Unlikely Couple

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Unlikely Couple

Starring Bret Harrison and Marin Hinkle as an uniquely paired New Jersey engaged couple. Bret Harrison stars as the 22-year-old Jason Spencer, a recent college student who shocks his family and friends when he announces he is going to marry his much-older girlfriend, Laura Swetlik (Marin Hinkle). Laura Swetlik is a 38-year-old divorced single mother of two kids and works as a radio talk show host with her own morning radio-therapy show. Laura and her ex-husband, Ted (Scott Bakula) have two kids: the 10-year-old rambunctious and video-gamer, Shawn (Shane Baumel), and the 7-year-old cute and inquistive, Allie (Mikaila Baumel). Jason's overbearing yet loving parents, Dan and Janet (Dave Coulier, Patricia Heaton) want the best for their son yet fear that Laura isn't the one for him. Jason's younger teenage sister, Holly (Hayden Panettiere) is (the only family member to be) very approving and accepting of Jason and Laura's relationship and engagement, despite her jealousy of her parents "neglecting" her and more concentrating on her brother. And, Jason's two best friends- Carter (Adam Brody) and Adrienne (Sabrina Bryan) are happy for their friend, yet wonders how marrying a thirtysomething single mom will affect their "naive" friend. Also, Laura's co-worker and best friend, Vicki (Wendy Raquel Robinson) is her "rock" and is always there for Laura, and has her own issues with dating and men as she upsettingly is approaching the big 4-0. Lastly, Laura's ex-husband, Ted isn't overly fond of Laura about to re-marry, let alone to a younger guy, and worries that Jason's inexperience of raising kids will affect the "outcome" of Shawn and Allie. Watch how Jason and Laura are forced to deal and life with their everyday live choices and decisions, as well as cope with approving and disapproving family members and friends in this funny and quirky yet often times dramatic situational comedy.


Cast of Characters:
Bret Harrison as Jason Spencer
Marin Hinkle as Laura Swetlik (Spencer)
Shane Baumel as Shawn Swetlik
Mikaila Baumel as Allie Swetlik
Dave Coulier as Dan Spencer
Patricia Heaton as Janet Spencer
Hayden Panettiere as Holly Spencer
Adam Brody as Carter Johnson
Sabrina Bryan as Adrienne Lincoln
with Wendy Raquel Robinson as Vicki Larke
and Scott Bakula as Ted Swetlik

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Episodes

Ep1: Pilot Episode:
Jason and Laura go public with their engagement with all their family and friends. Ted awkwardly finds himself secretly jealous of Laura's moving on after the divorce, enough to cause havoc in Laura's life. Also, Dan and Janet aren't as happy for Jason as he had hoped, causing him to become upset with his parents. Meanwhile, Holly feels ignored when she comes home to find out her parents shrug off her aced Math test as they are "bothered" by the fact of Jason marrying Laura.

Ep2: Changing People:
Carter and Adrienne are estatic for Jason but fear him marrying his older mature fiancee will change their friend initially. Elsewhere, Holly becomes upset with her parents when they end up taking out their frustrations with Jason onto her as a substitute. Also, Jason prepares to move out of his parents' house and into Laura and the kids' house--much to Janet's dismay.

Ep3: Hating Dating:
Ted re-enters the dating realm after his relationship with his "mistress" (which caused their divorce) turned sour and she split. Ted first goes out on a date with an annoying chatterbox who never shuts up, with an outspoken feministic schoolteacher who questions his manhood, and a young and naive busty blonde who ends up ditching him for waiter. Elsewhere, Jason decides to help Laura out when she is called in to work on a Saturday as Jason watches Shawn and Allie for the day. Elsewhere, Holly rebels and lands herself into detention to prove a point with her parents, who are furious when they find out their daughter's true intentions.

