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Last Man Standing (season 1)
Season 1
Starring
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseOctober 11, 2011 (2011-10-11) –
May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Last Man Standing aired on the ABC network from October 11, 2011 to May 5, 2012. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, 21 Laps-Adelstein Productions, Double Wide Productions, and NestEgg Productions. The series aired Tuesdays at 8 p.m. as part of a one-hour comedy block with fellow new comedies Man Up!, Work It , and the third season of Cougar Town throughout the season. On November 3, 2011, ABC picked up the series for a full-season order.[1] The series was renewed for a second season, which saw several shake-ups behind the scenes. Alexandra Krosney, who played eldest daughter Kristin Baxter was replaced next season by Amanda Fuller, while Flynn Morrison was cast to play Kristin's son Boyd, replacing Evan and Luke Kruntchev. These changes were the result of Tim Doyle taking the role of showrunner.[2]

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Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"John PasquinJack BurdittOctober 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)1ATP7913.19[3]
Mike Baxter, a director of marketing at an outdoor sporting goods store, returns home from traveling to a new assignment at work and to his house filled with women: his wife Vanessa, his oldest daughter Kristin (a single mother caring for her son in the Baxter family home), his middle daughter Mandy (an unintelligent, popularity-driven teenager) and his youngest daughter Eve (a tomboy inspired by her father). While Mike gives Eve advice for her soccer game, which results in her injuring a boy she has a crush on, he also plays Cupid to set up Kyle, a young employee at his store, with Mandy. However, Kyle mistakes Kristin for Mandy, and dates Kristin instead.
22"Last Baby Proofing Standing"John PasquinLinda Videtti FigueiredoOctober 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)1ATP0113.19[3]
Kristin decides that the Baxters need to hire a baby-proofer (Paul F. Tompkins) for their home to protect Boyd, and when Vanessa sides with their daughter, Mike finds himself fighting a losing battle against the women. Meanwhile, fed up with Mandy constantly taking his money, Mike decides to get her a job as a pizza delivery girl, but Vanessa takes issue with this.
33"Grandparents Day"John PasquinLiz AstrofOctober 18, 2011 (2011-10-18)1ATP0210.34[4]
It is grandparents day at Boyd's daycare center, and Vanessa forces Mike to attend with her. However, Mike's mildly offensive comments about a boy dressed as a fairy gets Boyd expelled from the center, forcing Mike to take his grandson to work with him. Meanwhile, when an older grandmother compares Vanessa to herself, Vanessa attempts to make her style more youthful with some help from Mandy.
44"Last Halloween Standing"John PasquinMarsh McCallOctober 25, 2011 (2011-10-25)1ATP039.88[5]
Mike is upset when Eve tells him that she does not want to continue their annual tradition of trick-or-treating because her crush on Victor Blake (Kenton Duty), who has her thinking Halloween is immature and for kids. So Mike decides to dress up Boyd and take him trick-or-treating, directly disobeying Kristin's orders. While trick-or treating, Mike meets Ed's friend Elvira. Meanwhile, Mandy chooses a very revealing costume for a party but Mike disallows it, and Vanessa's equally revealing costume draws the attention of the Baxters' obsessive neighbor, Bill Calhoun (David Anthony Higgins).
55"Co-Ed Softball"John PasquinKevin HenchNovember 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)1ATP049.42[6]
Mike's boss Ed is irritated when the Outdoor Man company softball team votes to go co-ed, and he vows to track down the 'for' votes one-by-one. Meanwhile, Mike is afraid of Ed's reaction when he finds out that Mike voted for co-ed, so he has Eve join the team to make up for it. The move backfires when Eve usurps Mike's role as star pitcher with her far-superior skills. Mandy begins filling out college applications, but is stumped by the essay she has to write, and Kristin ponders what her own future holds while she helps her sister.
