After her star player suffers an injury, Mel must find a replacement for the office softball team. She has Joe pretend to be the "office manager" so he can help lead their team to victory. However, Joe's management skills are more than the office can handle. Meanwhile, Ryder butts heads with Lennox when he asks her to publish his girlfriend Holly's story in the school blog.
Season 1 Episode 27 of Melissa & Joey resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Melissa is a grown-up former wild child of a political family who is now a local politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece Lennox and pre-adolescent nephew Ryder. Spread too thin to manage by herself, help comes in the unlikely form of Joe who, desperate for a job, moves in and becomes the family's manny.