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Jack & Bobby Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Pilot
Sat, Sep 18, 200446 mins
Jack and Bobby McCallister are two bright young brothers growing up in Hart, Missouri, under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace, a college professor whose strong personality helps shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States. Grace and Jack's temperamental mother/son relationship takes a dangerous toll on Bobby as he gets caught in their rival forces, prompting a major change in the McCallister household. The arrival of a new college president, Peter Benedict, and his daughter, Courtney, makes an impression on the McCallister boys. In the year 2049, a documentary about the life of President Robert "Bobby" McAllister examines the photograph that would come to define his presidency.
Episode 2
Better Days
Sun, Sep 19, 200443 mins
Grace and Bobby help with a College Democrats rally. Jack explodes after catching Grace smoking pot again and gives her an ultimatum. One of Grace's co-workers gets fired, and Grace goes to bat for her without all the facts in hand. Jack continues to explore his relationship with Courtney while attracting the attention of his ex, Missy Belknap. Meanwhile, Bobby tries to help make things better for Jack, both with Courtney and in school, but only succeeds in making things worse. Future interviews reveal President McCallister's surprising political allegiance.
Episode 3
The Kindness of Strangers
Sun, Sep 26, 200444 mins
Bobby joins the "challenge program" at school and learns a powerful lesson. Jack plans a party at the house while Grace is away. Grace is conflicted on what to do when she finds out her student TA plagiarized one of her papers and in a separate instance, Grace is startled by news from Bobby's teacher regarding Jack. Lastly, the flash-forward segments reveal how a surprising ally helps President McCallister at a critical moment in his political career.
Episode 4
A Man of Faith
Sun, Oct 3, 200444 mins
Bobby's interest in religion is piqued when he helps Warren study for his Bar Mitzvah and asks why Grace never took him to church. Elsewhere, Grace insults Hebba, an Arab-American female student with deep religious beliefs, which prompts a campus-wide boycott of her classes. Jack gets a chance to rejoin the track team when the coach needs a replacement runner for Marcus, who is on academic probation. In the future, President McCallister struggles with his faith.
Episode 5
The First Lady
Sun, Oct 10, 200443 mins
The future reveals a dark secret about the soon-to-be First Lady. Back in the present, Jack offers to escort a depressed Courtney to her father's work fundraiser leading to an unexpected confession and kiss. Bobby is having problems with another school bully. Meanwhile, much to the consternation of her sons, Grace offers to let a homeless man stay at their house for a few days until she can find him a better place to live.
Episode 6
An Innocent Man
Sun, Oct 17, 200444 mins
Grace is stunned after Benedict informs her that her colleague and good friend has been accused of sexually harassing a student. Grace immediately defends her co-worker but must re-think her loyalty when new evidence arises. Meanwhile, Bobby is spending so much time with his new girlfriend causing him to neglect his school work. Under pressure from Grace to succeed, Bobby cheats on his test. Still reeling from the guilt of kissing Courtney, Jack is horrified to discover she has become friends with Missy. In the future, a gesture of forgiveness from President McCallister helps to heal his cabinet, but the decision comes at a price.
Episode 7
Valentino
Wed, Oct 27, 200445 mins
Bobby's relationship with Dex continues to grow until Grace walks in on them kissing in her study. After failing to convince Bobby to break it off with Dex, Grace and Jack take matters into their own hands. Meanwhile, Peter shows his overprotective side when Courtney considers going out with a college frat boy, and though he has Courtney's best interests at heart, it ultimately causes her embarrassment among her peers. In the future, the oldest of President McCallister's four sons, Jack, has a troublesome encounter with the Secret Service.
Episode 8
Election Night
Wed, Nov 3, 200444 mins
Feminist fury Grace manages to blame Tom and his 'apathic generation' for signing up 180 girls in a Democrat election party she could only interest 20 students in, next pours her invariably useless haughty advice over Bobby, who is crushed by Dex's rejection, causing him to publicly embarrass himself and finds out Jack talked to the Goth girl, trying to save kid brother from social suicide. When Bobby retaliates by telling Missy about Jack and Courtney's kiss, ma finds them fighting and proves the pointlessness of her 'conflict resolution'. Fortunately the boys' good nature naturally reemerges before Bobby's asthma strikes at election night, luckily the chancellor can help...
Episode 9
Chess Lessons
Wed, Nov 10, 200444 mins
Grace promises to be on her best behavior when she and Jack go to Missy's house for dinner, but she loses her cool after Reverend Belknap starts attacking her political ideals. Upset by the event, Grace turns to Tom and the two share a romantic moment. Bobby intentionally loses at chess games with Peter in order to spend more time with him. Courtney uses Marcus to get back at Jack. In the future, President McCallister uses chess as his way of strategizing a war.