66"Good Cop, Bad Cop"John PasquinEben RussellNovember 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)1ATP079.26[7]
Mandy intends to enter a teen modeling competition, a plan which Vanessa does not approve of. Sick of being the "bad cop", Vanessa forces Mike to stop Mandy from entering. However, Mike is tentative to give up his role as the good cop. He changes this he views the revealing pictures Mandy wants to send in. Mike is then forced to visit the family of Mandy's boyfriend Travis when he discovers that the semi-nude pictures Mandy took for the modeling competition have been forwarded to Travis' phone. Meanwhile, Kristin tries to stand up to her boss for a raise, but ends up saving his life instead.
77"Home Security"John PasquinEben RussellNovember 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)1ATP059.06[8]
Vanessa encourages Mike to join the neighborhood watch. Mike then spends some idle time on his shift sharing neighborhood gossip that Vanessa had relayed to him in private. Meanwhile, Ed has trouble saying "no" to a certain supplier's sales pitches.
88"House Rules"John PasquinAndy GordonNovember 22, 2011 (2011-11-22)1ATP089.29[9]
After finding out that Kyle slept in Kristin's bed overnight, Mike implements new rules in the house forcing Kristin to move out. Eve has her first period, making her cranky.
99"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"John PasquinKevin HenchNovember 29, 2011 (2011-11-29)1ATP0910.32[10]
Mike and Vanessa meet their new neighbors, a lesbian couple. Mike ends up being good friends with one of the women until he insults her. The girls create a music group called The Inglorious Baxters and make a viral music video about Mandy's lying boyfriend, Travis. Kyle tries to jokingly insult Ed.
1010"Last Christmas Standing"John PasquinJack BurdittDecember 6, 2011 (2011-12-06)1ATP108.79[11]
Ryan (Nick Jonas), the father of Kristin's baby, unexpectedly comes back to town wanting to be in his son's life. Kyle begins to feel threatened by Ryan's arrival. Mandy works as a helper elf for Santa Claus Ed in the Outdoor Man store, until she demands better work benefits.
1111"The Passion of the Mandy"John PasquinMarsh McCallDecember 13, 2011 (2011-12-13)1ATP067.51[12]
Mandy starts accompanying Mike to work after sharing her surprisingly good marketing ideas, but her recently successful campaign has Ed upset. Vanessa becomes overwhelmed with having to spend more time at her job while still running the house. Eve gets upset when Victor Blake does not ask her to a school dance, instead asking her advice about dating another girl.
1212"Moon Over Kenya"John PasquinSteve Baldikoski & Bryan BeharJanuary 3, 2012 (2012-01-03)1ATP127.93[13]
Chad Bickle (Steve Talley), a brash young pro fisherman, renews Mike's interest in traveling the world for work, which does not sit well with Vanessa. After seeing Mike and Vanessa's family life going so well, Chad decides to quit pro fishing to get back together with his girlfriend. Ed hires Tony Hawk to replace Chad. Meanwhile, Mandy decides to become a vegan, but Kristin and Eve are convinced it is one of her passing phases and tease her about it.
1313"Take Your Daughter to Work"John PasquinJoe Port & Joe WisemanJanuary 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)1ATP137.57[14]
Ed hires his daughter Gabriella (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) as a marketing consultant and her ideas threaten Mike's standing at the company. Mike and Eve bring home a stray dog that Mandy believes she is allergic to, but her allergies are really a childhood lie started by Vanessa.
1414"Odd Couple Out"John PasquinLiz Astrof & Linda Videtti FigueiredoJanuary 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)1ATP118.59[15]
Vanessa finds out that her neighbor, Michelle (Danielle Bisutti), has not invited her and Mike to a party. She later finds out that Mike was the reason why, due to him insulting Michelle's profession on a previous occasion. So he agrees to change his ways by being more sociable. Eve damages Mandy's car, while trying to move it out of the garage.
