Man Up!

36
Metascore
2011-2012
1 season
ABC
Comedy

Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'

36
Metascore
2011-2012
1 season
ABC
Comedy

Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'

Season 1 Episode Guide

13 Episodes 2011 - 2012

Episode 1

Pilot

Tue, Oct 18, 2011 22 mins

Will's grandfather fought in WWII. Will's father fought in Vietnam. Will plays Call of Duty on his PS3 and drinks non-dairy hazelnut creamer. So what happened to all the real men? They're still here-they just smell like pomegranate body wash now. Will's evolved, sensitive nature is why his awesome wife, Theresa, married him. But Will and his friends find themselves wondering, in a world of Axe ads and manscaping, what does it mean to be a guy anymore?

Episode 2

Finessing the Bromance

Tue, Oct 25, 2011 22 mins

Kenny gets jealous when Will and Grant strike up an unlikely "bromance." Things go from bad to worse when he finds out Grant is coming to the weekly Keen Sunday dinner. In an attempt to strike some common ground, the guys try a "Star Wars" screening, a film Kenny is obsessed with, but Grant has never seen.

Episode 3

Digging Deeper

Tue, Nov 1, 2011 22 mins

When roommates Kenny and Craig clash, Will suggests they try doing a project together, but that simple suggestion turns into the pair trying to dig their own swimming pool. Meanwhile Theresa, trying to promote some togetherness with Will, wants him to take an improv class with her, something he's been avoiding because of overwhelming stress at work that he's been keeping from her. And Brenda is beginning to feel like she has a little too much togetherness with Grant.

Episode 4

Wingmen

Tue, Nov 8, 2011 21 mins

When Kenny admits he hasn't had a date since his divorce from Brenda -- and that Brenda is the only woman he has ever slept with -- the guys, including Grant, take him clubbing to jump start his love life. But things don't go as planned, especially when a friend of Theresa's sees Will and thinks he's stepping out on his wife.

Episode 5

Acceptance

Tue, Nov 15, 2011 22 mins

As a rite of passage, Will decides to buy his son, Nathan, a cell phone, which in turn gives Brenda the idea to also purchase one for Grant to upgrade his old brick phone. Kenny is nervous about meeting his new girlfriend Jane's parents, and as expected, when he finds out her parents are lesbians and also therapists, the situation goes from bad to worse. Her parents also own a coffee shop and end up giving Craig a music gig there, only to see the nice gesture backfire when he gets the wrong idea about the coffeehouse manager. Meanwhile, Theresa installs a tracking device on Will's cell phone, which he fears will lead to her finding out about the secret Dad's club he sometimes attends after work.

Episode 6

High Road Is the Guy Road

Tue, Nov 22, 2011 22 mins

Will learns his son's bully's father is his tormentor from back in the day.

Man Up! Season 1 High Road Is the Guy Road

Episode 7

Disciplining the Keens

Tue, Nov 29, 2011 22 mins

After they find out that Nathan's allergic, the whole family goes on a gluten free diet, which leads to a weird competition between Will and Theresa to see who can keep the diet up longer, and for Brenda, who's trying to convince health-conscious Grant she can live without it. Problem is, they're all cheating. Meanwhile, it's all fast food, all the time for Craig and Kenny as they romance two ladies who work at Big Burger

Episode 8

Men and Their Chickens

Tue, Dec 6, 2011 22 mins

Will hopes that adopting a baby chick for little Lucy will be a "teachable moment" about where food comes from, but things get out of hand when all of the guys decide they want to adopt chicks too; Craig dates an attractive doctor, but finds himself intimidated by her bully of a son.

Episode 9

Fear

Tue, Dec 13, 2011 22 mins

Will installs a new home security system, but instead of making everyone feel safer, the system keeps tripping and wreaks havoc in all their lives. Meanwhile Craig reconnects with Lisa, the girl whose wedding he broke up; and Grant convinces Kenny to play a "trust the universe" game with him with his new GPS, letting the GPS randomly select their destination... Kenny is convinced it will eventually lead to disaster, but instead he and Grant end up on a series of wild adventures, which eventually finds Kenny meeting his "Star Wars" hero, Billy Dee Williams.