Just as Derrick is about to read her the riot act, a car horn sounds and Madi rushes off with her boyfriend Joey, escaping the impending lecture. But when she returns, Madi is distraught: Joey was mean to her. Surprisingly, stepdad takes her side: he’s glad she’s dating, after all he was dating at even a younger age, but he wants to back up her mother as his wife, in charge of her own kid.