Cricket scrambles to get the perfect birthday gift for Remy and keeps ditching him in the process.

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Chris Houghton

Marieve Herington

Bob Joles

Artemis Pebdani

Zeno Robinson

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Amy Hudkins

Jonathon Wallach

Jeffrey Jones

Natasha Kline

Hurt Bike

Super Gramma

Cricket earns a role in Big Coffee's new TV commercial but loses his confidence.

Cricket's Kapowie!

Bill trades his pickup in for a cutting-edge electric car, but gets more than he bargained for.

Car Trouble

When Bill learns that Gramma has been purposely creating a frightening reputation around town, he throws a barbeque to befriend the neighbors.

Urban Legend

Cricket makes a wishing well to cash in on people making wishes, but when Tilly dumps all her savings into it, he is faced with a dilemma.

Wishing Well

Gloria gets stuck on an elevator with the Greens.

Elevator Action

Remy falls under the sway of an internet influencer.

Bad Influencer

On Christmas Eve, Tilly helps Cricket redeem his year's worth of bad deeds for one last chance to get on Santa's nice list while Gramma and Nancy look for a present for Bill.

Green Christmas

Convinced that Cricket and the Greens have ruined his life, Chip Whistler returns to exact his revenge.

Reckoning Ball

When Gloria tells Tilly and Andromeda about her plans for a night on the town, the girls assume they’re invited.

Clubbed

Cricket is mistaken for a pop star who looks just like him and looks forward to a life of fame, while the real star takes up residence in the Green house.

Impopstar

Cricket goes with Remy to a football camp to help him impress his dad.

Football Camp

Cricket and Remy have a basketball match in the middle of a massive heatwave.

Heat Beaters

To avoid getting in trouble, Cricket tricks his family into thinking they're being invaded by aliens.

Bill-iever

While at the beach, Cricket tries to scare the beachgoers with a fake shark prank which leads to trouble.

Shark Objects

Cricket has fun manipulating his family's dreams at night, but they soon turn into nightmares.

Dream Weaver

Cricket and Remy introduce Bill to a farming simulator video game which he gets hooked on.

Level Up

Cricket's feral wild side takes over when Bill fails to take him camping.

Wild Side

When the kids find mementos from Gramma's younger days in the garage, Gramma tells them about her most extraordinary adventure.

Garage Tales

Phoenix competes against the mean rooster Cogburn to see who will rule the farm.

Animal Farm

Cricket treats his family to a dinner, but Bill worries over how he's going to pay for it.

Desserted

Thinking Bill is lying about Cricket's Father's Day gifts and thinks they're terrible, Tilly tries to prove him wrong.

The Gifted

When Remy finds himself unprepared for an important violin recital, he begins to worry about his future.

Time Crisis

The Greens get their first smartphones and Gramma signs up to be a ride-sharing driver, only to get pulled into a crime spree.

Gramma Driver

When Tilly is mistaken for a baby, she searches the mall for a new look to reflect her maturity.

Tilly Style

Cricket persuades Bill to buy a farming robot in order to get out of chores.

I, Farmbot

When the Greens attend Farm Con, Bill becomes fast friends with Chip, but their friendship might be too good to be true.

Friend Con

Cricket finds a $100 bill and a con artist persuades him to invest in it.

Flimflammed

In this special flashback episode, Young Bill will do whatever it takes to keep the farm in business.

Greens' Acres

Tilly celebrates Saxon's birthday at a tea party and attracts the attention of its posh VIP, but discovers she's not who she seems to be.

Dolled Up

Cricket reencounters his crush Gabriella and Remy encourages him to get to know her.

Gabriella's Fella

The Greens want to go to a street fair, but Bill would rather stay home and save money.

Cheap Show

Tilly enrolls the Greens in Gwendolyn Zapp's project to revamp them into the "perfect" family.

Green Mirror

Cricket gets two tickets to a sold out show and can only take either Tilly or Remy, and begins taking advantage of their conflict.

Cricket's Tickets

The Greens get into wild escapades during a visit to Times Circle.

Times Circle

Cricket and Tilly scramble to protect Gramma as she recovers from cataract surgery.

After almost getting in a dirt bike accident, Cricket decides to live the rest of his life in shelter.

When the Greens visit the library, the librarian threatens to throw them out if they make any sound.

Quiet Please

Chip plots to run Big Coffee out of business, but Cricket doubts it will happen, or so he thinks.

Chipwrecked

The Greens must work together to save their home and their legacy when Chip Whistler plans to tear down the buildings around the Greens' house to build a new Wholesome Foods store.

Chipocalypse Now

When Gloria’s parents visit, she ropes the Greens into escalating lies about her success.

Rent Control

Cricket goes on a quest to find the best pool in Big City.

Pool's Gold

On New Year’s Eve, Cricket insists on helping Gloria complete her resolution of approaching her longtime crush, Kevin.

Big Resolution

Cricket and Remy challenge Vasquez to a snowball fight, while Tilly creates a snowperson.

Winter Greens

When the kids play a role-playing game at Remy’s, his rules lead to conflict.

Mages & Mazes

When the Greens go out for karaoke, Tilly struggles to decide what genre of music will best express her true self.

Okay Karaoke

Bill chaperones Cricket and Gabriella’s first date.

Date Night

Tilly closes up Cricket’s secret escape hole in their room, sparking a conflict that leads to them splitting the room down the middle.

The Room

Cricket is amused by a new socially unacceptable word in his big city world and tempts fate by repeating it.

Bleeped

The Greens try new methods to improve sales at their produce stand.

Sellouts

When a Burger Clown franchise opens next door, Cricket tries to prove to Bill that he can eat fast food for every meal with no ill effects.

Fast Foodie

Tilly and Cricket debate whether the lives of people in Big City are intertwined.

Spaghetti Theory

Remy uses Cricket’s antics to gain views and likes on a new video-sharing app.

Ding Dongers

When Cricket and Tilly learn that Gloria has an internship at the animation studio that produces their favorite cartoon, they beg her to bring them for a visit.

Animation Abomination

Gramma and Cricket are upset that an ugly van has been parked in front of their house for what seems like forever.

The Van

Nancy joins Cricket and Tilly’s community center little league team.

Bat Girl

Cricket's cousin Jilly swings by Big City to visit.

Cousin Jilly

Gloria's Cafe

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.

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