Episode 10
Lost Boys
Wed, Nov 17, 200445 mins
Grace's warm, intelligent, gay younger brother, Jimmy, makes a surprise visit for Thanksgiving. At first, she is thrilled by his visit, but her feelings change after Jimmy lands in jail on drug charges. The suicide of one Jack's teammates shocks the school and has a profound impact on Jack. In the future, President McCallister must break the news to a soldier's parents that their son won't be home for the holidays.
Episode 11
Today I Am a Man
Wed, Dec 1, 200444 mins
Jack is mortified after Grace catches him buying condoms in preparation for a big night with Missy. Trying to be supportive of his actions, Grace insists that Jack talk to her about sex and questions him about whether he is sure Missy is the right girl. Meanwhile, Jimmy slips back into old habits, forcing Grace to make a difficult decision about her family. Also, Bobby tries to help Warren win over his crush, Deena, but is surprised when she reveals she has feelings for Bobby. In the future, a critical speech plagued by technical errors forces President McCallister to improvise.
Episode 12
Running Scared
Wed, Jan 26, 200544 mins
Jack tries to resume a sense of normalcy after his brutal attack, but finds that the injury may keep him from returning to his old life when he visits the doctor. Grace accidentally runs into one of her students, Natalie, while she is leaving Tom's apartment, and may get busted as Natalie tries to subliminally blackmail Grace with her grade in a later conversation. Meanwhile, Courtney meets a college student who's tied up in front of her house as a fraternity hazing. He captures her interest and Courtney tries to get to know him, but his feelings for her create new complications. The future reveals President McCallister's unique actions after a horrific bombing in Chicago.
Episode 13
A New Frontier
Wed, Feb 2, 200543 mins
Bobby becomes suspicious of Grace's relationship with Tom after Tom coincidentally shows up during a camping trip. Jack and Missy's relationship seems to be coming to an end as he competes with Truman High's football captain Randy for Missy's affection. Courtney's dating life is heating up with college freshman Nate. Jack befriends a patient, Katie, who also goes to school with him, while in the waiting room of the doctor's office. In deleted scenes cut for time, the future details President McCallister's risky decision to fund a space program to explore the planet Mars.
Episode 14
Into the Woods
Wed, Feb 9, 200560 mins
Bobby convinces Grace to allow him to attend a hunting trip with Peter by blackmailing her with threats to tell Jack about her relationship with Tom. His hunting experience with Peter proves to be an eye-opening experience. Jack walks in on Grace and Tom in a compromising situation and later tells Grace of his disapproval. He also begins hanging out with Katie as he adjusts to Missy and Randy coming together. Meanwhile, Courtney contemplates moving her relationship with Nate forward. In the future, the introduction of a non-lethal gun causes a political and ethical dilemma for President McCallister.
Episode 15
Time Out of Life
Wed, Feb 16, 200544 mins
Because his mate Warren feels they're ignored by the cool crowd, Bobby decides to organize a sleep-over for them and show a porn DVD on his PC, which he must steal from the video-store- of course the disk itself is missing unless you pay; only a snow storm keeps the cool kids in, but Tom tempts them to indoor 'catch the flag' by promising the winning team a beer each, without telling it's non-alcoholic, still great fun and a feather on Tom's cap. Married but flirtatious professor Roger Hennessy accidentally catches his old flame Grace kissing student Tom, which he insists is against department policy. She's trapped by the storm at Peter's as he wanted female advice about now 'dubious' student-boyfriend Nate since the campus doctor reported Courtney got the morning after-pill, they get drunk and dance. Meanwhile the suspects, Jack, Randy, Missy and Katie, trapped in JR's bar, play truth or dare; Nate eagerly accepts stripping on Courtney's lap, but only has to show his boxers.
Episode 16
And Justice for All
Wed, Feb 23, 200544 mins
Bobby and Warren's odd jobs firm's first customer, an old bag, hires them for a mean job: carry from her garage, reeking of her cats' piss, the boxes stored for months by her cousin Timmy Swain, to put with the trash. When Warren drops a box and goes trough it with dubious motives which Bobby rebukes, they find several wallets, including the one stolen from Jack, who thus is able to identify his violent robber in the hardware store where the fiend works, but is told by police officer Burke prosecution isn't realistic, so he asks Marcus to make sure he doesn't 'get away with it', starting a curious series of lies and difficult choices after Bobby finds out and refuses to stand by... Nate wisely refuses to take Courtney to a formal frat party where the chancellor would probably learn they still see each-other, she still buys a fancy dress for it and learns another twist... Professor Roger Hennessy formally files a complaint against Grace for willfully disregarding the department policy against professor-student relationships the hypocritical feminist helped draft, chairman Merle's attempt to sweep it under the carpet because Tom is consenting results in a formal disciplinary ethics commission chaired by Peter. After it is lifted without pronouncing, Grace who now has lost everybody's respect, even the student representative's, dares doubt Tom's love because of his reluctance to start over his entire 'tainted' thesis but is baffled by the real consequences and driving force.
