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Joey season 1 guide
1. Pilot
Joey moves to L.A. (by way of Dallas) to pursue his acting career. He's been offerred two parts: The starring role in a new cable cop show, "Blue Wall," and a male nurse in "Nurses." His choice is "Blue Wall." He settles into his new California life with the help of his sister Gina and her 20 year old son, Michael. Michael lives with his mom but wants to move in with Joey, which upsets Gina. Joey's show is dropped. His agent (Bobbie) gets him an audition to host an entertainment news show, but blows it when he can't look into the right camera. Joey meets his pretty neighbor, Alex, and doesn't realize at first that she's married.
2. Joey and the Student
Gina can't let go of Michael and tries to hang out with him all the time. He and Joey plan a night out without her so Joey can teach Michael about women; Gina foils their plans. Joey keeps getting critical notes from the building supervisor about his belongs and behavior. This bothers him, especially when he finds out that the super is his neighbor, Alex.
3. Joey and the Party
Joey is feeling lonely, so he throws a party to get to know his neighbors, especially Jake. Jake and Gina take an interest in each other, but Jake's only looking for a one-night stand, so Joey decides he doesn't want to be friends after all. Michael gets Alex to be his fake date for the party, to compete with his friend, Seth, who's bringing his new girlfriend.
4. Joey and the Book Club
Joey is having a hard time meeting women, so he joins Michael's book club; Michael is upset when the girl he likes wants to date Joey. Gina wants some famous hair clients, so she gets Joey to take her portfolio to Bobbie (his agent). She isn't going to help, but really likes the hair model (Michael). Gina does Alex's famous friend's hair before a big premier, but the woman changes it before hitting the red carpet.
5. Joey and the Perfect Storm
Joey auditions for a Shakespeare play and gets selected to be the understudy. At first he's disappointed but Michael helps him realize it's a great opportunity. He realizes he's taken things too far when he understudies for three different shows, and all three need him to perform on the same night. Bobbie helps Joey come up with a plan to pull it off. An apartment in Joey's complex becomes available; Michael and Joey are worried Gina will want to move in, so they try to keep her from finding out.
6. Joey and the Nemesis
Michael is sick and Gina is thrilled, since it gives her an excuse to take care of him. Since Gina is staying at Joey's, he stays at her place and finds out about Gina's secret boyfriend, Roger. Roger turns out to be a loser.
7. Joey and the Husband
Joey realizes he never returned his rental car after buying a car of his own; he continues forgetting. Gina's frustration with her boss and Michael's persistence convince Joey to offer her money to start her own salon. She realizes a salon of her own isn't really what she wants. Alex's husband (Eric) returns to town; in the past he's felt threatened by Joey's friendship with her, but once he meets Joey, he's no longer worried. It turns out he thinks Joey's too goofy for Alex to be seriously interested.
8. Joey and the Dream Girl, part 1
Michael discovers that as a kid he was good at baseball, but his mom made him stop because she was afraid he'd get hurt. He tries unsuccessfully to pick it back up. Gina's high-school friend, Donna, comes to town; she's going through a divorce. Joey used to have a huge crush on her; he starts up a romance, against Gina's wishes.
9. Joey and the Dream Girl, part 2
Joey has a week to prove to Donna that she should be with him instead of her potentially-ex-husband, Ron. Ron shows up from New York to take Donna home, so Joey tries to keep Donna from knowing he's in town by taking her away for the weekend.
10. Joey and the Big Audition
Joey, frustrated by his dwindling career, takes advantage of the situation when a movie producer mistakes him as a fellow Northwestern University Alumnus. He gets an audition in a hot new show ("Deep Powder"); things get complicated when his attraction to the woman playing his daughter makes it hard to stay in character.
11. Joey and the Road Trip
Joey gets recruited to be a celebrity judge at a beauty pageant in Las Vegas, so he, Gina, Michael, and Alex take a road trip. Alex is psyched about seeing Celene Deon.
12. Joey and the Plot Twist
The warm weather interferes with the getting into the holiday spirit. Joey meets the executive producer of Deep Powder, Lauren Beck, who is very obsessive-compulsive. At a press junket, he accidentally lets slip an upcoming plot twist involving the death of another character; in response, the script gets re-written.
13. Joey and the Taste Test
Gina teaches Alex to make lasagna; Alex's claim that she improved the recipe leads to a lasagna-baking contest. Joey's on-set romand with Katie causes emotional tension; Lauren puts an end to it.
14. Joey and the Premier
Joey's show - Deep Powder - has it's premier party. Gina, Michael, and Alex all want to go, but he's only allowed one guest. He offers up Gina and Alex as dates for other attendees and takes Michael as his own guest. He upsets Lauren by setting up Gina with Lauren's ex-boyfriend; he purposefully sets Alex up with a lesbian without telling her that it's a date.
15. Joey and the Assistant
Joey's busy career leads Bobbie to suggest he get a personal assistant. He hires Glen, who seems perfect until a romance between him and Gina complicates things. Michael's "friend" Seth tries to take sole credit for a scientific breakthrough they made together.
16. Joey and The Tonight Show
Due to someone else's cancellation, Joey gets a spot on the Tonight Show. On the way there, Gina and Joey pressure Michael to give the finger to someone who cut them off. He does; then, in a traffic jam, they get stuck next to the same vehicle, which just happens to belong to "Judoman".
17. Joey and the Valentine's Date
Joey is being featured in an article for People magazine. While trying to charm the interviewer (Judy), he asks her out to dinner, not realizing he's making a Valentine's Day date.
18. Joey and The Wrong Name
Joey is nominated for a Daytime Soap Award for his previous work on Days of our Lives. He is also presenting an award, and is so nervous about pronouncing a difficult name that he repeats it, making everyone think he was announcing the winner.
19. Joey and the Fancy Sister
Joey's sister, Mary Teresa, who thinks she's much classier than the rest of her family, comes to visit. She constantly flaunts her engagement ring until she finds out her "diamond" is fake.
20. Joey and the Neighbor
Joey meets - and begins dating - his new neighbor (Sara), a beautiful and very forward photographer. He tries to impress her with pick-up lines and celebrity status but finds that just being honest works better.
21. Joey and the Spying
Alex's husband, Eric, moves out -- to the other side of the apartment complex. The separation is harder for Alex than she expects, so she spies on him from Joey's bedroom window.
22. Joey and The Temptation
Joey demands that Eric tell Alex about the kiss; then Joey accidentally tells her himself. News of an upcoming love scene with Carmen Electra makes Joey worry that he'll not be able to maintain his exclusive relationship with Sara. Joey struggles but stays strong. Alex confronts Eric and they decide their marriage isn't working.
23. Joey and The Break-Up
Michael's new romantic relationship turns out to be more than Gina expected when she meets his 45-year-old girlfriend (Lorraine). Joey and Sara have their one month anniversay.
24. Joey and The Moving In
Joey, not really ready to live with Sara, struggles to hide his feelings. While shopping for new stuff for their new life together, they both freak out. Michael gets tickets to the new Star Wars movie from Bobbie, but gets more than he bargained for.
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