Ellen (TV series)

Ellen

Ellen Morgan is a neurotic, 30-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her various friends whom include the outgoing redhead Paige, insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, the critical and obnoxious Audrey, and most challenging of all, Ellen also has to contend being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois and Harold.

Cast

• Ellen DeGeneres
• Joely Fisher
• David Anthony Higgins
• Clea Lewis
• Jeremy Piven
• Arye Gross
• Holly Fulger
• Maggie Wheeler
• Alice Hirson
• Steven Gilborn
• Patrick Bristow
• Noelle Hannibal
• Bruce Campbell
• Dan Gauthier
• Jack Plotnick
• Sarah Dampf

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Pilot
  Ellen Morgan, a 32-year old, wisecracking, insecure single woman who lives in Los Angeles and works ...
• Episode 2: The Anchor
  Ellen cannot stand Audrey Penny, a terminally annoying and obnoxious friend that she's been trying t...
• Episode 3: A Kiss Is Still a Kiss
  In an attempt to freshen up their dating lives, Ellen, Adam and Holly answer personal dating ads in ...
• Episode 4: The Class Reunion
  Ellen goes to her 15-year high school reunion were she poses as a wealthy cardiologist marred to Ada...
• Episode 5: The Promotion
  At her mother's advice, Ellen tries kissing up to her no-nonsense bookstore boss, Susan, by buying a...
• Episode 6: The Hand That Robs the Cradle
  Ellen begins dating a younger man, named Tim, who makes Ellen feel old and uncomfortable about herse...
• Episode 7: The Go-Between
  Ellen's boss, Susan, is looking for a date to a family wedding and Adam convinces her to bring him a...
• Episode 8: The Houseguest
  Ellen's cousin, Tracy, arrives in town for a visit and that's only the start of incredibly bad troub...
• Episode 9: The Refrigerator
  Anita offers to buy Ellen and Adam a new refrigerator with her employee discount from the merchandis...
• Episode 10: The Soft Touch
  Adam Green: You may as well walk in there wearing an "I am a sucker" T-shirt.::Ellen: I actually hav...
• Episode 11: The Boyfriend Stealer
  Ellen thinks that Holly's new boyfriend, Steve, is hitting on her. But Holly, along with everyone el...
• Season 2
• Episode 1: The Dentist
  Times have changed for Ellen, with Holly and Anita gone and Ellen now managing the bookstore on her ...
• Episode 2: Saint Ellen
  After crashing a show-biz party with Adam and Paige, Ellen learns that the whole event was for chari...
• Episode 3: The Thirty-Minute Man
  Ellen is attracted to Dan, a customer whose visits to the bookstore every day spice up her life. But...
• Episode 4: The Note
  After discovering a hate note, a downcast Ellen stoops to hiring Paige to spy in order to root out a...
• Episode 5: The Fix-Up
  Ellen goes out on a blind date set up by her eccentric mother with a certain Doug, whom she remember...
• Episode 6: So Funny
  Ellen feels threatened by Adam's visiting friend, Theresa, whose witty humor rivals her own. But whe...
• Episode 7: The Toast
  When Ellen hosts a wedding-rehearsal dinner for her younger brother, Steven, and his bride-to-be, sh...
• Episode 8: Adam's Birthday
  After Ellen throws a surprise birthday party for Adam, he becomes convinced that living with Ellen i...
• Episode 9: The Trainer
  To help Paige appease Ted, her demanding movie producer boss, Ellen poses as an exercise trainer. Bu...
• Episode 10: Mrs. Koger
  Ellen refuses to admit that she has a problem dealing with her wisecracking wit that gets her into c...
• Episode 11: Ellen's New Friend
  Ellen does not want to hurt Audrey, so she reluctantly goes out to lunch with her, Paige, and Audrey...
• Episode 12: The Christmas Show
  Connie Stevens, who plays Paige's mom, is actress Joely Fishers real mother....
• Episode 13: Ellen's Improvement
  Ellen goes on a scholastic trip to a museum with Adam and Paige to expand her cultural horizons wher...
