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The Chris Isaak Show Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 2002 - 2002
Episode 1
In the Name of Love
Sun, Jan 6, 2002 45 mins
Chris falls for an influential rock journalist (Bridget Fonda) who is writing a book about Roy Orbison; Yola gets her claws into a canine psychologist (Garwin Sanford); and Anson sets up Kenney with a hot-blooded lovely (Gianna Patton). Robin: Miranda Frigon. Cosmetologist: Kathryn Kirkpatrick. Samoan Man: Darryl Quon. Waiter: Brad Sihvon.
Episode 2
The Devil Made Me Do It
Sun, Jan 13, 2002 45 mins
"Unnaturally suspicious" Chris frets when girlfriend Stephanie (Bridget Fonda) spends considerable time interviewing handsome Third Eye Blind vocalist Stephan Jenkins. Also: Yola worries that she has a "subconscious urge to destroy Stephanie" after "accidentally" setting her jacket on fire and later backing her car into her. Ed: Dan Joffre.
Episode 3
Chris Isaak Day
Sun, Jan 20, 2002 45 mins
Chris heads to his home town of Stockton, Cal., when the city fathers want to honor him. Isaak's real-life mom, Dorothy, and brother Nick costar. Also, Yola has the hots for a Chris's hunky fireman pal (Mark Gibbon); and Anson gets burned when he gets a theme-restaurant jacket for his new girlfriend (Luciana Carro).
Episode 4
Wrong Number
Sun, Jan 27, 2002 45 mins
Chris and Stephanie (Bridget Fonda) look into buying a house together; and a lovelorn woman mistakenly leaves messages for her ex on Chris's answering machine. Also, Yola learns the naked truth about her new roommate (Cailin Stadnyk), who doesn't like to wear clothes around the house; and Anson gets a part-time job delivering lingerie.
Episode 5
Duty Calls
Sun, Feb 3, 2002 45 mins
Is there no justice in the world? Chris finds out when he gets summoned to jury duty. Art Alexakis of Everclear costars.
Episode 6
Family Ties
Sun, Feb 10, 2002 45 mins
Chris's record company adopts a chimpanzee at the San Francisco Zoo, and the critter turns out to be a real rock-and-roll animal. Singer Shelby Lynne and songwriter-producer John Shanks costar.
Episode 7
Driven
Sun, Mar 3, 2002 45 mins
After an eye injury, Yola begins to see the good in life and is driven to do better for her fellow man---starting with Chris, for whom she buys a sleek new set of wheels. Also, Anson is driven to set a go-cart world record. Phil: Brahm Taylor. Mikey: Noel Callahan.
Episode 8
Rat in the House
Sun, Mar 10, 2002 45 mins
Chris tries to catch a rodent in his house, and tries to convince Yola that her new dream guy (Gordon Currie) is a rat. Also, when Anson hurts his hand, Chris hires a replacement keyboard player (Claude Duhamel) who is abundantly talented, not to mention good-looking. The Goo Goo Dolls have a cameo.
Episode 9
Hell Is Other People
Sun, Mar 17, 2002 45 mins
In an effort to land a part in a movie being produced by rock singer Bret Michaels (who plays himself), Chris befriends the man. Also, Kenney discovers his new girlfriend (Courtney Kramer) had previously dated one of his fellow bandmates, and Yola tries hard to impress the well-heeled members of a women's reading group.
Episode 10
Mysterious Hearts
Sun, Mar 31, 2002 45 mins
Chris and singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins (as herself) square off when both fall for the same woman (Krista Rae). Also, Yola finds herself engaged in some "auto"-erotic situations with her new beau (Jason Low), and Anson feels his girlfriend (Amy Adamson) is going overboard with her descriptions of his character.
Episode 11
Gimme Shelter
Sun, Apr 7, 2002 45 mins
The show must go on---but it won't be easy after Chris, preparing for a live TV broadcast from his home, accidentally locks himself in a bomb shelter he finds while digging in his back yard. Also, a waitress (Missy Peregrym) thinks Anson would be sexier if he had green eyes; and Yola's attractive mother (Mimi Kuzyk) gets engaged to a man that Yola once dated.
Episode 12
Farm Boys
Tue, Jun 4, 2002 45 mins
While going down to Nashville, the band's plane goes down in a rural Nebraska field, where they are taken in by kindly farmers (Janet Wright, Don S. Davis) who may not be all they appear. Also, Yola suspects something mysterious is afoot with the couple's secretive son (John Corbett); and Anson deals with their comely daughter (Allison Moorer).
Episode 13
Home of the Brave
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 45 mins
Yola (Kristin Dattilo) lines up Chris to sing the National Anthem before a baseball game, but he balks because the last time he attempted it, he fouled up the words and wasn't in perfect pitch. Also: Yola unknowingly says something "grossly insensitive" to a record bigwig (Belinda Metz); and Anson suffers a bachelor-party mishap at the hands of a powerful exotic dancer (Veronika Habal). Bobby Jo Moore, Lexa Doig.
Episode 14
The Hidden Mommy
Tue, Jun 18, 2002 45 mins
When Chris takes his supposedly dying uncle (Joseph Bologna) out of a nursing home and brings him to live with him, the old guy gets a new lease on life. Also, Yola tries to impress her new boyfriend (Michael Shanks) by knitting him a sweater; and Anson becomes the butt of Kenney's jokes when the guys learn that he is seeing a proctologist (Helene Joy), who happens to be quite attractive. Trisha Yearwood guest stars.
Episode 15
Just Us Kids
Tue, Jun 25, 2002 45 mins
Chris, who's never thrown a party, decides it's time when his latest album goes platinum, but worries that he may be spending too much for the gig and that no one will show up. Paul Stanley of KISS guest stars. In other developments, Yola gets reacquainted with a high-school flame (David Lovgren); and Anson's music-professor dad (Kevin McNulty) reluctantly asks his son to lecture one of his classes.
Episode 16
Isaakland
Tue, Jul 2, 2002 45 mins
When Chris learns that his favorite childhood amusement park is about to close, he buys it, renames it Isaakland and sets out to return the facility to its past glory. Also, starstruck Yola is flattered to be asked out by actor Robert Culp (as himself). Furnell: Donnelly Rhodes.
Episode 17
Charity Begins at Home
Tue, Jul 9, 2002 45 mins
During a fund-raising concert at Bimbo's for his mother's favorite charity, Chris plays host to the Goo Goo Dolls, Trisha Yearwood, Gavin Rossdale and Bush, Green Day, Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind and Art Alexakis of Everclear.