1. Pilot
Air date: 2003-09-22 · 30 min
Carefree jingle writer Charlie Harper has his lifestyle altered when his uptight brother and his 10-year-old nephew move in with him.
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Air date: 2003-09-22 · 30 min
Carefree jingle writer Charlie Harper has his lifestyle altered when his uptight brother and his 10-year-old nephew move in with him.
Open episode 1 ↗Air date: 2003-09-29 · 30 min
Despite warnings from Charlie, Jake continues to feed seagulls on the deck and the birds invade the house. Meanwhile, Charlie thinks Judith is taking advantage of Alan, who keeps going to her house to fix things.
Open episode 2 ↗Air date: 2003-10-06 · 30 min
Jake wants to go home to his mom after he gets sick, prompting Alan to think he's a failure as a husband and now as a father.
Open episode 3 ↗Air date: 2003-10-13 · 30 min
Charlie can't function when his housekeeper storms off because of Alan's constant complaints, so Alan tries desperately to woo her back. Meanwhile, Rose comes to Charlie for dating advice.
Open episode 4 ↗Air date: 2003-10-20 · 30 min
Alan and Charlie have encounters with some highly libidinous soccer moms, but with two very different outcomes.
Open episode 5 ↗Air date: 2003-10-27 · 30 min
The guys go to Evelyn's house to meet the new man she's dating, and Charlie realizes the man's daughter is a woman he's trying to avoid.
Open episode 6 ↗Air date: 2003-11-03 · 30 min
Judith is upset with Alan and Charlie when she learns that a surfer who uses Charlie's shower walks around half naked in front of Jake . Then Alan's worried when Judith and the surfer become friends.
Open episode 7 ↗Air date: 2003-11-10 · 30 min
Alan tricks Charlie into joining him and Judith in leading Jake and his classmates in the school's annual music show.
Open episode 8 ↗Air date: 2003-11-17 · 30 min
Charlie is convinced that a woman who spent the night with him wants to turn their relationship into something serious after she befriends Jake and Evelyn.
Open episode 9 ↗Air date: 2003-11-24 · 30 min
When Charlie's favorite ex announces that she is going to get married Charlie attempts to win her back. Tensions arise at a family Thanksgiving.
Open episode 10 ↗Air date: 2003-12-15 · 30 min
When Alan is surprised to see that Judith has had a makeover and is dating a man, he decides to have Charlie help him transform his image.
Open episode 11 ↗Air date: 2004-01-05 · 30 min
Berta's granddaughter spends the day at Charlie's, which isn't a problem until he learns she's a beautiful, rebellious 16-year-old.
Open episode 12 ↗Air date: 2004-01-12 · 30 min
Charlie nurses an ailing Alan back to health so they can go on a double date with two sisters, one of whom Charlie's been wanting to date for a long time.
Open episode 13 ↗Air date: 2004-02-02 · 30 min
Charlie's financial manager informs the carefree jingle writer that he spends money faster than his royalty checks come in, and now he must go on a budget.
Open episode 14 ↗Air date: 2004-02-09 · 30 min
Despite Alan's warning, Charlie falls for a seemingly crazy woman named Frankie that he meets at the garage.
Open episode 15 ↗Air date: 2004-02-16 · 30 min
Charlie is perplexed when Frankie, the mysterious woman temporarily living in the Harper household, begins falling for Alan and not him.
Open episode 16 ↗Air date: 2004-02-23 · 30 min
Charlie's still brooding over Alan's choice of their cousin as Jake's guardian if both parents die when the boy has an accident while in his care and has to be rushed to the hospital.
Open episode 17 ↗Air date: 2004-03-01 · 30 min
One of Charlie's ex-girlfriends is now a man. It gets better: He starts dating Evelyn, who's clueless about his past history with her son.
Open episode 18 ↗Air date: 2004-03-22 · 30 min
Judith's devious siren sister stirs things up at Jake's 11th birthday party when she hits on Alan. Meanwhile, Evelyn brings alcohol and has a party of her own.
Open episode 19 ↗Air date: 2004-04-19 · 30 min
Jake's sullen mood baffles and bothers the family and prompts Alan and Judith to take him to a child psychologist.
Open episode 20 ↗Air date: 2004-05-03 · 30 min
Charlie plays a tricky game when he gets involved with Alan's divorce lawyer, who could make things difficult for Alan if she were, say, dumped by a self-centered lothario.
Open episode 21 ↗Air date: 2004-05-10 · 30 min
When Charlie discovers that Alan is sleepwalking, he believes it's related to his brother's lack of sex following his divorce, and comes up with a cure.
Open episode 22 ↗Air date: 2004-05-17 · 30 min
When Jake repeats one of Charlie's sexist remarks in front of Judith's support group, the women convince Judith to stop Jake's visits with his dad and Charlie.
Open episode 23 ↗Air date: 2004-05-24 · 30 min
Charlie has a pregnancy scare involving one of his one-night stands and decides to go for the big "V," and we're not talking Vegas.
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