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18 to Life Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - A Modest Proposal

First aired: Jan/04/2010
Director: Peter Wellington
Guest star: Carl Alacchi (Refugee), Victor Knight (Old Man), Vanessa Piunno (Little Girl), Doreen Fagan (Old Woman), Samantha Moore (Little Jessie), Alexander Gorchkov (Busker), Phyllis Gooden (Wife), Michael Dozier (Man), Raphael Cohen-Demers (Young Tom), Kieran Gwin (Little Boy)

Tom and Jessie announce to their family that they are engaged, which throws their families for a loop.



2 :01x02 - No Strings Attached

First aired: Jan/11/2010
Director: Paolo Barzman
Guest star: Carl Alacchi (Refugee), Patrick Costello (Bras Boy), Greg Dunlevy (Apartment Complex Guy)

Now engaged, Tom and Jessie decide to find a place of their own, but as they do so nothing goes as planned.



3 :01x03 - It's My Party

First aired: Jan/18/2010
Director: Peter Wellington

Jessie makes an ill-fated stab at winning Judith over at her belated bridal shower; while Tom gets roped into letting the dads crash his bachelor party.



4 :01x04 - Detour

First aired: Jan/25/2010

Tom's manhood is tested when Jessie tries to teach him to drive.



5 :01x05 - Baby Got Bank

First aired: Feb/01/2010
Writer: Derek Schreyer, Andrew De Angelis
Director: Peter Wellington

Jessie and Tom enter dangerous waters of the joint bank account; Judith tries to hone in on Tara's exercise regime.



6 :01x06 - Goy Story

First aired: Feb/08/2010
Writer: Skander Halim
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski
Guest star: Harvey Atkin (Rabbi Goldstein)

A secret from Ben's past threatens to ignite over a family dinner with a rabbi.



7 :01x07 - Hanging Pictures

First aired: Mar/01/2010
Director: Paolo Barzman

When Tom and Jessie are interrupted by mid-deed by amorous bumping below, Tom calms Jessie down — his old man's just hanging a picture. Seems they have a habit of rearranging furniture at night, and have done so ever since he was a kid. When Jessie informs Tom his parents are actually having sex, Tom nearly loses his dinner. The next day at breakfast, Jessie blurts out that Tom "heard them", only to discover that Ben and Judith hear them too. Even worse, they're perfectly fine with it. With sex losing its lustre due to parental endorsement, Tom and Jessie seek to make it "hot" again. Phil's garage, therefore, is the perfect place to get their mojo back. Alas, the plan backfires when Phil comes home early and catches them flagrante delicto. Unable to erase the image from his mind, Phil elects to burn his favourite lounger on which the act took place, his own love life going up in flames in the process. The No Sex virus even spreads to Ben and Judith, who face a mini-crises of their own... Will anyone ever get it on again?



8 :01x08 - Phil 'Er Up

First aired: Mar/08/2010
Writer: Derek Schreyer
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski

When Tara and Phil get into a fight-to-end-all-fights, Jessie takes her father's side. In response, Tara kicks Phil out of the house, and Jessie and Tom are forced to take him in. Tom is horrified to have his father-in-law as a roommate, and turns to his bud Carter to help get rid of him. But a funny thing happens along the way: Carter and Tom discover that Phil is actually (dare they say it) cool. Suddenly Phil finds himself eighteen again, playing X-Box all night, introducing the boys to the Ramones, and inventing a game he calls "hall hockey." Even Ben and Judith succumb to his charms, getting roped into playing day long rounds of Texas Hold'em while blaring Wayne Newton. Fed up, Jessie turns to her acerbic best friend Ava — only to discover Ava now has a crush on Phil. Jessie is forced to take radical measures to get her parents back under the same roof.



9 :01x09 - Working Noon to Five

First aired: Mar/15/2010
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski

When his father gets Tom a job at his old law firm, Tom puts on a suit and a smile. But when Tom catches a glimpse of his future, he "pulls a Tom" and storms out. Unemployed, Tom turns to his father-in-law Phil, who offers Tom an "exciting business opportunity." Alas, Phil's just trying to unload a bunch of skanky dream-catchers, a product that nobody wants anything to do with. That is, until Tom rebrands them as lucky money charms called "greencatchers." Suddenly they're flying off the shelves. Tom can't help but lord his new financial situation over his dad, resetting the balance of power and turning the two families upside-down. Meanwhile, Judith laments her outdated kitchen, prompting Jessie to offer her newly aquired design skills. Not wanting to offend her daughter-in-law, Judith accepts the offer — only to shut Jessie down every step of the way due to "money-constraints". But when Tom suddenly finds himself rolling in green, he offers to fund his wife's reno. Judith is forced to play along, igniting an epic power-struggle that re-defines the term "kitchen nightmare."



10 :01x10 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

First aired: Mar/22/2010
Writer: Skander Halim
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski

Tired of ping-ponging between parents for Sunday dinner, the newlyweds declare their independence by inviting both families for a formal dinner at the loft. With this one gesture, they'll establish themselves as independent while encouraging inter-parental bonding. But it soon becomes apparent that Tom and Jessie have radically different culinary takes, and the two decide to go separate ways with competing dishes. Meanwhile, the four parents accidentally lock themselves in the garage. Phil won't let them break his newly installed windows, Judith's cell phone is out of juice, and the refugee, wandering in and out of sight in the Bellows backyard, remains oblivious. But as time wanes on, it's the parents who find themselves bonding while Tom and Jessie begin to crack under the pressure of their culinary endeavors. While Phil's "special" brownies may well heal the rift between the elders, what does it matter if a bigger chasm is forming between Tom and Jessie?



