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Cougar Town Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2009 - 2010
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Sep 23, 200922 mins
Jules is a woman in her forties who's five months out of her marriage and being pressured by her best friends into getting "back out there" although finding the dating scene not her style. With a teenage son, who would be happier if she were to hide out in the house, she gets the business from him when she feels like she's allowed to have a life.
Episode 2
Into the Great Wide Open
Wed, Sep 30, 200922 mins
Travis discovers trying to avoid further embarrassment due to his father, Bobby, working at his school, can actually add to it. Jules gets as frustrated as she faces the physical limitations of her age.
Episode 3
Don't Do Me Like That
Wed, Oct 7, 200930 mins
Even Travis blurts out that he is embarrassed by his dad when Bobby makes him spend 'their' weekend on a stranded boat, inviting their neighbor, Andy Torres, to join them. Bobby calls Jules for help, but when she's late he get's *the* 'fatherly' speech: take it like a man. Jules is as eager as lover Josh for their ten dates rule 'no-sex' to end. When it finally does happen, she's so over-stressed about superfluous preparations and allows her female 'friends' to abuse her eagerness to help, so the sex is disappointing.
Episode 4
I Won't Back Down
Wed, Oct 14, 200930 mins
As if Travis wasn't miserable enough helping his father move all his stuff as his mother asked, Bobby insists on further father-son bonding, but the clever kid finds an angle to make it work. Jules is desperate to 'prove' Grayson is attracted to her and punishes his infidelity, but this only demonstrates that even she finds him irresistible and discovers the truth about his wrecked marriage.
Episode 5
You Wreck Me
Wed, Oct 21, 200930 mins
Bobby rebukes Jules' claim that his golf club buddies are bad company for Travis because he actually has a great influence on all of them. Still she forces Grayson, by threatening him with her endless nagging, to take golf lessons with Bobby, hoping to rekindle his former pro career. Lover Josh get kissing tips from Jules, who overcomes her shyness about kissing in public. After Grayson actually beats Bobby's record, Jules demands that Grayson, and his sidekick Andy, deal with his frustration of loosing his major source of pride.
Episode 6
A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)
Wed, Oct 28, 200922 mins
Josh's perfect body drives makes even Travis jealous. After Josh behaves like a perfect gentleman when Jules visits his colleague friends, the girls start 'suspecting' him of being in love. When he 'confesses', Jules promises to dump him and does so, but can't resist the him for long. Bobby tries to get out of debt by holding a boat 'garage sale' and winning naughty/crazy bets.
Episode 7
Don't Come Around Here No More
Wed, Nov 4, 200922 mins
Jules always seems to be with her friends, her ex or her son. One night when everyone is busy, she reluctantly takes a date with an older man just to get out of the house, so Grayson makes her a wager that she can't spend a whole day by herself.
Episode 8
Two Gunslingers
Wed, Nov 18, 200930 mins
Upset that her two best friends don't get along but determined to have a fun birthday nonetheless, Jules convinces Ellie and Laurie to go on a wild birthday weekend away, which they do, begrudgingly. But Jules has a chance encounter with her nemesis and her rather flirtatious husband.
Episode 9
Here Comes My Girl
Wed, Nov 25, 200930 mins
Thanksgiving in Florida. Bobby has no problem begging to be invited by Jules, even presses Grayson to follow suit. With Andy they form a basketball team, great at bonding, lousy at ball control. For Travis it's the first time he bring a girl. Jules alas betrays his confidence and spooks Kylie, then desperately tries to fix things.
Episode 10
Mystery Man
Wed, Dec 9, 200930 mins
Travis vents doubts about Andy's creative first 'unsupervised' fatherly baby-care stint. Grayson's refusal to tell Bobby what bugs him proves futile. Joining the girls in a gym where abuses motivates, Jules meets a shirtless Ryan. Obnoxious house client Jeff knows exactly how to push Jules' buttons.
Episode 11
Rhino Skin
Wed, Jan 6, 201030 mins
Despite fearing the meanest and most unrelenting dermatologist in town, Dr. Amy Evans, Jules and Ellie are willing to endure the harsh ridicule and wrath for an appointment with the best in the business. But when Jules learns Dr. Evans is seeing Bobby, she's determined to stand up to her and protect him. Meanwhile, Travis gets a job working for Barb that turns out to be more than he bargained for.
Episode 12
Scare Easy
Wed, Jan 13, 201030 mins
Jules freaks out when she decides to be exclusive with Jeff, which makes Bobby and Grayson jealous, Meanwhile, Laurie seeks revenge sex with an unsuspecting stranger, and Travis and Grayson try to save her.
Episode 13
Stop Dragging My Heart Around
Wed, Jan 20, 201022 mins
In the aftermath of her breakup with Jeff, Jules turns to Bobby for some solace. When a bottle of wine leads to a passionate kiss, will they both agree it was casual and meaningless? Meanwhile, Laurie discovers a common thread between Jules and Grayson, and Travis' plans for a night with girlfriend Kylie don't go exactly as planned.
