<-- Previous EpisodeNext Episode -->
Jim and Stephanie go out for their 18th wedding anniversary, leaving the kids at home. They soon find themselves teaming up to take on a super-powered arsonist, and Stephanie learns about the rush Jim gets from crimefighting. Meanwhile, JJ and Daphne team up to take their fellow students for money in a poker game at their house, Katie and the Watcher grow closer, and Dr. King has to take steps to protect one of his subjects.
Episode Info
|
Episode number: 1x9 Airdate: Tuesday November 30th, 2010 Special Airtime: 09:00 pm Alternate Airdates:
|
CA (
UK (Watch)
Main Cast
Recap
Jim goes to a flower store to get an arrangement for Stephanie for their 18th wedding anniversary, and George accompanies him. As they go, Jim admits that he wants their anniversary to be special. Fire trucks go by and George says that it's time for Jim to help, even though they're not sure if his body will resist flames. Jim leaps to a rooftop adjacent to the burning building and spots a boy trapped on an upper floor. He leaps across to the building's roof and then goes down through the stairwell, and gets the boy out. When he gets out the ground floor, Jim claims that he was in the building, and insists he doesn't need any medical treatment. As he looks at the crowd, he sees one man enjoying himself...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
George: I can't believe you and Stephanie have been married for 18 years. That's a long time. It's like your marriage is finally old enough to vote and have sex.
Stephanie: Daphne, you're only 16.
Daphne: I'm old enough to operate a motor vehicle. I am perfectly capable of operating a JJ.
Daphne: I'm old enough to operate a motor vehicle. I am perfectly capable of operating a JJ.
Jim: I mean, George was too busy shooting at me or running over me with a car to consider setting me on fire.
Stephanie: George hit you with a car?
Jim: It—it was a rental.
Stephanie: George hit you with a car?
Jim: It—it was a rental.
Jim: Whatever rough patches we've been through. When we're together, we just...
Stephanie: Fit.
Stephanie: Fit.
Jim: He's like, a--a super villain.
Stephanie: Is that what you call them?
Jim: Do you have something better?
Stephanie: Well, no, but I'm sure Katie might.
Stephanie: Is that what you call them?
Jim: Do you have something better?
Stephanie: Well, no, but I'm sure Katie might.
George: I cannot believe it! I cannot believe you brought a girl to the lair.
Stephanie: I can't believe you guys have a lair. Is that what you call it, "The Lair"? Cause it's kind of on the nose. (points to her nose)
Stephanie: I can't believe you guys have a lair. Is that what you call it, "The Lair"? Cause it's kind of on the nose. (points to her nose)
Jim: You and me, working on this together. It finally made me realize what's been missing from my crime-fighting.
Stephanie: Tights and a cape?
Jim: You. Everything's better when I do it with you, Steph.
Stephanie: Tights and a cape?
Jim: You. Everything's better when I do it with you, Steph.
Stephanie: Do you guys.. do this all the time?
Jim: Well, sometimes. Sometimes we just beat guys up.
Jim: Well, sometimes. Sometimes we just beat guys up.
Stephanie: No, don't worry. Once I identify his vulnerable DNA strand, I will isolate a molecular pathogen that will trigger Patton's cellular senescence, rendering his powers inert forever.
Jim: Duh.
George: Damn. Eighteen years well spent.
Jim: Duh.
George: Damn. Eighteen years well spent.
Jim: That's George.
Stephanie: He calls you a lot when you two are chasing bad guys.
Jim: Why do you think I switched to unlimited minutes?
Stephanie: He calls you a lot when you two are chasing bad guys.
Jim: Why do you think I switched to unlimited minutes?
Stephanie: Do you usually feel like this... after.
Jim: No. Usually I just save someone. It's the first time I've ever...
Stephanie: You didn't have a choice, Jim.
Jim: Do you think... before he got his powers, that guy was ever anything like us?
