| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code[1] |
| 1 |
"Pilot" |
September 7, 2006 |
100 |
| In the first episode we are introduced to Eddie and Joy Stark, who have been married for 8000+ days while their new next door neighbors Steph and Jeff Woodcock are young newlyweds. The young couple ends up having an argument over a pool table which ends up migrating next door. |
| 2 |
"Sex for Furniture" |
September 14, 2006 |
101 |
| The couples engage in an age old battle and the men soon realize that their wives are trading sex for household power. |
| 3 |
"The Ring" |
September 21, 2006 |
103 |
| Jeff helps out Eddie when he gives Joy the engagement ring she always wanted. |
| 4 |
"The Wood Pile" |
September 28, 2006 |
102 |
| Eddie looks to the newlyweds next door to help him keep his woodpile in the garage when Joy tells him to "use it or lose it." |
| 5 |
"Your Mother or Your Wife" |
November 2, 2006 |
104 |
| Jeff gets in trouble when his mother comes to visit and he takes her side over Steph's. Jeff goes to Joy and Eddie for advice. |
| 6 |
"The Garage Band" |
November 9, 2006 |
107 |
| Eddie doesn't realize that Joy knows what he's doing when he tells her a lie about practicing with his band. |
| 7 |
"Dream Getaway" |
November 16, 2006 |
108 |
| Steph and Jeff convince Eddie and Joy to join them for a getaway in the mountains, but when Steph tells Jeff she had an erotic dream about Eddie, their vacation is anything but relaxing for the Woodcocks. |
| 8 |
"Death Sex" |
November 30, 2006 |
105 |
| After an injury Eddie is sure that he's going to die. With that fear Eddie and Joy rekindle the romance. Eddie decides to take advantage of the situation when he finds out he's fine, by not telling Joy the truth. |
| 9 |
"The Toaster" |
December 14, 2006 |
106 |
| Joy and Eddie have a disagreement over whether or not you save electricity by unplugging the toaster. Eddie is determined to prove Joy wrong. |
| 10 |
"Daddy's Girl" |
December 21, 2006 |
111 |
| Eddie and Joy's daughter, Allison, comes home for the holidays to celebrate New Years with her parents. When she gets some bad news from her boyfriend, Allison turns to her mother for help, leaving a snubbed Eddie perplexed. At the Woodcocks' New Year's Eve party, Eddie lightens up his mood to impress his daughter, but as the clock strikes midnight and a new year begins, Allison realizes she likes her "big, dark, angry, wonderful dad" just the way he is. |
| 11 |
"The Anniversary Party" |
January 4, 2007 |
109 |
| While attending Vicki and Stan's 25th anniversary party, Joy can't help feeling jealous at the attention Stan pays to his wife. Eddie gets advice from Stan about his role in the marriage. Jeff is embarrassed by Steph's dancing. |
| 12 |
"The Hockey Lie" |
January 11, 2007 |
110 |
| Jeff is heartbroken and angry when Steph reveals that she wont be his Hockey Girl any longer. Eddie later muses that its normal for new couples to lie and that they will eventually grow apart because of it, but Joy insists that she and Eddie are actually becoming more similar as they grow old together. As Jeff tries to accept that his wife is not the woman he thought she was, Eddie tries to prove to Joy that he is his own man. |
| 13 |
"Fight Friend" |
January 18, 2007 |
112 |
| Joy turns to a friend, Nicole for help when she and Eddie are fighting. When Eddie confronts Joy about Nicole, they get into a heated argument and seek support from their respective fight friends Joy teaming up with Nicole, and Eddie with Nicole's husband Cofeld, in order to prove their points. |
| 14 |
"The Colleague" |
February 1, 2007 |
113 |
| When Joy gives Eddie permission to have a female friend, the pair bond over their history. Meanwhile, Jeff tries to be cool and uses Steph to get in with the cool high school kids. Later, when Eddie and his friend get too close, Joy takes on some history of her own. |
| 15 |
"The Bachelor Party" |
February 8, 2007 |