Episode 14
All the Wrong Reasons
Wed, Feb 3, 201030 mins
Grayson soon realizes Bobby's non-stop partying proves he's not coping with Jules denying him any hope and enlists Andy to make him face facts. Travis is flattered to be declared Laurie's 'smart conscience', but soon horrified by the decisions and predicament he gets dragged into, notably concerning her eternal comfort sex ex. Jules is surprised how jealous married mother Ellie gets when her hot new tennis teacher Alex shows an interest in bachelor Jules.
Episode 15
When a Kid Goes Bad
Wed, Feb 10, 201030 mins
Jules and Bobby debate on whether to let Travis go to a party where alcohol will be served. Laurie meets Smith's father.
Episode 16
What Are You Doin' in My Life?
Wed, Mar 3, 201022 mins
Bobby finally takes Grayson's demand to pay his huge tab seriously. Alas, the cash is taken from him and the adult friends can't resist teasing him for being 'beaten by a girl', yet he shows no embarrassment. Travis takes a job as errant boy, but gets spooked by his first client, Barbara, who stages her facial peeling like a horror scene. Jules nor Ellie can believe or accept how usually arrogant Laurie allows her useless mother, Sheila Keller, to walk all over her out of pure selfishness.
Episode 17
Counting on You
Wed, Mar 10, 201022 mins
Grayson laughs at Jules' claim that men, like new neighbor Tom, commonly become 'just friends' with women without a sexual undercurrent. While camping in the Everglades, Travis is far from amused by Bobby's macho catfish catching lessons. Andy finally makes a stand when bossy Ellie 'forbids' him to buy a motorcycle.
Episode 18
Turn This Car Around
Wed, Mar 24, 201030 mins
Because Travis will soon be preparing for college, his father, Bobby, has another pet Travis - a huge dog which makes Andy jealous. Wine rep Sara's arrogance and endless questions rattle Grayson. After diving into a client's pool, ever-tipsy Jules tries to disprove Ellie's claim they're too old to change by giving up drinking for a month, which turns her weird and soon insufferable.
Episode 19
Everything Man
Wed, Mar 31, 201030 mins
Grayson introduces girlfriend Sara to Jules and company. Jules and Sara hit it off, but when Grayson is overly attentive to his new girl, Jules warns him to back off before Sara pulls away. Meanwhile, Jules' perfect new bathroom -- complete with a "talking toilet" -- becomes the main attraction in her home; and Grayson finds inspiration for a new song with a little help from Sara.
Episode 20
Wake Up Time
Wed, Apr 14, 201030 mins
Travis is feeling down when Kylie dumps him, Jules meanly enjoys comforting 'her baby' while telling Kylie to be tough, only to learn it's mutual. Grayson nearly loses his confidence in the relationship with Sarah, who wonders about his report with Jules, but being himself proves the key. Bobby practices 'hunting-harvesting' at the children's farm, one of the sites where Andy, supported by Laurie, seeks some proof that his baby is somehow like him.
Episode 21
Letting You Go
Wed, Apr 28, 201030 mins
After a scary first rejection, Travis is accepted by two Universities. Jules uses emotional blackmail to make him choose Saratoga over California (as it's closer), but backs down realizing that even Bobby is a better parent by putting the boy's happiness first. Laurie's college lover Smith is back, but she wants to dump him for not being dramatic enough. Travis is still living in Florida, but has moved out of his home, so Grayson comfort his 'lonely' mother. Andy's jealousy toward Travis' freedom leads to a 'dirty revolt'.
Episode 22
Feel a Whole Lot Better
Wed, May 5, 201030 mins
Travis is worried that he won't get the car he needs now that he's going to college given his dad's typically dubious 'methods' of raising cash. However he still helps out with a near-hopeless prize-balloon-chase and cares more for Bobby's fall than the elusive doe, ultimately rewarded. Grayson needed little convincing to have an open 'no strings sex' affair with Jules, but isn't surprised when she admits she can't continue unless they have a 'proper' relationship. The boys can't appreciate the women meanly paraphrasing their clever 'so she said' game, especially Andy when he treats his housewife to a nanny, only so he can have some 'normal' evenings alone with her.
Episode 23
Breakdown
Wed, May 12, 201030 mins
Jules encourages Travis to submit a graduation speech. Despite Grayson's warning, a curious Jules reads the speech without permission and is left crushed when she finds she's not been acknowledged. Meanwhile, Ellie uncharacteristically does something nice for Laurie, and Bobby tries to restrain himself from embarrassing Travis on his big day.
Episode 24
Finding Out
Wed, May 19, 201030 mins
Alas for Grayson, who tires of her theatrics, Jules tapes his wise advice to use against him and even makes a big production out of telling the gang they are in a relationship. Kylie verbally attacks Travis just for not guessing that she expected him to celebrate their 7 months anniversary.