Stephanie: No. No, he was never like us.
Jim: No. Usually I just save someone. It's the first time I've ever...
Stephanie: You didn't have a choice, Jim.
Jim: Do you think... before he got his powers, that guy was ever anything like us?
Stephanie: No. No, he was never like us.
Cultural References
Katie: Impervious, like Power Man?
Referencing Marvel Comic's first mainstream black superhero, Luke Cage, who has impenetrable skin and super-strength.
Referencing Marvel Comic's first mainstream black superhero, Luke Cage, who has impenetrable skin and super-strength.
Katie: Battlestar? Hello?
Battlestar Galactica is a remake/reimaging of the 1978 series, and features survivors of the Twelve Colonies fleeing their destroyed homeworld of Caprica and seeking escape from the Cylons.
Battlestar Galactica is a remake/reimaging of the 1978 series, and features survivors of the Twelve Colonies fleeing their destroyed homeworld of Caprica and seeking escape from the Cylons.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Greg Berlanti | Jon Harmon Feldman |
| • Executive Producer | Robert M. Sertner | David Semel | Morgan Wandell | Greg Berlanti | Jon Harmon Feldman |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Zack Estrin | Allison Adler | Michael Chiklis |
| • Supervising Producer | Joe Hartwick, Jr. |
| • Producer | Ra'uf Glasgow | Samantha Thomas | Michael Cedar |
| • Co-Producer | Sonny Postiglione | Jennifer Lence | Carl Ogawa |
| • Consulting Producer | Todd Slavkin | Marc Guggenheim | Darren Swimmer |
| • Associate Producer | Joanie L. Woehler |
| • Production Designer | Maria Rebman Caso |
| • Editor | Anthony Miller |
| • Casting | Jennifer Cram | John Papsidera |
| • Unit Production Manager | Michael Cedar |
| • First Assistant Director | John Pontrelli |
| • Second Assistant Director | Athena Alexander |
| • Music | Blake Neely |
| • Music Editor | Zed Starkovich |
| • Music Supervisor | Liza Richardson |
| • Costume Designer | Wendy Greiner |
| • Key Grip | Chuck Crivier |
| • Camera Operator | Joaquin Sedillo | Scott E. Fuller |
| • Set Decorator | Ernie Bishop |
| • Location Manager | K. C. Warnke |
| • Transportation Coordinator | J. Smith |
| • Property Master | Gary Antista |
| • Construction Coordinator | Tim Jackson |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Steve Nelson |
| • Script Supervisor | Babette Stith |
| • Production Coordinator | Niki Delone |
| • Assistant Editor | Christopher Petrus |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Beth Redick |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Paula Fairfield | Joe Schultz |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Adam Sawelson | Todd Beckett |
| • Director of Photography | Oliver Bokelberg |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Danny Weselis |
| • Costume Supervisor | Kathy Kann |
| • Visual Effects Coordinator | James Baldanzi |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Mark Kolpack |
| • Production Accountant | Janet Latham |
| • Chief Lighting Technician | Jeff Hall (2) |
| • Department Head Hair | Mary Ann Valdes |
| • Department Head Make-up | Rebecca Alling |
| • Special Effects Coordinator | Bruce Minkus |
| • Production Staff | Daniel Yeager | Derrick Crane | Lisa Lafaro Weselis | Steve Baruch | Andrew Major | Steve Reese |
| • Visual Effects Lead | Patrick Flanagan (2) |
'Nashville' in-depth: They got the wrong song
The first season of ABC’s “Nashville” saw the winds of change blow for..
Exclusive: A Conversation with Kurt Fuller (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part 1TVRage: Here's a question which, amusingly enough, my boss..
Billy Crystal signs on for FX comedy pilot
FX and Billy Crystal - not exactly the first network you would expect the funny man to..
Online Games | Info Center | Contact | TOS |
Privacy | Copyright | Writers Wanted | Representative For a show? | News Staff | API