- The Cul-de-Sac Crew wreak havoc when they take up dodgeball. Grayson and Jules have a spat over a prayer she makes. Travis and Andy see less of Bobby thanks to the woman he met.
- Welcome to COUGAR TOWN This episode is funnier if you know Courteney is terrified of birds.
New game: any time Andy (Ian Gomez) mentions that he's mayor, whoever touches their nose last has to crab walk. (Wait a minute. A game on this show that doesn't involve wine? HUMAN SACRIFICE! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER!! MASS HYSTERIA!!!) Bobby (Brian Van Holt) needs to stretch out his hammies first, but it serves him right for feeding the seagulls, who now occupy Jules' (Courteney Cox) yard, pool, and one of them is now in the house itself. Yes, she's getting all Tippi Hedren on us, but you can't blame her. Especially when Tom (Bob Clendenin) comes by with a big bucket of popcorn. (JULES: TOM! RUN!!! If you cover your eyes, it sounds like we're at the beach.)
Grayson (Josh Hopkins) loves that the bar is crowded, but Jules, Ellie (Christa Miller), and Laurie (Busy Philipps) don't. (LAURIE: Donald Trump! That means SO not cool.) Naturally, Ellie chases the dodgeball players away with the story of a well-endowed young lass outside jumping rope. Yup, she lied through her teeth. But Grayson did convince the group to join a dodgeball league. Now if only Jules could convince him to join them in family prayer before each dinner. He gave a sigh when he had to hold hands with Sweaty Palms (Travis) and Lizard Skin (Ellie). Jules was none too happy about it and took dinner away. Literally. The tablecloth, centerpiece, and everything else.
Meanwhile, Andy and Travis (Dan Byrd) can't figure out where Bobby had been lately. It turns out he's been doing a lot of things with his new buddy, Riggs. Even surfing, where there hasn't been this many gulls since the Coast Guard had to explode that beached whale. (BOBBY: That was the saddest...most AWESOME thing I have ever seen!) Andy felt a bit of jealousy, but Bobby assured him he'd like him better than Riggs, even if Riggs turned out to be Batman. Although, as it turns out, Riggs would actually be Batgirl. Bobby found his female doppleganger. But he doesn't want to date her. (BOBBY: She's got an OK set of dopplegangers, but...)
Andy went home and noticed Ellie liked to dress in sweats at the house but dresses much sexier when she's out in public. Andy wanted to know why she didn't dress that way around the house. (Oooh, can open, worms everywhere.) Ellie explained, as only Ellie can, that she liked to be comfortable at home and the comfortable/sexy line hasn't come out in stores yet. As punishment, she kept walking up to him in public wearing baggy sweats and a hoodie. Now Andy was upset she was doing this in public and not wearing tight pants and a tight shirt like the woman they were looking at the back of. Then she turned around and lost about 11 years off her age. Andy was mortified. (ANDY: Oh, God! She looks 25 from the back but 14 from the front! She's a 25/14!) Then the girl told Ellie to have a good look at her, since she gave her husband a good look. Now ELLIE was mortified.
Jules was still upset with Grayson over the prayer thing, if the dodgeball he took to the groin was any indication. And she had help, so he took a few more shots. (JULES: We're gonna find something for you to believe in and shove it down your throat!) Still, that was better than the gang's discussion over who would win a fight between cartoon characters. (BOBBY: Bugs is crafty! JULES: Grape Ape is 40 feet tall!) Travis has been experimenting at college...with religion, much to everyone's disappointment. Jules was working on being cool about her son being gay. Jules takes Grayson to the beach to show him that all of the beauty in front of them would have to mean there is some higher force at work. Only she borrowed Ellie's hoodie which still had crackers in them. Remember the seagulls? Yes, they make an appearance. (GRAYSON: Go, Jules, go! Tom Cruise run!)
Travis and Andy couldn't believe Bobby and Riggs (Bobby Riggs? Really? Were they just doing that to see if they could slip it past me?) didn't see they would make a good couple. Andy, who would be Bobby's perfect woman if it didn't cost so much, hoped a makeover was going to be involved. And it was. In all fairness, Riggs (first name Lisa, BTW) cleans up quite well. Of course, Bobby thinks it looks like sunglasses on a dog and she agrees. After all, dudes in dresses is a staple of British comedies. Andy and Travis try to show Bobby reality. It might be awesome to find a woman to bump dopplegangers with, but a woman who is your friend, makes you laugh, and is willing to take a bullet for you is even greater. Bobby already has a woman he can be friends with; he should take it to the next level.
Jules was now having nightmares about the birds, and not even Big Lou could calm her down. She was still mad at Grayson, especially given she signed up for dodgeball only because he wanted to field a team. (JULES: You know what my biggest fear is? Being in hit in the face by balls! No, no! Too soon.) But Jules was able to help Ellie. After the ladies confronted the 14-year-old temptress and her friends...and got a stern talking-to from the girl's mother...Ellie realized Andy had never looked at another woman that way before and it freaked her out. Both Jules and Laurie agreed that Ellie had to give Andy a little show. And she did at the dodgeball game with a pair of spandex pants. In fact, they worked so well, Andy was knocked out of the game immediately. As was Tom...Laurie...and Travis...and Ellie...and Grayson. Lisa took one for Bobby, who just had to kiss her for doing that...and then get knocked out of the game himself. (BOBBY: Totally worth it.) Yes, it was all down to Jules. Grayson got everyone to hold hands and pray for her, and she was so touched by it, she didn't see the ball thrown at her head. Fortunately in dodgeball, hitting someone in the head disqualified that person. So someone else tried to knock out Jules and got her head instead. And another, and another, until Gray's pub won the game! And Jules was on another planet somewhere. Still, Jules appreciated Grayson was wishing good thoughts for her, which could be his version of praying.
On the good side, the seagulls were gone, only now the entire town was crab walking to Andy, flash mob style. And they even added a "gator," thanks to Travis, whenever Andy said "come on!"
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