Married to the Kellys

Season 1

22 episodes · Oct 3, 2003

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S1E1

Pilot

Oct 3, 200330m

Tom and Susan, newly transplanted to Kansas City, are invited over for dinner and game night. The reserved Tom, terrified at the prospect of being thrown in feet first with such a tight-knit group of people, begs Susan to decline the invitation. But, of course, she accepts and soon Tom finds himself thrust into the close-knit Kelly clan – complete with game-playing, dinner-song-singing and collective corn-shucking, and initiated into the dreaded "doghouse system."

S1E2

Barbecue

Oct 10, 200330m

After Tom loses a taco-eating contest to the Kelly men, he tries to prove his machismo by hosting a barbeque – but he can't assemble his new grill and Susan can't cook.

S1E3

Lewis May Have a Girlfriend

Oct 17, 200330m

Tom meets a girl in a clothing store and decides to set her up with his socially awkward brother-in-law Lewis. The date seems to go well until Lewis reveals to Tom that he already has a girlfriend.

S1E4

Corrupting Chris

Oct 24, 200330m

Tom tries to convince Chris that the family is taking advantage of his overly-helpful generousity and decides to loosen him up by taking him golfing. Eventually Tom's plan to make his brother-in-law less helpful and more laidback backfires when the family starts to rely on Tom to takeover all of Chris' chores.

S1E5

Tom Makes a Friend

Oct 31, 200330m

When Tom meets fellow New Yorker Bob they instantly become best friends but the same can't be said when their wives meet. Susan tells Tom that Bob's wife was a girl that Mary and she hated back in high school. Meanwhile, Dave talks Chris into betting on a football game behind Mary's back.

S1E6

Awkward Silence

Nov 7, 200330m

Tom feels awkward around Bill because he thinks that they don't have anything in common. Meanwhile, Mary and Chris prepare to compete in an annual folk-dancing contest.

S1E7

The New Car

Nov 14, 200330m

Sandy isn't happy when Tom and Susan buy a small car because it means that they're not thinking about starting a family any time soon.

S1E8

The Apartment

Nov 21, 200330m

Susan finds out that Tom is still renting their old New York apartment after Lewis decides to skip Thanksgiving dinner with the family so that he can take a trip to the Big Apple.

S1E9

Susan's Secret

Nov 28, 200330m

Tom becomes so preoccupied with getting Chris a great present for his birthday and trying to impress the family at the birthday party that he inadvertantly reveals something about Susan that she didn't want her family to know about.

S1E10

A Kelly Carol

Dec 12, 200330m

Tom and Susan are obliged to stay overnight at the Kellys' on Christmas Eve to help with Sandy's frantic Christmas preparations, and Sandy has to face her first Christmas without her mother.

S1E11

Tom Doesn't Get It

Jan 9, 200430m

Tom breaks a promise to join Susan and her family for dinner and instead goes drinking with the gas utility man.

S1E12

Who's Pants are Smarter?

Jan 23, 200430m

The rivalry between Tom and Mary heats up when he shows her up at her own award presentation and is invited to be a guest speaker at her university. Meanwhile, Lewis decides that it is time for a name change so he asks everyone to start calling him Lew.

S1E13

The Contractor

Jan 30, 200430m

Tom wants to turn a storage room into his own private sanctuary so he hires a contractor named Mike after meeting the man's parents, who are good friends of the Kellys, only to learn that his work is suffering due to his failed marriage. Meanwhile, Mary is feeling guilty because she never told Chris that she dated Mike in high school.

S1E14

A Portrait of Susan

Feb 13, 200430m

Tom notices that his new doctor, Jim Coglan, has an old portrait of Susan up in his office and discovers that the man was actually a childhood friend of Susan's who used to hang out on a tree outside of her window. Meanwhile, Bill tries to get his old lucky sweater back from Lewis who seems to have fallen in love with it.

S1E15

Lewis Turns Twenty-Fun

Feb 20, 200430m

Tom discovers that the family is throwing Lewis a childish birthday party in honor of his 21st birthday so he convinces Chris to treat the birthday boy to a night of guys-only partying. Meanwhile, Susan finds out that her new job as a restaurant hostess may cause her to miss her brother's birthday entirely.

S1E16

Double Dating

Feb 27, 200430m

Tom wants to socialize with couples other than Mary and Chris, so Susan – who has a history of disastrous set-ups – secretly sets up his friend, Bob, at Mary's Oscar viewing party.

S1E17

Chris and Mary Fight

Mar 5, 200430m

Mary moves in with Tom and Susan after she has a fight with Chris. Meanwhile, Lewis invites his girlfriend over for dinner.

S1E18

Talk Radio

Mar 12, 200430m

Mary sets up a talk-radio interview for Tom to brag about the Kellys. But when the bitter talk show host twists Tom's every Kelly compliment, the entire community turns against Tom.

S1E19

The Other Sister

Mar 19, 200430m

When Susan's sister, Lisa, comes home after studying abroad, Tom finds himself back in the doghouse when he supports her decision to quit school and backpack around Europe. Meanwhile Lisa's gay roommate, Shannon, seems to pay a lot of attention to Mary – which makes Susan jealous.

S1E20

The Plan

Mar 26, 200430m

Chris loses his job but doesn't tell Mary, Susan worries that she and Tom have no long-term financial plan, and Lewis decides to move out after Bill asks him to pay rent.

S1E21

The Good Son-in-Law

Apr 16, 200430m

Chris borrows money from Tom to start his own house-refurbishing business, and Tom is offered a job ghostwriting a book for a famous football player.

S1E22

Kansas v. Tom's Parents

Apr 23, 200430m

Tom's pretentious parents from New York attend Bill and Sandy Kelly's anniversary party in Kansas, and Chris refuses to sell the house he just refurbished.