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Episode 1 - "Pilot" Drew is reluctant to hire his friend Kate for a position at the cosmetics counter until he meets Mimi Bobeck, a hostile applicant with horrible makeup and an even worse attitude. Now, hiring Kate takes a back seat to his latest problem.
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Episode 2 - "Miss Right" When Drew interviews an attractive woman, Lisa, for a job at the department store, he's quickly convinced she's the "perfect" woman for him. One problem: She's obviously the best candidate, but company policy prohibits employees from dating.
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Episode 3 - "The Joining of Two Unlikely Elements is a
Mixture" When a co-worker's engagement party makes Kate long for a wedding ceremony, Drew plays groom and stages a mock celebration complete with a bar-full of guests, a band, and a limo.
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Episode 4 - "Nature Abhors a Vacuum" Drew learns that Suzie, the unproductive employee he fired, was Mr. Bell's girlfriend. Now, Mr. Bell sets his sights on Kate and wants Drew's help in wooing her.
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Episode 5 - "No Two Things in Nature are Exactly Alike" Drew's attempt at interoffice humor backfires when a tasteless cartoon he distributes offends an employee. Meanwhile, Kate needs Drew's help to finalize her breakup with Barry, her obsessive ex-boyfriend.
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Episode 6 - "Drew Meets Lawyers" When the department store attorneys (Penn and Teller) suggest that he settle his lawsuit out of court, Drew decides to hire his own lawyer. However, after a fruitless search for an honest, affordable lawyer, Drew resorts to representing himself
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Episode 7 - "Drew in Court" It's Carey for the defense as Drew defends himself in court against charges that the cartoon he distributed created a hostile workplace. But when his friends testify for him, they do more harm than good.
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Episode 8 - "Lewis' Sister" Lewis' newly divorced sister, Janet, returns to Cleveland with her ten-year-old daughter, Monica, and the pair take an instant liking to Drew. When Drew tells Lewis the that his sister is coming on too strong, it causes a rift between the two friends.
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Episode 9 - "Drew and Mrs. Louder" When the elderly widow of the department store's founder offers Drew a job as her personal assistant, he's not sure what to make of the "proposition."
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Episode 10 - "Science Names Suck" When Drew and the guys start hanging around with an old school pal, Jay, Kate takes an immediate dislike to him. Drew's birthday party is jeopardized by Kate's feud, but she ultimately provides a very special visit from his idol.
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Episode 11 - "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Nucleus" Drew's visiting dad invites him to join the local Wildebeest Lodge to get on a faster career track, but Drew is shocked at what he learns about the organization.
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Episode 12 - "Isomers Have Distinct Characteristics" When the department store employees go on strike at the height of the shopping season, Drew, Mimi, and Oswald are forced into duty on the sales floor. With Kate also walking the picket line, her friendship with Drew is strained.
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Episode 13 - "Drew and the Unstable Element" Drew is forced to take extra security measures at home after he fires an eccentric and irrational department store employee.
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Episode 14 - "Drew and Mr. Bell's Nephew" Drew is given the task of training Mr. Bell's unambitious nephew for a position at the department store. When he soon learns Blaine is a back-stabbing weasel, Drew schemes with his own archenemy, Mimi, to get rid of the man.
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Episode 15 - "There is No Scientific Title for a Show About
God" When Drew is mistakenly believed to have been killed in a car accident, he ponders life's purpose and considers a priestly profession.
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Episode 16 - "Drew's New Assistant" When Mr. Bell makes some staffing changes in the office, Drew is pleased to finally get his own assistant — until he discovers that it's his archenemy, Mimi. When the pair wind up getting suspended for fighting, Drew goes to Mimi's home hoping for a truce.
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Episode 17 - "The Front" When Mr. Bell issues a strict edict prohibiting employees from dating each other, Drew uses Kate and Jay as camouflage so he can continue to see Lisa. But the cover up strains his friendships almost to the breaking point. Meanwhile, a "star" falls out of the sky and into Drew's backyard when Tim Allen gets his parachute stuck in Drew's tree.
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Episode 18 - "Playing the Unified Field" When Lisa accepts a date with another man because she's tired of hiding her relationship with Drew, he asks out his wild hairdresser (special guest star Jamie Lee Curtis) in response.
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Episode 19 - "Atomic Cat Fight" Drew is caught in the middle when Lisa, Mimi, and Kate compete for the same management position at the store.
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Episode 20 - "Drew and Kate and Kate's Mom" Kate's mother, Lynn (special guest star Susan Saint James), meets Jay and quickly disapproves of him, believing Drew's the one with whom her daughter belongs. When Lynn asks Drew to intercede, he unwittingly causes Kate to press Jay for a deeper commitment, and in turn, Jay breaks up with her.
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Episode 21 - "Drew Gets Motivated" Drew follows the advice of a motivational speaker who tells him how to move up in the company. Although his unique ad campaign is a hit and lands him a promotion, Drew panics when he can't come up with any more brilliant ideas, and his former job is already taken.
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Episode 22 - "Buzz Beer" When Drew and friends learn that a foreign company is buying the department store and layoffs are imminent, they decide to become entrepreneurs by brewing their own brand of beer. |