Ep4: The Question Of Sex:
Jason and Laura are put to the test when they question if they should put off having sex until their wedding night now that we are living together. They both agreed upon the decision, but only to have one last "hoorah" before their decision is established. While the kids over with Ted for weekend, Jason and Laura decide to make their last hoorah a memorable experience, resulting with a poked eye (Jason), a sprained ankle (Laura), and two major hangovers. Meanwhile, Ted's fatherly advice is put to the test as well, when Shawn questions about sexual intimacies after accidently witnessed an adult scene on TV. Elsewhere, Dan and Janet decide to try and accept the fact that Jason is getting married to Laura, and decide to embrace it, instead of ending up pushing Jason further away.

Ep5: The One Night Of One Night Stands:
Ted has an one night stand with Allie's friend's single mother (Lisa Kudrow), who has made it clear she just wanted an one time fling with Ted- nothing more. Elsewhere, Vicki gets the cold-shoulder by a former one night stand (Blair Underwood) that she had recently, who pretends to not have met Vicki. Vicki becomes irate and decides to call him out on his lie in front of his friends--one of which is his wife. Vicki soon finds out her former fling was with a married man and begins to feel dirty. Meanwhile, Carter and Adrienne are surprised when they receive news from a familiar face-- Jason's former high school sweetheart, Kelly Hart (Amanda Bynes) who shares the news that she is moving back to town after being away the past years attending Ohio State University.

Ep6: When Dan Met Janet:
It's Dan and Janet's anniversary. Holly and Jason decide to throw an anniversary dinner for their parents for the four of them, Laura, Carter, Adrienne, Janet's visiting sister-Donna (Marie Osmond), and Carter & Adrienne's surprise guest - Kelly (Amanda Bynes). The story of how Dan and Janet first met in college is shared, but the shocking longtime secret of Dan's real intentions were to go out with Donna but settled for Janet when Donna had turned him down back in the day. Also, Jason is reunited with his former love of his life, Kelly. Jason becomes put in an awkward position when he is placed between Laura and Kelly at dinner. Also, prior to the dinner, Laura is properly introduced to Jason's parents for the first time, causing Laura to feel uneasy and nervous.

Ep7: The Water Park Incident: Part One
Vicki wins six free passes to a water park, she gives them to Laura and Jason, who take Shawn, Allie, Holly, and Shawn's best friend, Billy along. While Laura and Holly lounge poolside with their books while watching Allie play in the kid-friendly area, Jason takes Shawn and Billy to the big-kids area. Tragedy occurs when the three guys go into the wave pool and when Jason and Shawn were horsing around until they stop to find Billy--who was taken under by the big waves and hit his head on the wall of the pool and ended up drowning down to the bottom.

Ep8: The Water Park Incident: Part Two
Jason rushes over to help save Billy, as a stunned and scared Shawn stands there watching intentively in disbelief. Jason rescues Billy, but its no use-Billy's not breathing and his pulse has stopped. Billy had drowned tragedicly. Laura, Holly, and Allie rush over to help Jason and Shawn when they find out about Billy. Back at home, Shawn is still stunned and speechless after witnessing his best friend drown and now he's dead. Jason and Laura receive a heart-wrenching visit from Billy's parents (Jason Priestley, Jean Louise Kelly), who devastated by the news about Billy's death. Lastly, Jason and Laura are floored when Billy's parents announce they are taking them to court for neglecting to watch over Billy in the water.

Ep9: We've Been Served:
Jason and Laura's attorney (Meredith Vieira) informs that they have now been served the court papers and are being charged for neglecting to be responsible and could've prevented Billy from dying. Billy's parents (Jason Priestly, Jean Louise Kelly) and their attorney (Steven Weber) have to have a sit down meeting with Jason, Laura, and their attorney and Judge Carson (Holland Taylor). Dan, Janet, Holly, Carter, Adrienne, Ted, Vicki, and Kelly are there and offer a helping hand to the guilt-ridden, miserable, and devastated couple. Meanwhile, Ted aggressively enrolls Shawn into therapy with Dr. Collins (Ellen DeGeneres) after witnessing his best friend drowning (and now with the possibility of his mom and Jason going to jail).