Episode 17
Querida Grace
Wed, Mar 2, 200544 mins
Bobby has a school preparation on his ancestry, which requires help from ma about her and pa, but as Jack warned it's hard enough to get her to start talking at all, about pa she sticks to the utter lie the Mexican busboy was a Chilean archaeologist. Instead of behaving like an educator she even insists Bobby either goes along with her fake family history or takes a failing grade 'for once'. Because of a suspicious classmate's questions he's found out and utterly embarrassed, but still she expects him to accept 'she has a good reason', so finally he breaks open the box she keeps mysterious keepsakes in, and finds pa Juan's letter to 'Querida Grace', to her fury... Meanwhile Tom is sweet enough to show his convention text to Grace, who claims it needs a complete work-over but promises to do it- poor Tom, and of course it's all his fault if she dumps him somehow for expecting her to keep her promise... When Katie sees Nate kissing Tiffany at arrival in the station, she makes Jack risk his friendship by telling to his ex Courtney, who viciously turns on Nate without any consideration and blames him for her own deceptions...
Episode 18
Friends with Benefits
Wed, Apr 13, 200560 mins
Jack no longer considers Katie his dream-partner, wanting Courtney back, but she has also pawned her heart to another... Grace proudly accepts to make a speech...
Episode 19
A Child of God
Wed, Apr 20, 200544 mins
When Missy tells Bobby she's pregnant of his baby, all Grace's feminist obsession simply subside to tell him there's no greater burden then raising a child alone, except doing so with a girl like Missy. Reverend Belknap could equally have spared himself the trouble to preach about Christian duty, atheist Jack feels it's up to him to do the right thing and wreck his life. Courtney finally manages to make Missy admit to her and ultimately to Jack the father is not him bur her irresponsible ex Randi... Meanwhile Bobby's exploration of religious services has concluded he wants to be baptized into the Episcopalian church, but he has a hard time finding a suitable god-parent while his fanatically atheist ma keeps pretending it's just a phase he'll quickly outgrow, till she learns he has been devout there for five months and considers Peter the right man for the job...
Episode 20
Under the Influence
Wed, Apr 27, 200545 mins
It's not bad enough that Grace ignores Bobby's warning not to volunteer as chaperon for his class trip, she pedantically takes over from the admiring female history teacher and turns the weekend in Philadelphia into such a teenager hell that all his classmates blame the poor boy, who cleverly gives her exactly what she deserves: their own declaration of independence, providing she may never play any part in any class activity. Yet Bobby grants her some time together, without third parties... Jack scolds Missy for attending a party with Randy, only to hear startled that's just to make him jealous. When the kids drive home, drunk Marcus and a passing deer cause them to have an accident in which pregnant Missy dies.
Episode 21
Stand by Me
Wed, May 4, 200544 mins
After the accident, Jack wisely refuses Grace's 'help', but decides to tell the police he was driving, so his drunk teammate Marcus avoids criminal prosecution. Bigot reverend Belknap tells the boys to stay away from Missy's funeral and delivers a grim sermon without any compassion for the sinful kids coming to Old Testament justice, even her, which his wife Evelyn leaves him for. Warren makes a big production out of a prankish collection for a time capsule to commemorate their transition from junior - to senior high school with Bobby, but when he hears from Grace that's because dad Feide's new job is in Chicago so they move, Bobby is so hurt he wasn't even going to say goodbye he pretends no longer to have a best friend, but Jack makes him realize that's wasting his chance to say goodbye, which goes well. Jack makes a stand against parental urgency to tell the truth, Peter reconsiders and carries the day. The four boys make and bury a videotape in a time-capsule.
Episode 22
Legacy
Wed, May 11, 200560 mins
When Grace drags poor Bobby along to Huntsville, the clever kid works out it's for the only notable institution there, a jail. He learns their Mexican dad, Juan Roberto Alba, is doing time there, she claims it's a mistake. Jack is furious that she took his kid brother there, and decides to come along to protect him. When Bobby, who first thanks Peter for being his de factor substitute father, wants to finally meet his biological pa, ma confesses she lied again: Juan may never be released as he was convicted for homicide. Now Bobby is disgusted and refuses to come, but Jack can't resist doing the brave thing and actually finds they see eye to eye.