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TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct over 1,000 homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't feel strange since so many other kids' parents are divorced. His friend Jason actually feels upset because his parents are still together. At school, he is taught soccer by his coach John McGirk, or as he calls him, "that weird Irish guy".
- 1999-2004
- 4 seasons
- HBO Max
- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct over 1,000 homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't feel strange since so many other kids' parents are divorced. His friend Jason actually feels upset because his parents are still together. At school, he is taught soccer by his coach John McGirk, or as he calls him, "that weird Irish guy".
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
Shore Leave
Sun, Aug 4, 2002 23 mins
Melissa's dad makes her join The Fairy Princesses. Brendon tries to get out of going to Fenton's sleep over.
Episode 2
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Sun, Aug 11, 2002 23 mins
Paula burns down her kitchen, and McGuirk volunteers to get paid to fix it. Paula's parents are getting a divorce. Jason fakes a divorce in order to fit in.
Episode 3
Bad Influences
Sun, Aug 18, 2002 23 mins
Brendon and Jason are putting on weight at an alarming rate. So in order to break the "fat enabling" cycle they decide never to see each other again. Coach McGuirk tries out his own theory called the "fat father syndrome."
Episode 4
Improving Your Life Through Improv
Wed, Aug 28, 2002 23 mins
Mr. Lynch sends all the kids plus Coach McGuirk to sensitivity training on a Saturday, where they learn the value of really bad improv games. Paula secretly enters one of Brendon's home movies in a video contest.
Episode 5
Four's Company
Sun, Oct 6, 2002 23 mins
Melissa has a new boyfriend, and Brendon and Jason are jealous when her love life starts to interfere with their busy production schedule
Episode 6
Renaissance
Sun, Oct 13, 2002 23 mins
Brendon, Jason and Melissa are performing the musical King Arthur Meets Robin Hood at a medieval fair organized by Mr. Lynch. A sci-fi convention is going on next door to the fair, and there's a lot of tension between the two groups
Episode 7
My Cheatin' Heart
Sun, Oct 20, 2002 23 mins
Brendon is forced to take up golf after his father pressures him into playing a father-son round with an important client, only to discover that he's terrible. Brendon also has trouble convincing Jason and Melissa to make their latest film backwards.
Episode 8
Guitarmageddon
Sun, Oct 27, 2002 23 mins
The kids ignore the fact that they have no musical experience or talent and decide to start a band. At the same time, Duane enters a guitar contest where he will face his archrival, Jimmy Monet.
Episode 9
Storm Warning
Sun, Nov 3, 2002 23 mins
McGuirk tries to convince Paula to pose as his fiancée while his sister is visiting. Meanwhile, the kids are trying to decide whether they want to make a mockumentary about making a movie or a mock-making-of a mockumentary movie or just a movie.
Episode 10
Time to Pay the Price
Sun, Nov 10, 2002 23 mins
Brendon, Jason and Melissa get in BIG trouble at school and are forced to attend a "scared straight" program at the local prison. Paula stumbles across a huge pile of the kids' old movies and discovers an odd motif that runs through every film
Episode 11
Broken Dreams
Sun, Nov 17, 2002 23 mins
Melissa breaks her arm. Then Jason breaks his arm, which is very suspicious. This may affect the current film in production, but Brendon is also worried that he's dumb or, at the very least, that Melissa is smarter than him.
Episode 12
Stowaway
Sun, Nov 24, 2002 23 mins
The kids decide to run away to Europe and become ex-patriot artists. McGuirk's car breaks down and he has no money to fix it. He asks Tom Wilsonberg, the author of Corporate Kids, for financial advice. Tom takes McGuirk gambling.
Episode 13
Coffins and Cradles
Sun, May 25, 2003 23 mins
The kids are preparing for Halloween, Linda (Brendon's new stepmother) is preparing to have a baby and Coach McGuirk is preparing to have the romantic night of his life. Despite all this, no one is prepared when things start to go wrong.