114 |
| When the guys discover that Jeff never had a bachelor party, they have a boys' night out at a local club. But when Nicole tags along with Cofeld, the guys' night doesn't turn out as they planned. Meanwhile, Joy is sick at home and Steph comes over with a special recipe to help them both feel better. |
| 16 |
"The Italian Affair" |
February 15, 2007 |
115 |
| When Joy accuses Eddie of being a pack rat, he and Jeff go through piles of ancient items from Eddies past. The duo comes upon an old roll of film, which Jeff agrees to get developed. When Eddie sees the photos of himself and Joy having a great time in Italy, he is reminded of how the vacation ended and a moment he and Joy never discuss. In order to make things right, Eddie does all he can to relive their trip to Italy right there in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Ray Romano makes a guest appearance as a client in the restaurant. |
| 17 |
"Clay Date" |
March 14, 2007 |
116 |
| When Eddie and Joy visit Allison for parents weekend, they share a dorm room with a partying single father (Tom Virtue). When Allison lets them know her new major and next semesters plans, Eddie and Joy try their best to convince her to do otherwise but realize that their own mistakes led them to where they are today. Meanwhile, Jeff hires someone to help Steph tile the bathroom, which brings out the worst in her. |
| 18 |
"I Heart Woodcocks" |
March 21, 2007 |
118 |
| When the Woodcocks strike up a close friendship with the Cofelds, the Starks feel left out. Much to their surprise, they find they really miss their time with Jeff and Steph. Eddie and Joy set out to win the Woodcocks friendship back. |
| 19 |
"The Coffeemaker" |
March 28, 2007 |
119 |
| Steph gives Eddie and Joy a cappuccino maker that was a wedding gift from Jeff's mom. Joy loves the gift, but Eddie soon begins to resent Joy for not learning how to work the machine herself. When Eddie refuses to make Joy her nightly cappuccino, she makes a list of all the things she does around the house and comes to the conclusion that Eddie doesn't do enough. Meanwhile Jeff is mad at Steph for giving away a present from his mom, and he tries to come up with a plan to get back at her. |
| 20 |
"That's Ridiculous" |
April 4, 2007 |
117 |
| When Joy and Allison meet for Spring Break in Florida, Eddie is thrilled to have the house to himself where he can eat, sleep, wear whatever he wants and hang out with Cofeld. But when the week doesn't go exactly as planned, Eddie realizes how much he misses Joy. Meanwhile, Joy and Allison aren't missing Eddie too much as they work-it on the beach. |
| 21 |
"Webby's Not Happy" |
April 11, 2007 |
120 |
| When one of Eddie's single idols comes for a visit, Eddie is in awe, while Joy is unimpressed by Webby's (guest star Ted McGinley) lifestyle of wild adventures and exotic travels. To Joy, Webby is running away from the one thing that can make him truly happy: a committed relationship. |
| 22 |
"Summer of Love" |
April 11, 2007 |
121 |
| Summer vacation has begun and Allison surprises her parents when she brings Doug home. When Allison and Doug spend their days enjoying the summer, Steph gets Eddie to join them. Jeff and Joy feel left out and annoyed by their partners' happiness but finally are persuaded to join in. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 23 |
"Performance Anxiety" |
September 19, 2007 |
201 |
| When Eddie thinks Joy made a fool of herself at Steph's birthday party he decides it is time to tell her about her irritating habits. She lets him know about his own irritating habits. Steph isn't happy when Jeff gives her a gift she has wanted for a long time. |
| 24 |
"Four Neighbors and a Funeral" |
September 26, 2007 |
203 |
| Eddie and Joy feel left out when they are the only neighbors not included in an elderly neighbor's funeral. After Joy is asked to sing Eddie feeling jealous, tries to find something for him to do also. Steph and Jeff disagree about the eulogy Steph is planning to give. |
