Season 1 (2006/07)
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Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Barnet Kellman | Betsy Thomas | November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) |
| PJ meets Bobby, the new Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Chicago Cubs. PJ is instantly attracted to him, and looks to pursue a relationship with him. They end up kissing, but Bobby admits that he doesn't know if he can actually date her, PJ is too much like 'one of the guys.' Brendan breaks up with his long-time girlfriend, Wendy, and crashes at PJ's place. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Mixed Signals" | Barnet Kellman | Betsy Thomas | November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) |
| PJ and Bobby get their signals mixed up about their relationship, due to PJ's excessive use of baseball metaphors, so the guys don't find out about their previous relationship. Bobby ends up dating a new girl, Claire. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Team Chemistry" | Matthew Diamond | Cindy Caponera | December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05) |
| Brendan dates a fan of his radio show, and the woman is constantly at PJ's house, which annoys her. The boys find out about PJ and Bobby previously dating. PJ tries to set up Mike's friend with Stephanie, which backfires, as Mike's friend is attracted to PJ instead. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Slump" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Eric Gilliland | December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05) |
| Brendan, Kenny, and Mike try to get out of their dating slump by going to a pick-up bar, but are foiled by PJ joining them. Stephanie tries to get PJ to be more feminine. Brendan gets back together with Wendy. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Show" | Robert Duncan McNeill | Rick Singer | December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12) |
| Brendan gets engaged to Wendy. PJ and Hank's dating cuts into PJ's time with the boys. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Clubhouse Poison" | Arlene Sanford | Courtney Lilly | December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12) |
| PJ's attempts to integrate her boyfriend into the poker game doesn't go too well, nor does Kenny's new addition named Trouty (recurring guest star Johnny Galecki). When she tries to get the boys to hang out with her new beau, she's compelled to make a parallel agreement and spend some time with Wendy, Brendan's on-again off-again girlfriend. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Free Agent" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Rob Ulin | December 19, 2006 (2006-12-19) |
| PJ begins to question her relationship with Hank after she opts out of the group's annual decathlon, a night of drinking and games. Part of her problem is that Hank doesn't really gel with the boys and the other part is that she finds herself more and more attracted to Bobby, especially after a work trip winds up with them sleeping together. Bobby and PJ agree not to tell anyone what happened. Hank believes that everything PJ is going through is a phase, and PJ admits to herself that she likes spending time with her friends than with her boyfriend. So, PJ decides to break up with Hank and become a "free agent," breaking off Hank's plans to go to Spain with her. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Superstar Treatment" | Arvin Brown | Brendan Smith | December 19, 2006 (2006-12-19) |
| PJ tries to get an exclusive interview with the Cubs' big free agent acquisition but finds the task to be problematic. Meanwhile, she must deal with a legendary sports reporter plagiarizing her. Mike dates a woman of whom PJ is suspicious until she helps her get an interview with Garcia. The woman dumps Mike for another athlete, thus confirming PJ's suspicions. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Managers" | Don Scardino | Courtney Lilly | December 26, 2006 (2006-12-26) |
| Andy becomes "Fun Andy" when Meredith takes the kids for the weekend while their house gets fumigated, but goes overboard with the drinking, and ends up getting lost in the Chicago streets, to be found with druggies, as Andy is extremely drunk, and possibly on drugs himself. Stephanie goes on a fasting diet, which makes her far more energetic (and sometimes bossy). Going beyond his usual "out for coffee," Kenny takes a girl for a date, but meets his downfall when Mike starts telling Kenny what to do on the date, which upsets Kenny. Brendan moves out of PJ's apartment, and moves in with his new fiancee, Wendy. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Take One for the Team" "Love of the Game" |
Keith Truesdell | Eric Gilliland | December 26, 2006 (2006-12-26) |
| Trouty gets the gang into an exclusive club, but the guys are annoyed at his personality getting in the way again. PJ goes out with the club manager (guest star Colin Ferguson) in order for the gang to get back into the club. PJ gains new respect for Trouty when he rescues her from the aggressive club manager. The boys get kicked out of the club for ragging on Trouty, but also see a new side of him. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "When Heroes Fall From Grace" | Barnet Kellman | Cindy Caponera | December 27, 2006 (2006-12-27) |
| PJ and Andy’s aunt Phyllis (guest star Laurie Metcalf) visits Chicago for the weekend. PJ is thrilled because Phyllis is her hero. Things get a little weird for her when Phyllis and Kenny hook up. PJ doesn’t want Kenny to get hurt so she asks Phyllis to make sure they are on the same page. But Phyllis takes off before doing so, leaving both Kenny and PJ very disappointed. Meanwhile Mike meets his idol, baseball legend Danny Finn (guest star Neil Flynn), who later turns out to be a jerk. Brendan and Wendy call off their wedding. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Released" | David Trainer | Rick Singer | December 27, 2006 (2006-12-27) |
