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Jim's shady younger brother Mike pays the Powells a visit, and quickly discovers they have superpowers. He convinces JJ to help him win at the horse track, but Jim soon discovers Mike has big financial problems. Meanwhile, Global Tech HR VP Victoria Morrow promotes Katie, prompting Stephanie's jealousy, but Dr. King has an ulterior motive for the move. And at school, Daphne realizes that a student is lying to protect his younger brother from a suspension.
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x12 Airdate: Tuesday January 11th, 2011 Alternate Airdates:
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BR (Sony)
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Main Cast
Recap
Stephanie wakes up and hears someone outside, and wakes up Jim to investigate. He goes out and grabs the intruder... and realizes it’s his brother Mike. The next morning, the family gathers for breakfast and Mike admits that he needed a break from his girlfriend Tracy. He explains that his current scam job fell through, and now he’s selling discarded shoes. JJ and Daphne leave, and Mike heads for the shower. Once he’s gone, Stephanie figures that Mike is in town to run another scam, but Jim figures that he’s trying to get a second chance...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Jim: What in the world would possibly possess him to borrow money from a loan shark in the first place? And then to gamble it all away?
George: Well, a guy with Mike's financial history doesn't really qualify for a bank loan.
Jim: They say you got to hit bottom in order to change. Maybe this time he'll learn his lesson.
George: Only lessons Frank Matthews teaches is untraceable bullets and well-hidden bodies.
Jim: Do you have anything helpful to say? At all?
George: Not really.
George: Well, a guy with Mike's financial history doesn't really qualify for a bank loan.
Jim: They say you got to hit bottom in order to change. Maybe this time he'll learn his lesson.
George: Only lessons Frank Matthews teaches is untraceable bullets and well-hidden bodies.
Jim: Do you have anything helpful to say? At all?
George: Not really.
Stephanie: Katie, you didn't tell me that.
Katie: Yeah, well, I was angry with you, and simmering resentment has a way of stepping on good news.
Katie: Yeah, well, I was angry with you, and simmering resentment has a way of stepping on good news.
Katie: The poor crane operator felt terrible, but I told him not to beat himself up. Even Tony Stark has equipment failure. You know what? I actually shouldn't have said Tony Stark, because once he has the suit on, then he's technically Iron Man...
Jim: This guy, Frank Matthews, is gonna kill my brother unless we pay him the whole 150 grand by tomorrow.
George: So what's the plan?
Jim: Pay him the whole 150 grand by tomorrow.
George: So what's the plan?
Jim: Pay him the whole 150 grand by tomorrow.
The Watcher: After all the things I've done. You try and take away the one thing that matters most to me.
Dr. King: There was a time when your job mattered to you.
The Watcher: Well, that's over. You and I are done.
Dr. King: You and I will never be done. We're family.
The Watcher: Family doesn't hurt each other.
Dr. King: Families hurt each other all the time, it's, uh... what they do best.
Dr. King: There was a time when your job mattered to you.
The Watcher: Well, that's over. You and I are done.
Dr. King: You and I will never be done. We're family.
The Watcher: Family doesn't hurt each other.
Dr. King: Families hurt each other all the time, it's, uh... what they do best.
Cultural References
Mike: It’s like Boogie Nights in there.
Boogie Nights is a 1997 movie chronicling the porn industry in the 1970s, and its destructive effects on the people involved. All while showing a great deal of sex and nudity.
Boogie Nights is a 1997 movie chronicling the porn industry in the 1970s, and its destructive effects on the people involved. All while showing a great deal of sex and nudity.
Katie: Even Tony Stark has equipment failure.
As noted, Tony Stark is the millionaire industrialist who created the Iron Man suit, and became a superhero.
As noted, Tony Stark is the millionaire industrialist who created the Iron Man suit, and became a superhero.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Jon Harmon Feldman | Greg Berlanti |
| • 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 | Max Day |
| • 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 | Scott E. Fuller | Joaquin Sedillo |
| • 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 | Joe Schultz | Paula Fairfield |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Adam Sawelson | Todd Beckett |
| • Director of Photography | Oliver Bokelberg |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Danny Weselis |
| • Production Supervisor | Niki Delone |
| • Art Director | David Potts |
| • 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 | Michael T. Booe | Fabian Omar Cruz | Brent Mannon | Jerry Bailey | Forest Terry | Lauren Visencio |
| • Visual Effects Lead | Noria Varga |
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