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Jack & Jill

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Season 0

• _{not specified}

  1: Unaired Pilot

Season 1

• _{Sunday, September 26th, 1999}

  1: These Are the Days (a.k.a Pilot)

  Sparks fly between Jacqueline ""Jack"" Barrett and David ""Jill"" Jillefksy when they meet in New York---after she leaves her unfaithful fiancé and his girlfriend asks him to move in with her.

• _{Sunday, October 3rd, 1999}

  2: The Awful Truth

  While up for a promotion, Jack's ex-fiancé shows up at her job and asks for her forgiveness and a chance at reconciliation. As Jill and Elisa try to adjust to living together, Jill's job is in jeopardy if he doesn't find a prototype toy he borrowed and lost. Meanwhile, Mikey moves into an unwilling Barto's apartment.

• _{Sunday, October 10th, 1999}

  3: Moving On

  In an attempt to meet new women, Jill and Barto throw a party. Jill invites Elisa thinking she'll feel too uncomfortable to go, but she shows up anyway and causes him to feel jealous the whole night while Barto spends his night trying to talk to Audrey. Meanwhile, Jill tries to have a one night stand to get over Danny.

• _{Sunday, October 17th, 1999}

  4: Welcome to the Working Week

  Jill's boss, Mr. Ashton dies before he can give Jill a promised promotion. Jill insults his new boss during a business meeting. Jack takes a job at a dirty restaurant in order to get a story on poor restaurant sanitation. Audrey is afraid to break up with her director boyfriend after he gets her an important role. Jack tries to help Elisa and Jill get back together but Elisa can't help feeling that there is something between Jack and Jill. Jill contemplates leaving Major Toys but later makes peace with the new boss, Theodore.

• _{Sunday, October 24th, 1999}

  5: Not Just a River in Egypt

  While on an assignment together, Elisa and Jack get into a fight over the kiss with Jill that Jack lied about. Jill goes on a date with a woman he had a crush on in high school. When Jill starts falling in love with her, he realizes that she is not being completely honest with him and Jack realizes that she is in denial over having feelings for him. Meanwhile, Barto tries to start things up with Audrey by helping her get over her fear of singing a solo.

• _{Sunday, November 7th, 1999}

  6: She Ain't Heavy

  Jill's younger sister Abby comes to visit. Elisa goes to dinner and to a play solo. Audrey and Barto sleep together. Mikey takes Abby to a night club and Jill goes to find her. Jill and Abby have a fight but later part on good terms. Barto sees Audrey hanging out with Travis, the director again and he is crushed.

• _{Sunday, November 14th, 1999}

  7: Fear and Loathing in Gotham

  Jack agrees to have dinner with Jill, intending to tell him that she can't date him because of her friendship with Elisa, but when a new reporter, Matt Prophet, comes to WNKW, Jack cancels her dinner plans in order to work with Matt. Meanwhile, Barto's grades suffer because he can't stop thinking about his one-night stand with Audrey; Audrey begins to doubt her relationship with Travis; and Mikey attends a singles sminar with Elisa.

• _{Sunday, November 21st, 1999}

  8: Men Will Be Boys

  When Jill's co-worker Stan takes credit for his idea, Jill challenges him to a boxing match at Mikey's Office Fight Night at the bar. Jack and Matt cover the story of Jill's fight for WNKW and which causes Jill's jealousy to rise. Meanwhile, Barto asks Audrey out to celebrate a good review of her musical and Elisa feels a connection with a stranger she passes on the street.

• _{Sunday, December 19th, 1999}

  9: Pseudos, Sex and Sidebars

  Jill is sued for breaking up a marriage and Jack begins to doubt her relationship with Matt when Jill insinuates that Jack may not be the only lady in Matt's life. Meanwhile, Audrey frets when Barto starts hanging out with a female study buddy; Elisa continues to hunt for her mystery man; and Mikey gets an unwanted promotion that requires him to fire one of the waitresses.

• _{Sunday, January 16th, 2000}

  10: To Be Perfectly Honest

  Jill's suspicions are aroused when he sees Matt with another women, and he contemplates telling Jack. Meanwhile, Jill's tactless girlfriend offends Mikey.

• _{Sunday, January 23rd, 2000}

  11: Bad Timing and Dirty Laundry

  Barto takes Audrey to meet his snobbish parents after she overhears his mother's invitation on the answering machine. Meanwhile, Elisa finally gets to man, and Jack and Jill get stuck in the laundry room, ruining their dates with Matt and Allison.

