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  • Oct 8, 2000
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  • Oct 8, 2000
Ed

Summary Ed Stevens is a contracts lawyer at a high-profile New York City firm. Around the same time he splits with his wife (who slept with a mailman), he makes a single error in punctuation when going over a contract. Because of the resulting financial loss to the firm, he's fired. Despondent, he heads back to his (small) hometown of Stuckeyvil...

  • NBC
  • Oct 8, 2000
  • NBC
  • Oct 8, 2000
Ed
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 8, 2000
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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87
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Ed Stevens is a contracts lawyer at a high-profile New York City firm. Around the same time he splits with his wife (who slept with a mailman), he makes a single error in punctuation when going over a contract. Because of the resulting financial loss to the firm, he's fired. Despondent, he heads back to his (small) hometown of Stuckeyvil...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 8, 2000
Pilot
Having bought a bowling alley in his home town, Ed settles in Stuckeyville life and soon begins offering legal advice; Carol wrestles with her relationship; Mike and Nancy seek to revive their sex life.
Episode 2 • Oct 15, 2000
The World of Possibility
The longtime town magician, Stuckeyville Stan, hires Ed to sue a rival who is revealing the secrets to his act. Nancy is afraid that Sarah is becoming more fond of the nanny than her.
Episode 3 • Oct 22, 2000
Just Friends
Ed's wife sends divorce papers. Ed promotes one to be bowling alley manager. 4 pals wrote a contract to split half their wealth 15 years later. One's now rich and not splitting. Ed gets the case.
Episode 4 • Oct 29, 2000
Pretty Girls and Waffles
Ed takes the case of an attractive woman who kept unearned wages in her paycheck. Molly differs with Bob on how to cast the high school musical. Carol ends things with Nick. Dr. Jerome requires Mike to give him a medical exam.
Episode 5 • Nov 5, 2000
Better Days
Carol tries to figure out how to avoid Nick since their breakup. Ed takes the case of a distraught bride to be who is suing her hair stylist for ruining her hair. Ed tries to win Carol's affection but it leads to a misunderstanding.
Episode 6 • Nov 12, 2000
Home Is Where the Ducks Are
Ed is given an assignment by Mayor Wally to impress tourism writer Callie with Stuckeyville's charms. He decides what's needed is an impromptu festival. Carol thinks she needs to leave town to be a better writer.
Episode 7 • Nov 19, 2000
Something Old, Something New
Ed looks forward to celebrating Thanksgiving, deciding to host everyone at the bowling alley. He defends his client Gavin, injured by a cantaloupe while continuing down memory lane by firing the cannon at the football game.
Episode 8 • Dec 6, 2000
The Whole Truth
Ed looks for a house. Molly's ill grandfather has Ed help him with his will and secret. Dr. Mike gets a competitor for the practice. Open mike night at the bowling alley.
Episode 9 • Dec 20, 2000
Your Life Is Now
Troy McCallum, star QB in high school, returns for the holidays causing Ed and Carol reflect on their past with him. Ed, with Phil's help, pranks Tucker's Appliance as revenge. Ed helps Warren impress a girl by pretending to die.
Episode 10 • Jan 10, 2001
Losing Streak
Ed's parents, Alan and Natalie,visit but are clear they aren't thrilled with his new life. Ed takes on a case involving the lottery. Carol finds herself coaching a team with a losing record while a vandal hits the bowling alley.
Episode 11 • Jan 17, 2001
Opposites Distract
New DA Bonnie Hane are against Ed in court over a car ticket affair. Carol and Ed bet about whether Ed will be able or not to fix a broken pipe in her house.
Episode 12 • Jan 24, 2001
Hook, Line and Sinker
Ed is surprised when the new DA, Bonnie Hane asks him for a date which bothers Carol. Mike is sure Carmela is attracted to him. Ed has a case involving a singing fish. Phil promises the cast of Happy Days at the bowling alley.
Episode 13 • Feb 7, 2001
The Music Box
Carol learns her music box is valuable but it's immediately stolen. Ed's extra effort for it's return raises Bonnie's suspicions. Mike works to avoid throwing away his keepsakes. Warren joins a bowling team to impress Jessica.
Episode 14 • Feb 14, 2001
Valentine's Day
Ed tries figuring out why Bonnie have been acting weird after they spend a night together. Nancy asks for Ed's help about the reverend of their favorite chapel in Stuckeyville, meaning to save his job.
Episode 15 • Feb 20, 2001
Loyalties
Big Rudy, former owner of Stuckey Bowl, wants his business back and is willing to use underhanded means. Bonnie takes a new job and upsets Ed by her choice. Molly likes a new guy Jeff from book club but he likes Carol.
Episode 16 • Feb 28, 2001
Live Deliberately
Episode 17 • Mar 28, 2001
Exceptions
Ed and Carol are on opposite sides when Coach Kerwin is sued by gifted student Salinger. Ed gives Shirley a shot as his legal assistant. Mike tries to fight back against the the disdain experienced Dr. Jerome.
Episode 18 • Apr 4, 2001
The Test
Ed's high school girlfriend Kara wants his help testing her husband George's fidelity. Then she asks Ed to handle a contentious divorce. Budget cuts end the school's music program leading Carol to lead the fight to save it.
Episode 19 • May 2, 2001
Windows of Opportunity
Ed's new case involves an overweight man whose brother is going overboard to get him to stay on his diet. Warren has an awkward 1st date with Donna. Ed reluctantly hosts a bowling alley wedding with a young couple Ari and Barbara.
Episode 20 • May 9, 2001
Mind Over Matter
Ed wants to seek landmark status for Stuckey Bowl when a group meets for a 59th reunion. Ed takes on a case involving costly placebos being despensed by Dr. Kendall. Jeff reveals to Molly he asked Carol out first.
Episode 21 • May 16, 2001
Mixed Signals
Ed turns Stuckey Bowl into a casino for a night and asks Carol to go with him. She wonders if it's a real date. Warren wavers between asking Jessica or Donna to prom. Dr. Jerome is getting a tribute and Mike's in a quandary.
Episode 22 • May 23, 2001
Prom Night
Ed's former co-worker Bud Frankel appears and makes Ed an attractive job offer. Ed and Carol plan their prom date and talk about the almost kiss. Warren is desperate and hires an escort for his date. Phil auditions for a TV show.

