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24 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 4, 2000
Everybody makes fun of Laurie for her new overly-dramatic actor boyfriend; Norm is forced to make a deal with Denby to respect him around the office and get the others to fall into line.
Episode 2
Fri, Oct 6, 2000
Shelly has moved back from Colorado. Denby is forced to move his office out into the work area while it's being worked on; after finding journal pages in the office printer, Norm is led to believe that Shelly is in love with him, even though she denies it; Danny wants to propose to Taylor.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 13, 2000
Danny proposes to Taylor, and Norm worries that Danny will find out Taylor's hidden feelings and be crushed.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 20, 2000
To try to get Shelly to like him again, Norm agrees to help her with a group of troubled young teenage girls, but things go wrong and Norm creates a mess which also ensnares Shelly. This might cost both of them their jobs--and it drives Denby to try to make a law: The Norm Law.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 27, 2000
In order to get Shelly to like him, Norm tries to attend a party dressed as a fireman, but he has already agreed to take some kids from a dangerous neighborhood Trick-or-Treating since they can't any longer, and he must decide which to do; Danny makes over his new love.
Episode 6
Fri, Nov 3, 2000
Norm tries to convert Laurie's lesbian friend.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 10, 2000
Norm pokes fun at Laurie for dating a much younger man, and after she tells him he couldn't get a younger girl, he gets one just to prove her wrong, but things don't work out how he'd hoped.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 24, 2000
Laurie becomes paranoid that her relationship with much-younger Dale will come crashing to an end; Danny learns that he is related to one of the most famous mass-murdering tyrannical despots in history; Norm gets a new older girlfriend, but a big surprise is ahead.
Episode 9
Fri, Dec 1, 2000
Norm sets Laurie up at the last second with a doctor who is a patron at the bar so he can go play tennis with Shelly, but when Norm is a bad winner, Shelly becomes a tennis monster.
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 8, 2000
Laurie mentions that she, Danny, Shelly, and Denby are each taking in a foster kid for a week while they transition into a new home, and Norm is surprised that nobody thinks he would do it. After Mary is arrest, Norm is given "her" kid: Billy, who really shakes up his world.
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 15, 2000
It looks like Billy may have some foster parents. Norm and Denby start their social worker classes as ordered by a panel a few episodes earlier.
Episode 12
Fri, Jan 5, 2001
Artie uses an electric muscle-shocking device to help him lose weight, but there are unintended consequences; Norm selfishly uses group therapy to get Shelly to like him again, but while there he learns there might be more between him and Denby than they thought; Norm's dad suddenly shows up after being missing from his life for years.
Episode 13
Fri, Jan 12, 2001
After Norm's dad shows up after being out of his life for a long time, Norm and Artie regress and seek his approval. Danny has feelings for Shelly. After Shelly and Denby go to a symphony, Denby convinces himself Shelly is red hot for him.
Episode 14
Fri, Jan 26, 2001
Danny makes his move on Shelly, but is wary of her ex, Norm. After Denby's last shred of dignity is destroyed, he quits. Shortly afterward, Laurie becomes the new boss, but she is unhappy in the new position and wants Denby back.
Episode 15
Fri, Feb 2, 2001
Only one day into their newly-formed relationship, and both Danny and Shelly are nervous about revealing it to Norm. Denby enlists Laurie's help to make his ex-wife jealous at Civil Service ball he's attending. Norm calls Taylor for some help and she comes back, only to reveal she still has feelings for Norm.
Episode 16
Fri, Feb 9, 2001
Danny learns that Norm is dating Taylor, so he confronts him, saying he is just getting back at him for dating Shelly. Norm denies it but wonders. Also, Denby rails about the condition of the men's room vs. the ladies' room.
Episode 17
Fri, Feb 16, 2001
Norm asks for and gets a raise approved by Denby, but once Denby announces his dog Fifi is pregnant, Norm worries his raise is in jeopardy when he realizes that Wiener Dog is be the father. Once the puppies are born half-poodle and half-Dachshund, Denby dumps them with Norm, then later returns wanting the little doggies back. Meanwhile, Danny tries to mend his broken relationship with Shelly.
Episode 18
Fri, Feb 23, 2001
Norm's friendship with Laurie becomes strained now that he is homeless and living with her; a girl from Norm's high school that he had a crush on shows up at the office and has similar feelings for him; Norm accidentally gets Denby kicked out of his apartment; Danny and Denby try to get women on a business trip.
Episode 19
Fri, Mar 2, 2001
After six weeks of being homeless and living with Laurie and Denby, the stress has caused Norm to gain a good deal of weight. Laurie wakes up nights to discover that she has been sleepwalking and ending up lying next to Denby. A thinner, now-more-well-off Artie helps out his brother.
Episode 20
Fri, Mar 9, 2001
In order to avoid insurance fraud, Norm must pretend to be in love with Laurie. Laurie uses this to get a guy she's been trying to hit on to become interested. Shelly becomes annoyed when she learns that Norm and Laurie are an item, which leads to a revelation.
Episode 21
Fri, Mar 16, 2001
Norm and Laurie are forced to look after Hector, a Cuban orphan who sneaked into the country, while the governments decide what to do with him. Laurie turns out to be a lousy mother, though she's completely unaware of it.
Episode 22
Fri, Mar 23, 2001
After Norm pranks Denby, embarrassing him in front of his grandson, he's contrite and befriends him, but Denby thinks he's manipulating him for early release from the community service he was required to do to avoid jail.
Episode 23
Fri, Mar 30, 2001
Norm resigns from the social-service office and becomes a celebrity endorser for a predatory rent-to-own store. When he sees a former client being exploited and hears Denby's boss is taking away all the clients' benefits, he has a plan.
Episode 24
Fri, Apr 6, 2001
In the series finale Norm asks Shelly out and she says yes. He plans their date when Shelly introduces to the office a friend Travis from Colorado, saying he is in town visiting. Norm reacts and she warns him about his issue with jealousy.