11 :01x11 - In Sickness and in Health

First aired: Apr/05/2010
Writer: Robert Sheridan
Director: Peter Wellington
Guest star: Sean Cullen (The Mailman)



12 :01x12 - Wingman

First aired: Apr/12/2010
Writer: Karen Troubetzkoy
Director: Paolo Barzman

When Tom tries to help Carter land a girl, he catches the eye of her best friend; Jessie flirts with the road not taken when she decides to party with Monica and her single gals



13 :02x01 - One Is the Loneliest Number

First aired: Jan/03/2011
Writer: Derek Schreyer
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski
Guest star: Meaghan Rath (Erin Boyd), Jade Carpenter (Tara Merker at 17 years old), Daniel O'connor (Phil Hill at 21 years old), Kyle Switzer (Tyler)

Tom and Jessie take inventory of their past sexual partners. Phil's vacation plans hit a snag when Tara's past catches up with her passport.



14 :02x02 - 15 Minutes of Shame

First aired: Jan/10/2011
Writer: Robert Sheridan
Director: Paolo Barzman
Guest star: Tim Rozon (Male Model), Carl Alacchi (Refugee)

When Wendy does a documentary on why marriages work or fail, the couples do interviews that forces them to rethink their relationships. Meanwhile, Tom just wants to fix a stubborn ceiling leak in the attic.



15 :02x03 - Part Time Lovers

First aired: Jan/17/2011
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski

Tom and Jessie get jobs at the same book store, only Jessie is the boss and Tom is her Janitor. When Ben discovers yoga, he relaxes so much it drives Judith crazy. Phil goes to war with the squirrels.



16 :02x04 - I Do and I Don't

First aired: Jan/24/2011
Director: Paolo Barzman
Guest star: Carl Alacchi (Refugee), Maxime Laferrière (Moustache Man), Trevor Hayes (Salesman)

Tara shocks everyone when she accepts Phil's joke marriage proposal. Carter and Tom have a falling out when Tom spills Carter's secret.



17 :02x05 - Overcooked

First aired: Jan/31/2011
Writer: Andrew De Angelis
Director: Stefan Pleszczynski
Guest star: Kristian Hodko (Delivery Guy), Steven Charles (Classmate), Michael Daniel Murphy (Jeff), Carl Alacchi (Refugee), Andreas Apergis (Chef Carver)

Tom tries to one-up his mother in the art of cooking. Tara discovers the art of flirtation and competes with Jessie for the attention of the very beau Jeff. Ben discovers the uses and abuses of saying "My Bad".



18 :02x06 - Family Portrait

First aired: Feb/07/2011
Writer: Paul Aitken
Director: Paolo Barzman
Guest star: Carl Alacchi (Refugee), Michel Perron (Sergeant Baker), Eric Boutin (Robber), Dario Gasbarro (Serial Killer), Henri Pardo (Policeman), Madison McAleer (Young Jessie), Raphael Cohen-Demers (Young Tom)

When Tara gives the Bellows a really awful painting she's made, Ben takes extreme measures to get rid of it. Tom and Jessie misplace a very embarrassing video they made.



19 :02x07 - Sleepless in the Attic

First aired: Feb/14/2011
Writer: Sherry White
Director: Nicolas Monette
Guest star: Leah Pinsent (Serena Manson)

When Phil's school pal Serena bikes into town with for a surprise visit, she has an unusual request. Jessie & Tom's sleep troubles lead to a temporary separation.



20 :02x08 - The Flushing Point

First aired: Feb/21/2011
Writer: Shelley Eriksen
Director: Paolo Barzman
Guest star: Carl Alacchi (Refugee)

A row over toilet seat etiquette escalates into an all-out war of the sexes. Judith wants to re-enter the workforce. Phil disguises a turkey fryer as a coffee urn.



21 :02x09 - Miss Conceived

First aired: Feb/28/2011
Writer: Robert Sheridan
Director: Paolo Barzman

Tom discovers a positive pregnancy stick and suddenly everyone is pregnant. Wendy builds a family memory box for her school project.



22 :02x10 - If a Bellow Falls in the Forest

First aired: Mar/07/2011
Writer: Karen Troubetzkoy
Director: Paolo Barzman

Nature is never the same when the families roll onto the campground in an immense R/V. Tom & Jessie escape from their parents only to get lost in the woods.



23 :02x11 - Like Father, Like Son's Best Friend

First aired: Mar/14/2011
Writer: Josh Gal
Director: Paolo Barzman

When Tom ropes Carter into helping his father with taxes, Carter blossoms into the 'son Ben always wanted'. A heart-broken Ava crashes out at the loft, Jessie and Tom can't get seem to rid of her.



24 :02x12 - The Gate

First aired: Mar/21/2011
Writer: Karen Troubetzkoy
Director: Nicolas Monette

When Tom's cruel Grandmother discovers he's married, she croaks on the spot, leaving a guilt wracked Tom to invent nice things to say at her Eulogy. Phil builds a Gate in the fence dividing their properties so that the Bellows can visit their Grandma's shrine.



25 :02x13 - House of Cards

First aired: Mar/28/2011
Writer: Derek Schreyer
Director: Paolo Barzman

Tom & Jessie exchange anniversary gifts they can't afford while the parents give them a gift that only the parents enjoy.