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
87
94% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
3% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
87
94% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
3% Negative
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100
Jun 13, 2013
Like the best TV shows, Ed has a profound point beneath its silliness. It seems it's always possible to return to Stuckeyville, the hometown we carry around inside, and see new possibilities. If we let go and embrace a magical dramedy that dares to dream, we may feel somehow ennobled. [5 Oct 2000, p.E-03]
By Joanne Ostrow FULL REVIEW
100
Jun 12, 2013
Even if the new season's shows weren't the blah, bland blanks that most of them are, Ed would stand out. For one thing, it isn't often that the season's best new comedy is also its best new drama. Ed is. [8 Oct 2000, p.G01]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
100
Jun 12, 2013
It's where quirky meets quixotic, and the mix is enchanting - equal parts wit and whimsy. [8 Oct 2000, p.11]
By Mark Dawidziak FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 12, 2013
Ed is a throwback, a hopeful, pixilated Capra character who wants to believe that things will work out as they should and is genuinely baffled and disappointed when they don't. Yet "Ed" the show doesn't seem creaky because Ed the character has also been endowed with ironic self-awareness, as might be expected on a series created by the men behind "The Late Show With David Letterman." He does wonders for both lawyers and bowling.
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83
Jun 12, 2013
It's the old Northern Exposure trick again. Quirks and eccentrics abound, but they could grow on you. It's nicely done, with an air of sweet innocence by David Letterman's production company, with former Late Show producers Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman at the helm. [7 Oct 2000]
By Ann Hodges FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2013
You might call Ed a sentimental comedy, soft rather than biting, with the mushy sensibility of a going-home show like Providence turned into an amusing Jell-O salad. Or looked at from another angle - the simple innocence of an Adam Sandler movie, but with brains instead of body functions. [6 Oct 2000, p.R2]
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0
Jun 12, 2013
Sheesh! This show's about as real as Pamela Anderson's second set of breasts. [8 Oct 2000, p.107]
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

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10% Mixed
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