• Episode 14: The Apartment Hunt
  Ellen Morgan: Of course he's guilty.::Paige Clark: But are they going to find him guilty? I met the ...
• Episode 15: The Spa
  Paige persuades Ellen to relieve her job stress at a posh health spa she is going to for the weekend...
• Episode 16: Ballet Class
  Determined to revive a childhood dream that her annoying and nagging parents, Lois and Harold, quash...
• Episode 17: Guns 'N Ellen
  After her apartment is robbed, a paranoid Ellen goes on a safety spree by taking personal defense cl...
• Episode 18: The Sleep Clinic
  Ellen and Audrey both have erotic dreams about Adam, but where as Ellen seeks answers with a therapi...
• Episode 19: Gladiators
  At Adam's advice, Ellen reluctantly becomes a contestant on the TV sports show "American Gladiators....
• Episode 20: $5,000
  After receiving a $5,000 tax-refund check, Ellen donates it to the Helping Hand charity foundation, ...
• Episode 21: Three Strikes
  The Judge: Ellen Morgan, you are charged with creating a public disturbance and vagrancy. How do you...
• Episode 22: The Therapy Episode
  Lois Morgan: Ellen... I really wish that you would get married. I really want grandchildren.::Ellen ...
• Episode 23: Thirty Kilo Man: Part 1
  Ellen rekindles a romance with Dan, the former pizza delivery man who returns after a six-month stay...
• Episode 24: Thirty Kilo Man: Part 2
  [last lines]::Ellen Morgan: You want to go and see a movie? Batman 3?::Paige Clark: My idea?::Ellen ...
• Season 3
• Episode 1: Shake, Rattle and Rubble
  Paige: What are you doing in here?::Spence: I'm playing "Crimson Tide" and I'm waiting for Denzel Wa...
• Episode 2: These Successful Friends of Mine
  Ellen feels left out when Adam and Paige's careers blossom over his photography job with Life magazi...
• Episode 3: The Shower Scene
  After Spence gets a cable system installed in Ellen's apartment, she gets addicted to Thirty-somethi...
• Episode 4: The Bridges of L.A. County
  Spence has a one-night stand with Karen, an attractive but incredibly dumb new member of Ellen's boo...
• Episode 5: Hello, I Must Be Going
  This marks 'Ayre Gross'' final appearance in the series....
• Episode 6: Trick or Treat - Who Cares?
  As Halloween approaches, Ellen's high spirits have no effect on Spence who's haunted by thoughts of ...
• Episode 7: She Ain't Friendly, She's My Mother
  Ellen is pleased to learn that her eccentric mother, Lois, is in therapy. But Ellen's not crazy abou...
• Episode 8: Salad Days
  [Spence's girlfriend, Denise, arrives in weired multi-colored facial makeup]::Alien Denise: Hi, Spen...
• Episode 9: The Movie Show
  Guest performer 'Carrie Fisher (I)' (qv) is the real-life half-sister of cast-member 'Joely Fisher' ...
• Episode 10: What's Up, Ex-Doc?
  Spence's father, Burt, arrives in town after learning that his son has been kicked out of his medica...
• Episode 11: Ellen's Choice
  'Vance DeGeneres' (qv), who plays the talk show host Erik Matthew Marshall, is 'Ellen DeGeneres' (qv...
• Episode 12: Do You Fear What I Fear?
  Ellen invites Spence to celebrate Christmas with her obnoxious and unhinged parents. But Ellen's hol...
• Episode 13: Horschak's Law
  Ellen is thrilled when Paige invites her to an exclusive birthday party for John Travolta. But their...
• Episode 14: Morgan, P.I.
  When Ellen's bookstore is robbed, she offers to help the police with a sting to catch the "perp" in ...
• Episode 15: Oh, Sweet Rapture
  After a week of carpooling with Audrey, Ellen tries to get Audrey to buy a car for herself at a new ...
• Episode 16: Witness
  After Spence's actress girlfriend Denise, and later Audrey, back out from playing a key witness in a...
• Episode 17: Ellen: With Child
  Ellen volunteers to take care of Paige's boyfriend's nine-year-old daughter, Mia, for the weekend wh...
