Ladies Man (1999)
Ladies Man is a television sitcom series starring Alfred Molina as husband, father, son, ex-husband and son-in-law who lives with a number of women under one roof. The show was first broadcast on September 20, 1999, and lasted for two seasons on CBS until June 27, 2001. The series co-starred Betty White and is perhaps most memorable for reuniting White and her Golden Girls' co-stars Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty in one of the later episodes.
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Episode 1 - Upright and Breathing
Release Date: 2001-06-06Waking up on the morning of their 10th anniversary, Jimmy and Donna find themselves revisiting the same argument they've had for the past ten years. It seems that on their wedding day, Jimmy ""wimped out"" and didn't write his own wedding vows as they had planned on doing together. His reason being that he thought he would embarrass himself by starting to cry during the ceremony. When Donna doesn't believe him, Jimmy shows her the 10-year-old vows that he kept all these years and before you know it, no one seems to be arguing anymore. Meanwhile, downstairs, the girls work to make their annual anniversary breakfast for their parents as special as possible, despite needing a fire extinguisher along the way!
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Episode 2 - A Quiet Evening at Home
Release Date: 2001-06-06Jimmy starts his new career as a full-fledge building contractor. His first client: game show host Alex Trebek. With the help of his architect partner, Jimmy learns that there is a special way of dealing with celebrity clientel. Jimmy also coaches Gene in the art of making moves on women. It seems Gene has it together when it comes to approaching people in the Jaguar showroom where he works, but with women, he hasn't got a clue. However, after selling a beautiful woman a new car, Gene musters up the courage to ask her out. Meanwhile, Wendy gets a dog from the pound that is anything but a ""standard"" poodle.
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Episode 3 - The 31-Inch High Club
Release Date: 2001-06-13Jimmy and Donna are in a continual amorous mood and at every turn, someone manages to walk in on them while they're ""getting close."" Afraid they've scarred Wendy for good from this experience, they attempt to broach the subject of the birds and the bees but realize that she's still too young to even care to hear it. Jimmy makes his first appearance on-site as the building contractor at Alex Trebek's house. It seems our celebrity client has some pretty outrageous ideas for his home and it's up to Jimmy and Sabrina, his architect, to try and make them happen. A woman named Mel Hanlon, who used to live in what is now Jimmy and Donna's house and who also happens to be an ex-therapist, arrives on Donna's doorstep in the hopes of taking a nostalgic look at her old home. A friendship strikes up between the two and it appears we may see Mel more in the future.
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Episode 4 - Family Dinner
Release Date: 2001-06-20Having not had a sit down dinner with the entire family in quite a long while has gotten to both Donna and Jimmy. They decide to set up a new rule, which is that the family will start eating dinner together more often. No more nights out with friends, no more excuses for having other things to do. However, one thing after another keeps this from happening and the evening keeps getting pushed back.
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Episode 5 - The Happy Wanderer
Release Date: 2001-06-27Jimmy is crushed when Bonnie decides to break up with Mitchell after developing a crush on the hunky guy who delivers their water. Meanwhile, despite Jimmy's advice, Gene continues to stalk Terry.
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Episode 6 - No Cinco, Seis!
Release Date: 2001-06-27The adults attend a speed-dating session, including Donna and Jimmy, who are trying to gauge their appeal at middle age.
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Episode 7 - El Dutchy
Release Date:Jimmy and Donna learn that Bonnie, despite failing her driver's test three times, has been borrowing their car at night; Wendy finds out she was born out of wedlock.
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Episode 8 - The Estrogen Wave
Release Date:Jimmy fears that Chester will grow up to be gay because of all the females in the house; Gene learns Terry still isn't over Elliott.