Series synopsis
Unhappily Ever After is an American comedy television series that premiered on The WB on January 11, 1995. It ended on May 23, 1999. It was created by Ron Leavitt, Arthur Silver. It stars Geoff Pierson, Stephanie Hodge, Kevin Connolly and Nikki Cox.
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.
Premise
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Geoff Pierson as Jack Malloy
- Stephanie Hodge as Jennie Malloy
- Kevin Connolly as Ryan Malloy
- Nikki Cox as Tiffany Malloy
- Justin Berfield as Ross Malloy
- Wendy Benson-Landes as Barbara Caufield
- Joyce Van Patten as Maureen Slattery
- Bobcat Goldthwait as Mr. Floppy (voice)
Supporting cast
- Allan Trautman as Mr. Floppy (puppeteer)
- Hayden Panettiere as Little Girl
- Kristanna Loken as Sable O'Brian
- Aimee Warren as Twin #1
- Danielle Warren as Twin #2
- Michael Dubrow as Buzzcut Guy
- Jessica Hahn as Miss Taylor
- Dana Daurey as Amber
- Brett Stimely as Larry
- Ant as Barry
- David O'Donnell as Chuck
- Steven Gilborn as Doctor
Guest cast
- Hayden Panettiere as Little Girl
- Kristanna Loken as Sable O'Brian
- Aimee Warren as Twin #1
- Danielle Warren as Twin #2
- Michael Dubrow as Buzzcut Guy
- Jessica Hahn as Miss Taylor
- Dana Daurey as Amber
- Brett Stimely as Larry
- Ant as Barry
- David O'Donnell as Chuck
- Steven Gilborn as Doctor
- Betsy Monroe as Nurse Crenshaw
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 100 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | January 11, 1995 | May 17, 1995 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 6, 1995 | May 22, 1996 |
| Season 3 | 22 | September 8, 1996 | May 18, 1997 |
| Season 4 | 21 | September 7, 1997 | May 10, 1998 |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 13, 1998 | May 23, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot It's been two weeks since Jennifer kicked Jack out of the house, and Ryan only just notices. He's just rented an apartment for himself and Jennifer gives him his pillow, blue quilt, a fork, a knife, and his orange juice glass to take with him. Ross gives him his stuffed bunny, Mr. Floppy. He takes Mr. Floppy to his apartment, and he's so screwed up that Mr. Floppy starts to talk to him. Ryan and Tiffany learn to take advantage of being products of a broken home at school. Jack steals back his high school leather jacket from Jennifer while she is out on a date. She comes over to his apartment because she can't sleep with out him next to her, and they end up having sex. |
January 11, 1995 |
| 2 |
Gift of the Magnovox After failing to get one of the three VCRs (even the one that requires you to continuously press the ""play"" button) from Jennifer in the divorce, Jack sells his car to an old lady and buys himself a new one. Mr. Floppy gets excited because they can watch porno (Natural Born Hooters). Jennifer gets upset because it's their first marriage anniversary after the break up, and Jack forgets what day it is. Jennifer invites Jack over for dinner and cons him into feeling that they ought to exchange gifts, and he gives her the new VCR, while she gives him the crappy one. Mr. Floppy gets mad at Jack for giving away the new VCR, and Jack makes the mop and pizza box talk to demonstrate that he doesn't need Mr. Floppy. |
January 18, 1995 |
| 3 |
Jack's First Date Mr. Floppy thinks that Jack should start dating. While Jack, Jennifer, Ryan, and Tiffany go to Howe High's back to school night, Jack tries to send out ""the vibe"" to the women there. Amazingly he gets a date with Miss Taylor (Ryan's Civics Teacher), whom all the male teachers and students, and half the female teachers are after. Jennifer agrees to lend Jack the car for the date, but is less than supportive of him. When Jack comes to pick up the car, Jennifer and the car aren't there-- she and Maureen have taken it to the otherside of the block. Jack ends up meeting Miss Taylor 3 hours late, and Ryan's friend the paperboy ends up going home with her. |
January 25, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jack Moves Back Jack moves back in to the house for the sake of the kids, but must live in the basement until he can win Jennie back. |
September 6, 1995 |
| 2 |
Zit Could Happen to You When Tiffany gets a zit and Ryan sets the scale to ten pounds more than normal, Tiffany tries to develop a personality and Jennie starts jogging. Jennie becomes Vicky Vixen on the Internet, and Ryan finds that Vicki Vixen has the hots for him. |
September 13, 1995 |
| 3 |
The Rat Jack leaves Jennie's room for the basement because she won't let him have his ways, but he finds a giant rat in the basement and makes the kids get rid of it. |
September 20, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tiffany's Rival At the start of the school year, Sable, a girl who is as smart and beautiful as Tiffany, comes to Priddy High and Tiffany and her become rivals after exhcanging secrets. |
September 8, 1996 |
| 2 |
Beach Party On a ""ditch day"" at school, Tiffany competes with Sable for Moondoggie, a surfer. Jennie doesn't want to be home when the maide comes, so she asks sick Jack to take her to the beach. |
September 15, 1996 |
| 3 |
Angel Gone Bad When Tiffany starts taking fake prom pictures with nerds and leaving sexy messages on their answering machines for the money, it blows her Princeton scholarship. |
September 22, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hot Off the Presses When Tiffany gets to be the gossip writer for the school newspaper, she writes a story about Mr. Monteleone loving sheep. |
September 7, 1997 |
| 2 |
Experimenting in College For a project, the class must find what the opposite sex wants. For her project, Tiffany pretends to be stupid around a guy. Ryan begis acting like a girl for his. |
September 14, 1997 |
| 3 |
The Ghost and Mr. Malloy Guy Macaroon tells the family that Jennie has died by falling asleep on a tanning machine. So the family must give her a good funeral to stop her ghost from pestering them. |
September 21, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
X-Happily Ever After Ryan and Tiffany investigate about the dancing baby conspiracy in a parody of The X-Files. |
September 13, 1998 |
| 2 |
Feline Alright Tiffany gets angry when she must run errands for A. Cyril Studebaker, her literatue teacher, to get an A. |
September 20, 1998 |
| 3 |
Basketball... Again? After being fouled out in a game of basketball by a girl, Ryan decides to prove that men are better than women in basketball. |
September 27, 1998 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | The WB |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 11, 1995 |
| Last aired | May 23, 1999 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |