Sydney to the Max - Episode Guide

Sydney wants to radically change up her hairstyle for the first day of 7th grade. Her dad Max is resistant, but with Olive's help, Sydney takes matters into her own hands.

Sydney wants to adopt a dog, but Max doesn't think she's ready for that responsibility. A flashback to young Max reveals he also wanted a dog, but his mom gave him a pet turtle instead.

Max tracks Sydney's phone after he suspects she snuck out to a concert with Olive against his wishes. His parenting dilemma reminds him of his childhood when his mom paged him on his beeper incessantly to track his whereabouts.

Sydney and Olive struggle with their babysitting business when the little kid they're hired to watch happens to be the brother of one of the most popular kids in their class.

Sydney is invited to a pool party, but is self-conscious about how to deal with her leg hair; young Max is eager to start shaving to prove his manhood.

Sydney and Olive are excited for their weeklong sleepover; young Max and Leo get into a fight about Max constantly forgetting his job responsibilities at the arcade.

Sydney is baffled when she can't seem to get an A in her poetry class, while Young Max easily gets an A.

Sydney organizes a school protest for clubs to be more inclusive of women. Young Max befriends a skater girl but is conflicted because the Dog Boys don't allow girls in their crew.

Sydney and Olive's bond is tested when they both become friends with the new girl but try to keep the friendship a secret from one another.

Sydney realizes the basement isn't being used and wants to redesign it; Young Max and Leo decide to build fighting robots in the basement, but don't want Mom to find out about it.

Sydney thinks her father might be lonely, so she encourages him to start dating again; when young Max breaks his skateboard again, Mom makes him earn money to buy a replacement.

Sydney and Olive decide to help Max at the bike shop's biggest sale of the year; when Leo's dad hires a girl to work at the arcade, Max and Leo compete to see who can impress her the most.

When Olive becomes class treasurer and accidentally loses the money for the ice-cream truck she promised her class, Syd helps her get it back; young Max offers to accompany his mother to a wedding, but does not know how to dance.

Sydney surprises Max for his birthday by inviting adult Leo to visit from San Francisco; young Leo is worried that his parents will send him to a different school.

When Max realizes he needs an extra hand at the bike shop smoothie station, Sydney and Olive convince him to hire their crush, Zach.

Syd thinks she is too old for the father-daughter dance, but she's afraid to hurt Dad's feelings; young Max is bummed when his Dad isn't around for a father-son event.

While out with Mrs. Harris, Sydney gets her ears pierced and hurts Grandma Judy's feelings; Mom rewrites young Max's English paper behind his back.

Sydney holes up in her bedroom after an embarrassing event at school; after finding old VHS tapes of Max as a kid, Sydney falls asleep and dreams she is in the 1990s.

When Grandma Maya comes to visit, Sydney loves spending time with her so much that Grandma Judy feels a little left out.

When Sydney struggles with ballet, something her mom was great at, she starts to feel like she's losing touch of her mom.

When a cell phone ban policy during school hours goes up for a vote, Sydney is sure that her dad, who's on the Parent School Committee, will vote against it.

The memory of her late mother and some long-forgotten advice helps Sydney rediscover her love of Christmas again, a holiday she has avoided ever since her mother passed away.

Sydney is excited when she makes the school's first girls fencing team; when she learns her dad helped Coach Carlock, Sydney fears she may have gotten on the team for the wrong reason.

The girls make a pact to go to the seventh-grade dance without dates; Sydney then finds herself in a pickle when Ned surprises her and asks her to the event.

Max is fed up with Sydney missing her curfew multiple times and grounds her right before the one-night-only Pop-Up cake museum that all of her friends are attending.

In an effort to save the planet, Sydney and her friends stage a student protest to convince the cafeteria to go green. Back in the '90s, Max and Leo fight to keep their school from getting rid of the junk food in the vending machines.

Sydney gets her first period, and when she has an accident at school, she's too upset and wants to sit out her bass solo at the school concert.

Sydney enters a songwriting contest and is named one of the three finalists who get to perform their song for pop star Ricky Angelo! The only catch, the producers want to make drastic changes to her song.

When Sydney and Olive accidentally destroy a very popular exhibit at the museum, their teacher Mrs. Harris is deemed at fault and in jeopardy of losing her job. The girls devise a plan to convince VP Virmani not to fire Mrs. Harris.

Sydney feels torn between spending time with her best friends and her fencing teammates. Can she be friends with both groups … or will she have to choose one?

Max is excited to be honored with The Heart of Portland Award for his philanthropic work, but everything goes awry when his estranged dad comes to visit.

