The offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family – older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice.
Gloria tries to move out of the Greens' house, but wonders if she can handle life on her own again.
Gramma, Cricket and Tilly force a country music star to write a song for Bill.
Remy excuses himself from the mayoral fitness test and Cricket is turned into a super soldier.
Bill competes for the Golden Gourd award while Tilly falls for a Hot Potato.
Bill buys the kids a metal detector.
When Gramma complains that Cricket and Tilly are soft, the kids try to prove they can handle the deprivations of Gramma's childhood.
When Bill betrays Cricket's trust, Cricket traps him in a cage and runs to an amusement park.
Tilly trains Cricket to be civilized so he can go to a fancy gala at the Remingtons.
After a fight with his mom, Remy decides to skipper his own ship in the annual regatta.
Tilly fears her family is growing distant and starts a newspaper to keep them connected.