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What I Like About You Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Sep 20, 200222 mins
Holly's father is moving to Japan, so the teen moves in with her sister, but worries that she will not be wanted there.
Episode 2
Spa Day
Fri, Sep 27, 200222 mins
Holly promised Val a girls day out at the spa, forgetting she had promised her friend to go see J.C. Chasez from NSYNC on the same day, so tries to sneak out of the spa to quickly meet J.C. and get back to the spa without Val's knowledge.
Episode 3
Roommates
Fri, Oct 4, 200222 mins
Valerie feels that Holly is not making adjustments like she does, living in the house. She introduces a set of house rules, which Holly breaks on the first day.
Episode 4
The Teddy Bear
Fri, Oct 11, 200221 mins
Holly and Valerie both claim to be the righteous owner of a teddy bear found in the closet. Because they can't settle it out, they decide to give the bear to Josie, a young next door girl, but soon regret it.
Episode 5
Cool Older Sister
Fri, Oct 18, 200222 mins
Val worries that she is too strict for Holly, and attempts to be the 'cool, older sister'. Her plan backfires when Holly decides to go out all night, with Val being left home worried sick.
Episode 6
The Parrot Trap
Fri, Nov 1, 200222 mins
Holly falls for Kyle, a protester, who uses her help to steal a parrot. Valerie starts observing a woman in a restaurant.
Episode 7
Tankini
Fri, Nov 8, 200222 mins
Holly is excited to form a trio with her longtime pal, Samantha, and current best friend, Gary. When Gary feels neglected because of all the girls' shared memories, Holly advises him to give Samantha a chance.
Episode 8
Copy That
Fri, Nov 15, 200222 mins
Holly gets a job at the copy place where Gary works. One of the guys hits on her but she rejects him. But he tells the others that she wanted him and when he rejected it couldn't accept it. Now Val has a meeting with a client and her boss plans to join but she wreaks of a bad odor and Val tries her best make sure she doesn't when they meet him.
Episode 9
Thanksgiving
Fri, Nov 22, 200222 mins
Determined to start their own Thanksgiving tradition, Val and Holly cancel plans with their relatives, claiming that Holly is sick. However, the girls' happy day goes awry when the family arrives at their apartment to surprise them.
Episode 10
The Party
Fri, Jan 10, 200322 mins
Holly has a crush on a college guy who drops by her work everyday and gets invited by him to a college party when she slyly swaps her cell phone with his then calls him to innocently ask where they should meet to swap them back.
Episode 11
The Other Woman
Fri, Jan 17, 200322 mins
Since Val's busy work schedule prevents her from being with Holly and Jeff, Val suggests that the two of them attend a concert, along with Jeff's gorgeous ex-girlfriend Dana.
Episode 12
Girls Night Out
Fri, Jan 24, 200322 mins
While Jeff is out of town, Holly takes Val on a night out. However, the female bonding stops when Hunter, a guy Holly wants to date, makes a romantic advance on Val. The situation gets worse when Hunter's jealous girlfriend, Sasha, arrives.
Episode 13
The Cheerleading Incident
Fri, Jan 31, 200322 mins
Jeff's mother comes for a visit. He asks Val to take her out. And after going out with Val, Jeff's mom decides to leave her husband. And Holly and Gary go to a concert and when she sits on Gary's seat, someone comes along who says that the seat was chosen as the winner of an Ibop. When Gary learns of this, he's irate with Holly, who doesn't think it's his.
Episode 14
The Game
Fri, Feb 7, 200322 mins
Holly volunteers to work in Val's office during spring break from school. The girls clash over the tactics Val should use to get a promotion over a competitive colleague, Lauren.
Episode 15
Valentine's Day
Fri, Feb 14, 200322 mins
On Valentine's Day, Holly thinks that Jeff is planning to propose marriage to Val. Meanwhile, Gary gets a date with a great girl, but the pressures of the holiday overwhelm him, and he insists that Holly come along with her date.
Episode 16
Holly's First Job
Fri, Feb 21, 200322 mins
When Holly spends all of her money on an expensive sweater, Jeff agrees to hire her as a waitress, Holly's first job. But he regrets his decision when Holly wreaks havoc in the restaurant and even causes the chef to quit.
Episode 17
The Breakup
Fri, Feb 28, 200322 mins
When Val returns from a romantic skiing trip, she astounds Holly by announcing that she has ended her relationship with Jeff. Holly tries everything she can to help her sister cope with her feelings, but Val's neuroses soon become unbearable.
Episode 18
Dude, Where's Val's Car?
Fri, Mar 7, 200322 mins
Holly and her friend Henry (MICHAEL McMILLIAN) skip school and "borrow" Val's car, but they panic when the car is discovered missing. Meanwhile, Gary helps Jeff gain a new restaurant management job but expects free food in return.
Episode 19
Loose Lips
Fri, Apr 4, 200322 mins
Holly encourages Val to loosen up and mingle with her co-workers. And she talks about something that happened to her which makes her the life of the party. When her boss Vic brings her home, she thinks he's making a move which she nixes. The following day things between them are weird at the office. Jeff is dating an older woman whom he later learns is Gary's mother.
Episode 20
The Fix Up
Fri, Apr 25, 200322 mins
When Holly meets Henry's brother a doctor, she decides to set him up with Val. When Henry learns of her plans, he tells her that's not a good idea and does't tell her why. But she does it anyway. When Henry learns what she did, he shows her why he didn't want her to do it but they choose not to tell Val.
Episode 21
Tyler v. World
Fri, May 2, 200322 mins
When Val's vindictive neighbor, Mindy, finds out that Val never got approval for Holly to move in, Mindy persuades the tenant board to evict Holly. After checking out some of the disgusting apartments that they can
Episode 22
The Talk
Fri, May 9, 200322 mins
After discovering Holly and her new boyfriend, Henry, alone in Holly's bedroom, Val lectures Holly on the meaning of sex and relationships.
