The Michael J. Fox Show Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Pilot

Thu, Sep 26, 201330 mins

After retiring from working as a newscaster to focus on his health and to spend more time with his family, Mike Henry returns to work. Mike's daughter Eve makes a video project comparing the book The Grapes of Wrath to her father's returning to work.

Episode 2

Neighbor

Thu, Sep 26, 201330 mins

Mike develops a crush on his new upstairs neighbor Kelly, a newly divorced woman. Eve tries to become best friends with a girl she thinks is a lesbian. Leigh pretends that Graham is her son to bond with other single mothers.

Episode 3

Art

Thu, Oct 3, 201330 mins

Mike (Michael J. Fox) and Annie (Betsy Brandt) are thrilled about Eve's (Juliette Goglia) newfound excitement for a photography class - until they discover the racy subject matter. After Ian (Conor Romero) and his girlfriend, Reese (guest star Alice Kremelberg), get in a fight, Harris (Wendell Pierce) and Leigh (Katie Finneran) try to give them both advice. Graham (Jack Gore) overhears Mike say the best way to smooth over a fight is to admit blame and tries to use this advice to get away with anything.

Episode 4

Hobbies

Thu, Oct 10, 201321 mins

Mike and Annie try to get Graham into a afterschool hobby. Susan Rodriguez Jones, a mean news reporter that Mike previously worked with, gets a job at WNBC. Ian and Leigh help Eve deal with a cyberbully.

Episode 5

Interns

Thu, Oct 17, 201322 mins

Eve gets an internship at WNBC working for Susan, which makes Mike jealous. Annie has a hard time telling Leigh that the teen novel that she is writing is terrible. With help from Graham, Ian interviews potential interns for his new upstart business.

Episode 6

Teammates

Thu, Oct 24, 201322 mins

After Mike has apologized to a rude stranger for Annie's hot-headed behavior, she demands that Mike be more of a team player. Harris hosts an office karaoke party. Leigh adopts a puppy with good intentions, but Eve is left in charge. Meanwhile, Ian, still stuck in Graham's tiny old bedroom, tries to convince his brother to switch back.

Episode 7

Golf

Thu, Oct 31, 201322 mins

Mike is asked to play in a charity golf tournament, so he and Annie decide to make it a romantic getaway weekend. Another celebrity golfer becomes the bane of his existence. The kids rent out their home to make money while the parents are gone.

Episode 8

Bed Bugs

Thu, Nov 7, 201322 mins

Leigh's place has bedbugs so she moves in with the Henry's. Mike tires of her after a few days, but realizes she just wants to be close to the family. Ian plays a prank on Eve. She retaliates but soon regrets it when he believes everything.

Episode 9

Homecoming

Thu, Nov 14, 201322 mins

When Mike (Michael J. Fox) discovers Ian (Conor Romero) is going to homecoming with his high school girlfriend (guest star Alice Kremelberg), he tries to convince him to reconsider college. Annie (Betsy Brandt) becomes jealous when she realizes Eve (Juliette Goglia) has been confiding in Leigh (Katie Finneran) instead of her. Graham (Jack Gore) seeks revenge after Mike and Annie throw away his old toys.

Episode 10

Thanksgiving

Thu, Nov 21, 201322 mins

Mike's parents come to town. This upsets Leigh because her mother is always critical of her, but it delights Annie because she enjoys her in-laws. Leigh turns the tables and sets the mother's critical eye on Annie. The guys play football.

Episode 11

Christmas

Thu, Dec 12, 201322 mins

As a snowstorm threatens Mike (Michael J. Fox) and Annie's (Betsy Brandt) annual Christmas gift competition, Ian (Conor Romero) worries that his parents have given up on making the holiday magical for Graham (Jack Gore), and Eve (Juliette Goglia) decides she'd rather be Jewish.

Episode 12

Party

Thu, Jan 2, 201422 mins

Annie wants to make sure Graham's slumber party is tame. Ian and Eve decide to make it exciting. Mike holds a party for Harris for receiving an honor, but none of Harris' friends want to attend-until Mike says it is an engagement party.

Episode 13

Secret

Thu, Jan 9, 201422 mins

The Henry's neighbor, a mobster who has been in hiding, is arrested. Mike thinks he is losing his reporting touch because he did not get the story. Ian & Eve want the statue the mobster gave to Graham because it might hold a treasure.

Episode 14

Couples

Thu, Jan 16, 201422 mins

Mike and Annie befriend a married couple in the building having marriage problems, Eve pretends to be troubled to impress a boy, and Graham thinks Ian is a spy.

Episode 15

Sochi

Thu, Jan 23, 201421 mins

Mike (Michael J. Fox) and Susan (Anne Heche) head to Sochi to cover the Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, as Annie (Betsy Brandt) coaches Eve (Juliette Goglia) in a teen beauty pageant, Leigh (Katie Finneran) is convinced she's dating a ghost who's haunting her apartment.

Episode 16

Surprise

21 mins

Leigh wants her and Mike to go to couples counseling after she foils his plans to throw her a surprise birthday party. Eve has a crush on her substitute History teacher.

Episode 17

Co-Op

21 mins

Annie is overwhelmed by her position as president of the building co-op, but Mike's efforts to ease her burden don't go as planned. A break-up motivates Ian to take on "The Returner" at work. Leigh lands a new prospect after a book reading.

Episode 18

Biking

21 mins

Mike's rights to the father-son rite of passage: bike riding lessons, may be threatened. Leigh goes to dancing lessons to pick up men, but not alone. Harris and Eve bond over whether behind-the-scenes work is as important as being on stage.

Episode 19

Health

21 mins

When the new principal at Eve's school disagrees with Annie about her English curriculum, he forces her to teach Health class instead. Ian and Harris get a hold of a copy of the manuscript for Leigh's book.

Episode 20

Brandon

21 mins

Leigh's no-good ex comes back to town. Ian's relationship with an older woman may be heating up. Eve starts trading Lego time with Graham for dirt on her former BFF.

Episode 21

Dinner

Ian decides it's time for his family to meet his girlfriend, but may have neglected to mention some details. He plans dinner party, but the guest list keeps growing. Eve starts hanging out with some older bad-girls who prompt her to try new things. Harris isn't content with being "just friends" with Leigh.

Episode 22

Changes

21 mins

Ian wants to move out, so Eve and Annie help him apartment hunt. The news station gets a visit from a corporate bigwig who announces some changes for Harris, which might alter his plans for his relationship with Leigh.