Young Divorcee

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Young Divorcee

Theme Song: "Because Of You" by Kelly Clarkson

Starring Laura Prepon as Kelly Garner, a recently divorced 23-year-old bank teller. Kelly lives in her Milwaukee apartment with her 3 year old son, Joey, and her 20 year old sister, Holly Barnes (Mischa Barton). Kelly had gotten married at age 19, pregnant at 20, and divorced at 23. Her now ex-husband, Jeff Garner (Christopher Masterson) and Kelly have split custody of their son, Joey. As previously mentioned, Kelly works at a bank branch as a bank teller. Jeff works third shift in a plastic factory, as Holly works as a cashier at a grocery store. (Kelly's bank branch is inside of Holly's grocery store). The reason Kelly and Jeff first got married, at age 19, was because they were so-called "soulmates". But after four years of marriage, they called it quits after he was caught cheating on her, and she was convinced their marriage was a big mistake in the end.

Cast:
Laura Prepon as Kelly Barnes-Garner
Mischa Barton as Holly Barnes
Christopher Masterson as Jeff Garner
*unknown actor * as Joey Garner

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Episodes

Ep1: Pilot Episode:
Kelly and Jeff have an argument over where Joey's 3rd birthday party will be at: (his place or her place). They decide to have separate parties, yet Jeff secretly begs Holly's help with planning a party. Holly tells Kelly that Jeff wants her to help plan the party with him, since he's got no clue on what to do. Holly gives Jeff a hard time and gives in, resulting into the party being at Jeff's place, but she takes all credit.

Ep2: She's Baack!:
Kelly and Holly find out that the girl who Jeff cheated with (during their marriage) is back and dating Jeff again. Jeff and Rebecca (Jennifer Love Hewitt) decide to "make it up to" Kelly by inviting Kelly, Holly, and their dates to go out to dinner with them. Holly and her current boyfriend, Adam (Chris Carmack) set Kelly up with Adam's co-worker, Lance (Danny Masterson). Turns out, Lance has a thing for Holly, which creating tension between Adam and Lance. Also during dinner, Rebecca wants Kelly's forgiveness for "ruining" their marriage. Kelly gets fed up with Rebecca and Jeff when they be all "lovey-dovey" during dinner.

Ep3: Life With(out) You:
As Holly and Kelly get into a little sisterly-fight over little stupid stuff, they end up at wits end with each other--resulting in Holly moving out and in with Adam (Chris Carmack) temporarily. Kelly realizes how much she misses her sister, as Holly learns how much she misses Kelly and Joey--plus how much she and Adam don't get along. The sisters have a heart-to-heart, Holly moves back in, and Holly ends her relationship with Adam-who isn't ready to let go of Holly just yet.

Ep4: Moving On:
Jeff and Rebecca's budding relationship takes a leap as when Rebecca moves into Jeff's place--which upsets Kelly with her excuse being "Jeff's not setting good example for Joey". Holly, as well as Jeff, know Kelly is deep down jealous of Jeff and how he moved on from Kelly. Meanwhile, Holly deals with her clingy ex-boyfriend, Adam.

Ep5: Mother Dearest:
Kelly and Holly's exercise-guru mother, Tammy (Cheryl Ladd) pays a visit to her daughters and grandson. Tammy is mortified to learn Jeff is dating another woman now as where both of her daughters are currently single. Tammy's domineering attitude causes Kelly to return to her old habits of compulsive eating during her mother's stay. Tammy announces she is moving back to Milwaukee in a month, after Joey throwing a fit when Tammy heads for home in Boston.

Ep6: Befriending Madison:
Kelly is asked by her pill-popping boss, Denise (Wendie Malick) if she would mentor the new employee, Madison (Tia Mowry). Kelly accepts and ends up enjoying Madison's presence--compared to former new employees she mentored. Meanwhile, Holly pays a visit to Adam's work to drop off some of his things she had (to avoid the awkwardness if went to his place). While there, she bumps into Lance (Danny Masterson)-who consoles her after hearing about her and Adam's breakup. Before leaving, Holly and Lance make plans of going out to dinner sometime.

Ep7: The Playdate From Hell:
Jeff and Rebecca set up a playdate with Joey and the son of one of Rebecca's co-workers. Turns out the other boy is a troublemaking devil child! Jeff and Rebecca end up regret setting up the playdate. Meanwhile, Lance and Holly go out to dinner and a movie. The food was cold, the service sucked, and the movie was dumb--but they enjoyed each other's company greatly enough to set up second date.

Ep8: Halloween Time:
A mutual friend of Jeff and Kelly's, Jeannie (Melissa Joan Hart) is hosting her annual Halloween costume party. Jeff, Rebecca, Kelly, Holly, and Lance attend the party. Holly dressed as Catwoman, Lance dressed as Batman, Jeff dressed as Hugh Hefner, and ironically (and totally on accident) Rebecca and Kelly are dressed as Playboy Bunnies. Chaos ensues when Lance accidently kisses the wrong Catwoman (not Holly). Everyone assumes Jeff, Kelly, and Rebecca planned to dress up as Hugh Hefner and two Playboy Bunnies---much to Kelly's dismay.