The Walls (Trying This Again)

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TITLE (tentative): The Walls
TYPE: Situation Comedy
THEME: "Living on the Bright Side" by Bryan Duncan
SETTING: Contemporary Pittsburgh, PA
NETWORK: ABC
SEASON 1
EPISODE LIST (Save as separate document)

NOTE: Parentheses indicate primary character(s) featured in plot and may also include summaries as time goes on.

1. First Hand (None/Intro)

PRIMARY STORY: The Walls family adjusts after a job transfer sends them from L.A. to Pittsburgh.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: First Hand (among other things) is the title of CCM artist Steven Curtis Chapman's 1987 debut album.

2. Popular Crowd Politics (Meg)

PRIMARY STORY: Meg runs into pressure from some of the "popularazzi".
SECONDARY STORY: Andy and Ricky take a dare from a star senior.
REFERENCES: Refers to the song "Powder Room Politics" on the 1984 album "Dancing with Danger" by former CCM singer Leslie (a.k.a. Sam) Phillips.
RECURRING CHARACTER: AnnaSophia Robb as Kirsten Anderson

3. Reporting from Pittsburgh (Danielle)

PRIMARY STORY: A 4th grade class trip to a local TV station goes awry.
SECONDARY STORY: Meg collides with a rival for class President.
REFERENCES: Ed Carter is the WPIT news anchor and father of Mikey. He is named after Edison Carter, the human alter-ego of pseudo-CGI chatterbox and Coke pitchman Max Headroom.
RECURRING CHARACTER: Matt Frewer as Ed Carter, Unknown as Julie Stallworth, Unknown as Mikey Carter, AnnaSophia Robb as Kirsten Anderson

4. Leading Me on (Kimberly)

PRIMARY STORY: A new guy draws Kimberly's interest...and Meg's suspicions.
SECONDARY STORY: A test comes up at the most inconvenient time for Randy.
MISCELLANEOUS: Reference to (among other things) Amy Grant’s 1988 album.
GUEST: Mitchel Musso as Matt Kaufman (the guy in question).

5. This is a Test of the Meg Walls System (Meg/Kimberly)

PRIMARY STORY: Meg and Kimberly prepare a voice-over tape, or try to, anyway.
SECONDARY STORY: Phil drafts one of the guys to run some errands…and chaos ensues.
REFERENCES: Refers to the first line of the infamous Emergency Broadcast/Alert System tests. Also, the debut of "Meg MPEG" (a parody of Max Headroom)

6. Fire and Ice (Meg/Jeff)

PRIMARY STORY: Andy & Meg try to figure out if a star player is using steroids.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: Among other things, it refers to CCM veteran Steve Camp's 1983 release, "Fire and Ice".
MISCELLANEOUS: Semi-"very special" episode

7. Monday Night Madness (Phil/Craig/Michele/Diane May)

PRIMARY STORY: A Cleveland/Pittsburgh Monday Night game, and Michele and Diane take full advantage of their husbands being glued to the TV.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: The setting takes place during a Monday Night Football game.

8. After Further Review... (Andy)

PRIMARY STORY: A critical game for the Knights comes down to a controversial call.
SECONDARY STORY: None
GUEST: Real-life NFL referee Ed Hochuli as the "idiot ref"

9. Our Very First Spy Show (Cindy/Andy/Lisa)

PRIMARY STORY: Andy dreams he is on a '60s spy show.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: Refers to the 1987-95 ABC sitcom Full House, which had many episodes with some variation of the title, "Our Very First...". The show in question could be patterned after Get Smart or I Spy.
MISCELLANEOUS: First episode with a dream sequence, which will be used occasionally

10. Christmas (not Holiday) Show (Tom/Bill)

PRIMARY STORY: Tensions flare between Phil and Michele's fathers.
SECONDARY STORY: Meg can't find a specific present for her parents.

11. Skala, Walls, and Skala (Jenna/Randy/Benny)

PRIMARY STORY: The Skalas make a deal with Randy.
SECONDARY STORY: Cindy wonders why she is still single at 30.

