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Year: 1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Naked Again

Original Air Date—1 August 1998
Actress-turned-writer Billie Frank confronts her problems with her addictions. She finds herself in Addictions Anonymous after a DWI accident.

Season 1, Episode 2: Vagina

Original Air Date—8 August 1998
Trudy's contemptuous nickname for her pregnant daughter-in-law Tish is revealed. Dave drags Billie along to another A.A. meeting. Tish offers to help Billie by cleaning her apartment but Billie's tales of her past escapades with a woman alienate Tish.

Season 1, Episode 3: Three Dykes and You're Out

Original Air Date—15 August 1998

Season 1, Episode 4: Filling the Wrong Hole

Original Air Date—22 August 1998

Season 1, Episode 5: Black and Bitter

Original Air Date—29 August 1998

Season 1, Episode 6: Hello, This Is Addictions Anonymous

Original Air Date—5 September 1998

Season 1, Episode 7: Don't Fuck the Stripper

Original Air Date—12 September 1998

Season 1, Episode 8: Lucky for Me Her Breast Exploded

Original Air Date—26 September 1998

Season 1, Episode 9: What Ever Happened to Billie Frank?

Original Air Date—3 October 1998

Season 1, Episode 10: TV Mom

Original Air Date—17 October 1998

Season 1, Episode 11: An Embarrassment of Ritch's

Original Air Date—24 October 1998

Season 1, Episode 12: The Cheese Stands Alone

Original Air Date—31 October 1998

Season 1, Episode 13: That's Why They Call It Dope

Original Air Date—7 November 1998

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Grateful Living

Original Air Date—26 June 1999

Season 2, Episode 2: One Birthday at a Time

Original Air Date—3 July 1999

Season 2, Episode 3: And Now a Word from Our Sponsor

Original Air Date—10 July 1999

Season 2, Episode 4: To Bris or Not to Bris

Original Air Date—17 July 1999

Season 2, Episode 5: The Fix Up

Original Air Date—24 July 1999

Season 2, Episode 6: Between a Rock Star and a Hard Place

Original Air Date—31 July 1999

Season 2, Episode 7: Dude Awakening

Original Air Date—7 August 1999

Season 2, Episode 8: Powerless Over the What?

Original Air Date—14 August 1999

Season 2, Episode 9: Bite Me

Original Air Date—21 August 1999

Season 2, Episode 10: Trude Awakening

Original Air Date—28 August 1999

Season 2, Episode 11: Bosses, Burglars & Back Street Babes

Original Air Date—4 September 1999

Season 2, Episode 12: 1-900-BIG-SLUT

Original Air Date—11 September 1999

Season 2, Episode 13: The 35-Year Itch

Original Air Date—18 September 1999

Season 2, Episode 14: Bad Will Hunting

Original Air Date—27 November 1999

Season 2, Episode 15: Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Original Air Date—4 December 1999

Season 2, Episode 16: Jackie Oh...

Original Air Date—11 December 1999

Season 2, Episode 17: Slackula

Original Air Date—18 December 1999

Season 2, Episode 18: On the Rocks with a Twist of Limey

Original Air Date—19 February 2000

Season 2, Episode 19: Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Original Air Date—26 February 2000

Season 2, Episode 20: Star 80 Proof

Original Air Date—4 March 2000

Season 2, Episode 21: Full House

Original Air Date—11 March 2000

Season 2, Episode 22: Plastered

Original Air Date—18 March 2000

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: If I Could See Me Now: Part 1

Original Air Date—29 June 2000

Season 3, Episode 2: If I Could See Me Now: Part 2

Original Air Date—29 June 2000

Season 3, Episode 3: To Love and to Serve

Original Air Date—6 July 2000

Season 3, Episode 4: Relation-slips

Original Air Date—13 July 2000

Season 3, Episode 5: Truth Don't Fail Me Now

Original Air Date—20 July 2000

Season 3, Episode 6: Me, Myself, and I

Original Air Date—27 July 2000

Season 3, Episode 7: Judging Billie

Original Air Date—3 August 2000

Season 3, Episode 8: How Was Your Date?

Original Air Date—10 August 2000

Season 3, Episode 9: Do the Right Thing

Original Air Date—17 August 2000
Marcus has a difficult time sharing Billie with the program and feels excluded from her life. Billie invites Marcus to an AA meeting, but he decides to write an article about it. Billie has difficulties taking on her new responsibilities as the AA group secretary.

Season 3, Episode 10: The Casting Ouch

Original Air Date—24 August 2000
Billie learns that Marcus has set up an interview with a prominent director and tries to set up a meeting of her own. Clark wants to hold an AA meeting at Dave's restaurant.

Season 3, Episode 11: Three Men and a Womb

Original Air Date—31 August 2000
Clark and Henry ask Billie to carry their baby, but Marcus doesn't think it's such a good idea. Dave suffers from of chronic tiredness since he began dating a female athlete who beats him soundly at every sport they try.

Season 3, Episode 12: All's Well That Amends Well

Original Air Date—7 September 2000
Dave and Marcus attend a party at the "Perfect 10" mansion without telling Billie and Raquel. Invitationless Billie and Raquel hatch a plan to get even with Dave and Marcus. Nobby Clegg makes amends with a playmate.

Season 3, Episode 13: Telltale Heart

Original Air Date—14 September 2000
Trudy enters the hospital for plastic surgery, but the doctor refuses to do the operation because her drink problem has lead to a life-threatening heart condition. Martin tells Billie he is leaving Trudy.

Season 3, Episode 14: Throw Mama from the Apartment

Original Air Date—4 January 2001
Trudy moves in with Billie in an effort to adopt a more sober lifestyle. Dave and Marcus shoot a video to send to Raquel in Australia.

Season 3, Episode 15: Ode to Billie and Joe

Original Air Date—11 January 2001
Marcus' demanding father visits, not knowing that his son is getting divorced and that he and Billie are dating. Pregnant Haley asks Dave to act as her husband at a college reunion because she doesn't want anyone to know she's a surrogate mother for a gay couple.

Season 3, Episode 16: Kiss, Kiss, Kiss...

Original Air Date—18 January 2001
Billie gets a small role in a new film. She is attracted to her co-star, whom she has to kiss. Dave and Haley share an awkward kiss. Marcus spends the night with Nancy, whose mother has just died.

Season 3, Episode 17: Duck

Original Air Date—25 January 2001
Dave tries to tell Billy that Marcus is involved with Nancy again. Dave first gives the wrong impression when he attempts to warn Billie, but things come to a head when Marcus shows up at his own surprise party with Nancy.

Season 3, Episode 18: Blessings and Dead Guys

Original Air Date—1 February 2001
Billie goes on a date with movie star Jake Newman, but he dies during the date and Billie is asked to speak at his funeral service. Dave accidentally proposes to Raquel when she tells him her visa has expired.

Season 3, Episode 19: Dawg Daze Afternoon

Original Air Date—8 February 2001
Dave is caught up in a jewelry store robbery with Billie on the day of his bachelor party while shopping for a wedding ring for Raquel. Trudy wakes up in the arms of a handsome man who turns out to be an expensive gigolo.

Season 3, Episode 20: Altar Ego

Original Air Date—15 February 2001
Billie tries to stop Dave's wedding. She takes extreme measures to prevent Dave from marrying Raquel, including seeking out a medicine woman to place a curse on the ceremony. Marcus reconciles with Nancy.

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