7.3/10100 votesLoading...#1 - Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/4/2002
When Kevin is down in the dumps, Andy plans a big birthday party for him -- only Kevin isn't very grateful. Meanwhile, Carlos and Natalie get a new pet. A boa constrictor.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Rob Schwartz, Richard Siegel
7.5/10106 votesLoading...#2 - Kevin vs. the SAT (or Nocturnal Admissions)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/2/2000
Kevin, Toby and George seek to cheat on their SATs. Meanwhile, Posey goes into business as a masseuse, but her poorly-worded ad doesn't land her the kind of customers she was hoping for.
Director: Ilya Skorupsky
Writer: David N. Weiss, J. David Stem
7.5/10109 votesLoading...#3 - Unemployment Part 1 (or Brother's Big Boner)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2000
Ron's shady dealings with the I.R.S. force the closing of the waterbed store. When Andy is unable to hold down a new job, Kevin goes to Ron in hopes of getting unemployment benefits for his brother.
Director: Scott Alberts
Writer: Robin J. Stein
7.5/10110 votesLoading...#4 - Andy vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/9/2002
Andy signs up for The Real World, planning to play the Puck character to show Mission Hill what a crock it all is, but once in the house, he finds himself under MTV's spell.
Director: Christian Roman
Writer: Ben Kull
7.6/10119 votesLoading...#5 - Kevin's Problem (or Porno for Pyro)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1999
Kevin is racked with guilt after he accidentally burns the local market while touching himself in its bathroom, and two of his mean classmates who were robbing the store at the time take the fall for it. Meanwhile, Jim inadvertently becomes a trendsetter when he returns from Japan wearing Day-Glo hot pants.
Director: Tricia Garcia
Writer: David N. Weiss, J. David Stem
7.6/10105 votesLoading...#6 - Andy and Kevin Make a Friend (or One Bang for Two Brothers)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/25/2000
Andy and Kevin battle it out for the affection of George Bang's sister. Meanwhile, Gus and Wally have a falling out.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Michael Panes
7.6/10107 votesLoading...#7 - Andy Gets a Promotion (or How to Get Head in Business Without Really Trying)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2000
Unable to handle rejection, Andy accepts Ron offer for assistant manager. Meanwhile, Stogie begins eating the living room couch when Andy neglects to buy dog food.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Michael Panes
7.6/10112 votesLoading...#8 - Unemployment Part 2 (or Theory of the Leisure Ass)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/14/2002
Andy still hasn't found a job after two months -- not that he's exactly looking for one. His learning about Jim's previously secret career pushes him to become more motivated.
Director: Michael Dante DiMartino
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
7.7/10134 votesLoading...#9 - Pilot (or The Douchebag Aspect)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1999
Andy's parents stick his nerdy, little brother, Kevin, on him -- which poses quite the threat to Andy's slacker lifestyle. Meanwhile, Kevin is torn between his desire to rat on Andy and his desire to cease being a nerd.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Josh Weinstein, Bill Oakley
7.7/10109 votesLoading...#10 - Kevin Finds Love (or Hot for Weirdie)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/21/2002
Kevin asks out the weirdest girl in his school, Eunice Eulmeyer, because she's the daughter of a well-known scientist, and he thinks the guy could write him a good letter of recommendation for college. Meanwhile, when Andy and company get refused entry into a new nightclub in town because they're not cool enough, they start up their own bogus nightclub -- and refuse to let the cool people into it.
Director: Cynthia Wells
Writer: Dan McGrath
7.8/10107 votesLoading...#11 - Stories of Hope and Forgiveness (or Day of the Jackass)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/28/2002
A teen starlet invites Andy to the Grammys. Meanwhile, Toby is ""chased"" by a rabid dog. And Posey decides to go on a spiritual journey to find nirvana. And we don't mean the music group.
Director: Christian Roman
Writer: Dan McGrath
7.9/10113 votesLoading...#12 - Andy Joins the PTA (or Great Sexpectations)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2002
Andy is first pressured to go to Kevin's parent/teacher conferences, then is pressured to join the PTA by Toby's mother. During the whole ordeal, Andy has the hots for Kevin's teacher.
Director: Gary McCarver
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg
8.0/10122 votesLoading...#13 - Plan 9 from Mission Hill (or I Married a Gay Man from Outer Space)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/11/2002
Kevin discovers that, before they were a couple, Gus directed Wally in a grade-Z science fiction film way back when -- which haunts Wally to this day.
Director: Jim Shellhorn
Writer: Dan McGrath
The Worst Episodes of Mission Hill
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Meet overqualified, underemployed, 24-year-old Andy French. Ambition: to be a cartoonist. Occupation: salesman at Waterbed World. Hobby: Where's the party? But responsibility soon knocks on...
Genres:AnimationComedy
Worst Episodes Summary
"Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag)" is the worst rated episode of "Mission Hill". It scored 7.3/10 based on 100 votes. Directed by Mike Kim and written by Rob Schwartz, Richard Siegel, it aired on 8/4/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Kevin vs. the SAT (or Nocturnal Admissions)".