Heartwarming / Close Enough

Given it has a calm and cozy feel to it, this show has a lot of wholesome moments compared to other adult shows.

General

• In general, Josh and Emily's married relationship. In a refreshing break from the norm for main couples in adult animation, they are not constantly fighting, they are not constantly on the brink of divorce, and they do not make you question how they got together in the first place. Despite their flaws and differences, they accept them and are a happy couple in a stable marriage. More importantly, they are loving parents to Candice, even if they frequently find themselves out of their depth. But still nonetheless good. Some highlights include:
  • In "Room Parents" and "Prank War", Josh demonstrates that he only has eyes for Emily, to the point that it doesn't even register to him when other women hit on him.
  • In "Golden Gamer" and "Clap Like This", when Josh feels like he does not provide enough for Emily and Candice while reflecting on the failure of his video game career, Emily makes it abundantly clear that she does not share those feelings. She loves him regardless of how successful he is.

Season 1

• In "Skate Dad", despite having his groin lit on fire and having just jumped off to a roof into a nearby pool with his family. Josh had made sure both Emily and Candice were safely seated before diving into said pool.
• "Logan's Run'd" has Alex sacrificing himself to help Josh and Emily escape due to having not much to keep living, however, rather then leave Josh goes back for his best friend Alex and manages to remind him that he has so much to live for.
• In "So Long Boys" Josh becomes visibly annoyed and angry at how the vasectomy clinic treats having children as a bad thing. He and Emily don't want another child because of financial reasons, but he at no point shows any regret at having had a child regardless of how much extra strain and responsibility it puts on his life, and takes offense that the clinic basically implies that by getting the surgery he is saying he hates kids.
• In "First Date", when Josh and Emily become convinced that they have died in a haunted house attraction, they smash their way through the hall of mirrors to reunite with each other and kiss passionately. The night may not have gone as they planned, but they still manage to recapture their old spark - to the point that they don't even notice when the attraction's hostess tries to tell them they are not really dead.

Season 2

• "Josh Gets Shredded" has Josh seeing his newborn baby girl Candice for the first time while saying he couldn't wait to play with his daughter and they're going to have so much fun together. Throughout the five years of Candice's life shows that Josh is nothing but a great father who truly enjoys having fun playing and being with his daughter, who also shares this thought.
• In "Meet the Frackers," even though Randy meets his biological parents, Pearle ultimately proves she's his real mom when she saves him after he's thrown off the Trickles' fracking truck.
  Randy: Ma?
  Pearle: I'll always be there to catch you, baby!
• "Sauceface": After Candice's friend Maddie takes the fall for their illegal hot sauce-selling ring, Candice takes the money they saved up to buy a drone and buys Mr. Campbell his own Peloton, ensuring that she and Maddie get off the hook.
• "Haunted Couch": While Bridgette is having an argument with Henri, a ghost she's been dating, she suddenly realizes why she constantly gets ghosted by guys: when things start to get too serious, she gets so nervous that she unconsciously pushes them away. This also allows Henri to admit that he's also made mistakes (he died because he left a lot of broken hearts in his wake), and realizing that they just want the other to be happy, they're able to break up without any drama. As an added bonus, Henri going through a healthy breakup is what finally allows him to pass on, and he and Bridgette share a happy goodbye as he leaves.
• "Man Up": Even after Josh realizes that the terrorist attack at Emily's company Christmas party isn't staged, he still ultimately risks his life to save Emily and Candice, just like he wanted.
• In "Birthdaze", Josh and Emily go through a bunch of birthday activity challenges in Birthday World to rescue Candice and the parent's kids. When Josh and Emily are given a particular trial regarding what Candice's favorite birthday activity and the two realize that her favorite activity is any that she does with them. Then the two hear Candice's true birthday wish and she reveal she just wants to have fun with her parents. Josh and Emily apologizes to Candice for acting selfish and focuses on her. In the end, she got her wish with her playing in the bouncy castle with her parents.
• "Time Hooch": Alex realizing that a big reason his and Bridgette's marriage didn't work out was because he made a lot of mistakes, and that preventing his past self from meeting her ultimately wouldn't be fair to her. This is what finally allows him to sign their divorce papers in the present and move on.
• "World's Greatest Teacher": There's something sweet about Mr. Campbell and River Lake, the new music teacher, becoming Vitriolic Best Buds after they try to one-up each other at karaoke.
• "Where'd you go, Bridgette?": The fact that Emily, Josh, Alex, and Candice immediately assume that something happened to Bridgette because she stopped posting things from her phone (she was actually over at Pearle's place detoxing).
• "The Erotic Awakening of A.P. LaPearle": Pearle deciding that her friendship with Alex is more important than the fame she got from supposedly being the author of a popular erotic Viking novel series (actually written by Alex).

Season 3

• "Hellspital": Alex was about to be tortured until his father intervenes and saves him. Alex and his father then fight their way through the hellspital fighting various demons. As Alex is about to leave he then says "I love you dad" to his dad with his father returning the gesture before Alex drove off.
  • When Alex first sees his dad, he says he has a lot of questions for him, one being if he's proud of him. Alex's dad's answer? "Very."
• "Candice Candice Revolution": Though Candice was the one who caused the kids to rebel because she believed rules didn't matter, as soon as Josh and Emily point out that there are kids who are actively getting hurt because there are no rules, she immediately feels bad.
  • Despite Candice's classmate Jane attacking her for trying to end the rebellion, Candice reassures her that she still has time to improve her grades, and proceeds to save Jane from falling into the kids' giant baking soda and vinegar volcano. Jane is genuinely touched by this, and thanks Candice for helping her.
• "Bridgette the Brain": Bridgette and her sister Olivia fight for their mom's approval that nearly destroyed the city, however, they realize how they are good at certain things that the other sister is envy of and their mom deliberately encourage the "competition" to make them into very successful people. That's when the two decides to stop competing and make up with each other. Their mom, who doesn't see anything wrong with her way of parenting, is glad that her two daughters are finally getting along.
• "Match Made in Valhalla": Alex and Bridgette rekindling their relationship in the end and giving it another chance this time taking it slow.
• "The Weird Kid": Emily starts to feel like she and Candace are drifting apart but thanks to Alex's convenient wish granting pendant, she's turned into a girl Candace's age and is able to reconcile with her by the end.