• Episode 18: Lobster Diary
  'Tricia Leigh Fisher' (qv), who plays the waitress Joanie, is 'Joely Fisher' (qv)'s real-life sister...
• Episode 19: Two Ring Circus
  After Matt proposes to Paige during a hockey game, she accepts, but not before he is knocked out by ...
• Episode 20: A Penney Saved...
  Money problems cause Ellen to consider firing Audrey from Buy The Book, much to Joe's delight. But a...
• Episode 21: Too Hip for the Room
  After a grudge band cancels their appearance at Buy the Book, Ellen is forced to use the runner up b...
• Episode 22: Two Mammograms and a Wedding
  In the week before Paige's wedding, Ellen fears that Paige's marriage will end their lifelong friend...
• Episode 23: Go Girlz
  The night before the wedding, Ellen and Audrey throw a bachelorette slumber party for a despondent P...
• Episode 24: When the Vow Breaks: Part 1
  A series of complications threaten to turn Paige's wedding day into a total disaster. Starting when ...
• Episode 25: The Tape
  Although this episode first aired during Season 3, it (along with "The Mugging") was originally film...
• Episode 26: When the Vow Breaks: Part 2
  [into a telphone]::Joe Farrell: Hello, Sting? Joe Farrell here. I need you to organize a benefit con...
• Episode 27: The Mugging
  Although this episode first aired during Season 3, it (along with "The Tape", #1.7) was originally f...
• Season 4
• Episode 1: Give Me Equity or Give Me Death
  Ellen is approached by Tom and Larry, two hippie businessmen who want to buy her bookstore. But Elle...
• Episode 2: A Deer Head for Joe
  Ellen: I think you owe Joe an apology.::Ed Billick: What am I supposed to say, "I'm sorry you're a l...
• Episode 3: Splitsville, Man
  Ellen: This cannot be real. I mean, I know it's a dream and I'm gonna wake up and you'll be there an...
• Episode 4: The Parent Trap
  Eddie Fisher makes a cameo in this episode. He is the real life father of actress Joely Fisher, who ...
• Episode 5: Looking Out for Number One
  Ellen begins seeing a new therapist to cope with the breakup of her parents. Claire, the therapist, ...
• Episode 6: The Bubble Gum Incident
  Little Paige: Why would Megan O'Connell do this to me? Why would she put gum in my hair.::Little Ell...
• Episode 7: Harold and Ellen
  Ellen's father, Harold, moves to his new bachelor pad, which is on the second floor of his house. Wh...
• Episode 8: Not So Great Expectations
  Ellen's mother, Lois, joins a video dating service and goes out on a blind date with a man named Vic...
• Episode 9: The Pregnancy Test
  A pregnancy test leads Ellen, Paige, and Audrey to rethink their lives after their flings with their...
• Episode 10: Kiss My Bum
  On Thanksgiving, Ellen volunteers with Ed at a soup kitchen in feeding the homeless and becomes acqu...
• Episode 11: Bowl, Baby, Bowl
  Ellen Morgan: [opening lines] Well, let's see... the first time... I was with a man. And then I was ...
• Episode 12: Fleas Navidad
  On Christmas time, Ellen and Paige plan a vacation to Mexico and leave Joe and Audrey to run Buy the...
• Episode 13: Alone Again... Naturally
  Ellen decides to go out more as part of her New Year's Resolution. However Ellen's plans for a solo ...
• Episode 14: Joe's Kept Secret
  Ellen Morgan: How long have you been seeing her?::Joe Farrell: Four months now.::Ellen Morgan: Four ...
• Episode 15: Makin' Whoopie
  After donating some blood to a blood bank, Ellen goes out with Spence to a wine tasting party where ...
• Episode 16: Ellen Unplugged
  Spence Kovak: Ellen, this is rock and roll camp fantasy camp. You can be anyone you want to be here....
• Episode 17: Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam
  Ellen helps Peter prepare a production of Romeo and Juliet done by deaf actors. Audrey, now single a...
