Episode 1
Jack Moves Back
30m
Jack moves back in to the house for the sake of the kids, but must live in the basement until he can win Jennie back.
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TV series
Unhappily Ever After
1995TV-PG5 seasons7.0 / 10
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.
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Unhappily Ever After premiered January 11, 1995. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.
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Episode 2
Zit Could Happen to You
30m
When Tiffany gets a zit and Ryan sets the scale to ten pounds more than normal, Tiffany tries to develop a personality and Jennie starts jogging. Jennie becomes Vicky Vixen on the Internet, and Ryan finds that Vicki Vixen has the hots for him.
Episode credits
Guest stars Michael Dubrow, Dana Daurey, Ant, Shonda Whipple, Jamie Kennedy, Scott Gurney, Momo Kimura, Dustin Voigt
Episode 3
The Rat
30m
Jack leaves Jennie's room for the basement because she won't let him have his ways, but he finds a giant rat in the basement and makes the kids get rid of it.
Where to watch Unhappily Ever AfterEpisode 4
Rocky VI
30m
When Jennie gets in a fight with Susan, a neighbor, she has Jack fight Vic, Susan's husband.
Episode credits
Guest stars Victoria Jackson, Diane Delano
Episode 5
Rock Star
30m
When Jennie gets a date with Ray Paul Jones, her teen crush, she gives Jack the right to fantasize about a celebrity. Jack picks Cindy Crawford and gets arrested for stalking her.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ian Patrick Williams, Sandy Sprung
Episode 6
Driving Me Crazy
30m
Disasters occur when Jack teaches Ryan and Tiffany how to drive.
Where to watch Unhappily Ever AfterEpisode 7
A Touch of Glass
30m
Jennie gets a glass table on Ross's ninth birthday and throws everyone out of the house for getting the table dirty.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jamie Kennedy
Episode 8
A Line in the Sand
30m
When the family earns 40,000 frequent flyer miles, Jack wants to go to Las Vegas and Jennie wants to go to Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tiffany gets in a fight with Patty, a cheap girl who Ryan is in love with.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Elisabeth Harnois, Dawn Landon, Scott Matthew Bloom, Donna D'Errico, Kristen Williams
Episode 9
Making the Grade
30m
When Ryan gets all D's and F's on his report card, Jennie says he can't have the car keys until he gets a B, so he makes a deal with Miss Taylor, his Civics teacher. Meanwhile, Jack tries to figure out why Ryan is so dumba nd Tiffany begins to suspect that the mailman is her father.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jessica Hahn, Dana Daurey, Jamie Kennedy, Richard Hoyt-Miller, Tom Myers, Darcy Lee
Episode 10
Honey, I Screwed up the Kids for Life
30m
Tiffany thinks Jack doesn't trust her when he doesn't let Tiffany go in her room with Mike, her boyfriend.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Will Dimpflmaier
Episode 11
The Whiz Kid
30m
When Ryan starts taking urine tests for football players, he gets a lettered jersey and the respect of a football player. Meanwhile, no one notices Tiffany, because of Ryan being on the football team, when she gets the highest SAT scores in the school and becomes a national merrit scholar.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Benjamin Shelfer, Elisabeth Harnois, Kevin Scannell, Jeff Doucette, Michael Warwick
Episode 12
Hot Wheels
30m
After Tiffany and Ryan take Jack's car to a party without his permission, Jack and Jennie pretend the car is stolen, until it actually is.
Episode credits
Guest stars Gary Coleman, Edmund L. Shaff, Derek Sellers
Episode 13
Picnic of Pain and Peril
30m
After seeing a movie, Jennie takes the family to a picnic to bond. But the picnic trip is soon ruined by gophers, poison ivy, and pesticide.
Episode credits
Guest stars Craig Kvinsland, Benjamin Shelfer, Frank Lloyd
Episode 14
Meter Maid
30m
Jack is thrown in jail when Jennie punches a meter maid. Jennie won't bail Jack out and things are terrible around the house without him.
Episode credits
Guest stars Judy Kain, Eric Menyuk, Murray Rubinstein, Donald Gibb, Gunther Jensen, Frank Lloyd
Episode 15
In the Stars
30m
When the family becomes obsessed with horoscopes, Ryan looks for a girl and Jennie tries to be nice.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Shonda Whipple, Elisabeth Harnois, Mila Kunis, Samantha Esteban, Riki Rachtman
Episode 16
Mr. No
30m
Tiffany is disturbed when Danny, a boy, doesn't want to go to the Valentine's Dance with her. Ryan plans on taking Ms. O'Hara, his chemistry teacher, but she blows herself up. Mr. Floppy sends obscene mail to Pamela Anderson.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, John Patrick White, Priscilla Maye
Episode 17
The Agony of Victory
30m
Jack uses his height to beat Ryan at basketball for the 2001st time.
Episode credits
Guest stars Tommy Bertelsen
Episode 18
All About Jennie
30m
Jennie relives her high school days when Tiffany is cast as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Jack helps Ryan practice his one line for the play.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Benjamin Shelfer, Gregory Polcyn
Episode 19
Jack Writes Good
30m
Jack starts writing stories that are really Floppy's and gets a big break, but later tries doing his own writing.
Episode credits
Guest stars Kent Irwin, Diane Farr
Episode 20
Girls Who Wear Glasses
30m
Tiffany isn't the smartest girl in the class anymore when she is put into a smarter class.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant, Benjamin Shelfer, Jackée Harry, J. Robin Miller, Aquilina Soriano
Episode 21
Leaving Van Nuys
30m
It's summer break Ryan has just finished his senior year. After Ryan gets fired from the used car lot, Jack threatens to kick him out of the house if he doesn't get a job. So Ryan goes to Cheeseburger Community College, but finds he must repeat his senior year. Jack tries to keep the family out of the basement and works the night shift so he doesn't have to deal with the kids.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Daurey, Ant
Episode 22
Getting More Than Some
30mfinale
After taking Jack's advice, Ryan becomes engaged to Crystal, a thirty year old woman with two kids.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ant, Lisa Malkiewicz, Samantha Levitt, Matthew Cox
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More about Unhappily Ever After
Cast
Geoff PiersonJack Malloy
Stephanie HodgeJennie Malloy
Kevin ConnollyRyan Malloy
Nikki CoxTiffany Malloy
Justin BerfieldRoss Malloy
Wendy Benson-LandesBarbara Caufield
Joyce Van PattenMaureen Slattery
Bobcat GoldthwaitMr. Floppy (voice)Credits
- Created by
- Ron Leavitt, Arthur Silver
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 100
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
The WBUnited States
Touchstone TelevisionUnited States
Themes
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