• _{Sunday, January 30th, 2000}

  12: When You Wish Upon A Car

  In the morning, Jack and Jill lie sleeplessly in their respective beds when a passing ice cream truck sets off a loud car alarm. Both of them run out to shut it off, but Jill must finally yank out a wire. The Ice Cream Man is so grateful that he promises to grant Jill his greatest wish. The next day, at Major Toys, Jill's boss announces that he is putting one of Jill's creations, Zantopia, into development. Jill tells the great news to Allison, who focuses on the career implications. Later, Jill becomes concerned when his boss makes changes to the project. Jack understands Jill's disappointment and sympathizes with him, while Allison thinks Jill shouldn't be upset since he is going to be promoted to vice president. Meanwhile, Jack is deeply in debt. She refuses to let Matt lend her money, choosing instead to work as a waitress at the @ Bar, where Mikey is a bartender. She is a terrible waitress and must quit. She pawns an antique brooch that her grandmother gave her. Matt buys it and g

• _{Sunday, February 6th, 2000}

  13: Animal Planet (1)

  As Jack ponders Jill's passionate declaration of his feelings for her, she learns Matt has gotten an offer for a job in Washington, D.C.

• _{Sunday, February 13th, 2000}

  14: Animal Planet (2)

  Jack chooses between Jill and Matt; and Eliza swears to Jonathon that she doesn't want anything for Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Audrey injures her leg.

• _{Sunday, February 20th, 2000}

  15: The #@$%!*& Future

  Relationships become strained as Jack and Jill realize they're revealing too much about their love lives to their friends, Audrey and Barto.

• _{Sunday, February 27th, 2000}

  16: Under Pressure

  New roommates Mikey and Eliza clash when she becomes too chummy with one of Mikey's dates. Meanwhile, Jack and Jill spar over saying ""I love you.""

• _{Sunday, March 5th, 2000}

  17: Lovers and Other Strangers

  Barto starts seeing the ghost of his mad school cadaver after he tries and fails to save a bystander suffering a heart attack, Jill asks Jack to pose nude for his photography class.

• _{Sunday, March 12th, 2000}

  18: A Key Exchange

  Elisa and Mikey find that being roommates is difficult. Elisa is a complete slob, and Mikey eats all of her food. Mikey and Elisa hire Belinda as their maid. Meanwhile, Jill leaves a key to his apartment with Jack after locking himself out for the third time in a week. Jack sneaks a peek at Jill's journal and reads about the best sex of his life—with another woman. Paranoid, she asks Mikey for advice, then surprises Jill by seducing him in a new way. Audrey and Barto's relationship is jeopardized when Barto gets a new study partner, Annie. While Barto contemplates an internship in Atlanta, Audrey gets a movie offer in Los Angeles. Barto scores a top grade in his final examination and celebrates with Annie. A jealous Audrey sees them together.

• _{Sunday, March 19th, 2000}

  19: Starstruck

  Audrey's Agent strokes her infatuation with Hollywood, leaving Barto feeling neglected and vulnerable to sympathy from Annie. Meanwhile, Jack and Jill consider moving in together.

Season 2

• _{Wednesday, January 10th, 2001}

  1: What Weddings Do to People

  The duo and their friends attend the wedding of one of Jill's ex-girlfriends. While guy pal Mikey sees the event as a chance to score with some lonely single women, Elisa dreads appearing as one of them.

• _{Wednesday, January 17th, 2001}

  2: Seriously, All Coma Proposals Aside...

  Jill has a big question to ask Jack concerning their future and he frets over just how to do it. Barto and Mikey offer Jill advice on how to broach the subject. Meanwhile, Audrey and Barto try to mend their relationship by taking it one day at a time.

• _{Wednesday, January 24th, 2001}

  3: Caution: Parents Crossing

  Jill's mother and Jack's parents visit the newly engaged couple at Jack's aprtment. Jack hits it off with her future mother-in-law, but Jill has lesss success with his in-laws-to-be. Elsewhere, Audrey is interviewed about her new movie on a local morning talk show and she reveals an embarrassing secret, while Barto uncomfortably watches on a television board in Times Square.

• _{Wednesday, January 31st, 2001}

  4: California Dreamin'

  Jack, Jill and their friends prepare for a trip to L.A. to attend the premiere of Audrey's new movie, but Barto plans to stay in New York to study for an exam and avoid an awkward encounter with his ex. Also, Mikey sets out to purchase a bar, and he asks Barto's father to invest in the venture.

