All the baby-sitters are grownup and . . . still babysitting? Makes sense—they’re millennials and will never own houses or have job security (except for Stacey who became an engineer and does not appear in this new series).
“Kristy’s Great Idea”
After failing to make more than twelve dollars from selling clothes to Buffalo Exchange, thirty-year-old Kristy decides to post on Instagram, offering her services as a babysitter. Honestly, who wouldn’t want a thirty-year-old instead of their thirteen-year-old neighbor? It’s fine! It’s smart! It’s a business decision, nothing to get too worked up over.
“Dawn and the Sickest Dog”
Dawn takes a gig dog-sitting her friend’s boss’s girlfriend’s very old schnauzer. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Wrong. Snoodle needs eye drops every other hour and pills on the alternating hour. Can Dawn get her grocery shopping and taxes done without killing this very old dog? And how many times will she have to clean the white rug?
“Claudia and the Bittiest Baby”
Claudia babysits an actual baby for the first time! She’s super excited because babies are so cute! But then, while manically singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” for the fourteenth time as the baby wails for no discernible reason, Claudia starts to realize that the parents of the bitty baby are younger than her. And not in a teen-parent kind of way. In a “my friends had babies at a normal time but I didn’t and now I’m babysitting their babies rather than taking care of my own” kind of way.
“Mary Anne Gets a Boyfriend”
Mary Anne is feeling grownup—she’s finally landed a desk job, cooked dinner from scratch, and even got an oil change without calling her dad. And now she’s seriously dating someone who is willing to label their relationship! But, slowly, Mary Anne begins to realize that she needs to take care of her boyfriend in a way that’s scarily similar to the way that she used to take care of the kids she babysat. . . . He even likes his grilled cheese the same way.
“Feel Better, Abby!”
Abby is finally able to cobble together a decent living with her booming babysitting/house-sitting/plant-sitting/dog-sitting business. Maybe she can have it all! But then she gets pinkeye and a super cold from one of the kids that she regularly looks after and has to cancel all her lined-up gigs. How will she pay the rent?
“Claudia Tries Online Therapy”
After having a minor existential crisis while babysitting that infant, Claudia decides that she needs to talk to a professional. Unfortunately, the health-care plan that she’s on doesn’t have mental-health coverage. So, Claudia turns to an online-therapy service that was advertised on one of the podcasts she listens to once the kids she babysits go to bed.
“Happy Thirty-First Birthday, Dawn!”
Dawn turns thirty-one! All the girls want to celebrate with her, but she’s babysitting the night of her actual birthday. Can anyone do drinks on Saturday? Kristy can, but Mary Anne’s boyfriend is sick, so she probably can’t. Claudia can, but she’s watching that old dog, so she can only swing by for an hour—maybe they can do dinner another time?
“Baby-Sitter Brawl”
While Abby is sick at home, Mary Anne takes over one of her regular gigs, picking up a ten-year-old from school and taking her to soccer. But when the ten-year-old tells her mom that she prefers Mary Anne to Abby, the baby-sitters clash over who has the best babysitting style.
“Fairy Tale of New York”
Kristy does a house-sitting exchange with another single thirtysomething woman in New York, named Lucia. It’s a dream come true—just like the movie “The Holiday”! That is, until Kristy realizes that Lucia’s New York apartment doesn’t come with a hot man to fall in love with . . . or air-conditioning or an elevator. Instead, it’s infested with cockroaches.
“Claudia Bites the Bullet”
Forced to reckon with the truth that she can’t afford to live in the big city and still pursue her dreams, Claudia decides to move back in with her parents for a little while. But, once she’s back in her small Connecticut home town, she comes to the terrifying realization that she’s only qualified to do one thing: babysit.
“Abby Fights a Teen”
After losing turf to Mary Anne, Abby starts knocking on doors to drum up more babysitting gigs. On her hunt, Abby encounters a precocious teen, Harper, who doesn’t like the idea of an adult woman scooping up the babysitting jobs that she worked so hard to find. A slap battle ensues. ♦
