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17 Episodes 2001 - 2001
Episode 1
Mon, Mar 12, 2001 45 mins
An attractive woman (Jacqueline Samuda) working on Chris's on-location music-video shoot is doing a bad, bad thing---a nightly strip tease in her hotel room that's in view of his. Also, Chris's costar (Bai Ling) arrives with her jealous kickboxer boyfriend. Jodie: Rebecca Nygard. Choper: Mark Houghton.
Episode 2
Mon, Mar 19, 2001 45 mins
When police come to arrest Anson for unpaid parking tickets, the attractive female officer (Gabrielle Miller) hits on Chris and the two begin dating. Also, insomniac Yola is attracted to a handsome sleep-disorder specialist (Robert Wisden); and Anson works a roadside trash-pickup detail with Poison lead singer Bret Michaels. Country star Junior Brown costars and performs.
Episode 3
Mon, Mar 26, 2001 45 mins
A neighbor's rabbit turns up dead while Chris dog-sits for Minnie Driver (who plays herself); Anson thinks there may be hell to pay for sleeping with his religious new girlfriend (Linnea Johnson); and Yola feels pressured by a hip young colleague who's scoring points with the boss.
Episode 4
Mon, Apr 2, 2001 45 mins
Chris is alarmed when his steady stalker (Eliza Murbach) disappears; and he and rock star Joe Walsh get into a bidding war over a vintage guitar that once belonged to an Elvis sideman. Also: Anson's anti-rock music dad (Kevin McNulty) demands that he perform a classical piece at his mother's birthday party. Marissa: Rita Bozi. Ray: Ben Cardinal. Denver: Peter Wingfield.
Episode 5
Mon, Apr 9, 2001 45 mins
Chris is delighted when his ne'er-do-well cousin Ordell turns up with his new band, but is soon singing the blues when he learns that Ordell's group only plays Chris Isaak tunes. Also: Chris's sidemen have varying reactions to their counterparts in the tribute band; and Yola has continuing problems with her co-worker, Cody.
Episode 6
Mon, Apr 16, 2001 45 mins
Chris suspects that his new guitar technician, Jimmy Vane, a former great player who once fronted his own band, resents having to work for the star. Also, Yola's overweight college friend has slimmed down and developed an appetite for singer-songwriters, and Anson gets a job moonlighting as an organist at a funeral home.
Episode 7
Mon, Apr 23, 2001 45 mins
Chris must learn to turn the other cheek when his former girlfriend, actress-comedian Caroline Rhea, reveals some dishy secrets about their sexual past. Meanwhile, Chris lends Anson some money for his girlfriend's breast-enlargement surgery; and Yola bends the truth to secure the loan of a pricey dress from a trendy boutique.
Episode 8
Mon, Apr 30, 2001 45 mins
Inspired by the charity work of his surfer buddy, a doctor who helps the poor in Latin America, Chris decides to perform a benefit concert for a local Catholic school that's trying to raise funds for a new band room. Elsewhere, Yola discovers that the parish priest, whom she thought was gay is not, and that he's interested in her; and raunchy Anson is irate when he learns that he doesn't rate on a groupie Web site.
Episode 9
Mon, May 7, 2001 45 mins
When Chris's boyhood music idol (Alvin Sanders) dies, leaving no family or friends to mourn him, Chris worries that the same fate could befall him and asks his girlfriend to accompany him on the road in hopes of creating an heir.
Episode 10
Mon, May 14, 2001 45 mins
To get close to a comely dance teacher, Chris signs up for lessons, but gets partnered up with an older dominatrix who hopes to whip him into shape. Victoria Tennant.
Episode 11
Mon, May 21, 2001 45 mins
Chris's record company persuades him to hire a personal bodyguard after a stalker tosses a brick through his window. Anson's answer to the threat is to arm himself with a stun gun. Lisa Loeb.
Episode 12
Mon, May 28, 2001 45 mins
Former boxer Chris goes toe-to-toe with a macho record-company executive.
Episode 13
Mon, Jun 4, 2001 45 mins
Chris sweats out an IRS audit with a no-nonsense agent (Linda Darlow); Yola gets serious with an environmental inventor; and Anson has notion he may need an ocean of lotions when he develops a mysterious rash. Pam Tillis is the special musical guest. Morty: Antony Holland.
Episode 14
Mon, Jun 11, 2001 45 mins
A recording-studio fire claims the master tapes of a title song that the band has recorded for a major motion picture and Chris can't find the only other copy of the tune. Ordell: Johnny Reno. Deedee: Marisa Rudiak.
Episode 15
Mon, Jun 18, 2001 45 mins
After tearing a hamstring, a wheelchair-bound Chris suspects there's something sinister about his attractive physical therapist (Michelle Goh). Also, Kenney and Anson get locked in the basement of the club overnight. Shawn Colvin is the music guest and director Wes Craven has a cameo.
Episode 16
Mon, Jun 25, 2001 45 mins
Chris gets a little more than he bargained for when the winner of a radio station's "Win a Date with Chris Isaak" contest is a transvestite (Jon Polito). Also, Anson invites his classical-music professor dad (Kevin McNulty) to a show; and a busy Yola tries to find time for her new boyfriend (Stephen Fanning). Sheryl Crow has a cameo.
Episode 17
Mon, Jul 2, 2001 45 mins
Chris is concerned that a VH1 "Behind the Music" exposé will reveal that he may have a love child; and Anson makes beautiful music with a VH1 producer. Also, unfeeling Yola discovers that her complaints have led to a blind and deaf masseuse losing her job.