| PJ goes on a ‘mercy’ date with old college buddy Keith and then can’t get rid of him, which results in PJ going on three dates. Bobby tells Kenny that Mike is going to get fired and agree not to tell Mike to protect his pride. Mike ends up getting fired and learns that Bobby knew in advance and gets upset with him. Meanwhile, Brendan is trying to get over Wendy by giving up alcohol, and his friends notice a change in him- no alcohol makes Brendan boring. By the end of the episode, he goes back into his old ways. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Baseball Myths" | Arlene Sanford | Courtney Lilly, Brendan Smtih | December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28) |
| As everyone 'comes clean' to everything they've done during a night of drinking, PJ confesses that she and Brendan made out in college. PJ gets annoyed when Brendan claims to have forgotten that he 'wassup-ed' her after their kiss, as no one remembers the incident. Meredith, Andy's wife, throws him a surprise birthday party after a day of Andy hanging out with his friends (and sister). After the party, Brendan confesses to PJ that he did recall the scene after their kiss, but he felt guilty. He also says that he wanted to pursue things with PJ in college, but didn't know how to, as they were (and are) best friends. The both of them agree to put it all in the past, and that nothing could come between their friendship- as they are both very important in each other's lives. As PJ's narrative comes in (which signals the end of the episode) and she pours herself a drink, Brendan comes into the room and deeply kisses her, breaking their newly agreed 'best friend status.' The episode ends with PJ giving Brendan a confused look. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Promise of a New Season" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Betsy Thomas | July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30) |
| Told partly in flashback, PJ tries to understand "the kiss" she shared with Brendan and why he's acting so oddly toward her. Meanwhile the gang is surprised when they meet Kenny's new girlfriend, Kimmie (Nicole Sullivan), who happens to be pregnant. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Off Day" | Barnet Kellman | Brendan Smith | July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30) |
| PJ takes part in a local cable sports show and shows a poor performance. The boys try to hide it from her, but in the end are forced to tell her she "swung and missed". | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Ethics" | Arlene Sanford | Eric Gilliland | August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06) |
| PJ agrees to go on a date with a Chicago Cubs pitcher, but later decides to break things off for fear of ruining her journalistic credibility. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Dirty Little Secrets" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Sebastian Jones | August 13, 2007 (2007-08-13) |
| Bobby turns out to be a millionaire and lives in a fancy apartment and Stephanie is in debt and has to move. Mikes becomes an employee at Kenny's shop. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Second Chances" | Barnet Kellman | Courtney Lilly | August 20, 2007 (2007-08-20) |
| P.J. (Jordana Spiro) gets a call from an old friend, Thorn (Jeremy Sisto), and suddenly buried feelings begin to resurface. When Mike (Jamie Kaler) has trouble finding a job, Kenny (Michael Bunin) offers him a position at his memorabilia shop. Meanwhile, Brendan (Reid Scott) is forced to "DTR" (define the relationship) with Colleen, and Stephanie (Kellee Stewart) struggles to stay out of debt with the help of her fiscal fitness coach, Lance. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Douchebag in the City" | Arlene Sanford | Ethan Sandler, Adrian Wenner | August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27) |
| While Brendan's (Reid Scott) elevated social status takes a toll on his friends, P.J.'s (Jordana Spiro) former editor visits from New York and things don't go the way she plans. In the meantime, Andy (Jim Gaffigan) becomes acquainted with his neighbors in suburbia, and Mike (Jamie Kaler) orders a piece of memorabilia for the store that is not exactly what Kenny (Michael Bunin) had in mind. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Estates of Hoffman" | Rob Greenberg | Mark Stegemann | September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03) |
| Andy invites the gang to come to a housewarming barbecue at his new digs in the suburbs. Once they arrive, PJ realizes her brother’s home is identical in every way to their home when they were kids. Also attending the barbecue are PJ and Andy’s parents: Eileen, their intrusive mother who spoils a big surprise, and Frank, whom Andy is convinced is the future version of himself. Brendan, Kenny and Mike desperately pursue a young single mom while PJ meets a nice young man from the city. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "110 Percent Solution" | Victor Nelli, Jr. | Eric Gilliland | September 10, 2007 (2007-09-10) |
| Stephanie expresses her concern to PJ when she subjects her new love interest, Evan, to a game of poker with the gang, a game during which Evan feels completely invisible. Meanwhile, Andy decides to buy a boat to placate his feelings of not being able to have a place to himself. Unfortunately, however, he decides not to tell his wife, Meredith, about the purchase. And Kenny, Mike, Brendan and the rest of the gang try to one-up each other by comparing pain thresholds. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "Rome, If You Want To" | Betsy Thomas | Sebastian Jones | September 10, 2007 (2007-09-10) |
| Italy is just days away, and PJ still doesn’t have a date. But it isn’t for lack of opportunities, as three of the men in her life make welcome but untimely returns, including botanist Evan, globe-trotting reporter Thorn Packer and Cubs player Matt Dougan. Meanwhile, the gang decides to be tourists in their hometown taking in all the Chicago sites they’ve never seen, such as the Art Institute and the Sears Tower. P.J. finally makes a decision regarding her date to Rome, and is surprised to find him in first class holding a glass of champagne. |
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