| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 01 |
"Get Away from My Mom" |
1999-04-26 |
101 |
| Coach McGuirk tries to date Brendon's mother, but Brendon disapproves. |
| 02 |
"I Don't Do Well in Parent-Teacher Conferences" |
1999-05-03 |
102 |
| Paula doesn't want to go to Brendon's parent-teacher conference. |
| 03 |
"The Art of the Sucker Punch" |
1999-05-10 |
103 |
| Shannon, a local bully, torments Jason, so Brendon challenges Shannon to a fight. |
| 04 |
"Brendon Gets Rabies" |
1999-05-17 |
104 |
| Brendon agrees to pet-sit for a neighbor's cat, which runs away. |
| 05 |
"Yoko (aka We’ll Always Have Tuesday)" |
1999-05-24 |
105 |
| Brendon hooks up with Loni during a camping trip, but Jason and Melissa disapprove. |
| 06 |
"Director's Cut" |
2001-09-02 |
106 |
| Brendon films Dwayne's rock opera based on Kafka's "Metamorphosis," even though he wants to film his own works. |
| 07 |
"It Was Supposed to Be Funny" |
2001-09-09 |
107 |
| Erik asks Brendon to make a film about his aging father's life, but Brendon turns the film into a farce after finding the subject matter boring. |
| 08 |
"Method of Acting" |
2001-09-16 |
108 |
| Brendon tries taking acting lessons. Paula becomes romantically involved with one of her creative writing students. |
| 09 |
"Life Through a Fish Eye Lens" |
2001-09-23 |
109 |
| Brendon wants to earn money to buy a new lens for his camera. |
| 10 |
"School Nurse" |
2001-09-23 |
110 |
| The school gets an attractive new nurse, who becomes the target of affection for both McGuirk and Jason. Brendon feigns illness to get out of school, but then actually becomes ill. |
| 11 |
"Mortgages and Marbles" |
2001-09-30 |
111 |
| Josie puts marbles up her nose, prompting Brendon to film a PSA telling children not to do that. McGuirk tries to find a new place to live. |
| 12 |
"Law and Boarder" |
2001-10-07 |
112 |
| Brendon gets hit by a car while riding on his bike, while Paula puts up with an old college friend. |
| 13 |
"Brendon's Choice" |
2001-10-07 |
113 |
| Brendon wins a filmmaking award and is forced to confront his feelings about his father. McGuirk is ordered to participate in anger management therapy. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 14 |
"Politics" |
2002-01-06 |
201 |
| Brendon wins an election for class president, but suspects Shannon influenced the outcome. McGuirk tries to become a stand-up comic. |
| 15 |
"Identifying a Body" |
2002-01-13 |
202 |
| Brendon spends the money he had collected for a charity walk while on a trip with Coach McGuirk. Paula asks her boss, Mr. Lindenson, for a raise. |
| 16 |
"Hiatus" |
2002-01-20 |
203 |
| Brendon, Melissa, and Jason decide to take a break from making films. Paula is laid off from her job. McGuirk tries to convince Lynch to go with him to Mexico for Spring Break. |
| 17 |
"Business and Pleasure" |
2002-01-27 |
204 |
| Melissa and Jason both attempt to get on Brendon's good side so that they can get the best roles. |
| 18 |
"The Party" |
2002-02-03 |
205 |
| Fenton throws a birthday party, and Brendon tries (and fails) to make a film that shows Fenton's good side. Jason falls victim to his candy addiction and becomes abusive and manic-depressive. |
| 19 |
"Impressions" |
2002-02-10 |
206 |
| Brendon tries to impress a girl by taking her to a country club using Jason's membership. Paula fakes her way through a typing test. |
| 20 |
"Dad" |
2002-02-17 |
207 |
| Brendon finally gets to meet and spend time with his father and his trophy girlfriend. |
| 21 |
"Therapy" |
2002-02-24 |
208 |
| Brendon, his dad, and his dad's girlfriend all attend a family therapist. |
| 22 |
"Class Trip" |
2002-03-03 |
209 |
| Brendon attempts to film a scene for his movie while his class is on a field trip to a hotel. Coach McGuirk takes a second job as a barista. |
| 23 |
"History" |
2002-03-10 |
210 |
| Brendon is failing History class, and makes a science-fiction epic, which features major historical figures in key roles and is highly inaccurate. |
| 24 |
"Writer's Block" |
2002-03-17 |
211 |
| Brendon can't come up with a scene for the writer's fair. Coach McGuirk is suffering from insomnia and looks for a cure. |
| 25 |
"Pizza Club" |
2002-03-24 |
212 |
| Brendon and his dad form a club; Coach McGuirk feels excluded and becomes jealous. |
| 26 |
"The Wedding" |
2002-03-31 |
213 |
| Brendon gets a rash when his dad remarries. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 27 |
"Shore Leave" |
2002-08-04 |
301 |
| Erik is worried about Melissa's femininity, and signs her up to join the Fairy Princesses (a Brownie-like club). Brendon spends the weekend at Fenton's house. |
| 28 |
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
2002-08-11 |
302 |
| Brendon's grandmother stays at his house following her divorce. Paula accidentally starts a kitchen fire and recruits McGuirk to do the repairs. |
| 29 |
"Bad Influences" |
2002-08-18 |
303 |
