A Is for Acquaintances 

Just as the hopeless romantic Andrew Lofland begins to grow cynical about his work for an Internet dating site-and perhaps love in general-he happens upon dissatisfied customer Zelda Vasco.... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Patrick Jann

Writers:

Ben Queen, Ben Queen (created by)

Stars:

Ben Feldman, Cristin Milioti, Henry Zebrowski

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Ben Feldman	...	Andrew Lofland
Cristin Milioti	...	Zelda Vasco
Henry Zebrowski	...	Stu
Lenora Crichlow	...	Stephie Bennett
Christina Kirk	...	Lydia 'Big Bird'
Katey Sagal	...	Narrator (voice)
Lea Thompson	...	Lea Thompson
Parvesh Cheena	...	Dinesh
Hong Chau	...	Lora
Eric Normington	...	Bartender
Nancy Friedrich	...	Nancy
Hunter Payton	...	Young Andrew
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maggie Beal	...	Young Zelda
Celeste Cook	...	Theatre Patron

Storyline

Just as the hopeless romantic Andrew Lofland begins to grow cynical about his work for an Internet dating site-and perhaps love in general-he happens upon dissatisfied customer Zelda Vasco. As it turns out, Andrew and Zelda-the titular characters-both work in the same business-park, and decide to be friends. While out for some innocent drinks, Zelda hears a song that reminds her of a terrible concert she was dragged to. Andrew also remembers being dragged to the concert, and monologues about a girl in a silver dress he saw there. He believes that Zelda was that girl and that fate has brought them together. An unsure Zelda flees the bar, claiming she wasn't the girl and that she doesn't own a silver dress. When Andrew enlists the help of his programming friends to scour the Internet for proof that she was the girl, they discover they weren't at the same night of the concert. Zelda storms off and mulls over the silver dress she secretly has in the closet. She decides to let her defenses...

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Plot Keywords:

dinner | season premiere | series premiere | singing in a car | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2014 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Le Train Train, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the end of the episode, Lea Thompson is shown riding a hover board from Back to the Future Part II, that she appeared in.

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Goofs

Two of the characters mention the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon; hearing about something for the first time and then it pops up repeatedly. They both incorrectly pronounce "Baader" with a long "a."

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Connections

References Titanic (1997)

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Soundtracks

My Heart Will Go On
(uncredited)
Performed by Céline Dion

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