With Pop-Pop moving in due to a fire at his condo, Adam must bunk with Barry, who has returned with Erica to help Bev deal with Murray's death. Barry torments Adam like days of old and forces him to watch the film Field of Dreams multiple times. Adam uses baby monitors that Erica and Geoff bought for their pending child to prank Barry into thinking he's hearing the classic line from the film "If you build it, he will come." Barry and the JTP begin building a whiffle ball park in the back yard. A
Geoff's father uses a jewelry eyepiece to look at Erica's ultrasound photo, and claims to know the sex of the baby. Though he and Erica agreed to be surprised, Geoff can't help but look. While he and Lou determine it to be a boy, Erica later peeks at her file folder and sees "F". thinking it's a girl. The doctor tells the couple that Geoff in fact saw a pinky finger in the ultrasound photo, while the "F" in the file was in reference to Erica, not the baby. The two recommit to not wanting to know
Adam finds his P.A. work on the movie set to be dreadfully boring, while Brea is having difficulty adjusting to college life at Brown. However, when Adam calls Brea, he brags about how fulfilling his film work is while she lies about how well she's doing at Brown. Brea takes a bus back home and reconnects with Adam, the two then deciding to be honest with each other. While Brea expresses wishes to drop out of college, Beverly talks her out of it. Elsewhere, Joanne Schwartz has landed her first j
Barry tries to take on a fatherly role for Adam in the absence of Murray. Adam learns that the film crew is wrapping up in Philly and moving back to Hollywood, meaning his P.A. job is ending. He cashes in a favor that David Hasselhoff owes him to get the actor to visit with Barry and convince him that he doesn't need to replace his father. Meanwhile, Erica has managed to graduate college while pregnant, but Bev and Geoff are too stricken with "baby fever" to realize it. Featured Song: "Pomp and
Adam and Barry want to be good uncles to Erica's child, so they visit their goofy, unreliable Uncle Marvin to make notes on how an uncle should not act. But Marvin surprisingly comes through when Erica goes into labor and Bev is stranded at the beach house. Bev makes it in time to help Erica through her labor, and the latter gives birth to a healthy daughter that she names Muriel Allison (after Murray and Pops). Featured Song: "Heaven" by Bryan Adams
Adam makes a trip to New York to visit Dave Kim at college, hitching a ride with Mr. Glascott who has entered a Halloween Prince impersonation contest. Adam finds Dave's new friends to be extremely condescending, while Dave himself has reinvented himself as DJ DKNY (Dave Kim – New York). When Adam has had enough and wonders what happened to the old Dave Kim, Dave blames Adam for taking a gap year and leaving him alone to find his way. Adam then salvages Dave's lame Halloween party by convincing
The country line dance craze has hit Jenkintown, so Barry and Joanne rope the JTP into trying it. When Jane Bales, who is also into line dancing, makes fun of Beverly being a grandmother, the latter tries to prove she's still youthful by attending the next line dance night at a local tavern. However, Bev's inexperience causes her to fall on the dance floor, twisting her ankle and embarrassing herself. When Jane shows true pity instead of laughing, Bev goes into a funk about getting old. It takes
Geoff and Erica are stressed over matters related to the baby, while, unusually, Beverly is frazzled over Thanksgiving. Adam sabotages Geoff in a foot race where contestants wear turkey costumes. Murray's brother Marvin arrives and the family talk about how the holiday feels different due to the loss. Featured Song: "Changes" by David Bowie
Adam forgoes his weekly Mama-Schmoo dinner date to hang out with his new colleagues, which includes a new special lady. Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) worried sick that Adam is running in too fast a crowd, pulls out the ultimate stop to end it all. Meanwhile, Barry (Troy Gentile) faces the harsh reality that medical school is tougher than anticipated.
Erica buys a Christmas-themed toy and various other items with the same theme for Muriel, much to Beverly's chagrin because the family is Jewish and celebrates Hanukkah. Beverly tries to stop Erica from exposing Muriel to Christmas traditions. Meanwhile, Adam discovers Brea is dating someone else and struggles with the notion. The JTP host a holiday party.
Adam is feeling uninspired, in a creative slump. Using her influence as "Quaker Warden", Beverly pulls some strings and Adam is installed as the director of the William Penn Academy musical, but he scraps the original plan and makes the students put on his own musical based on the film Blade Runner. Geoff struggles to find the fun in hanging out with the JTP as a new father.
