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Outgoing 13-year-old Sydney is on the fast track to growing up, despite the goodhearted efforts of her protective father, Max. As Sydney attempts to spread her wings and make more decisions for herself, Max does everything he can to rein her in and keep her his little girl. But in so doing, his mother, Judy, is reminded of his own antics at Sydney's age, and the parallels -- illustrated by comical flashback sequences starring a young Max -- are both amusing and enlightening.

3 Seasons
63 Episodes
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episode image Sister Pact
9.2/10 (19 votes)

#1 Sister Pact

S2:E3

Sydney and her friends make a pact to go to the dance together without dates. Max recalls his first school dance when Leo and his Mom gave him tips on how to ask a girl to be his date.

episode image How the Syd Stole Christmas
8.8/10 (20 votes)

#2 How the Syd Stole Christmas

S2:E1

How the Syd Stole Christmas was the 1st episode of season 2 of Sydney to the Max. In the present day of the episode, Sydney who is played by (Ruth Righi) rediscovers her love for Christmas after her mother passed away. in the past day, Max who is portrayed by (Jackson Dollinger) decided to take his early Christmas present to school. It was all fun and showing off, until Pete, who is played by (Arjun Sriram) decided to steal the jacket.

episode image When Harry Met Sydney
8.8/10 (14 votes)

#3 When Harry Met Sydney

S2:E19

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.

episode image As Bad as She Gets
8.5/10 (17 votes)

#4 As Bad as She Gets

S1:E14

Sydney surprises her dad Max for his birthday by inviting his childhood best friend Leo and his son to visit from San Francisco.

episode image Night Not At The Museum
8.5/10 (16 votes)

#5 Night Not At The Museum

S2:E4

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.

episode image The Parent Track
8.4/10 (25 votes)

#6 The Parent Track

S1:E3

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.

episode image Shaved by the Bell
8.4/10 (24 votes)

#7 Shaved by the Bell

S1:E5

Sydney is invited to a pool party but is self-conscious her legs are too hairy and contemplates shaving. Her predicament reminds her dad Max when he was eager to start shaving to prove his manhood.

episode image Dude, Where's My Car Wash Money?
8.2/10 (18 votes)

#8 Dude, Where's My Car Wash Money?

S1:E13

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 mom to a wedding but does not know how to dance.

episode image Crush Hour
8.2/10 (18 votes)

#9 Crush Hour

S2:E13

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

episode image Caved & Confused
7.9/10 (20 votes)

#10 Caved & Confused

S1:E10

Judy enlists Grandma Judy to help her redesign the basement into their very own “girl cave.” Max starts to feel left out when Sydney cancels their plans together to throw a 50s-themed party with her friends to celebrate her new space.

episode image You've Got Female
7.5/10 (18 votes)

#11 You've Got Female

S1:E8

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.

episode image Girlz II Women
7.4/10 (30 votes)

#12 Girlz II Women

S2:E6

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.

episode image Can't Dye This
0.0/10

#13 Can't Dye This

S1:E1

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.

episode image Who Let the Dogs In
0.0/10

#14 Who Let the Dogs In

S1:E2

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.

episode image Adventures in Babe-Sitting
0.0/10

#15 Adventures in Babe-Sitting

S1:E4

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.

episode image I Know What You Did Last Sleepover
0.0/10

#16 I Know What You Did Last Sleepover

S1:E6

Sydney and Olive are so excited for their weeklong sleepover but quickly learn being together 24/7 has its challenges. Max recalls when he and Leo had a fight about Max constantly forgetting his job responsibilities at the arcade.

episode image Good Grade Hunting
0.0/10

#17 Good Grade Hunting

S1:E7

Sydney is baffled when she can’t seem to get an A in her poetry class even though her dad got A’s in his class—and they have the same teacher, Mrs. Harris.

episode image The Lyin' King
0.0/10

#18 The Lyin' King

S1:E9

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.

episode image Can't Hardly Date
0.0/10

#19 Can't Hardly Date

S1:E11

Sydney thinks her dad 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.

episode image Little Shop of Reynolds
0.0/10

#20 Little Shop of Reynolds

S1:E12

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.

