When Bryan begins researching natural child birthing techniques, he challenges David to put away his medical degrees and accept that an alternative method of delivery may be better for their baby. However, a video shown in class proves to be more than he can handle. Meanwhile Goldie, despite her fears, turns to Brice to help her find a new retail space so that she can expand her growing children's clothing business. Elsewhere, Shania helps Rocky to confront the insecurities she's feeling about her maternal ability.
Season 1 Episode 19 of The New Normal resulted in a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
These days, families come in all forms - single dads, double moms, sperm donors, egg donors, one-night-stand donors... It's 2012 and anything goes. Bryan and David are a Beverly Hills couple and they have it all. Well, almost. With successful careers and a committed and loving partnership, the one thing missing is a baby. And just when they think the stars will never align, enter Goldie, an extraordinary young woman with a checkered past.
A Midwestern waitress and single mother looking to escape her dead-end life and small-minded grandmother, Goldie decides to change everything and move to L.A. with her precocious eight-year-old daughter. Desperate and broke - but also fertile - Goldie quickly becomes the guys' surrogate and quite possibly the girl of their dreams. Surrogate mother, surrogate family.