Unhappily Ever After
Season 1
TV-PG
The Malloys might seem like your average suburban family but things are far from normal. Jack and Jennie hardly speak to each other and their kids present a unique set of challenges. In addition, Jack hates his job. For advice and solitude Jack heads to the basement and turns to the only thing he trusts: Mr Floppy, a talking stuffed rabbit.
Where to Watch Season 1
13 Episodes
- Pilot
E1PilotMeet the Malloys. Cynical Jack and devil-may-care Jenny are separating, drop-dead-gorgeous daughter Tiffany is self-absorbed to the core, and older brother Ryan is just plain dumb. Little Ross's toy bunny, Mr. Floppy, ends up being Jack's talking, worldly-wise companion in his new shack. - Jack's First Date
E3Jack's First DateMr. Floppy thinks that Jack should start dating. While Jack, Jennifer, Ryan, and Tiffany go to Howe High's back to school night, Jack tries to send out ""the vibe"" to the women there. Amazingly he gets a date with Miss Taylor (Ryan's Civics Teacher), whom all the male teachers and students, and half the female teachers are after. Jennifer agrees to lend Jack the car for the date, but is less than supportive of him. When Jack comes to pick up the car, Jennifer and the car aren't there-- she and Maureen have taken it to the otherside of the block. Jack ends up meeting Miss Taylor 3 hours late, and Ryan's friend the paperboy ends up going home with her. - The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall
E4The Bigger They Are, the Harder They FallJennie needs funds for breast enlargement. All hell breaks loose when she tries to sell her engagement ring, only to discover the diamond is a dud. To make up, Jack has to sell his baseball signed by Babe Ruth, but turns out this gift from Jennie had been a fake as well. - Run
E6RunJennie, Ross, and Ryan are sick in bed with colds, and Tiffany has two days until the Alphi Pi Psi party at the local university, where she plans to mingle with the geeks since ""today's big dufus is tomorrow's Bill Gates."" Jennifer calls Jack over so that he can pick up food and tampons, and get the car from the mechanic. Mr. Floppy makes Jack to take him along so that he won't be bored in the apartment, and then convinces Jack to escape to Mexico. Jack turns back home after a ""conscious attack,"" gets yelled at for buying the wrong flavor lollipops, and is stopped from running to Mexico again because he ran out of gas in the driveway. Jack and Jennifer have sex in the front seat of the car at the end. - The Descent of Man
E7The Descent of ManJack fires Ryan up to rebel against Jennie making him do the unmanly chores, and causes Ryan to get kicked out, knocking at his door for shelter. Not what he had in mind. And pretty soon, Jennie comes to dump Ross off as well. Where is the place of man in the natural order of the world? - Boxing Mr. Floppy
E8Boxing Mr. FloppyMr. Floppy loses his lucky rabbit's foot as a charm to Ryan, who narrowly misses out on scoring a hot blond date with it, but after Tiffany scores a diamond engagement ring, and Jennie's objective to enter the Betty Ford clinic to score a rich husband might become reality, Jack has great difficulty securing it back for his furry little friend. - Don Juan De Van Nuys
E9Don Juan De Van NuysJennifer is depressed because she can't get a date, and wants to be lusted after. When Jack takes the rest of his stuff out her basement, she decides to fix up the house. She hires Matt, a twenty year old who just moved into Jack's building, who was captain of the football, baseball, and basketball teams in high school. When Jack tells Jennifer that Matt has a habit of sleeping with the women he works for, Jennifer goes after him. Tiffany gets really aroused by him, and Jennifer forces her to stay away from him so that she won't have to compete. After Matt shows no interest in her, and runs off with Mrs. Wilson, who has a big butt and four chins, Jennifer complains to Jack that she isn't attractive. - Mistress Jennie
E10Mistress JennieJennifer goes out with Gavin Drake, ""Picture Framer of the Stars,"" and falls for him because it's the best date she has had so far. Tiffany and Ryan learn that he is a married man at school lunch because he is the father of Chelsea, one of their friends. They tell Jack, and he gets excited because he'll get to crush Jennie by telling her, and it'll be the best thing that has happened to him all year. Mr. Floppy wants him to wait telling her so that he can get gossip about Shannon Doherty out of Gavin. Jack doesn't get to tell her because Gavin asks her to be his mistress. Jeannie seriously considers it, but breaks up with him because it would be too much for her conscience. - Daddy's Little Girl
E11Daddy's Little GirlTiffany wants to spend the night at the lake with her friends, including her date Beau. Jack forbids her because he still sees her as a little girl, and does not want her to be taken advantage of. Ryan keeps trying to talk to Jack about his own date, whom he describes as older, an occultist, and criminally insane, but both Jack and Jennifer ignore him. Later, Jack feels about forbidding Tiffany to go, but both Mr. Floppy and Jennifer agree that he made the right decision. Tiffinay then sweet-talks Jack into allowing her to spend the night at the lake. Jennifer gets mad, and they go out in an attempt to retrieve Tiffany - The Great Depression
E12The Great DepressionJennie, who never had a Prom date, chaperons the school dance, where Tiffany is in charge of organization, but she has invested the money in blue-chip war stock, only now, peace has broken out worldwide. Jennie has to rush in to help, it's her last chance to go to the dance, after all. - Hoop Dreams
E13Hoop DreamsMuch to Tiffany's dismay, Jennie is going to give a motivational speech at school, but Jack doesn't want to miss out on playing basketball with the guys. Ryan believes himself to be a business 'mongol' after a win at monopoly, and Mr. Floppy feels taken for granted. Cringing shame for everybody at the school hall.
