Better Days

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired
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Carol drowns her sorrows over breaking up with Nick with a "Xanadu" marathon; Ed represents a jittery bride-to-be who sues her hairdresser over a bad pre-wedding haircut; feeling that her relationship with Mike is in a rut, Nancy decides to spice things up by starting a book club; Ed steps forward and makes yet another bold move to win over Carol's affections, which runs into a snag and causes some misunderstandings.moreless
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      • $10 Bet: Mike dares Ed to walk up to a woman at the bar and ask to buy her a drink -- with nuts in his mouth. Edit
      • Godfrey Watch: Godfrey is the name of the history teacher who asked Carol out at the beginning of the episode. Edit
      • Phil produces the first-ever Stuckeybowl tv commercial. Ed rejects his first idea of using strippers in the ad, so Phil makes a strange 30-second commercial featuring himself as a high-school graduate and Kenny as his father. They finally mention Stuckeybowl in the final seconds of the commercial. Shirley considers this the best commercial ever. Edit

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      • Featured Music: "Better Days" by The Jayhawks "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass Edit

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      • Mike: These crazy Belgian bastards know how to live! Edit
      • Nick (final words to Carol): This right here, this was never about friendship. Edit
      • Mike: Bullfights and machismo. If you gave Hemingway some bullfights, and a little machismo, he was a happy, happy man. Edit

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      • Phil: NYPD Blue, baby... Check it out. Give me some Sipowicz... Sipowicz!
        NYPD Blue is an ABC police drama and Sipowicz is the detective character played by Dennis Franz. Edit
      • "Better Days" (episode title) is a song by The Jayhawks. It was played in this episode. Edit

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