Worst Week Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/22/2008
Writer: Matt Tarses
Director: Adam Bernstein

Entertainment magazine editor Sam Briggs will do anything to please his girlfriend Melanie's parents. However, when they break their life-changing news to her parents, Sam's antics hamper their plans.

2 :01x02 - The Bird

First aired: Sep/29/2008
Writer: Matt Tarses
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Jessica St. Clair (Sarah), RonReaco Lee (David), Ken Jeong (Phil)

Sam tries to win over Dick by charming Angela, but then ruins any progress he made when he has a mishap with Dick's birds.

3 :01x03 - The Monitor

First aired: Oct/06/2008
Writer: Gail Lerner
Director: Chris Koch
Guest star: Brooke Nevin (Chloe), Hayes MacArthur (Chad), Jessica St. Clair (Sarah), RonReaco Lee (David), Nick Kroll (Adam), Matt Walsh (Peacemon)

Sam seeks help from a friend repairing Dicks portrait, but problems arise when his buddy falls in love with Dick's sister, Chloe.

4 :01x04 - The Truck

First aired: Oct/13/2008
Writer: Gregg Mettler
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Loni Love (Peg), Brooke Nevin (Chloe), Hayes MacArthur (Chad), Jessica St. Clair (Sarah), RonReaco Lee (David), Brian Huskey (Doctor Royce)

Mel and Sam decide it's time to reveal their secret, with their first big big doctor's appointment coming up concerning the pregnancy.

5 :01x05 - The Club

First aired: Oct/20/2008
Writer: Luvh Rakhe
Director: Michael Fresco
Guest star: Matt Winston (Tim), Susan Blakely (Margaret Waverly), Rick Scarry (Charles Waverly), Scott Beehner (Steve), Nick Kroll (Adam)

Having invited too many of his co-workers to the wedding, Sam tells a lie to cut the list down a bit. But he later finds his lies have snowballed into a bigger problem.

6 :01x06 - The Ring

First aired: Nov/03/2008
Writer: Gregg Mettler
Director: Michael Spiller
Guest star: Olympia Dukakis (June), Jessica St. Clair (Sarah), Bergen Williams (Barbara), Elizabeth McNaughton (Evelyn), Connie Sawyer (Grandma June)

While babysitting, Mel's niece accidentally swallows a wedding ring which grandma June had given to Sam for his wedding day.

7 :01x07 - The Vows

First aired: Nov/10/2008
Writer: Dan Rubin, Lon Zimmet
Director: Rob Greenberg
Guest star: Robin DeMarco (Reverend Gage), Philip Baker Hall (Reverend Lowell), Christina DeRosa (Female Security Guard), Mercy Malick (Repair Lady), Oscar Torres (Rocco), Nick Kroll (Adam), Hayes MacArthur (Chad)

Sam hopes he can get the Clayton's minister to perform their wedding ceremony, but as usual Sam's good intentions end with hims stuck in a predicament from Hell.

8 :01x08 - The Cake

First aired: Nov/17/2008
Writer: Sam Laybourne
Director: Eyal Gordin
Guest star: Fred Willard (Paul), Connie Ray (Sheila), Ryan Flynn (Jonathan)

No good can come when Sam and Mel's politically incorrect father and brash mother stop by to meet the Clayton's.

9 :01x09 - The Wedding

First aired: Nov/24/2008
Writer: Gail Lerner
Director: Michael Lehmann
Guest star: John Aniston (Jim), Jordan Black (Johnny Freeland), Sam Younis (Bartender), Garrett McKechnie (Florist), Kathryn J. Taylor (Woman), Michelle Tomlinson (Party Staffer), Philip Baker Hall (Reverend Lowell), Olympia Dukakis (June), Connie Ray (Sheila), Jessica St. Clair (Sarah), Hayes MacArthur (Chad), Brooke Nevin (Chloe), RonReaco Lee (David), Nick Kroll (Adam), Fred Willard (Paul)

Sam is left to deal with last minute arrangements on the day of his wedding, as Mel and her mother are busy bickering.

10 :01x10 - The Apartment

First aired: Dec/08/2008
Writer: Dan Rubin, Lon Zimmet
Director: Fred Savage
Guest star: Ken Jeong (Phil), John Ross Bowie (Rob), Rachael Harris (Julie)

Mel tries to prove she doesn't need help from Angela when she considers renting the apartment above Sam and Mel, to be closer when the baby comes.

11 :01x11 - The Gift

First aired: Dec/15/2008
Writer: Alison Brown
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Nick Kroll (Adam), Jerry Minor (Trevor), Ilia Volokh (Vanya), Mindy Sterling (Elka), Natasha Leggero (Liz), Scott Beehner (Steve), Jim Cashman (Phillip), Johnny Kostrey (Sasha), Brian Patrick Mulligan (Man)

Sam offers to help Dick find a special gift for Angela after discovering he always buys her the same Christmas present each year. But his choice of a perfect present doesn't go over as well as he had hoped.

12 :01x12 - The Article

First aired: Jan/12/2009
Writer: Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan
Director: Phil Traill
Guest star: Rachael Harris (Julie), Scott Beehner (Steve), Cindy Drummond (Thelma), Jina Song (Receptionist), Latanya Williams (Nurse), Angelina Spicer (Hat Lady)

Sam feels a need to empty the picture left in his mind after accidentally walking in on Angela at a gynecologist office, which causes him to write down his personal and private thoughts...which wind up in the wrong hands.

13 :01x13 - The Puppy

First aired: Jan/19/2009
Writer: Gail Lerner
Director: Michael Spiller
Guest star: Sabrina Miller (Kathy), Sandra Balacaitis (Daneen), Hahn Cho (Doug), Jillian Bell (Eleanor), Michael Spiller (Kathy's Husband), Amy Yasbeck (Toni), Diedrich Bader (Dennis), Scott Beehner (Steve)

Having seen a litter of puppies being born, Sam has doubts that he will make it through seeing his own child's birth.

14 :01x14 - The Sex

First aired: Feb/02/2009
Writer: Gregg Mettler
Director: Michael Lehmann
Guest star: Celine Tien (Tracy), David Gore (Sandeep), Brian Huskey (Dr. Royce), David Hunt Stafford (Headmaster Mulvaney)

Sam and Mel were caught in an intimate moment when their nephew took their picture, and now plans on showing it around his school.

15 :01x15 - The Epidural

First aired: Feb/16/2009
Writer: Luvh Rakhe
Director: Michael Spiller
Guest star: Larry Dorf (Dr. Wrubel), Jack Wallace (Stu), Rizwan Manji (Ashok), Octavia Spencer (Nurse), Scott Beehner (Steve)

While Mel goes into labor, Sam does his best to make it to the hospital in time but ends up at the wrong one.

16 :01x16 - The Party

First aired: Jun/06/2009

Sam manages to lose his pants while helping in the preparation of Dick's birthday party.