• _{Wednesday, February 7th, 2001}

  5: Chivas and Lies

  Jill is hired by a wealthy financier for a personal photo shoot, and Jill tells the tycoon that his pal Mikey is trying to buy the @ bar, but needs a business partner. Meanwhile, Audrey discovers that her movie is a theatrical flop, and Elisa is concerned about her relationship with a new man.

• _{Wednesday, February 14th, 2001}

  6: Pressure Points

  Mikey has sex with a waitress during the @ Bar's grand opening, prompting Jill to suggest to his pal that mixing business with pleasure can be a troublesome proposition. Elsewhere, Jack hears an unsettling comment from Elisa's new boyfriend, and Barto wants to keep his relationship with Sarah a secret from his parents.

• _{Wednesday, February 28th, 2001}

  7: Crazy Like a Fox, Hungry Like the Wolf...

  Jack pitches an idea to her new boss for a newscast segment that she would produce and appear in; Jill and Mikey try out a karaoke machine for the bar. Elsewhere, Barto is jealous of Sarah's crowded social schedule, so he decides to pursue other women; Audrey interviews potential roommates and meets a guy who may perfect for her.

• _{Wednesday, March 7th, 2001}

  8: The Big Bounce

  After a customer causes a disturbance at the bar, Dante hires a bouncer without consulting Jill or Mikey. Jack sets out to mend her strained relationship with Elisa. Elsewhere, Audrey has an embarrassing encounter with Russell, and Barto flirts with a pretty waitress at a café.

• _{Wednesday, March 14th, 2001}

  9: The Time-Sex Continuum

  Jack and Jill agree to premarriage counseling with a priest in order to secure the church they want to get married in. Also, Barto learns that Mikey has a rare medical condition and asks his pal to appear in one of his classes; and Audrey tries to cool her relationship with Russell.

• _{Wednesday, March 21st, 2001}

  10: Battle of the Bahamas

  The engaged couple lose the church reserved for their wedding. They decide to marry on a sailboat in the Bahamas, but Jack worries how her mother will handle the news. Meanwhile, Audrey gives individual dance lessons to make ends meet after the money from her movie runs out; Barto goes on a date with a waitress from the bar.

• _{Wednesday, March 28th, 2001}

  11: Bag Full of Love

  Jack, giddy about celebrating her birthday for the first time with Jill, receives a note at work telling her to meet in a hotel room. But she discovers someone else waiting there for her. Meanwhile, Audrey is jealous when Russell's ex stays at their apartment after losing her own place.

• _{Wednesday, April 4th, 2001}

  12: ... And Nothing but the Truth (1)

  With just three weeks to go before Jack and Jill's wedding, issues start to pop up that reveal how little the couple has discussed life's big issues with each other. So, after a discussion with Elisa, Jack draws up a list of topics to go over, and the result is a fight with Jill, and Jack going off to scout the Bahamas wedding location alone, for ""some needed time apart"". Barto is forced to admit to Emily that the reason he and Audrey broke up is because Barto was unfaithful. Audrey moves back to her place (with Russell & Kate having departed), and lets her agent talk her into going on a 'Celebrity Date' game show. Audrey's date seems harmless enough at first—until she finds him inside her apartment, uninvited! A restraining order later, Audrey is forced to move back in with Elisa-Mikey-Barto.

• _{Wednesday, April 11th, 2001}

  13: ... And Jack & Jill Came Down the Hill (2)

  Jack and Jill scramble to keep their wedding on track after the hurricane destroys their Bahamas plan, but the couple is in a bad place, something that is especially concerning Jill. Jack talks things over with Jill's mom, and Jill talks things over with Elisa. Eventually, Jill asks Jack to forget the long-term wedding arrangements, and to just get married the next day at the Justice of the Peace. Meanwhile, Mikey and Elisa plan a party for their 'unattached' single friends, but they are shocked to learn just how depleted that group of friends has become, as most of their friends are now paired up! And Jack & Jill's sudden wedding plans force them to change the party into a wedding party anyway. An overheard comment from Barto about how Audrey should face her fears vis-a-vis her stalker incident prompts Audrey to move back to her place. But after Elisa stays over at her apartment the first night, Barto feels so guilty that he goes over to stay with Audrey until she feels safe again. Th