Square but sassy suburban housewives Joan and Barri decide to ditch their humdrum lives and enroll in college where they encounter RAs, keg parties and sorority rush for the first time. Guest starring Jane Kaczmarek.
Joan and Barri run afoul of a tough women's studies professor , whose oppressive workload results in the ladies' first all-nighter.
Barri's idea of getting involved with sports is to make a move on the football team's quarterback, who turns around and accuses Barri of sexual misconduct. Meanwhile, Joan becomes an official mascot for the University of the Midwest.
Joan has a truly unforgettable experience, thanks to Stuart. Barri dabbles in marijuana, and Paige's parents visit the dorm.
Joan and Barri relish the fact that they are the only freshman students old enough to legally buy alcoholic beverages. But the ladies are less enthused about having to share a common bathroom with a bunch of teens.
A full-blown feud erupts between Joan and Barri after a drama teacher elicits secrets about the ladies during acting class.
Joan and Barri make plans to stage an intervention for their good buddy Drew after mistaking his fraternity initiation for an induction into a homosexual cult.
The ladies head to Cancun for spring break, but for Barri it's a bittersweet vacation when a doctor leads her to believe that she's dying. Meanwhile, Joan, in a drunken haze, does something she later regrets---big time.
Joan and Barri try to complete some crazy dares, and getting in more and more trouble with their touchy-feely academic advisor.
Barri's new boyfriend is "special"; Joan tries to get noticed by a geography professor whom she finds extremely attractive; and Drew has a very unusual case of hiccups.
Joan and Barri, with help from a psychology professor, come to the realization that they are dangerously codependent on each other, and therefore each of the ladies makes an effort to find new friends.
Joan and Barri go to the dean with their concerns about safety conditions on campus, particularly in their dorm. The ladies also try to provide a safe place for Paige to try hallucinogenic mushrooms with her new friends.
Joan and Barri explore their family roots for genealogy class with help from their mothers - but they end up digging up shocking family secrets in the process. Meanwhile, prank week gets out of hand.