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1 :01x01 - It Takes a Village Idiot
Writer: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
Director: Beth McCarthy Miller
Guest star: Rachael Harris (Blair), Leslie Grossman (Maggie), Soledad St. Hilaire (Eugenia), Sarah Baker (Doris), Yari Shahidi (Esther), Charlotte Foley (Annie), Abby Miller (Abby), Sayeed Shahidi (Bill)
Jane's week alone with Sophie turns out to be more stressful than she had hoped. Meanwhile, Rosemary tries to unionize Horatio's fellow nannies in order to get them better perks; and Emily and Jason's children don't like their "stay-cation" concept.
2 :01x02 - Vacation
Writer: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
Director: Beth McCarthy Miller
Guest star: Charlotte Foley (Annie), Abby Miller (Abby), Leslie Grossman (Maggie), Sayeed Shahidi (Bill), Soledad St. Hilaire (Eugenia), Yari Shahidi (Esther), Sarah Baker (Doris), Rachael Harris (Blair)
Jane feels like taking time off to be with her baby is as tough as being at work. Rosemary explains the need to unionize to Jane's nanny, Horatio. Emily and her husband decide to take a stay at home vacation this year, much to the disappointment of their children.
3 :01x03 - Bully
Writer: Alan J. Higgins
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Dave Higgins (Iceman), Dan Harmon (Maverick), Tig Notaro (Rhoda), Liz Cackowski (Gretchen), Rachael Harris (Blair), Toby Huss (Goose), Leslie Grossman (Maggie), Charlotte Foley (Annie), Bobb'e J. Thompson (Dakota), Indira Gibson (Dakota's mom), Ryan Pinkston (Syd)
Jane heads to Annie's school to confront her bully, but when it comes to the workplace, she becomes the bully by using some tried-and-true techniques to get what she wants. Meanwhile, a newcomer is challenging Emily as head mom at the preschool. Also, Rosemary wants to get her 1980's band back together.
4 :01x04 - Practice What You Preach
Writer: Liz Cackowski, Maggie Carey
Director: Jamie Babbit
Guest star: Liz Cackowski (Gretchen), Rachael Harris (Blair), Yara Shahidi (Esther), Davin Ransom (Little Boy), Katrina C. Johnson (Lyla), Rebecca Sage Allen (Alison), Hannah Wall (Pre-Teen Jane), Ken Marino (Shep), Sayeed Shahidi (Bill), Robin Shorr (Susan), Martha Boles (Rebecca), Bella Thorne (Annie), Tig Notaro (Rhoda)
After Annie announces she is quitting her karate class, Jane rejoins a kickball at work to teach her a lesson regarding staying on course. Emily and Jason worry about their son's imaginary friend's temperament, and Rosemary shows off her parenting skills at seminar.
5 :01x05 - Shepfather
Writer: Greg Digregorio
Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Guest star: Liz Cackowski (Gretchen), Alex Enriquez (Waiter), Sayeed Shahidi (Bill), Ken Marino (Shep), Charlotte Foley (Annie)
Jane begins to doubt her parenting skills when Shep, her boyfriend, immediately his it off with Horatio and her children. Meanwhile, Rosemary gives Emily a lesson on carpooling after being challenged by a neighbor on her supremacy.
6 :01x06 - Where There's a Will, There's a Wake
Writer: Annie Mumolo
Director: Linda Mendoza
Guest star: Yara Shahidi (Esther), Sayeed Shahidi (Bill), Ryan Pinkston (Syd)
Emily and Jason want to find out whether Jane would be a perfect parent for their kids and become their legal guardian if something ever happened to them. Meanwhile, Rosemary wants to throw herself a living wake to enjoy the fun for when it really does come, after having attended her aunt's funeral.