The three older siblings are having issues with relationships. Charlie tries to finally have a date with Kirsten, after it was postponed by both of them various times. Bailey, still sad about his football suspension, then realizes that he can't date the nanny because the age difference: a guy, Stu, calls to the house asking for Kirsten while she was giving Owen a bath, so when Bailey tells her about the call, she says she has to do something about that, Stu is 19, nice enough, but she "doesn't date babies". So, Bailey decides to get more hours at the Shoe store and meets a girl of his age named Kate, who has a boyfriend. Still, with Claudia's support, he is tempted to steal Kate of her boyfriend, despite the good advice from Will. In this case, I'm on Will's side. At the end, Bailey quits his job at the Shoe store because he wants to spend time with Kate, and goes to run with her. And Julia is tempted to have sex after Nina shares her experience. Meanwhile, Claudia has questions about it, but the siblings avoid her.
Then, an important character for the show is introduced here, Justin Thompson, a good old friend of Julia and a familiar face for Claudia and the Salinger parents (their families were friends). For some reason, Julia doesn't like Justin now, which is weird considering their future together in season 1. She uses him to fool around, and they even go to see the movie Psycho. But when she learns that a guy used Nina to sleep with her, she sees how broken Nina was, and decides to stop. She tells Justin the truth and hurts his feelings, but still, could have been worse (Julia stopped herself of doing more damage).
Kirsten get over their previous misunderstanding with Charlie, but soon they have another one. First, Charlie and Kirsten are in the market with Owen, he wants to buy peas, but she says that Owen hates peas, he should have took apricots. They have a friendly discussion about it (Charlie confides in Owen), besides, she's still mad over the last episode, so he asks what else she wants from him if he apologized, and then, an old woman interrupts them, saying how they remind herself when she was newlywed with her husband. She sees them as a very lucky young couple, a beautiful family. Kirsten initially intents to correct her, but then she plays along, while obviously Charlie is glad to hear the woman. This scene is memorable, as depicts many unseen parts of their future raising Owen. Then, Kirsten goes to dinner at Salinger's, for the first time, and tells Charlie that she and her friend, Lisa, are celebrating. After he serves the wine and leaves to get oysters, Lisa tells her that every guy is flaky at the beginning, and thinks she's crazy for doubting. Kirsten says maybe, and later tells Charlie how Lisa went home to fight with her boyfriend, that they have a very passionate relationship, alternating between good passion and bad passion, which she thinks it's a problem. She admits she's a little drunk, and while holding his hand, asks him to take her home, and he accepts (chemistry was really flying in that moment). At her place, she tells how it's cheap, spinning, and he thinks it's dark but nice (it must be a safe neighborhood because windows seemed open). He wants to get her some aspirin for the headache she'll have, but after helping her with the boots, they start fooling around. Anyway, he stops for the aspirin, and also goes to the bathroom to check his wallet, for a mouthwash, but when he returns, he finds her asleep. He says "Kirsten!" a couple of times, but she remains like the sleeping beauty. As the scene ends there, I guess he wrapped her with some sheets, and left quietly. Next morning, she's already in the house cooking, and when he sees her, he says that last night she seemed forgive him. She knew that (so she wasn't so drunk after all, she really wanted to be with him), and smiling says she's still mad at him but, acknoweledging their obvious mutual attraction, they forget that and start fooling around again. This time, she stops and says that she can't do this in the house and watch Owen at the same time, so puts the rule of not letting the relationship to interfere with the job. So they schedule a dinner at Salinger's in the night, and before she goes to watch Owen, he tells her how his parents used to drag him to church when he was little, so he'd stare at the angels in the ceiling, and she reminds him of an angel, with a beautiful goldish hair. She's touched but still leaves to avoid another kiss (another moment of flying chemistry). But later, Julia and Kirsten talk about love: the nanny thinks there are tons of guys who'd date Julia, but she answers just one (Justin). When Julia mentions that the first time for sex isn't usually great, Kirsten tells that she's not in place to talk her about that, but advices her to ask Charlie. Julia tells her how has been Charlie's love life in the past, the lines he uses to get a girl into his van and then never call her again. So for the angel line, Kirsten thinks he will use her and dump her, while answers Claudia's question about how weird is that men by the age of 30 had much more partners than the women. But Charlie didn't mean wrong this time, and is sadly planted by Kirsten at Salinger's, and he waits for an hour and half. So, next morning, when they talk, he admits that is line (considering the Salingers used to go to church, and Kirsten, maybe it's a line, but I think Charlie really meant what he said, I'd have said the same), and that he hasn't been always a saint with girls, but convinces her that she's different. She's ok with his apology, and they schedule another dinner. Then, when Claudia passes with more questions about sex, Kirsten suggests him that someone should talk to her, though he hoped it would pass by itself. Just when everything seemed fine, Owen has a tooth problem, high fever, and cries a lot, so Kirsten decides to spend her first night in the house to take care of him (probably because as the maternal figure, she's the one who'll know how to handle the problem), and sleeps in the same room to watch him (so incredibly, Bailey and Charlie shared a room for one night, even though the couch was clear). The next day, Owen's fever is down, so Kirsten and Charlie again set a date for the night, but they are not happy to see it's his turn to watch Owen in the night. But fortunately, Bailey, now aware of what is meant to be, switches Owen's wheel, taking him the turn to watch his baby brother, so the two can have some privacy. He tells Charlie that is ok, and that he already met a girl his age. So, in the night at Kirsten's place, are seen some empty glasses, plates, and Charlie in bed next to her (who was sleeping), rubbing her hair, watching TV, movies, while he calls home to ask about Owen's state. And that's how the main couple of the show start their relationship.
Although the story of the episode wasn't so good as others, and Claudia (who shines in this season) didn't have much scenes, I liked how finally Charlie and Kirsten got together. Their love story lasted all the series (with some interruptions) and Spoiler alert: Considering they will become husband and wife, it's good to see when two characters are meant to be together since they first met (and get together) here is showed how started. Also, there were scenes, moments, between Kirsten, Claudia, and Julia, which proved they already are starting to form a bond, I mean, they are not uncomfortable of talking to each other about love, for example. To finish, Owen had enough scenes, and this is important considering he is the fifth sibling and doesn't appear always.
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