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Father of the Pride Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 0
Original Pilot
Fri, Feb 13, 202622 mins
When Sarmoti accidentally makes a mistake on the show while trying to improve his act, making him to lose his position as league lion, Siegfried and Roy decide it is time for him to retire. Larry and Kate do not know how to tell Sarmoti that he has been replaced. Larry asks Snack to help him and they visit Siegfried and Roy to try and convince them to keep Sarmoti in the show as the star. However, things go wrong and Larry becomes the lead lion after saving Roy. Later, after Larry finally tells Sarmoti he got fired, the two start fighting with each other, Siegfried and Roy decide to move him in with Larry and Kate as they mistake Larry and Sarmoti's fighting as love, much to Larry and Sarmoti's horror and dismay.
Episode 1
What's Black and White and Depressed All Over?
Tue, Aug 31, 200422 mins
In the quest to create a panda-breeding program, Siegfried and Roy import one of the few remaining male pandas to the secret garden for an intimate rendezvous with the community's romantically challenged female panda Foo-Lin. However, when Larry and Kate play matchmaker in order to speed up nature, they end up disrupting the complex process of panda-mating.
Episode 2
Larry's Debut, and Sweet Darryl Hannah Too
Tue, Sep 7, 200421 mins
Settling into the fame of his new position as lead lion, Larry looks forward to his debut in the show until Siegfried and Roy proclaim to Matt Lauer during their appearance on Today (1952) that they will unveil the greatest magic trick that the world has ever seen with their new star. Panicked over the pressure, Larry turns to the crafty veteran performer, Sarmoti, to help prepare him. However, when the trick backfired during practice, a concerned Siegfreid and Roy turn to their proven veteran white tiger Blake to save the day much to the disappointment of Larry and Sarmoti.
Episode 3
Catnip and Trust
Tue, Sep 14, 200422 mins
Larry and Kate discover catnip in Sierra's bedroom, and make the assumption that she's doing drugs. Meanwhile, Siegfried and Roy attempt to repair the soda fountain at a 711.
Episode 4
Donkey
Tue, Sep 21, 200421 mins
With the entire secret garden in a frenzy over the arrival of famed animal actor Donkey in town shooting a commercial, local celebrity Larry speaks to Hunter's class for career day. However, when his classroom performance falls flat, Larry attempts to wow his son's friends by promising a visit from his alleged good friend Donkey. Meanwhile, alarmed by the appearance of a small family owned bed-and-breakfast on the Vegas strip, Siegfried and Roy vow to take up the fight to help maintain corporate America's stranglehold on Sin City.
Episode 5
And the Revolution Continues
Tue, Sep 28, 200421 mins
While dining at the Mirage with her family and Siegfried and Roy, Sierra discovers a political prisoner when she meets Emerson the lobster who as survived countless dinners in the hopes of getting his political message out to the masses. Hoping to regain his daughter's affections, Larry frees Emerson from his bondage only to regret his act of kindness based on the lobster's quest to bring down the watering hole. Elsewhere, Siegfried and Roy prepare for the arrival of Barbra Streisand and Sarmoti attempts to bond with Hunter.
Episode 6
Possession
Tue, Oct 12, 200421 mins
Searching for a way to satisfy Kate's desire for spontaneity, Larry relies on his natural instincts and steals Blake and Victoria's big screen television. However, while this new life of crime heats up their love life, the lions find themselves in the midst of an animal dragnet. A distraught Siegfried and Roy search for the perfect gift for their white lions in the hopes of preventing the performing big cats from feeling slighted by the magician's recent showering of gifts on the tigers. Sarmoti teaches Hunter how to be an African warrior lion.
Episode 7
One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Girlfriend
Tue, Oct 26, 200420 mins
When Snack's new girlfriend asks Larry to dump him for her, Larry can't bring himself to tell Snack. So instead, he tells him that he ate her, which makes things worse.
Episode 8
Rehabilitation
Tue, Dec 21, 200421 mins
Overworked and feeling the strain of being lead lion, Larry takes advantage of a bad landing during practice to over-emphasize a leg injury, giving him a week of bed rest. However, when his blissful time off is interrupted by Sarmoti's bitterness, the exhausted lead lion slips his surly father-in-law a medicated meatball in the hope of quieting the African lion.
Episode 9
Thanksgiving Episode
Tue, Dec 28, 200421 mins
Kate decides that she wants to run for president of the PTA. However, she finds a problem when she saying something speciest to a turkey. Kate then has to try to make amends with the turkeys. She realises that keeping Larry and Sarmoti in line with the turkeys will be even harder then she thought.
Episode 10
Sarmoti Moves In
Tue, Dec 28, 200422 mins
Siegfried and Roy think it is a wonderful idea to have Sarmoti move in with his daughter, Kate, and her husband, Larry, much to the dismay of the lions. When he arrives at his new residence, he brings in his pride and joy, a zebra that he killed made into a rug. Kate finds herself destroying the rug in a fit of rage, and panics when she has realised what she has done.
Episode 11
Road Trip
Tue, Dec 28, 200421 mins
Despite vowing never to forget his wedding anniversary which corresponds with Jimi Hendrix's birthday, Larry once again fails to celebrate this important occasion with Kate. However, when Siegfried and Roy's decision to whisk all the female cats off to a spa weekend at Little Bavaria prevents him from properly apologizing, Larry ventures off into the vast Nevada desert to find his wife with no one but the ever-criticising Sarmoti to aid him in this quest.
Episode 12
Stage Fright
Fri, May 27, 200521 mins
Larry remembers about how he became the main lion in the show, and how Sarmoti lost the position. He recalls how Sarmoti was extremely arrogant, and didn't want to accept not being in the limelight anymore.
Episode 13
The Siegfried and Roy Fantasy Experience Movie
22 mins
When a new magic duo enter the Vegas scene, Siegfried and Roy decides to make a movie about their lives. Larry and his friends are preoccupied with their "Bill Murray marathon", leaving Kate to join Foo-Lin in a women's group session.
Episode 15
The Lost Tale
24 mins
Siegfried and Roy are having a sculpture made of them out of cheese. Siegfried and Roy are sad that they cannot remember if they had done the show or not, so they decide to change it. It is Hunter's 10th birthday party and Kate is displeased by Larry's efforts at planning the party. Larry buys the children rum cake. Jessica Simpson agrees to appear in Siegfried and Roy's show with her own film crew, M.T.V., B.E.T. and Shanghai Live. Siegfried and Roy decide to build a 100 foot tall robot of Jessica Simpson and make it the center of their show. Sarmoti's date complains about paying the bill and she is confronted by the leader of Kate's women's group. Larry gives Hunter a special birthday gift. Jessica questions Siegfried and Roy's "secret" garden and they question keeping her in the act. Snack gets Larry a "dog" which he refuses as it is a rat. Siegfried and Roy confront a helicopter driver when he trespasses on their property. Hunter is practicing for when he gets a puppy; Larry returns home with Jessica Simpson's dog. Jessica Simpson finds out that her dog is missing and blames the lions. Siegfried and Roy are discouraged after Jessica Simpson drops out of the show. However, they still have time to get her back. Larry tells Hunter that his dog is stolen and that it has to go back. Jessica allows the robot to be used.