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1 :01x01 - A Side of Chile
Writer: Ira Ungerleider
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Christopher Darga (Man at Bar), Fred Stoller (Fred), Phil Hawn (Bar Patron)
Jesse finds herself attracted to her new Chilean neighbor, Diego Vasquez.
2 :01x02 - Goober Up the Nose
Writer: Greg Rice
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Darryl Theirse (Nurse Kurt), Max Landis (Patient)
Jesse and Diego's first date at the movies ends up in the emergency room when Jesse manages to get candy lodged up her nose.
3 :01x03 - Bees Do It, Birds Do It, But Not in a Car
Jesse decides to take her relationship with Diego to the next level, while Little John has a talk with his uncles about sex.
4 :01x04 - Live Nude Girl
Writer: Ira Ungerleider, Stephen Nathan
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Marci Brickhouse (Marcy)
Jesse doesn't know what to think when she finds her artist boyfriend, Diego, painting a nude portrait of an attractive woman, who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
5 :01x05 - Boo ! He's Back
Writer: Nancy Steen
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Fred Stoller (Fred), Angela Paton (Mr. Baum), Michael Weatherly (Roy)
On Halloween, Jesse's ex-husband, Roy, comes back to town and regretting his past decisions, wants to be a part of her and Little John's life once again.
6 :01x06 - The Methadone Clinic
Writer: Tad Quill
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Michael Weatherly (Roy), Lane Davies (Mr. Bergen)
Jesse nearly ruins Diego's chances at a big break.
7 :01x07 - The Kiss
Writer: Dana Klein Borkow
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Kevin Bernston (Bar Patron #2), Wendee Cole (Bar Patron #1), Phil Buckman (Frank), Tom Bailey (Maitre'd), Michael Weatherly (Roy)
When Roy kisses Jesse, it makes her wonder if she still has feelings for him.
8 :01x08 - The Cheese Ship
Writer: Jeffrey B. Hodes, Nastaran Dibai
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Michael Weatherly (Roy)
Jesse's Thanksgiving dinner proves to be disastrous when nothing seems to go right.
9 :01x09 - Barko, the Holiest Dog in the World
Writer: Gabrielle Allan, Peter Murrieta
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Guest star: Michael Galasso (Santa), Sam Kauffman-Skloff (Tree), Marina Malota (Mary), Jonathan Osser (Barko), Michael Weatherly (Roy)
Diego tries to tell Jesse the truth about Roy, but she refuses to believe any of it.
10 :01x10 - Boo ! He's Gone
Writer: Greg Rice
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Guest star: Michael Weatherly (Roy), Scott Menville (Tommy), Susie Park (Laura)
When Jesse discovers that Roy has been cheating, she kicks him out of her house for good.
11 :01x11 - The Best Deal Possible
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt, Dan Sterling
Director: Michael Lembeck
Guest star: David Faustino (Dwayne), Lisa Thornhill (Dana)
While trying to buy a car, Jesse and Diego pretend to be a married couple.
12 :01x12 - The Mischievous Elf
Writer: Dan Sterling
Director: Amanda Bearse
Guest star: Glenn Quinn (Sean), T. J. Thyne (Seth), Pauley Perrette (Gwen), Philip Pavel (Terry), Jason S. Kassin (Will)
Jesse's return to high school ends in a date with her teacher.
13 :01x13 - My Causal Friend's Wedding
Writer: Nancy Steen
Director: Robby Benson
Guest star: Maria Nunn (Wedding Guest #1), Susan Yeagley (Wedding Guest #3), Laurie Faso (Bar Patron), Charles Esten (Ted), Megan Ward (April), Lucy Reeves (Wedding Guest #2)
A series of unfortunate events ruin a wedding that Jesse and her friends are attending, and Jesse ends up being mistakenly blamed for coming in between the bride and groom.
14 :01x14 - Hickory, Dickory, Death
Writer: Gabrielle Allan, Peter Murrieta
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Guest star: Pauley Perrette (Gwen Bates)
Jesse shows up for a date she and Diego had made from before the two had broken up, only to discover him with another woman.
15 :01x15 - Crazy White Female
Writer: Jeffrey B. Hodes, Nastaran Dibai
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Guest star: Cheryl Ladd (Mary Anne Myers), Pauley Perrette (Gwen Bates)
Diego's girlfriend changes her image to make her look more like Jesse.
16 :01x16 - Bar Remodel
Writer: Tad Quill
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Anneh B. Gabriel (Kate)
When John Sr. leaves the bar to his three children, they argue over who will be in charge of it.
