It’s the Huangs’ first Halloween in the suburbs and Louis is determined to turn their “dead” street into a prime destination for trick-or-treaters. And as Louis, Eddie, Emery, Evan and even Grandma Huang show off their elaborate costumes, Jessica has bigger plans – to protect her investment property from teenage pranksters.
Miley has writer's block coming up with the song for Hannah's latest album and she ends up writing something that is un-Hannah like. Meanwhile, Rico goads Jackson into trying to grow a mustache.
When Sofia's magical amulet goes missing, she loses the power to understand her animal friends.
Murray and Pop-Pop wage a war of words after the Goldbergs get their first-ever answering machine. Fed up with their fighting, Erica, Barry and Pops hope to broker a peace using a trip to a hockey game as leverage. Meanwhile, Beverly worries about Adam's social standing after he begins spending his lunch period with some lovable geeks in the computer room.
Adam rallies his nerd pals to fight back against Mellor’s school yard pick system for gym. Mellor choices Adam as a Captain – and the power goes to Adam’s head; he also picks the best athletes – even after Dave Kim chooses “Dungeons & Dragons” as the next team sport. Adam must train his doltish classmates to win at the game. Erica is surprised when Bev sparks to an out of state college tour; Murray turns the tables and forbids his daughter from leaving town; Erica then shares that she is not ready to leave the nest/town – at this time.