Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
Fries with That Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2004 - 2004
Episode 1
The Expendables
Profits are down and Ben must fire an employee to reduce overhead. After conducting an efficiency study to determine who is expendable, it turns out Ben is the one who is expendable. So, like a good Assistant Manager, Ben fires himself.
Episode 2
Metal Mouth
Much to her chagrin, Robyn finds out that she is going to have to wear big metal braces. Once in place, she refuses to open her mouth, instead choosing to converse with friends and customers through body language and hand-written signs.
Episode 3
Coach Pattie
Pattie organizes a baseball game between Bulky's and their rival restaurant, Chunky's. As Coach, Patti discovers that the only time for practice is during working hours, so the gang figures out how to practice and serve the customers.
Episode 4
Robyn the Boss
Robyn is forced to take over as Assistant Manager and hates the new role. Pattie sees Robyn's new role as a bonus, believing they can all goof off now that one of their own has become the boss. Robyn, however, takes her new job seriously.
Episode 5
Everyone's Alex
Desperate to join the Goodfellows Guild at school, Pattie sets up an interview with the club President after school at Bulky's on a day that just so happens to coincide with a day that Ben decrees everyone must look and behave like Alex.
Episode 6
Help Unwanted
He might hate it, but Alex wants to keep his job at Bulky's. However, his tenure is on thin ice, and on the verge of being terminated, when Ben hires a champion burger flipper to show Alex that he means business.
Episode 7
Where's the Ham?
Alex wins a competition to be Bulky's spokesperson and gets right to work creating a new ad campaign. The success soon goes straight to Alex's head, and the campaign ends up turning into a full-scale disaster.
Episode 8
The Ben Effect
Ben buys an aromatic spray at a pet store hoping to stun a pesky mouse long enough to get it out of the restaurant, but his plan goes horribly awry when the staff, not the mouse, are affected by the spray, but in a way no one expects.
Episode 9
The Campaign
Pattie and Tess run against each other for President of the Student Council but end up spending more time campaigning than working. Customer dissatisfaction turns into satisfaction, however, when Pattie begins buying votes with free food.
Episode 10
Undercover Guy
Pattie develops a crush on John Smith, a man who claims he was sent from Bulky's head office to catch a counterfeiter. However, it soon becomes clear that John Smith is not who he claims but is instead nothing but a common thief himself.
Episode 11
Alex's Last Chapter
Alex's tattoo attracts unwanted attention from a man who mistakes him for a member of a rival gang. The biker instructs Alex to meet in the parking lot after work, where the gang leader will be waiting to settle a score. Alex is terrified.
Episode 12
Curse of the Tess People
Pattie reneges on a promise to Tess causing Tess to put a curse on Pattie. Pattie does not believe in curses, but bad luck arrives, nonetheless. Tess says she will remove the curse if Pattie apologizes, but Pattie refuses to do so.
Episode 13
The Competition
Robyn is in love, but it is not a happy love story, it is more like Romeo and Juliet, as Robyn is in love with the cook from a rival fast food chain. As she soon learns, love and work do not mix.
Episode 14
Candid Camera
Robyn begins listening to cult-like self-help tapes to boost her self-confidence. Soon, her self-help initiative completely alters her personality, making her unbearably assertive. Tess's new love for photography becomes a nuisance.
Episode 15
A Phone for Ben
Ben is penniless but he desperately wants a new cellphone, so he asks Robyn to lend him some money. Knowing full well she will not lend him money for a phone, Ben makes up a heartbreaking story about a poor friend that he wants to help.
Episode 16
As Fate Would Have It
Ben ropes Pattie into a contest to win a shiny trophy to display at Bulky's. Trouble is, Pattie must compete against Chris the super-jock in a thumb-wrestling competition to win the trophy. Tess bets Alex that she can predict the winner.
Episode 17
Mobyn and Myan
Robyn is attracted to Ryan, the editor of the school newspaper, and all would be fine except that Ryan is attracted to Pattie, who has absolutely no interest in him. A series of misunderstandings leads Robyn to suspect Pattie of foul play.
Episode 18
The Cold Shoulder
There's a gangsta rapper in town and everyone wants to go to the concert, but money is a problem for Alex. Perhaps the overnight cleanup shift he is on with Ben will allow him to earn the cash, but man's best laid plans often go astray.
Episode 19
Music for Your Mouths
When Alex starts a rock band, Ben complains that his practicing is distracting him from work and advises him to quit the band. However, when Ben notices that Alex's guitar playing augments their customer's appetites, he changes his tune.
Episode 20
Tigerman
Tommy McGuire, the star of a new superhero movie "Tiger Man," appears at Bulky's in full Tiger Man regalia for a special appearance. Alex is unimpressed and challenges Tommy to perform the famous "Tiger Man Leap." Things quickly go awry.
Episode 21
Alternative Ben
When Tess holds an alternative therapy workshop in the back pantry during off-hours, Ben refuses to allow her to do so. However, when Ben meets one of the participants and becomes smitten, he decides to take part in the workshop himself.
Episode 22
Foreign Affairs
Alex is bummed about having to participate in a student exchange program, and he is dreading meeting Danny from Manitoba, however, his demeanor quickly changes when Danny turns out to be Danielle, a very hot high school senior.
Episode 23
The Love Potion
Pattie and Robyn are excited about an upcoming concert that Bulky's is sponsoring that will feature a heartthrob singer named Rico. Meanwhile, Alex sells Ben a smelly concoction that he insists is a love potion that makes girls go crazy.
Episode 24
A Side Order of Love
Ben attempts to impress an attractive customer named Sandra, but she is not interested in him because of his poor financial status. To get Sandra's attention, Ben disguises himself and pretends to be the owner of the entire Bulky's chain.
Episode 25
While Supplies Last
Bulky's lands a lucrative merchandising deal with a Sci-Fi Hollywood blockbuster, and for a limited time they will distribute collectible movie tie-in toys with every Wacky Meal. The event causes a huge, unexpected uproar in interest.
Episode 26
Mini Ben
A new contest at Bulky's encourages employees to come up with ways to attract new customers. Ben is sure he will win, but his ideas are all total duds until he begins to "borrow" ideas from a child and happily pass them off as his own.
