It's Like, You Know...
New York writer Arthur Garment moves to L.A. to write a book about his hatred of the city and its vapid and superficial culture, but the longer he remains there, the fonder he becomes of it.
- 1999-2001
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy
- TV-14
New York writer Arthur Garment moves to L.A. to write a book about his hatred of the city and its vapid and superficial culture, but the longer he remains there, the fonder he becomes of it.
Season 2 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1999 - 2001
Episode 1
Twins
Tue, Sep 21, 1999 21 mins
Lauren is attracted to the "good" half of a Siamese-twin star of a cop show, but will the "bad" half derail the relationship?
Episode 2
Enchanted April
Tue, Sep 28, 1999 21 mins
Told documentary style with interviews and reenactments in black and white. What went wrong with Robbie's romance from two years earlier.
Episode 3
The Long Goodbye
Tue, Oct 5, 1999 21 mins
Arthur's book is done and he's heading home to New York. Shrug investigates who stole Robbie's movie idea. Lauren gives Jesse Jackson a massage and Jesse gives Arthur some advice.
Episode 4
Coast to Coast
Tue, Oct 12, 1999 21 mins
Arthur, back in New York City, finds out from his publisher that the critics hated his book. Robbie wants to dump his new girlfriend but can't while her publicist is sick.
Episode 5
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Tue, Oct 19, 1999 21 mins
Arthur returns to L.A. but no one seems to notice. Robbie wants to advertise Pay-Per-Jew before the Anna Kournikova highlights. Shrug thinks his new girlfriend may be a succubus.
Episode 6
Lost in America
Tue, Oct 26, 1999 21 mins
Jennifer enlists Lauren's help to get back in the good graces of a manicurist with an unusual massage chair. Robbie and Shrug go looking for 'American girls' at a local chain motel. Arthur tries to apologize for a brutal comment to a blind date and winds up attending therapy with the lady.
Episode 7
The Sweet Smell of Success
Tue, Nov 2, 1999 21 mins
Robbie is thrilled to be dating an ex-girlfriend of Val Kilmer. Shrug is financing a "smell bar" to be opened by his friend Hilo. The Los Angelenos are fascinated by an image on a billboard that they think is God. Jennifer is pursued by a man whose car she hit, claiming that it caused him to lose an arm.
Episode 8
Hollywood Shuffle
Wed, Dec 8, 1999 21 mins
Shrug sees a famous doctor for a back injury, who convinces him the pain is due to lack of stress. Jennifer is asked to be one of the godmothers to a friend's twins, who may have been named for Robbie. Arthur starts his new job for the L.A. Times and has to be screened for a sexual harassment insurance policy.
Episode 9
The Life of Brian
Wed, Dec 15, 1999 21 mins
Shrug and Lauren are both on the pill making them rather emotional. Jennifer has been outed by the phone company. Arthur confronts an old college friend who has been stealing his stories.
Episode 10
The Apartment
Wed, Dec 29, 1999 21 mins
Shrug gets a nanny, for himself. Robbie has a new Pay-Pet idea that involves Jennifer and Lauren. Arthur has to run back to New York.
Episode 11
Summer of '42'
Wed, Dec 22, 1999 21 mins
Arthur dates a 21-year-old whose sexual history turns out to be more complicated;Robbie fixes up Lauren with his annoying financial advisor; Shrug and Jennifer protest at an execution.
Episode 12
Heat
Wed, Jan 5, 2000 21 mins
Arthur is desperate to be seen as Lauren's boyfriend in other people's eyes. Robbie buys a house but struggles to tell Shrug. Jennifer rents out a police lineup room to root out a date. Robbie's house burns down.
Episode 13
Trading Places
22 mins
Lauren's road rage becomes the subject for local news. Shrug's new trust fund girlfriend hates do-nothing rich people. He switches roles with Robbie. Arthur wants to write about plastic surgery and enlists Jennifer's expertise.
Episode 14
Walking Tall
22 mins
Lauren has a new black boyfriend who reads and dislike sports unlike her. Black people have never liked Shrug for some unknown reason. Robbie lowers himself to date a pedestrian in car-obsessed LA. Arthur's rental car is not cutting it.
Episode 15
The Quick and the Dead
21 mins
Everyone has his own reason for attending the funeral of Jennifer's agent.
Episode 16
Raw Deal
22 mins
Robbie starts dating his hard-nosed lawyer; Jennifer negotiates a dating contract and helps Shrug with his new girlfriend. Lauren is allergic to shellfish; when Arthur reluctantly helps her try calamari, soon she wants more than calamari.
Episode 17
Lust for Life
21 mins
Shrug wants Robbie to join him in buying a Van Gogh. Arthur dislikes Lauren's yoga teacher Wayne. Jennifer thinks his mechanic is the sleazy muckracker Evan the Dreadful. She enlists old friend Maureen McCormick's help in identifying him.
Episode 18
Hoop Dreams
21 mins
The group is having a meal as the conversation centers around Latrell Sprewell choking his coach.