"See Dad Run" tells the story of David Hobbs (Scott Baio), who has spent the last decade playing the perfect father on one of TV’s biggest sitcoms. But when the series ends and his wife resumes her own television career, he finds himself cast in his most challenging role to date: handling the day-to-day needs of three kids who’ve grown accustomed to not having him around. David soon learns that playing a dad on TV is child’s play compared to the real thing. The family is stricken with the flu and David tries not to get sick to appear on Whitney Gibbons' (Raven-Symoné) talk show. Marcus casts both David and Janie in a father and daughter commercial that he is directing, however, Janie ends up being the one impressing Marcus' client, with another actor playing the dad in the commercial. Emily tries to prove to a judgmental student, that she is not a predictable person. Joe's friends all have crushes on Amy, after seeing an old film of hers. Joe is in the spotlight after a heroic action; David tries to show Joe the benefits of being normal; Janie discovers what Emily has been hiding David tries to get the family to the airport on time to meet Amy for a family vacation. David becomes good friends with a famous golfer, who is also the father of a girl who has a crush on Joe. However, Joe does not have reciprocating feelings for the girl. Kevin teaches the Hobbs women self-defense.