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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot
22 September 2003After 12 years of marriage, his wife Judith, kicks Alan out. He turns to his older brother Charlie for help. Charlie has trouble adjusting his carefree lifestyle with the presence of his 10 year old nephew.
29 September 2003Alan punishes Jake for an incident at Judith's house. Charlie is lax in enforcing Alan's restrictions, then some seagulls invade Charlie's house as a result of Jake's actions, Charlie has to learn how to discipline his nephew.
6 October 2003Charlie and Alan go out drinking. Alan tries to reconcile with his wife, after that fails. They decide to confront the root of their issues, their mother.
13 October 2003As Charlie tries to write a new jingle, Berta quits. Alan tries to convince her to come back. Leaving Charlie to get Jake ready for a dinner. And Rose tries to get Charlie's help to prepare for a date.
20 October 2003Jake's soccer games lead to Alan and Charlie having encounters with teammates' sexy mothers.
27 October 2003Charlie and Evelyn date members of the same family.
3 November 2003
10 November 2003
17 November 2003Charlie wants to dump a female friend to whom Jake has grown attached. Alan and Rose bond over a game of Scrabble.
24 November 2003
15 December 2003Seeing Judith's new look and boyfriend prompts Alan to realize that if he wants to get back into the dating scene, he will need to change his look also.
5 January 2004Berta brings her 16 year old granddaughter to work. She poses issues for the men.
12 January 2004Charlie tries to nurse Alan back from the flu because he needs him for a double date with sisters.
2 February 2004Charlie's accountant Stan tries to make Charlie understand his desperate financial situation.
9 February 2004Charlie falls for a seemingly crazy woman named Frankie--against Alan's advice.
16 February 2004
23 February 2004Charlie is offended when Alan chooses his married, responsible cousins as Jake's guardians.
1 March 2004Charlie's old flame, Jill, comes for a visit, she had an operation and is now called "Bill." Then Evelyn starts dating Bill.
22 March 2004Judith's sister Liz comes for a visit.
19 April 2004Jake starts annoying everyone with his incessant playing of "Smoke on the Water" on the electric guitar. Judith thinks Jake is having a difficult time coping with his parents' divorce. She suggests that they send Jake to a therapist, which Alan is reluctant to do.
3 May 2004
10 May 2004
17 May 2004Jake repeats something Charlie says to Judith. Then Judith refuses to let Alan take Jake for the weekend. Alan tries to talk to Judith, but encounters resistance from Judith and her friends. It's up to Charlie to set things right.
24 May 2004Charlie is sure he isn't ready for fatherhood after a year of trying to raise Jake, so he opts to have a vasectomy. But when the doctor performing the procedure keeps getting calls from his wife -- who's about to give birth -- Charlie starts to think about what fatherhood might entail and likes the idea, provided he still has his vital organs intact (in more ways than one).
20 September 2004Charlie is having some friends coming over to his house to have a gathering but Alan is not invited. Things got worse when Alan is also not invited to Judith's party even though her guests are Alan's friends.
27 September 2004Alan is hurt after finding out Judith is seeing Jake's pediatrician. Meanwhile, Evelyn tries to find out why Charlie hates her.
4 October 2004After Jake flips off his teacher, Alan and Judith move to punish him. Charlie, meanwhile, has other plans for Jake's teacher. Chaos ensues when Jake discovers the relationship and the increasingly overbearing Miss Pasternak tells Charlie she believes God brought them together.
11 October 2004After Charlie reluctantly lends Evelyn his new car, he later discovers her bra in the back seat. Meanwhile, Alan is forced to compensate after Jake gets attached to Judith's rich and talented boyfriend.