Lynn Loud Sr. and Rita Loud meet the Yates Family, consisting of Jancey and Bumper Yates Sr. and their children Beatrix Yates, Belle Yates, Bumper Yates Jr., and Beau Yates. As they see that they have an impressive life, Lynn Sr. and Rita think that their children aren't doing enough to ensure their successful futures and have them do various things to make them more well-rounded like the Yates Family.
Leni has been known to ruin the surprise party of her siblings. To keep Leni from ruining the surprise birthday party for Rita, Lincoln must work to keep Leni from spoiling the birthday surprise. As Lincoln does his part of the assignment, the rest of Lincoln's sisters work to get the party ready including the part where they involved inviting people they know to the party.
On Halloween, Lincoln and Clyde plan to go to the fancy gated community of Huntington Manor at Huntington Oaks in order to get the full-sized candy bars. Meanwhile, Lucy assembles a haunted corn maze and operates it with the help of Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, and Rita. Also, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily compete to see who will get maximum candy as a reluctant Lynn Sr. escorts them.
When Lori and Bobby attempt to have their daily conversation, a few misunderstandings lead to them having a rather awkward conversation. Because of this, the two fear that dating long distance isn't working out for them. With encouragement from their respective parents, Lori and Bobby attempt to show each other that they care for each other though various means, like signs of affection, a home video, and virtual dating, but when that ends up not working, the two decide to spend their day together, which is just as troublesome as when they were separate.
Lynn Sr. finds out that Lynn's Table has gotten a bad review on the review website Nosh from NewNosher123 and the kids find out about. To find the culprit that is in Royal Woods, Lincoln has his sisters look for suspects and interview the other restaurants that got a thumbs down. With their suspects being Principal Huggins, Mr. Grouse, Scoots, Mrs. Bernardo, and Flip, Lincoln, his sisters, and Todd plan to lure their suspects to Lynn's Table to find out who is NewNosher123.
At Royal Woods Middle School, Lincoln, Clyde, Liam, Rusty, Zach, and Stella are in need of new broadcasting equipment for the Action News. They are approached by Chandler who offers them new broadcasting equipment. In exchange, he wants them to join the Action News Team. When that happens, Chandler makes things difficult for them by wanting a bigger part in exchange for more broadcasting equipment. Now they must find a way to get Chandler off the Action News.
Lily has been having recurring nightmares and neither of them understand her descriptions. Upon getting a description of Trashy and Tentacle, Lisa invents a dream machine in order to enter Lily's dream where she brings Lincoln, Lynn, Lola, and Leni along for the ride while having them use the return button if it becomes difficult. After Lisa's Lull-a-Bot helps them into Lily's dream, Lisa, Lincoln, Lynn, Lola, and Leni search for the nightmares plaguing Lily. Meanwhile, the rest of the family work to keep Lily from waking up while everyone is in Lily's dream.
Ever since she started Fairway University, Lori has missed a lot of stuff. At the advice of a classmate, Lori heads home for the weekend to see her family. As her siblings have plans, Lori tags along to the different activities in order to get caught up with them. When the first day goes wrong, Lori gathers her siblings for different activities the next day like the minigolf course, Dairyland, and Tall Timbers Pond which goes comically awry.