12. The (Not-So) Great Adventure (Phil/Meg/Ricky)

PRIMARY STORY: Ricky gets his license and offers to take his friends out to celebrate.
SECONDARY STORY: A testy voice actor gets on Phil's nerves.
REFERENCES: Refers to Steven Curtis Chapman's 1992/93 album, "The Great Adventure".
RECURRING CHARACTER: Unknown as Ricky Neece, Unknown as Jeff Wilson
GUEST: Dave Coulier as voice actor in question

13. Let's All Be Here (Andy/Ricky/Jeff)

PRIMARY STORY: Jeff invites former rivals Andy and Ricky to his 18th birthday celebration.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: Refers to the famous 1984-86 NBC slogan, "Let's All Be There".
MISCELLANEOUS: Meg MPEG returns in a sequence for the closing credits.

14. Family Tied (Michele)

PRIMARY STORY: Michele dreams her family is on a (Twenty-One/Family Feud hybrid) game show.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: Refers to the 1982-89 NBC sitcom "Family Ties". Also a reference to the longtime game show "Family Feud".
MISCELLANEOUS: 2nd and only other episode revolving around a dream sequence this season.
GUEST: Host to be played by either Charlie Schlatter or (if his health holds up) Michael J. Fox

15. How full is Too Full a House? (Meg)

PRIMARY STORY: Desperate for cash, Meg takes a babysitting job only to confront a bratty 5-year old.
SECONDARY STORY: None
REFERENCES: Refers to Full House

16. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Randy)

PRIMARY STORY: Randy makes the baseball team...as a batboy.
SECONDARY STORY: Michele handles Phil being out of town.
REFERENCES: Refers to the classic baseball anthem
MISCELLANEOUS: Kirk Cameron does not appear in this episode.

17. An Anniversary to Forget (Meg/Phil/Michele)

PRIMARY STORY: The kids scramble to put something together for their parents' anniversary.
SECONDARY STORY: None
MISCELLANEOUS: Could have a music sequence in it.

18. Class of '88 Reunion Blues (Phil)

PRIMARY STORY: It's high-school reunion time, and Phil is somewhat self-conscious about running into a more successful classmate.
SECONDARY STORY: None
GUEST: Classmate in question could be played by either of the following: J.P. Manoux, Jason Bateman or Emmitt Smith

19. Phil's Presentation (1) (Phil/Kenneth/Natalie)

PRIMARY STORY: Phil makes a demonstration of a new short cartoon he had been working on.
SECONDARY STORY: None
MISCELLANEOUS: Kids do not appear.

20. Phil's Presentation (2) (Phil/Kenneth/Natalie)

PRIMARY STORY: Phil's cartoon is reviewed by the board and by the CEO.
SECONDARY STORY: None
MISCELLANEOUS: Kids do not appear.

21. This One’s for Jeff (Jeff/Meg/Andy)

PRIMARY STORY: Star QB Jeff graduates (as valedictorian), but not before getting a bit of revenge on Andy and Meg for an earlier stunt (see Fire and Ice).
SECONDARY STORY: None
MISCELLANEOUS: Clips from the "Fire and Ice" episode are sprinkled in.


CAST (Partial, will edit to add on later):
Kirk Cameron as Phil Walls
Chelsea Noble as Michele Walls
(Unknown) as Andy Walls
(Unknown) as Meg Walls (twin sister of Andy)
(Unknown) as Randy Walls
(Unknown) as Danielle Walls
(Unknown) as Bill Walls (Phil's dad)
(Unknown) as Mary Walls (Phil's mom)
(Unknown) as Craig Walls (Phil's brother)
(Unknown) as Diane May Walls (Craig's wife)
(Unknown) as Alex Walls (Craig & Diane's 5-year old son)
Candace Cameron-Bure as Cindy Walls (Phil's sister)
Richard Thomas as Tom Kreig (Michele's dad)
(Unknown) as Susan Kreig (Michele's mom)