17 :01x17 - Touched by an Angel
Jesse's fear that things won't work out between her and Diego causes her to break out into a rash.
18 :01x18 - Cecil, the Angry Postman
Writer: Greg Rice
Director: Amanda Bearse
Guest star: Scott Thompson (Cecil the Postman), Kate Asner (Mail Clerk)
Jesse writes a pretend letter to Diego sharing her innermost feelings for him. When it is accidentally mailed to his house, she frantically tries to get the letter back before he reads it and is scared away from her forever.
19 :01x19 - The Parent Trap
Writer: April Pesa, Dana Klein Borkow
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Guest star: Jim Bentley (Maitre'd), Pepe Serna (Papa Vasquez), Irene Olga Lopez (Momma Vasquez), Reni Santoni (Pedro Vasquez), Liz Torres (Rosa Vasquez)
Jesse, who is supposed to pick up Diego's parents from the airport, comes home with the wrong couple. After that mix-up is taken care of, Jesse meets Diego's real parents, who she finds don't like her at all.
20 :01x20 - Momma Was a Rollin Stone
Writer: Dan Sterling
Director: Michael Lembeck
Guest star: Lucy Goncalves (Flight Attendant), Shia LaBeouf (Moe), Carlos Lacamara (Gate Attendant), Brian Posehn (Terry), Lesley Ann Warren (Susan Foose)
Jesse's mother, who abandoned her family years ago, is back in town and asks Jesse for money.
21 :01x21 - Finders Keepers
Writer: Zachary Rosenblatt, Matt Martin
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: Alex Russan (Boy), Joyce Guy (Theresa), Thomas Lennon (Ernie), Heidi Mokrycki (Woman)
Jesse and Diego grow attached to an abandoned baby they find in the park.
22 :01x22 - I Do, I Think I Do
Writer: Peter Murrieta, Gabrielle Allan
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: John Webber (Harrold), Michael Winters (INS Guy)
Diego is fired from the University he works at, and learns that he will be deported in 48 hours, unless he can find a new job. Jesse tries to find a way to let her boyfriend stay in the country, but has no luck. Eventually Diego finds a job teaching at a new school. Only problem is, it's all the way on the other side of the country, in California. Diego, then proposes to Jesse, in one final attempt to be allowed to stay in the country.
23 :02x01 - Jesse's New Job
Writer: Wil Calhoun
Director: William Halvorson
Guest star: Jeff Brooks (Student), Peter Murrieta (Janitor), Adam Borstein (Man), Heidi Fecht (Woman)
After Jesse doesn't accept Diego's proposal, he heads to California to take his new teaching job. Then we go four months into the future, where Jesse is studying to be a nurse and gets a new job as a nurse's aide at a local college. Diego then makes a surprise return when he is given his old job back.
24 :02x02 - Driving Miss Jesse
Writer: Danny Zuker
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Guest star: Glen Lutz (Student)
Jesse is excited to join Dr. Dan and Kurt in a car pool, but it ends in disaster. Meanwhile, Linda, who has been living in Diego's house since he went to California, refuses to leave.
25 :02x03 - Students Get Flu, Carrie at Zoo, Monkey Throw Poo
Writer: Dan Sterling
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Guest star: Randy Brewster (Ben), Michael Welch (Gabe), Brande Roderick (Susan), Susan Yeagley (Student), Regan Burns (Patient), Val Lauren (Nick)
Jesse takes time out of her busy day to console her friend, Carrie, who insists she has an important problem she needs to talk to Jesse about. An angry Jesse accidentally insults Carrie when she learns that this urgent situation had to do with a monkey flinging poop at her. Meanwhile, Linda who is worried that Little John is becoming a geek, tries to interfere.
26 :02x04 - Everything but the Grill
Writer: David Hemingson
Director: Andrew Tsao
Guest star: Natasha Slayton (Tori), Michael Welch (Gabe), Fred Stoller (Fred)
Jesse plans a small barbecue for her friends, but is then forced to invite her bosses. Jesse also invites Diego, when she notices that he's been depressed lately. The barbecue party, however, is destroyed when Jesse and Diego's personal feelings get in the way of everything else, and Diego runs off with the grill.
27 :02x05 - Jesse vs. Kurt
Writer: Mark O'Keefe
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Guest star: Joe Finfera (Lunch Hole Employee)
Jesse is growing tired of Kurt's hostile attitude towards her and later finds out that he has even been spreading rumors about her stealing from work.