Max is worried when a new smoothie shop creates competition for his business, and he discovers Sydney and her friends can't resist their popular flamingo drink. Back in the 90s, Leo's dad is worried the new laser tag place will threaten business for his arcade.

With only a month left in seventh grade, Sydney and her best friends are excited, but there's a hiccup when they learn that Emmy is having trouble and may not pass her history class.

On the last day of school, Syd reads through all the notes in her yearbook and notices an anonymous message from someone confessing that they have a crush on her!

It's Fourth of July weekend, and Max surprises Sydney, Olive and Sophia by renting the lake cabin where he spent his best summer as a kid.

Sydney hosts a slumber party with all of her friends, but the night takes a turn when Emmy and Sophia have a huge disagreement, reminiscent of when a pair of expensive sneakers came between Max and Leo in the 90s.

Sydney really wants to attend a Rock ‘n Roll summer camp but doesn't know how to tell her dad, especially since he just started a songwriter's night at the shop's café so she could work on her music.

Syd, Olive, Sophia and Emmy are excited that their design for the float honoring brave women was chosen for the annual Portland parade.

In trying to help Olive stand up to her brothers, Sydney learns sibling dynamics are more complicated than she thought.

Syd finds out her childhood best friend, Harry, is moving back to Portland. When Olive meets Harry, she thinks Harry is the perfect match for Sydney.

Grandma Judy gets to meet her favorite rock star, Davey Rogers.

Sydney is turning 13 and sets out to plan a sophisticated birthday party. Her plans remind Max of when he tried to organize his own surprise party for his thirteenth birthday back in the 90s.

With her dad's permission, Sydney enlists Olive to help remodel her bedroom to fit her new "artsy Syd" 8th grade persona. In the ‘90s, Max is struggling being the shortest kid in his class and tries to make himself look taller.

As part of a yearly 8th-grade tradition, Syd and Olive get paired with two 6th graders to mentor. When Sydney sees her mentee Lucy is very shy, she goes a bit overboard trying to help her make friends. 

When Harry tells Sydney that he is moving back to Portland permanently, she struggles with the idea of having a long-distance relationship.

Syd wants the amigas to become closer friends with Harry, but she puts too much pressure on herself to make sure things go perfectly when they hang out.

Sydney is having trouble balancing time with schoolwork, her friends, and spending time with Harry.

After a successful run at the smoothie shop, Sydney now has fans who come to watch her play her songs and she decides to post one of her songs online to expand her audience.

Syd wants to get in touch with her Black side and explores the possibility of wearing her hair natural.

Olive is excited to celebrate her bat mitzvah with the party she's always dreamed of, but when an unexpected storm hits, Syd helps her figure out a backup plan.

When Olive bumps up to the advanced math class, Syd thinks she also deserves the same honor, but then quickly realizes she's not meant to be at this level.

When Olive learns that her parents are splitting up, Max, Syd and Grandma Judy come together to talk with Olive about how they've coped with divorce in their family.

When Syd suspects her teacher has assigned everyone in her class historical figures based on their race, she and her classmates decide it's time to stand up for themselves.

When Max goes away for the weekend and leaves his mother in charge, Sydney takes advantage of her "cool" grandma by arranging a sleepover on a Sunday night. In the '90s, Judy believes Max broke something even though he keeps denying his involvement. 

When Max has a crush on Sydney's music teacher, Gemma, but realizes he's too nervous about dating again, he convinces Syd to be a chaperone on his first date. In the '90s, Leo has a crush on Max's new math tutor, Danielle. Leo persuades his buddy to need more help so he can see the tutor more. 

The Amigas go to school dressed in costumes for Halloween but end up being the only ones.

When Max hires Sydney to write a jingle for Reynolds Rides, she learns it's not easy to be both a daughter and an employee.

Sydney is asked to represent a popular clothing line on social media but struggles with its "one size fits all" mold; in the '90s, Max enlists Leo to help him get buff to impress Alisha.

The Reynolds receive a sum of money, and no one can agree on what to buy; Sydney finds herself in the middle of what her dad and Grandma Judy want.

Sydney is over the moon when her spunky seven-year-old cousin, Lexi, moves in with the Reynolds for the summer.

Sydney's cousin, Lexi, wants the family to go to church with her in Portland; the family opens up to a new community and Syd is volunteered to sing gospel music for the first time.

A sociable middle schooler navigating the challenges of growing up and her protective single father learn they have more in common than they realize.

A sociable middle schooler navigating the challenges of growing up and her protective single father learn they have more in common than they realize.

The cast of Sydney to the Max answer juicy questions, talk about their favorite moments on set, and express how much their fans mean to them! Hosted by Radio Disney's Morgan Tompkins.