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Maybe It's Me Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Pilot Episode

First aired: Oct/05/2001
Writer: Suzanne Martin
Director: Bryan Gordon

A 15-year-old girl deals with the lunacy of her kooky family members. When Molly finally musters up the courage to talk to Nick, a boy she's had her eye on for a while, she is horrified when she learns that her mother has invited him over for dinner to meet her embarrassing family.



2 :01x02 - The "Hair" Episode

First aired: Oct/12/2001
Writer: Lissa Kapstrom, Ellen Byron
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Guest star: Alan Young (Abe Lasky)

Molly is disgusted when she finds out that her parents are going to appear in a theater production of “Hair,” which will require them to be nude.



3 :01x03 - The Cheerleader Episode

First aired: Oct/19/2001
Writer: Jeff Martin, Suzanne Martin
Director: Danny Leiner

When Molly goes out for the school's cheer-leading squad, she discovers that she doesn't have time for both cheer-leading and the chess club.



4 :01x04 - The Halloween Episode

First aired: Oct/26/2001
Writer: Ellen Byron, Lissa Kapstrom
Director: Lev L. Spiro

Molly is still heart-broken because of her breakup with Nick, but must deal with her family's celebration of Halloween.



5 :01x05 - The Birthday Episode

First aired: Nov/02/2001
Writer: Jillian Tohber
Director: Bryan Gordon

As Molly turns 16, she must deal with her family's strange birthday rituals. She is woken up at the stroke of midnight by her family who sings a birthday song to her. She must also wear a birthday crown and attend a birthday dinner at a seafood restaurant, where she discovers the cool kids from her school are hanging out.



6 :01x06 - The Magic CD Episode

First aired: Nov/09/2001
Writer: Ben Kull
Director: Bryan Gordon

At school, Molly finds a discarded CD with an eclectic mix of love songs on it, and she sets out to find the person who recorded it. Mary, meanwhile, is angry with Jerry but won't tell him why; and Harriet meets a mime and develops an interest in the art.



7 :01x07 - The Mini-Jerry Episode

First aired: Nov/16/2001
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee
Director: Peter Werner

Jerry sets Molly up with a high-school senior who works in his office and has nearly the same personality traits as her dad, but the teen has her heart set on a new student from England. Meanwhile, Harriet asks Grant to teach her to play the guitar; and Rick has money problems with a bookie.



8 :01x08 - The Exchange-Student Episode

First aired: Dec/07/2001
Writer: Suzanne Martin, Jeff Martin
Director: Bryan Gordon
Guest star: Sarah Shahi (Rosa)

Jerry agrees to house an exchange student from Brazil after learning that the girl plays on her country's Olympic soccer team. Meanwhile, Molly is upset that she can't go to a party with Nick because it's scheduled for the same night as a piano recital by the twins.



9 :01x09 - The Lunch Lady Episode

First aired: Dec/14/2001
Writer: Ellen Byron, Lissa Kapstrom
Director: Jamie Babbit

Molly suggests that Mary get a job to shake off her blues, but her advice backfires when Mary is hired as a lunch lady at Molly's school. Meanwhile, Rick is depressed after an attractive woman turns him down for a date.



10 :01x10 - The Romeo & Juliet Episode

First aired: Jan/11/2002
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Bethany Joy Lenz (Salesgirl (as Joie Lenz))

Molly meets a cute guy outside her father's office, but soon discovers that the boy is the son of Jerry's business rival, a laser eye surgeon. Meanwhile, an attractive department-store clerk shows an interest in Grant, despite Rick's attempts to woo her.



11 :01x11 - The Snow Day Episode

First aired: Jan/18/2002
Writer: Ellen Byron, Lissa Kapstrom
Director: Lev L. Spiro

Molly and Grant clean out the attic during a day off from school and accidentally spill paint on their mother's wedding dress; Rick baby-sits the twins in their room, where they force their brother to participate in a humiliating tea party.



