Jack & Bobby

Better Days

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired 9/19/04

Episode Summary

Grace and Bobby help with a College Democrats rally. Jack explodes after catching Grace smoking pot again and gives her an ultimatum. One of Grace's co-workers gets fired, and Grace goes to bat for her without all the facts in hand. Courtney and Jack continue to explore their relationship.
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''Meanwhile, Bobby tries to help make things better for Jack, both with Courtney and in school, but only succeeds in making things worse. Also, it is revealed how President McCallister became affiliated with a surprising political party.moreless

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Christine Lahti

Grace McCallister
Edwin Hodge

Marcus Ride
John Slattery

Peter Benedict

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- Actor John Heard (Dennis Morgenthal) in this episode also co-starred with Christine Lahti (Grace McCallister) in the CBS television movie The Pilot's Wife. Edit
- The episode title is a reference to Bruce Springsteen's song "Better Days." Edit
- This episode shows for the first time the series' theme song and opening credits. Edit
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- Grace (to Jack): They're college kids for Gods sake. When I was in college we were dropping acid and taking our shirts off. These guys, the world is blowing up around them and they're just, I don't know, so mechanical and cold. I was just trying to grease the wheels a bit. Edit
- Adult Marcus Ride: There's nothing Grace loathed as much as a Republican. She just kept saying it was so wrong. At the time I thought she meant the party itself was wrong, but looking back I think her point was more that it was wrong for him. Edit
- Jack: Where are you going? Grace: Mini-meeting. Jack: Dressed like that? Grace: Hah, where are you going? Jack: Bowling. Grace (sarcastically): Dressed like that? Edit
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- John Kerry: Presidential Race
  At the campiagn meeting at Grace's house many of the student participants were wearing "2004 Kerry Edwards" buttons. John Kerry is a Democrat who was running for the presidential campaign seat against current U.S. President George W. Bush for the November 2004 Elections. He is being supported by Democrat John Edwards. Edit
- Dennis Morganthal: Then they started playing that song...that 'Have a Little Faith in Me.' That's a heck of a campaign song.
  Have a Little Faith in Me by John Hiatt will become Bobby McCallister's (Logan Lerman) campaign song and is played twice during the episode. Edit