When Mike and Vanessa need a sure winner on their annual college alumnae 5k race teams, they go to extreme measures to see who will win over Eve. Meanwhile, Kristin senses work might get tricky when Ed hires his girlfriend, Wendi, to be the new hostess at The Outdoor Man Grill.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 12 of Last Man Standing was watched by 7,330,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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Last Man Standing Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - The Wolf Returns
• s05e02 - Free Range Parents
• s05e03 - Ping-pong
• s05e04 - Educating Boyd
• s05e05 - The Road Less Driven
• s05e06 - Halloween
• s05e07 - The Dad Hat
• s05e08 - The Big Sleepover
• s05e09 - The Gratitude List
• s05e10 - The Puck Stops Here
• s05e11 - Gift of the Wise Man
• s05e12 - Polar Run
• s05e13 - Mike and the Mechanics
• s05e14 - The Ring
• s05e15 - Home Sweet Loan
• s05e16 - Eve's Band
• s05e17 - Tanks for the Memories
• s05e18 - He Shed She Shed
• s05e19 - Outdoor Woman
• s05e20 - Tattoo
• s05e21 - The Marriage Doctor
• s05e22 - The Shortcut

Last Man Standing Show Summary

Men may have built civilizations, invented the locomotive and created ESPN, but they're about to find out that it's not a man's world anymore. You can't get manlier than Mike Baxter. He's the marketing director for an iconic outdoor sporting goods store, he loves to have adventures while he's traveling for work and, of course, he drives a pick-up truck.

While Mike is king of the hill at work, he's the odd man out in a home that is dominated by women - namely his wife, Vanessa, and their three daughters, 22- year-old Kristin, 17-year-old Mandy and 14-year-old Eve. After being a stay-at-home mom for years, Vanessa recently returned to the workplace and was quickly promoted (much to the dismay of her primarily male co-workers). As a result of Vanessa's increased work load, Mike is pulled into more hands-on parenting than ever before.