| Jason and Brendon develop a codependent eating disorder. |
| 30 |
"Improving Your Life Through Improv" |
2002-08-25 |
304 |
| Jason, Brendon, Melissa, and McGuirk are all sent to a weekend sensitivity seminar after they tease Junior Addleburg. |
| 31 |
"Four's Company" |
2002-10-06 |
307 |
| Melissa has a new boyfriend, Octavio, but Brendon and Jason don't approve. |
| 32 |
"Renaissance" |
2002-10-13 |
305 |
| Brendon, Melissa, and Jason (among others) attend a Renaissance fair, which clashes with a nearby sci-fi convention. |
| 33 |
"My Cheatin' Heart" |
2002-10-20 |
306 |
| Brendon cheats at golf with his dad; Jason, Melissa and McGuirk help. |
| 34 |
"Guitarmageddon" |
2002-10-27 |
308 |
| The gang starts a band, and Duane competes in a guitar contest. |
| 35 |
"Storm Warning" |
2002-11-03 |
309 |
| McGuirk gets Paula to pose in some photos as his fiancée to impress his sister; in exchange, McGuirk babysits Brendon, Melissa, Jason, and Josie while Paula delivers her manuscript to a publisher. A tornado strikes the town, which disrupts everyone's plans. |
| 36 |
"Time to Pay the Price" |
2002-11-10 |
310 |
| After getting in trouble for filming on school grounds on a Saturday, Brendon, Jason and Melissa attend a poorly executed "Scared Straight" program. Brendon realizes that all the videos they made haven't ever been watched, leaving Paula to stumble on them and reveal that all his movies end with the same line: "it's time to pay the price". |
| 37 |
"Broken Dreams" |
2002-11-17 |
311 |
| Melissa and Jason break their arms. Brendon tries to break his arm to avoid a test but ends up actually studying for it, then breaks his arms falling down stairs. McGuirk trains to become a lifeguard though he's horrible at it. |
| 38 |
"Stowaway" |
2002-11-24 |
312 |
| The gang tries to run away to Europe to be artists. A self-help guru takes McGuirk gambling to make money quickly. |
| 39 |
"Coffins and Cradles" |
2003-05-25 |
313 |
| On Halloween night, Brendon's stepmother gives birth at the same hospital where McGuirk is taken after suffering a heart attack. Jason goes crazy after eating too much candy. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 40 |
"Everyone's Entitled to My Opinion" |
2003-11-11 |
401 |
| Brendon starts writing online movie reviews. Mr. Lynch is made interim principal, which McGuirk takes full advantage of. |
| 41 |
"Camp" |
2004-01-11 |
409 |
| The gang goes to a performing arts camp, where they are led by Duane and two other councilors (voiced by They Might Be Giants). McGuirk is taken on a camping trip, but gets lost in the woods after running away from a cult. |
| 42 |
"Bye Bye Greasy" |
2004-01-18 |
410 |
| Brendon has to direct the school musical. Shannon forcibly casts himself as the lead. |
| 43 |
"The Heart Smashers" |
2004-01-25 |
402 |
| Brendon tries to break up his friendship with Fenton, Paula unsuccessfully tries to break up with her boyfriend, and Coach McGuirk blows out his pecs. |
| 44 |
"The Wizard's Baker" |
2004-02-08 |
403 |
| Brendon is unhappy with the movie the gang is making, and joins the Skunk Scouts to dodge filming and marketing the movie with Jason and Melissa. Coach McGuirk has trouble returning swords he bought from a Home Shopping Channel while drunk. |
| 45 |
"Psycho-Delicate" |
2004-02-15 |
404 |
| The gang tries to make a movie for a video store contest, McGuirk tries to woo a waitress at a diner, and Paula's new hairstyle backfires. |
| 46 |
"Curses" |
2004-02-22 |
405 |
| Paula forces Brendon to reshoot one of his films when the neighborhood parents learn the script is riddled with sexually suggestive behavior and profanity. |
| 47 |
"Honkey Magoo" |
2004-02-29 |
406 |
| The gang adopts a stray puppy who turns out to be nothing but trouble. |
| 48 |
"Those Bitches Tried to Cheat Me" |
2004-03-07 |
407 |
| Brendon cheats on Mr. Lynch's test. Coach McGuirk is sentenced to traffic school and tries to cheat his way through. Jason can't get past the "stalker" phase of a relationship with a 5th grade girl, who thinks Brendon is the one with the crush on her. |
| 49 |
"Cho and the Adventures of Amy Lee" |
2004-03-14 |
408 |
| Brendon accidentally scores a goal, which ruins the record of the opposing team's star goalie, Cho. McGuirk remembers his days as a Scottish Highland Dancer. |
| 50 |
"Definite Possible Murder" |
2004-03-21 |
411 |
| Brendon, laid-up in his room with a broken leg, thinks that the man who just moved in next door may be a murderer. McGuirk trains to become a bartender. |
| 51 |
"Temporary Blindness" |
2004-03-28 |
412 |
| Coach McGuirk loses his vision after having laser eye surgery. The kids make family trees for a school project. |
| 52 |
"Focus Grill" |
2004-04-04 |
413 |
| Brendon, Jason, and Melissa each film an ending for the first film they ever made together, and present them to a peer focus group (Walter, Perry, Fenton, and Junior). Coach McGuirk tries to build a grill in Paula's back yard. |