1515"House of Spirits"John PasquinLiz Astrof & Linda Videtti FigueiredoFebruary 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)1ATP167.78[16]
After discovering that two elderly women had previously died in the Baxter home, the Baxter daughters fear that ghosts are haunting the house. After hiring a medium to investigate, Vanessa also becomes scared. Elsewhere, Ed keeps borrowing cash from Kyle.
1616"Tree of Strife"John PasquinKevin HenchFebruary 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)1ATP148.02[16]
Mandy meets Kim Kardashian, freaks out, and becomes the butt of jokes when a video of her way-over-the-top reaction surfaces. Mike and the Baxter family fight city hall after the city orders that an old tree on their property be cut down.
1717"Adrenaline"John PasquinAndy GordonFebruary 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)1ATP157.64[17]
Mike gets NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and his car to spice up the Outdoor Man retail space, but the car later goes missing. Kristin, wanting to go skydiving, has Vanessa looking back to when she took more chances before becoming a mother.
1818"Baxter & Sons"John PasquinStory by : Kim Flagg
Teleplay by : Marsh McCall		February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)1ATP177.46[17]
Mike's father Bud (Robert Forster) and younger brother Jim (Mike Rowe) visit, hoping to win a bid to build a new Outdoor Man store. The brothers try got a loan from a young bank loaner Richard Clark (Frankie Muniz), but the sibling rivalry between Mike and Jim threatens it. The Baxter girls try to set up Bud with a girlfriend, by giving him an online profile.
1919"Ding Dong Ditch"John PasquinJon HallerFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)1ATP187.50[18]
The Baxters are annoyed when teenage prankster Ben Milbauer (Uriah Shelton) repeatedly rings their door bell and runs off, but when Mike booby-traps the door, Ben gets hurt on their property. Ben's father Frank (Alex Skuby) orders Mike to cover the boy's hospital bill and Mike discovers that Eve and Ben have secretly been dating. Kristin begins her college classes, but has a difficult time getting acclimated. Kyle gets hurt on the job, causing Ed to fear that Kyle will sue him.
2020"Animal Wrongs"John PasquinMarsh McCallMarch 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)1ATP196.98[19]
Mandy worries when Mike does not like her new boyfriend, Terrence (Shane Coffey), who is an animal rights activist. Kyle discovers that he has Basque ancestors, like Ed, but the two have a disagreement after learning their ancestors are from rival families.
2121"Wherefore Art Thou, Mike Baxter"John PasquinKevin HenchApril 10, 2012 (2012-04-10)1ATP206.84[20]
Mike and Ed invite Kyle as a last-minute substitute for Outdoor Man's annual grudge competition against Ted's Tacklebox, but fear Kyle is not very good at outdoor sports. When the competition runs late, Mike has to miss Mandy's school play. Vanessa offends both Eve and Mandy, when she is overheard saying she does not care to attend their extracurricular activities.
2222"This Bud's For You"John PasquinSteve Baldikoski & Bryan BeharApril 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)1ATP226.51[21]
Bud moves into town to begin working on the new Outdoor Man store. Mike is upset that Bud's girlfriend Stella (Deborah May), who Mike did not know about before, has moved in with him. After getting a company physical, Mike is told he has high blood pressure.
2323"The Spotlight"John PasquinEben RussellMay 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)1ATP236.52[22]
Vanessa receives kudos for her volunteer efforts, but when Mike steals her spotlight, he has to try and remedy the situation. Eve has fears about starting high school. Ed wants to use Mike as an action-figure model for Outdoor Man, but the end product has numerous errors.
2424"Found Money"John PasquinAndy GordonMay 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)1ATP216.62[23]
Vanessa's sweet-but-flighty sister, April (Christina Moore), pays a visit. This irritates Mike, who is convinced April only wants to ask for another loan, and he has just used some extra cash to buy a tank so he and Ed can run over old cars and boats. Meanwhile, Kyle and Kristin break up, but Kyle is more worried about what Mike will think.


References

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