Episodes
1. "Buttevant" (Aired 24 May 2007): Esther leaves her home in Buttevant and travels to Dublin on her pet donkey and tries to acclimatize herself to the new environment. Her father, Jack and Grandad worry about her and sends Soupy Norman to visit. He comes back with very little details.
2. "Margarita" (Aired 31 May 2007) : Esther calls Jack, and asks him to come up to Dublin to visit her. Esther has been staying with Mrs. Gleeson, "a woman with red hair", and her daughter, Kylie. Kylie brings Esther along when she is out stealing. They steal a dog, Margarita, from a Dublin youth who has gotten his first job as a dog-walker. Esther later shoots Margarita as she is unable to sell her.
Jack travels up to Dublin and meets Mr. and Mrs. Gleeson and then travels back to Buttevant where Grandad orders a pizza for them both, later realizing that Soupy Norman is the proprietor who refuses to hand over the pizza because they owe him money.
3. "Taxi" (Aired 6 June 2007) : Jack and Grandad wait 20 hours for the arrival of a taxi to go to the pub. While waiting, they are visited by Soupy Dave, a dodgy salesman, who attempts to sell them many types of fish (including a whale).
Meanwhile, in Dublin, the youth is brought to the dole office by a taxi driver, as he is mistaken for a Romanian immigrant.
After Soupy Dave is kicked out, Grandad tells Jack the story of how he met his wife, Esther, while working as a taxi driver in Dublin. Soupy Norman, their taxi driver, finally arrives very late in the night but refuses to take Grandad and quotes an exorbitant fare.
4. "Doctors" (Aired 13 June 2007) : After Grandad starts talking to his eggs (calling it soup), and mistaking the dog for a fish, Jack suggests he go see a doctor. Grandad refuses, calling Jack a "disappointment." Jack visits a friend for advice on Grandad. She advises Jack to bring his dad to Soupy Norman. Soupy Norman's service, "Norman's Head Doctors," later arrives at the house, drunk, and offers very little help. Jack decides that sleep is the best solution.
Meanwhile, in Dublin, Kylie is being forced to paint her head a different color by her father and, when she refuses, Mr. Gleeson threatens to leave the house and move to Italy. Mrs. Gleeson looks for medical solutions to stop her husband from leaving for Italy.
5. Niteklub
6. Prodigirl
7. Omen
8. Straz
9. The Late Late Soupy Norman Tribute
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