Writer:	Jon Beckerman, Rob Burnett
Director:	Tim Van Patten
Star:	Josh Randall (Mike Burton),  Thomas Cavanagh (Ed Stevens),  Julie Bowen (Carol Vessey),  Jana Marie Hupp (Nancy Burton),  Lesley Boone (Molly Hudson),  Mike Starr (Kenny Sandusky (Episodes 1-45)),  Michael Ian Black (Phil Stubbs),  Rachel Cronin (Shirley Pifko),  Justin Long (Warren P. Cheswick)
Recurring Role:	John Slattery (Dennis Martino),  Marvin Chatinover (Dr. Walter R. Jerome),  Saundra McClain (Wendy),  Pat Finn (Jim Frost)
Guest Star:	Virginia Williams (Pretty Girl),  Stacey Ness (Blonde Woman),  Molly Regan (Lydia Macpherson),  Priscilla Garita (Jenny),  Stephen Root (George Macpherson),  Robyn Myhr (Bar Woman #1),  Karina MacKenzie (Beautiful Woman #2),  Wynter Kullman (Beautiful Woman #1),  Eric Michael Gillett (Stakeout Guy)

Featured Music:
"Desperate But Not Serious" by Adam Ant
"Waste Your Time" by Freddy Johnston
"September" by Earth, Wind and Fire
"Start" by The Drew Ross Show (edit)

Mike: Dockers kick ass, Ed. (edit) Ed (on why Carol and other women are attracted to men like Nick): Guys like that, you always know how it's gonna end. (edit) Dr. Jerome: While I pride myself in having a facile sense of humor, steeped in both satire and irony, I choose not to use it here. (edit) Carol (on a stakeout with Ed): Papa Bear is leaving the nest. Let's go! (edit) Ed: I'm quite heterosexual, thank you. (edit)

Shirley calls Ed "Eduardo" while offering him soda. George McPherson changes his name to Rick Van Stratton. Carol dubs Dennis Martino "Principal Jackass". (edit) Phil tries to become a master magician. He is extremely unsuccessful. A woman notices that his feet never leave the floor when he attempts to levitate. Women catch he and Kenny cheating at the card tricks and Phil becomes claustrophobic after 8 seconds of being in a plexiglass box. (edit) At the beginning of Ed and Carol's stakeout, they take off their seat belts. Shortly afterwards, we see them wearing their seat belts. A little later on, we see that the seat belts are off once again. (edit)

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