12 :01x12 - The Dutch Heritage Episode

First aired: Feb/01/2002
Writer: Suzanne Martin, Jeff Martin
Director: Bryan Gordon

Molly wins a chance to compete for a Dutch heritage scholarship for college, only to learn that her family isn't really Dutch. Meanwhile, Grant has trouble sleeping because of recurring romantic dreams about Mia.



13 :01x13 - The Fever Episode

First aired: Feb/15/2002
Writer: Ben Kull
Director: Tom Moore

Jerry decides to build a boat and he enlists his family's help, but the bulk of the labor falls on Rick's shoulders. Meanwhile, Molly bonds with the family of a guy she wants to date.



14 :01x14 - The Wedding and a Funeral Episode

First aired: Feb/22/2002
Writer: Suzanne Martin, Jeff Martin
Director: Jamie Babbit

Harriet asks her family to stage a funeral for her and requests that her niece Tillie (Naomi Judd) be allowed to attend, despite a rift that exists between Tillie and Mary. While Molly arranges the gathering, Rick struggles with the eulogy his grandmother asked him to write.



15 :01x15 - The Video Episode

First aired: Mar/15/2002
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee
Director: Danny Leiner

Molly decides to run for student-body president and casts Grant in a music video to announce her candidacy. But the voters who see the tape think that Grant is the candidate, and his new popularity leads him to toss his own hat into the ring.



16 :01x16 - The Baby Episode

First aired: Mar/22/2002
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee
Director: Peter Lauer

A baby is left in a bassinet on the Stages' porch with a note written by the mother claiming that Rick is the child's father. While Rick tries to find the woman, Molly is stuck caring for the infant and the twins compete with the new arrival for their parents' attention.



17 :01x17 - The Crazy-Girl Episode

First aired: Mar/29/2002
Writer: Susan Nirah Jaffee
Director: Jamie Babbit

Molly visits the home of an eccentric soccer teammate and meets the girl's bizarre parents (Howard Hesseman, Susan Ruttan), whose unusual behavior rivals that of her own folks. Meanwhile, Grant inadvertently agrees to do a school paper on Jerry's life, which hasn't been too exciting.



18 :01x18 - The Lab Partner Episode

First aired: Apr/05/2002
Writer: Lissa Kapstrom, Ellen Byron
Director: Michael Lange

Molly's new lab partner in science class is Nick's current girlfriend, with whom Molly soon bonds after Nick dumps the popular girl. Meanwhile, Jerry arranges to take Mary to a swing-club outing to celebrate their anniversary, not realizing that it's not a dance group but rather a spouse-swapping coterie.



19 :01x19 - The Rick's in Love Episode

First aired: Apr/12/2002
Writer: Lissa Kapstrom, Ellen Byron
Director: Peter Werner
Guest star: Donavan Green (Drew)

Molly teaches Rick how to be sensitive when he starts dating a new flame (Colleen Haskell), but her efforts backfire when the woman dumps him. Meanwhile, Mary is obsessed with documenting her mother's past.



20 :01x20 - The Quahog Festival Episode

First aired: Apr/19/2002
Writer: Phil Baker, Drew Vaupen
Director: Lev L. Spiro

Mary enters Molly into the town's yearly Quahog Festival Pageant, which Molly doesn't even want to participate in until the teen hears someone insult Mary about her involvement in a previous competition. Meanwhile, Jerry recruits Grant to help him build a float for the festival's parade.



21 :01x21 - The Prom Episode (1)

First aired: Apr/26/2002
Writer: Ellen Byron, Lissa Kapstrom
Director: Bryan Gordon

n Part 1 of a two, Molly develops feelings for her friend Ben and she considers asking him to the prom. Meanwhile, Rick learns that his name is on the deed to the Stage home and he inadvertently loses the property in a card game.



22 :01x22 - The Prom Episode (2)

First aired: May/03/2002
Writer: Yolanda Ferraloro
Director: Michael Katleman

In the conclusion of a two-part first-season finale, Molly grudgingly goes to the prom with the nerdy son of a gangster who holds the deed to the Stage home after Rick loses it in a card game. Meanwhile, the twins try to thwart Rick's attempts to attend the dance with a sexy student.