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  • Mar 1, 2006
Free Ride

Summary Free Ride is a partially improvised comedy that follows recent UC Santa Barbara graduate Nate Stahlings (Josh Dean) as he boomerangs home to move back in with his parents in their small Midwestern town, Johnson City, MO. Upon his return, he discovers his mom Margo (Loretta Fox) and dad Bob (Allan Havey) are knee-deep in marriage therapy ...

Created By: Rob Roy Thomas

  • FOX
  • Mar 1, 2006
  • FOX
  • Mar 1, 2006
Free Ride
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 1, 2006
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Summary Free Ride is a partially improvised comedy that follows recent UC Santa Barbara graduate Nate Stahlings (Josh Dean) as he boomerangs home to move back in with his parents in their small Midwestern town, Johnson City, MO. Upon his return, he discovers his mom Margo (Loretta Fox) and dad Bob (Allan Havey) are knee-deep in marriage therapy ...

Created By: Rob Roy Thomas

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 1, 2006 • 21 m
Missouri Loves Company
Rob Greenfield and James Levelle arrive in Rio with no cash and no plan. Faced with language barriers, exhaustion and foraging for wild food, will strangers help them or turn away?
Episode 2 • Mar 12, 2006 • 43 m
Up the Aunty
Survivalist Rob and filmmaker James continue their attempt to cross South America with no money. As they near Bolivia, how will they cope with extremes of cold and altitude?
Episode 3 • Mar 19, 2006 • 43 m
Colon Blow (to the Head)
One month into their adventure, Rob and James hit Bolivia's high plateau. With no money and nowhere to stay, Rob strikes a deal to work their way to the world's largest salt flats.
Episode 4 • Mar 26, 2006 • 43 m
Procrasti-Nating
Flat broke, Rob and James reach Peru where they land jobs teaching English. But in Cusco, the ancient Incan capital, tensions between Rob and James build to breaking point.
Episode 5 • Apr 2, 2006 • 43 m
Amber Alert
After splitting up in Pisac, Peru, James gets a job on a fruit truck and works his way north. While James forges ahead, Rob is constantly fascinated by the people he meets.
Episode 6 • Apr 9, 2006 • 43 m
Who Let the Nate Dog Out?
Rob and James must travel through Ecuador and Colombia to finish their epic journey across South America. Still travelling with no money, they have just 12 days to cover 2,000km.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
45
15% Positive
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
14 Reviews
31% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
45
15% Positive
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
14 Reviews
31% Negative
8 Reviews

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70
Good-hearted, eccentric and wry, Ride goes nowhere fast, but it has a fine time getting there.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW
60
"Free Ride" is a bit more than passably good, but like "Arrested [Development]" it feels hard to love.
By Paul Brownfield FULL REVIEW
50
Portions of "Free Ride" show promise, due mainly to the show's star -- Dean -- whose character remains grounded and sane, against all odds.
By Adam Buckman FULL REVIEW
50
More of an amusing diversion than a laugh riot.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
40
It's not that bad, which leads me to believe that it could actually be good, if it weren't so neutered and lovable.
By Heather Havrilesky FULL REVIEW
30
"Free Ride" is crude, mean-spirited, and not nearly as fresh and innovative as the producers think it is.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
10
This kind of comedy only stands a dim ghost of a chance if it has a lot of gratuitous nudity and substance abuse, along with the words ''National Lampoon'' in the title.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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