Dave Kim has written a script for a parody of the film Amadeus after having taken a screenwriting class at NYU and asks Adam to read it; Adam is jealous because of its high quality and resolves to sabotage the film, which Dave Kim starts working on after receiving a grant from the university. Meanwhile, Adam's former guidance counselor Mr. Perrott has developed feelings for Beverly and convinces her to go to dinner with him. Barry does not think Beverly is ready to date, while Erica does, and th
Erica meets another young mom, Lauren, and she and Beverly clash because Lauren believes some of Beverly' parenting methods to be dated. Adam and Barry try to make a children's educational video in the vein of Slim Goodbody.
There is some confusion between Adam and Carmen over the exclusivity of their relationship after Beverly spots Carmen on a date with another guy, much to Adam's dismay because he wants to be exclusive with her. Erica's longtime best friend and Barry's ex, Lainey, visits town and Erica and Geoff become convinced that Barry is cheating on Geoff's sister, Joanne, with Lainey. In reality, Barry has been watching sports broadcasts on television with Lainey's dad, Bill, as they both used to do with Mu
At Erica's prodding, Beverly admits to having a crush on Mr. Perott. Roles are reversed when Mr. Perott asks another faculty member to chaperone a school dance with him, leaving Erica to console mom while strategizing with her to win Mr. Perott's heart. Meanwhile, Barry signs a lease for a rundown apartment without consulting Joanne, then tries to backtrack and takes her to the apartment, pretending that they are looking at it for the first time. Featured Song: "The Flame" by Cheap Trick
Adam introduces Carmen to his family and discovers Erica is still bitter about a past incident where Carmen got the lead role over her in a local performance of "Annie". Meanwhile, Pop-Pop's apartment has been repaired and he's free to return home, but wanting to stay with the Goldbergs instead, he asks Geoff to help make him a nicer person. Featured Song: "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl
With the Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals, superstitious Barry makes demands but is forced to make a tough decision when the furniture store plans to offer full refunds (and bankrupt the business) if the Flyers win. Meanwhile, Erica and Geoff want his parents to spend more time with Muriel. Featured Song: “The Promise" by When in Rome Note: The date at the beginning of the episode is announced as "spring" instead of "March 15th".
With Pop-Pop deciding to stay in the Goldberg home, Barry and Joanne move into his unused apartment. When Adam helps them clean out a room of old junk, he discovers an unfinished science fiction novel that Pop-Pop wrote. Meanwhile, Erica and Geoff are finding so little time for themselves, they start using Pop-Pop's old apartment for romantic getaways. Featured Song: “In Between Days" by The Cure Note: The date at the beginning of the episode is announced as "March 22nd" instead of the expected
Stressed out by school and his relationship, Barry finds relaxation in an unlikely place helping Ginzy at Kremp Florist while Charles is away on a business trip. Meanwhile, Beverly finds she has nothing in common with Mr. Perott but pretends to like the same things he does. Featured Song: “And She Was" by Talking Heads Guest Starring: Chad Kremp as Charles Kremp
Adam meets Carmen's auto mechanic father for the first time and is inspired to recreate Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" video after seeing it on TV, but with the roles reversed. Meanwhile, Erica is inspired by "Baby Boom" and attempts to start a baby food company, not realizing Beverly's "homemade" recipes are just repackaged store-bought Gerber. Featured Song: “Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel Note: The date at the beginning of the episode is announced as "April 5th" instead of the expected "April 19th".
With Adam heading to NYU in the fall, Beverly suggests he convince Carmen to go with him to New York, but when she refuses and Adam reacts to his mother interfering with his relationship again, Beverly contacts ex-girlfriends Dana, Jackie and Brea Bee to get their feedback. All three tell horror stories of Bev's meddling, making her take a hard look at how she's always smothered Adam. Meanwhile, Barry and JTP see Matt Bradley at an Eagles game with co-workers, and after Barry finds out his frien
Beverly feels weird going to her class reunion without Murray and brings Adam to accompany her, and while there, she reunites with former boyfriend George Myerson (Rob Corddry), much to the dismay of an interfering Adam, who believes she's trying to replace Murray. Meanwhile, Barry and Joanne, feeling frustrated that none of their family or friends take them or their relationship seriously, run off to elope prior to Muriel's first birthday party, and after Muriel utters her first word, "Bubbie",