• Episode 18: Hello, Dalai
  Ellen and Peter go on a spiritual retreat where he tells her that he feels that she is not has happy...
• Episode 19: Secrets & Ellen
  Ellen's hard-to-please, grandmother comes for a visit where she assumes Ellen and Joe are a couple, ...
• Episode 20: Reversal of Misfortune
  Ellen tries to speed up her parents divorce by showing them her example of free time in hanging out ...
• Episode 21: The Clip Show Patient
  At Spence's advice to fill in some of her free time, Ellen volunteers at the hospital where she is a...
• Episode 22: The Puppy Episode: Part 1
  Therapist: So, obviously you didn't "click" with Richard.::[Ellen shakes her head]::Therapist: Was t...
• Episode 23: The Puppy Episode: Part 2
  Audrey: So, what should we call you, gay or lesbian?::Ellen: How about "Ellen"?...
• Episode 24: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
  Ellen decides to tell her parents about her sexuality. But for a person like Ellen, even the best la...
• Episode 25: Moving On
  Ellen tries to find out if Ed has a thing against homosexuals after he forces she and Audrey to take...
• Season 5
• Episode 1: Guys or Dolls
  [after catching Ellen making out with her former beau Dan]::Spence Kovak: What the hell kind of lesb...
• Episode 2: Social Climber
  Ellen fakes athletic prowess to impress Lisa, her very attractive "spinning" aerobics instructor dur...
• Episode 3: Roommates
  'Norman Fell' (qv)'s last role....
• Episode 4: Gay Yellow Pages
  Ellen hires a gay plumber from a gay yellow pages phone book she was given to by Peter to fix the pl...
• Episode 5: Just Coffee?
  Ellen Morgan: Well, I'd better get home. I don't want to butt in. I'm sure you two want to be alone....
• Episode 6: G.I. Ellen
  Sgt. Timko: That does it, Morgan! Get down on the ground and give me 20!::Ellen Morgan: I don't have...
• Episode 7: Public Display of Affection
  Ellen Morgan: Why don't you tell me a little about yourself?::Holly: Like what?::Ellen Morgan: Start...
• Episode 8: Emma
  Ellen Morgan: I can't believe it. Emma Thompson is gay.::Paige Clark: So what? Half this town is gay...
• Episode 9: Like a Virgin
  Peter: Ellen, you're getting way to hung up on the physical part of it. Laurie is not going to scorn...
• Episode 10: All Ellen, All the Time
  Ellen gets another job as an assistant to a radio talk show host, named Chuck, who repeatedly makes ...
• Episode 11: Break Up
  Holly: Can I watch TV? Thanks!::Laurie Manning: Okay, but don't go flipping the channels, because yo...
• Episode 12: Womyn Fest
  Audrey: This is so exciting. We're like Thelma and Louise. And Paige....
• Episode 13: The Funeral
  Ellen tries to figure out what Laurie is up to on a Saturday after she keeps ignoring questions Elle...
• Episode 14: Escape from L.A.
  Laurie takes Ellen on a weekend getaway to San Diego where problems arise between them when Laurie's...
• Episode 15: Ellen in Focus
  Paige and Ellen scheme to have Ellen infiltrate a focus group slated to evaluate a new TV show that ...
• Episode 16: Neighbors
  Ellen gets off on the wrong foot with her new neighbors, a immigrant couple from India, named the Pa...
• Episode 17: It's a Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay World!
  TV Announcer: [voice-over] This series contains adult subject matter. Parental discretion is advised...
• Episode 18: Hospital
  Ellen races to the hospital after learning that Laurie was in a serious car accident. While in the w...
• Episode 19: Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 1
  A "mokumentary" hosted by Linda Ellerbee hosts a tribute to a 75-year career of Ellen, which traces ...
• Episode 20: Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2
  USA...
• Episode 21: When Ellen Talks, People Listen
  Disheartened by too much negative response and mistrust in L.A., Ellen's espousal of neighborly beha...
• Episode 22: Vows
  [Paige is trying on a skimpy wedding dress for Lois]::Lois Morgan: Oh, no. I couldn't possibly pull ...