28 :02x06 - Jesse's Flat Tire
Writer: Mark Wilding
Director: Andrew Tsao
Guest star: Jason Peck (Delivery Guy)
When Little John is away, Jesse has the house to herself. However, she has to keep avoiding her boss' request to come in to work by pretending to be sick. Also, she and Diego share a moment of passion while fixing her flat tire, which yet again ends in a proposal from Diego.
29 :02x07 - A Woman's Prerogative: The Jesse Warner Story
Writer: Gabrielle Allan, Peter Murrieta
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: Vince Vieluf (Patrick), Jacqueline Obradors (Irma)
With Diego still upset that Jesse has once again rejected his marriage proposal, Jesse tries to win her way back into his heart by considering proposing to him this time.
30 :02x08 - L'Eggo My Diego
Writer: Liz Astrof, Leslie Crocker Snyder
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Jacqueline Obradors (Irma)
Jesse is involved in a love triangle between Diego and his ex-fiance, Irma.
31 :02x09 - The Christmas Party
Writer: Nancy Steen
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Jacqueline Obradors (Irma), Natasha Slayton (Tori)
Jesse, trying to lift everyone's spirits, throws a Christmas party for her friends and co-workers but things do not go as planned.
32 :02x10 - Jesse as Nurse, Fills In: Diego Throws Ice at Children
Writer: Dan Sterling
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: Fred Stoller (Fred), Michael Welch (Gabe), Natasha Slayton (Tori)
Jesse has trouble dealing with a squirrel, while Diego has a battle of his own to deal with when Little John and his friends initiate a snowball fight.
33 :02x11 - Kurt Slips, Niagara Falls
Writer: Mark Wilding
Director: Dana deVally Piazza
Guest star: Jacqueline Obradors (Irma), Dan Gauthier (Dr. Jeff Hanson), Merrin Dungey (Rosemary)
Diego gets a taste of his own medicine, when Irma proposes to him when that's the last thing that he wants.This causes him to know exactly how he made Jesse feel and he apologizes and gets back together with her. Meanwhile, Kurt suffers from a back injury and ends up in the hospital.
34 :02x12 - Small Time Felon: The Jesse Warner Story, Part II
Writer: Peter Murrieta, Gabrielle Allan
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: Thomas Lennon (Ernie), John Mendoza (Fish Man)
Jesse has trouble finding her stolen car.
35 :02x13 - The Rock
Writer: David Hemingson
Director: Shelley Jensen
Guest star: Chris Bruno (Rob), Scott Stevens (Scott), Peter Birkenhead (Jamie)
Linda doesn't want to face her classmates at an upcoming high school reunion because she is disappointed with her success in life.
36 :02x14 - Jesse Gives Birth
Writer: Liz Astrof, Leslie Crocker Snyder
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Grace Zabriskie (Granny Rose), Lorna Scott (DMV Worker), Brenda-Isaacs Booth (Nurse), Brad Koepenick (Doctor)
Diego's announcement of his want for a big family causes Jesse to think back to her stressful pregnancy with Little John.
37 :02x15 - My Boyfriend Went to Chile and All I Got Was This Lousy Moustache
Writer: Sarah McLaughlin, James Farrow
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Matt Landers (Security Guard)
Diego's new mustache bothers Jesse, but he refuses to shave it off.
38 :02x16 - Jesse's Coat a Useful Crutch, Diego's Kitchen Not So Much
Writer: Dan Sterling
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Paul Schackman (Delivery Guy), Alexia Roberts (Girl), Anil Raman (Student), Brian Leckner (Big Guy)
Jesse thinks that a lab coat will get her more respect from the patients. Meanwhile, Diego's house catches fire.
39 :02x17 - The Dump
Writer: Gabrielle Allan, Peter Murrieta
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Tait Smith (Man at Dump), James Paradise (Man at Piano Bar)
Diego's fridge is hauled to the dump. Only problem is that is where he kept his passport, so he and Jesse must try and find it.
40 :02x18 - Diego's First Sleepover
Jesse, thinking she has the house alone invites Diego to spend the night. However, her son, Little John, walks in on the two which horrifies Jesse.
41 :02x19 - First Blood
Writer: Wil Calhoun
Director: Gary Halvorson
Guest star: Hal Ozsan (Dawson)
Jesse learns that the man who had the job before her earned more money because he was a phlebotomy's and drew blood. She has Kurt try and train her on how to draw blood, but she ends up passing out in front of her patient.
42 :02x20 - My Best Friend's Wedding
Diego who once again faces deportation, agrees to stage a fake marriage with Linda so that he can stay in the country. Jesse is fine with this at first, but the more she thinks about it, the more it bothers her.