episode image There's Something About Zach
0.0/10

#21 There's Something About Zach

S1:E15

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

episode image Nuthin' but a Dance Thang
0.0/10

#22 Nuthin' but a Dance Thang

S1:E16

Syd thinks she’s 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.

episode image Never Been Pierced
0.0/10

#23 Never Been Pierced

S1:E17

Grandma Judy’s feelings are a little hurt when Sydney gets her ears pierced on an outing with Mrs. Harris.

episode image Nightmare on Syd Street
0.0/10

#24 Nightmare on Syd Street

S1:E18

When something embarrassing happens to Sydney at school, she barricades herself in her bedroom and ends up watching old VHS tapes of Max when he was a kid. Sydney eventually falls asleep and dreams that she’s in the 90s.

episode image Mo' Grandmas, Mo' Problems
0.0/10

#25 Mo' Grandmas, Mo' Problems

S1:E19

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

episode image Dancin' the Vida Loca
0.0/10

#26 Dancin' the Vida Loca

S1:E20

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

episode image How Sydney Got Her Phone Back
0.0/10

#27 How Sydney Got Her Phone Back

S1:E21

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

episode image Father Of The Bribe
0.0/10

#28 Father Of The Bribe

S2:E2

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

episode image Going the Green Mile
0.0/10

#29 Going the Green Mile

S2:E5

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 machine.

episode image Baby One More Rhyme
0.0/10

#30 Baby One More Rhyme

S2:E7

Sydney enters a songwriting contest for a pop singer, and finds out the producers at his record company want to drastically change her song.

episode image Mrs. Harris' Opus
0.0/10

#31 Mrs. Harris' Opus

S2:E8

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.

episode image The Lunch Club
0.0/10

#32 The Lunch Club

S2:E9

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

episode image Boy Meets Dad
0.0/10

#33 Boy Meets Dad

S2:E10

Max is excited to be honored with The Heart of Portland award for his philanthropic work. But things go awry when Max's dad, who he's not on the best terms with, comes to visit.

episode image Slurping with the Enemy
0.0/10

#34 Slurping with the Enemy

S2:E11

Max is worried when a new smoothie shop creates competition for Reynolds Rides with their new flamingo drink.

episode image What's My Grade Again
0.0/10

#35 What's My Grade Again

S2:E12

With only one month left in seventh grade, Sydney and most of the four amigas are excited, but there's a hiccup when the girls learn that Emmy is failing history and might not pass.

episode image Bummer Rental
0.0/10

#36 Bummer Rental

S2:E14

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

episode image My Best Friends' Ending
0.0/10

#37 My Best Friends' Ending

S2:E15

Sydney hosts a slumber party with all of her friends, but the night takes a turn when a group selfie sparks a fight among Emmy and Sophia, and they must help them reconcile.

episode image Sing It On
0.0/10

#38 Sing It On

S2:E16

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.

episode image Rock the Float
0.0/10

#39 Rock the Float

S2:E17

Syd, Olive, Sophia, and Emmy are excited that their design for the float honoring brave women was chosen for the annual Portland Parade, but she must come to grips when the girls and their mothers begin to disagree with each other.

episode image The Big Rozalski
0.0/10

#40 The Big Rozalski

S2:E18

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

Cast & Chracters

character image Sydney Reynolds

Sydney Reynolds

Actor: Ruth Righi
character image Olive

Olive

Actor: Ava Kolker
character image Max Reynolds

Max Reynolds

Actor: Ian Reed Kesler
character image Judy

Judy

Actor: Caroline Rhea
character image Young Max

Young Max

Actor: Jackson Dollinger
character image Leo

Leo

Actor: Christian J. Simon
character image Jorden

Jorden

Actor: Lumi Pollack

The highest rated episode of Sydney to the Max is "Sister Pact" (S2E3) with a rating of 9.20.

This episode received 19 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Girlz II Women" (S2E6) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 30 votes.

The highest rated episode is "As Bad as She Gets" (S1E14) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 17 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "You've Got Female" (S1E8) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 18 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Sister Pact" (S2E3) with a rating of 9.20.

This episode received 19 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Girlz II Women" (S2E6) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 30 votes.

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