Two Guys and a Girl (season 1)
| 'Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (season 1) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 10 – July 22, 1998 |
The first season of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place premiered on March 10, 1998 as a mid-season replacement. "The Pilot", with 17.9 million viewers, was the most watched series premiere on ABC since the debut of Spin City 18 months before.[1]
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Michael "Berg" Bergen
- Richard Ruccolo as Pete Dunville
- Traylor Howard as Sharon Carter
- Julius Carry as Bill
- David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Bauer
- Jennifer Westfeldt as Melissa
Guest cast
- Carmen Electra as Isabella
Episode list
See also: List of Two Guys and a Girl episodes
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Pilot" | James Widdoes | Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz & Danny Jacobson | March 10, 1998 | 5Z79 |
| Pete tells Berg and Sharon that he is going to break up with his girlfriend Melissa because he doesn't think "she's the one" but he then decides not to. When Melissa jokingly asks Berg "What have you done to my Pete?" unaware that Pete changed his mind, Berg says,"Hey, I told him not to break up with you." Melissa, getting angry breaks up with Pete. Berg tries to fix it, but as a result of taking part in some medical experiments can only tell the truth and ends up making things worse. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Presentation" | Mark Cendrowski | Vince Calandra | March 17, 1998 | 5Z09 |
| When Berg is accepted to med-school, Pete becomes irritated as suddenly everyone is taking Berg's advice instead of his. His frustration grows when Bill lets Berg take the rest of the shift off over Pete, despite Pete needing to prepare for his big presentation in front of the museum board later that night. When rushing out to the presentation, Berg thinks Pete accidentally swallowed an overdose of an analgesic mixed in with some orange juice. But Berg himself actually drank the orange juice with the analgesic, and starts to show symptoms at Pete's presentation. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Guy" | John Fortenberry | Mark Ganzel | March 24, 1998 | 5Z04 |
| When Sharon starts a new relationship, Pete and Berg realise how much they rely on her. They notice a change in her behaviour and become jealous when she starts spending more time with her boyfriend than with them. Wanting to go back to how things used to be, they invite Ted on a guys' night out, hoping to find something out about him that they could use to sabotage the relationship. Berg becomes very attracted to the latest product he is testing for money; a pair of talking sneakers that help train people for marathons by calling out encouraging comments. Meanwhile, at the pizza place, Mr. Bauer is convinced that Bill is a 'pod person'. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Celtic Game" | John Fortenberry | Michelle Milzow | April 1, 1998 | 5Z03 |
| Pete, a Boston Celtics fanatic, is jealous when Berg, who would have rather been at home watching TV, is the lucky ticket holder at a Celtics game and gets to sit on the bench beside Pete's favourite player. To cheer Pete up, Berg steals the Celtics 1981 Championship Banner for their apartment, unaware of the outrage and media frenzy it will cause. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Two Guys, a Girl and an Apartment" | Marjorie Weitzman | Liz Sagal & Paige Bernhardt | April 8, 1998 | 5Z06 |
| Berg and Sharon make it their business to interview possible future tenants when a vacancy opens up in their building. Pete tries to figure out what to get Melissa for their one-year anniversary, and Berg has a severe emotional reaction to his latest experimental product. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Softball Team" | Rich Correll | Mark Ganzel & Vince Calandra & Barry Wernick | April 15, 1998 | 1ABZ10 |
| Berg and Pete start a co-ed baseball team in order to meet more women. Bill, being their sponsor is led to believe that team is actually good and challenges one of his competitors to a game. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Recovery" | Marjorie Weitzman | Danny Jacobson | April 22, 1998 | 5Z07 |
| Berg sets Pete up with a patient at the hospital called Lauren in an effort to get Pete over his recent breakup with Melissa. It's only when Pete starts to really like her and starts calling her "The One" that Berg finds out she may not have long to live and has to figure out how to break the news to Pete. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Party" | John Fortenberry | Rick Wiener | April 29, 1998 | 5Z01 |
| Looking for an excuse to spend more time with a girl he has had a crush on for years, Berg invites her to a party for Pete's 30th birthday, ignoring the fact that Pete is 24 and his birthday is months away. Sharon cleans the boys' apartment to vent her frustration at a guy she really likes not calling her back. When he does call, Berg and Pete decide not to tell her until after she has finished cleaning their apartment. Naturally they forget to... | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Chance Encounter" | Gordon Hunt | Kenny Schwartz & Rick Wiener | May 6, 1998 | 1ABZ11 |
| When Sharon is flicking through the 'Chance Encounter' Ads, she notices one that could be Pete and so she and Berg decide to set up a meeting between them for their own entertainment. They are disappointed when she turns out to be a nice, pretty girl who Pete likes and starts to date, but she soon makes it clear she won't let anyone come between them, threatening Berg with a baseball bat in the middle of the night. When they realise how unbalanced she is, Pete wants to break up with her, but is too afraid to. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Delivery" | Brian K. Roberts | Kenny Schwartz | May 20, 1998 | 5Z02 |
| Berg gets suspicious of Pete when he always wants to deliver the pizza to 845 Arlington. So Berg makes the delivery for a change and discovers that it's a gorgeous artist who paints with her nude body that's been making the orders. This leads Berg and Sharon to believe that Pete is cheating on Melissa with her. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Two Guys, a Girl and How They Met" | Margorie Weitzman | Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz & Danny Jacobson | May 26, 1998 | 1ABZ12 |
| When Bill asks if Berg or Pete were ever romantically interested in Sharon, they tell the story of how they met her. Back when they were freshmen they met Sharon in O'Malley's during 'Bladder Bust' when beer is free until somebody pees or flees. Both wanting to ask her out, they distract her from getting to the toilet before Bladder Burst begins and so have to find a way to get her out without Bladder Burst ending. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Dad" | Rich Correll | Barry Wernick | July 15, 1998 | 5Z08 |
| Pete is trusted to keep the fact that Berg's dad has quit his law firm to become a caricaturist in the park from Berg and that Berg is no longer in law school from Berg's father. Pete is highly irritated by all this and so tries to get the two to talk to each other. Sharon continues to hate her job. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Two Guys, a Girl and a Landlord" | John Fortenberry | Vince Calandra | July 22, 1998 | 5Z05 |
| Pete and Sharon fight back against their landlord when he goes over the edge with the rules for living in the building. Berg thinks they are being childish until the landlord removes all the windows from their apartment to teach Pete a lesson and it causes Berg's pet fish to die. It's war. | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Slick Willey". Entertainment Weekly. March 27, 1998. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
External links
- List of Two Guys and a Girl episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Two Guys and a Girl season 1 episodes at TV.com
- Two Guys and a Girl at epguides.com
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