Unhappily Ever After
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Geoff Pierson , Kevin Connolly , Nikki Cox , Justin Berfield , Bobcat Goldthwait , Stephanie Hodge , Joyce Van Patten , Ant , Dana Daurey , Wendy Benson-Landes , Frank Lloyd , Allan Trautman , Benjamin Shelfer , Kristanna Loken , Deborah Kellner , Faith Salie , Oliver Muirhead , Jessica Hahn
S5.E1 ∙ X-Happily Ever After
Poking fun at Ally McBeal's dancing baby. And likening Calista Flockhart to E.T. Riding the wave of the X-Files, Tiffany and Ryan become paranormal investigators. No, aliens didn't abduct Jennie. She ran off with her lesbian lover. Never to be seen again.
S5.E2 ∙ Feline Alright
How far would Tiffany go to get an easy A? Brains won't help, for new teacher Mr. Studebaker demands his household chores done in exchange for the one precious A he'd award this year. Hell, no, we won't go. Watch out, though, for rival Barbara is ready to jump as he dictates. So... But if sucking up to teacher means taking care of his constipated kitty, that's the last straw.
S5.E4 ∙ A Movie Show
Tiffany has yet another boyfriend. A sensitive type, with finer tastes, who wants to tag along to go see, wait for it, The Bridges Of Madison County. No, he's not gay, just the answer to Tiffany's dreams. But a fat lot of good he turns out to be in the theater where louts are heckling the movie and tossing popcorn at the audience. Ryan, surprisingly, turns out to be a hero when he stands up to be a man - but, of course, gets knocked down. Up to our heroine to solve the matter her way.
S5.E5 ∙ Love Letters
What is the appeal of European men? Tiffany loses her heart to a French exchange student, and Ryan hits it big with the ladies when he assumes a German disguise, even though he gets mistaken as the Planters' Peanuts logo. But Tiffany's heartthrob soon turns out to be a ten, twenty-timing rat copying her love letter to him, stealing her words to send them out to every hot chick at Northridge. Including Barbara. Who falls in love with those words. And now sees Tiffany in a different light.
S5.E6 ∙ I Know What You Did in the Closet
Back in 1988, mischievous little Ryan played a trick on his little sister Tiffany, and trapped her inside the closet. And announced that she was now at the mercy of the Closet Monster. Thus scarring her for life, forever afraid of that looming dark closet. Now, ten years later, it's payback time. Tiffany will have her revenge.
S5.E7 ∙ Ross' IQ
Much to his chagrin, Ross' IQ is revealed to be just average. Having already said "So long, suckers!" to everybody else back at school, he takes this news very hard. It's up to Ryan and Jack to explain to him that being mediocre had its distinct advantages. Less trips to the psychiatrists. And Mr. Floppy becomes a televangelist. Now the duped faithful has a place to send their hard-earned dollars.
S5.E8 ∙ The Fencing Show
Tiffany's always had an exemplary scholastic record, but not so when it came to sport. But she finds an obscure sport at which she is sure to excel. In the absence of any other competitors, that is. The ancient art of fencing. Alas, turns out Barbara's secret pastime sets her up to be Tiffany's nemesis.
S5.E9 ∙ Smart and Stupid
Jack misses the love of his life, gone for three months already. No, not Jenny. Of course not. With the bill for cable TV unpaid, that's gone out of the door as well. So, now it's up to Tiffany and Ryan to appear on an inane TV quiz show with a thousand dollar cash prize to bring back cable. No, better still, satellite dish.
S5.E10 ∙ The Silver Rule
Star reporter Tiffany on the trail of a scoop. Theres an ex-Nazi living somewhere in Van Nuys. And his grandson might be attending Northridge. And on a selfless do-gooding kick, despite being warned against it, Tiffany tries to help out uber-nerd Elliott at the school paper. But ends up getting sued for sexual harassment.
S5.E13 ∙ Taffy's Boy
Ryan's big love. Well, literally. All in the name of money. Yes, Ryan becomes the one pursued. By a, well, big, er, rather large chick. Who happens to be loaded. Lots and lots loaded. And so, instead of a career selling rotting oranges to passing motorists, Ryan lines himself up for easy street. Gigolo time. Big time.
S5.E14 ∙ Tiffany's Big Break
If she'd be the spokesperson for a bank, Tiffany has the chance to do a lucrative TV commercial. But it's the same bank that turned down Jack's loan when she was a kid, and she then had to lose out on any Christmas present. No forgetting, no forgiving, Malloy rule. Of course, blonde hussy Barbara is waiting in the wings, eager to grab the opportunity for herself. And Ryan found an abandoned dog he believes to be Toby The Wonder Dog from the movie Old Feller, and is trying to find it a home. Bared fangs face Ross. And Jack, who had really meant that loan for investing in twenty-five percent of a little company called Microsoft, plans his just revenge. Every dog gets his day.
