filmmaking is not as easy as it seems.