| 25 |
"Come Out and Play" |
October 3, 2007 |
202 |
| Jeff recruits Eddie for a faculty basketball team, but Eddie has a secret despite his height he is terrible at the sport. This is a problem because Eddie lied to Joy about his supposed prowess while they were dating, and he never told her the truth. |
| 26 |
"Tale of the Tape" |
October 10, 2007 |
206 |
| Steph decides that she wants to watch an adult video with Jeff, who has never seen one, so he asks his colleagues at school for advice. That's how Eddie gets into trouble with Joy, who is in no mood for nonsense following a disastrous visit to the gym. |
| 27 |
"Mixed Doubles" |
October 17, 2007 |
207 |
| When Steph introduces Eddie to yoga and Jeff turns Joy on to tennis, the couples spend more and more time with their friends and less time with each other. The swap seems successful until Jeff's competitive streak emerges and Joy tries to bow out of tennis lessons. |
| 28 |
"Vintage Eddie" |
November 7, 2007 |
209 |
| Eddie offends Jeff at his birthday dinner when he forgets to give him a gift. Eddie recovers by re-gifting Joy's expensive wine and then is forced to try to get it back. |
| 29 |
"Bedtime Stories" |
November 14, 2007 |
208 |
| When Joy purchases two new bedroom lamps, one lamp works and the other one is broken, prompting Eddie and Joy to fight over the working lamp. Meanwhile, Jeff fights for the right to go to bed whenever he wants. |
| 30 |
"No More Mr. Vice Guy" |
November 28, 2007 |
205 |
| When Jeff becomes acting principal at the school, he thinks his ship has finally come in and this is his chance to shine. However, when he has to make an important decision, he chokes and winds up suspending Eddie. |
| 31 |
"Everybody Digs Doug" |
November 28, 2007 |
204 |
| After getting suspended from his teaching job, Eddie finds himself bored at home until he gets an unexpected visit from his daughter and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Joy is annoyed by Steph, who has developed an attitude from her husband's elevated status at the school. |
| 32 |
"Really Big Brother" |
March 25, 2008 |
213 |
| To avoid doing housework with Joy, Eddie signs up to be a volunteer for a "Big Brother" program but things go awry when he's accidentally given an adult instead of a kid to mentor in. |
| 33 |
"Raisinette in the Sun" |
April 16, 2008 |
215 |
| When Kenny is subjected to a perceived racist slight at a local movie theater, he reacts strongly causing Eddie to rush to his defense. In the aftermath, Eddie decides that Kenny over-reacted and resolves to prove it to him. |
| 34 |
"Snip/Duck" |
April 23, 2008 |
214 |
| When Joy and Eddie have a pregnancy scare, Joy convinces Eddie to get a vasectomy. Nervous about the procedure, Eddie takes advice from Kenny and pretends that he wants more children in order to avoid the trip to Dr. Park. |
| 35 |
"Sob Story" |
April 30, 2008 |
216 |
| When Joy gets frustrated with Eddie’s inability to show emotion, Kenny and Jeff unsuccessfully try to get him to turn on the water works. As a last resort, Joy and Eddie attend an "intimacy workshop" for couples led by the "living, loving and sharing" Dr. Friedman. But when the workshop takes a strange turn, Joy starts to see Eddie's lack of sensitivity as a flaw she can appreciate. |
| 36 |
"Second Marriage Guy" |
May 7, 2008 |
210 |
| When Eddie's friend Karl introduces him to his second wife, Eddie becomes jealous of Karl's relaxed marriage and convinces Joy that they should try out a "second marriage." Joy has her own ideas of how a "second marriage" should be causing Eddie to re-think his suggestion. |
| 37 |
"Swimming with Starks" |
May 14, 2008 |
217 |
| When Joy calls off their usual anniversary celebration and surprises Eddie with a gift, he decides to one-up her with a special snorkeling trip to Hawaii requiring him to take swimming lessons from Kenny. |
