Writer:	Joy Gregory
Director:	David Petrarca
Star:	Jason Ritter (Kevin Girardi),  Amber Tamblyn (Joan Girardi),  Mary Steenburgen (Helen Girardi),  Michael Welch (Luke Girardi),  Joe Mantegna (Will Girardi)
Recurring Role:	Becky Wahlstrom (Grace Polk),  John Getz (D.A. Gabe Fellowes),  Morocco Omari (Principal Chadwick),  Christopher Marquette (Adam Rove),  April Grace (Lt. Det. Toni Williams),  Elaine Hendrix (Ms. Lischak),  Patrick Fabian (Gavin Price),  Mageina Tovah (Glynis Figliola),  Aaron Himelstein (Friedman),  Barbara Evans (Jeanne)
Guest Star:	David Escobar (AV Guy),  Keri Lynn Pratt (Brianna Matthews),  Lou Richards (Brianna's Father),  Chris Hogan (Hot Dog God),  Larry Hankin (Homeless Man God),  Jane Morris (Substitute Teacher God),  Jordan Lee (Cheerleading Hopeful),  Dana Davis (Nicky),  Ana Maria Lagasca (Preppy Girl),  Ashleigh Ann Wood (CeCe),  Ivonne Coll (Marlene)

Friedman invites Luke to come play Diablo at the house of their mutual friend, Dave. Oddly enough, Dave is never mentioned again on the series. (edit) As mentioned in the Allusions section, the title of this episode is a play on Bring It On. Eliza Dushku, whose brother Nate Dushku played Clay Fisher in the previous episode "Just Say No", appeared in that film. (edit) After this episode, Aaron Himelstein (Friedman) appeared in every subsequent episode except for "Death Be Not Whatever", "The Devil Made Me Do It", "St. Joan", "Do the Math", "Dive", "Shadows and Light" and "Trial and Error". (edit) First appearance of recurring characters Friedman, Glynis, and Will's partner Toni Williams. (edit) Music featured in the episode included:
"Convince Me" by Ali Handal
"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin
"In The Meantime" by The Dirtmitts
"Break My Heart" by Anna Waronker
"We're at the Top of the World" by Juliana Theory
"Not Done Yet" by Superchick
"Beard" by The Strines
"I Promise You Thomas" by Volumizer
"I Saw" by Matt Nathanson (edit)

Gavin: (walking up) Excuse me!? May I see your visitor pass?
Substitute Teacher God: Happily, if I had one.
Gavin: Then I'm going to need to escort you off the premises.
Substitute Teacher God: I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.
Gavin: Vice-Principal Gavin Price. I didn't get your name.
Substitute Teacher God: I'm substituting for Miss Fowler's music class today, as well as Mr. Wyatt's general science and Miss Schmidt in the library. Which, by the way, exceeds union maximums. A violation I was willing to overlook, until you took that tone with me.
(Joan looks on, amused at seeing Mr. Price getting smacked down so skillfully)
Gavin: (smiles, embarrassed and mildly scared, and a long pause ensues) Then I hope you will excuse me. (starts to turn and walk away)
Substitute Teacher God: As the union representative of the Local 340, I don't think I can do that… (he turns back, a forced smile on his face) ...Gavin.
Gavin: (noticing Joan and her grin, as the bell rings) Don't you have a class to go to?
(edit) Joan: Dad, it's called high school. Everyone's hiding something. (edit) Helen: Brianna's boyfriend is Rex Doherty.
Will: So?
Helen: Son of Councilman Max Doherty.
Will: And you never found that worth mentioning?
Helen: Nobody ever asked about the father. (edit) Luke: You think they (the cheerleaders) know?
Joan: What, that Mom turned in their alpha dog? Probably. They're going to eat me alive.
Luke: I wouldn't worry. Probably anorexic, or at least vegetarian. (edit) Luke: Does anybody ever wonder if I'm having sex? (edit)

When Joan walks past the cheerleader captains outside the school, the brunette is holding a compact and fixing her lip gloss. When Joan comes over, she hands the compact and gloss brush to Joan for no particular reason. Eventually, she leaves, with Joan holding the gloss and making no effort to return it to her, nor does she visibly notice she is carrying it for no reason, as though it wasn't hers -- she apparently just puts it in her pocketbook. (edit) Friedman invites Luke to come play Diablo. At the time of the release of this episode, Diablo would have been ancient. The popular game would have been Diablo II, along with its utterly essential add-on Lord of Destruction -- and you would refer to it as either "Diablo 2" or, more simply, as "D2." (edit) In the second breakfast scene, watch the contents of the fridge. Luke gets the empty milk jug out of the fridge and you can see the 48 oz can of V8 juice at the back, but can't see the logo. When Helen goes to the fridge to get the full jug of milk, the can is rotated to make the logo prominent. Further, if you look close, you can see that there is unquestionably more milk in the container in the second shot. Also... watch Kevin reach twice for the Raisin Bran... once from the front, and once from the rear shot. In this case, too, note the extreme visibility of the Raisin Bran product logo throughout the shot. (edit) Study scene in the kitchen at the opening of the episode. Luke hands Joan an empty plastic soda bottle. The bottle is missing the cap just before Luke hands it to Joan. (Luke doesn't even have the cap in his hand! It sounds like he puts it on the counter when he grabs the glass.) The camera angle changes to Joan's back and we see Luke handing the bottle to Joan with the cap on. When the view changes back to the original camera angle, Joan is holding the bottle and the cap is missing again. (edit) Joan's playing loud music in her room as she practices cheerleading, but she's also wearing headphones. (edit)

Luke: How to get past level 5 on Diablo, that kind of thing...?
The computer game Diablo is one of several exceedingly popular games from the computer game company Blizzard. At the time the show was on, the reference probably would have been to its sequel, Diablo II, which allowed multiplayer gaming. (edit) Friedman: Unless of course you and Avril LaGrace over there wanna try to get electricity from a potato.
Friedman is making a reference to famous Canadian teen singer, Avril Lavigne. (edit) Homeless Man God: The cheerleaders at school. I'm not asking you to join the Laker Girls.
The dance team/cheerleaders for the NBA basketball team, the LA Lakers. (edit) Friedman: Hello, J.Ro.
Friedman calls Jeannie Robinson J.Ro, which is a reference to movie and pop star Jennifer Lopez's nickname, "J.Lo." (edit) Friedman: Use the Force, Luke.
Famous line from the Star Wars movies. (edit)