6.6/1027 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2013
High flying New York record exec Rudi Wilson flees to the suburbs to avoid a scandal and finds herself under-equipped to manage her two kids in the fiercely competitive world of suburbia. She stages the ultimate birthday party with hilarious consequences.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Michael Shipley
- 5.9/1016 votes
#2 - Shoe I Am
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2013
Devastated by Dick’s donation of her coveted designer shoes to charity, Rudi embarks on a quest with to recover not only her shoes, but also her New York swagger, leaving Dick and Apple at home to battle a fake witch with Greg’s unconventional help.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Laurie Elliott
- 7.1/1012 votes
#3 - Double D Moms
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/2013
Rudi helps Sarah find some “me” time during school hours, unleashing a party animal who goes berserk and ends-up battling a world class Serbian snake fighter to rescue her son, all while Dick bonds with a prisoner out on work detail and winds up in jail.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Jenn Engels
- 6.4/1010 votes
#4 - The Comforting Hum of a Mother's Love
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2013
When Rudi discovers that Apple is attached to the school vending machine, she moves “her” in as the new nanny, but she quickly becomes jealous and ousts Machine Mommy; all while Dick’s love-struck mail-order Humanzee friend wreaks havoc in the house.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Greg Lawrence
- 6.6/1012 votes
#5 - Everybody Sees 2Bit's Wang
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2013
Temporarily broke and hounded by Dick and Apple for the newest thing, Rudi resorts to extraordinary measures to earn a buck, while 2Bit meditates naked in her living room searching for inspiration for his next big hit, guided by his new spiritual guru.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Jenn Engels
- 7.0/1011 votes
#6 - Apple Gets the Pirate Disease
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2013
Challenged with criticism of her inferior parenting, Rudi starts Apple on performance enhancing drugs that result in the best kid ever, until she goes off the rails. Dick and his chicken manage to win the school's science prize without any enhancement.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Laurie Elliott
- 6.7/1014 votes
#7 - Say Hello to My Landscaper Friend
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/2014
Rudi hires an undocumented worker to tame her unruly garden. She marries gardener Salvador to prevent his possible deportation and Greg ends up deported. Bullied by Travis, Dick becomes a power-crazy, sugar-addicted Lemonade King who hits rock bottom.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Kyle Muir
- 6.4/1012 votes
#8 - Overnight Delight
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/22/2014
Threatened with exclusion from Apple’s sleepover circuit, Rudi hosts one of her own, but it quickly spins out of control when the nanny she hires kidnaps the kids. Meanwhile, Dick has a video game session that scares the crap out of him.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Laurie Elliott
- 7.3/1010 votes
#9 - Mr. Right in the Eye
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/29/2014
To avoid concerns that she’s on the prowl, Rudi invents a fake boyfriend. 2Bit provides Rudi with the newest in erotic technology, a Sexbot, that turns out to be more than she bargained for. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Dick and his new tutor Agnes Chu.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Greg Lawrence
- 6.6/1010 votes
#10 - Apple's Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2014
Taking over Apple’s school play, Rudi replaces the cast and crew – including Apple. But when Apple and the other kids lose it, Rudi realizes she may have gone too far. Joel develops a crush on Rudi with a disastrous outcome.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Greg Lawrence
- 5.9/1010 votes
#11 - Invasion of the Hipsters
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/2014
Shamed to quit smoking, Rudi invites some NYC hipsters on a tour of the suburbs to immerse themselves in suburbia while she immerses herself in their second-hand smoke. Dick takes home a class pet, Marty the geriatric man, and struggles to keep him alive.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Laurie Elliott
- 6.6/109 votes
#12 - The Prophet Apple
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2014
Struck by lightning, Apple becomes a miracle child complete with healing powers and followers, which Rudi embraces for all its perks. When Apple’s faithful become overwhelming, Rudi must searches for a way to disperse them.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Amanda Brooke Perrin
- 6.7/1010 votes
#13 - Rudi Gets Served
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2014
When her ex, Jeffrey, arrives with divorce papers in hand, Rudi smells a rat. She discovers that he’s trying to marry an elderly heiress – who not only wants Rudi’s husband, but her kids as well. The battle is on.
Director: Steve Evangelatos
Writer: Kyle Muir
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Rudi Wilson is a former record executive who decides to move to the suburbs and see if she can hold her own in the world...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Mother Up!" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Steve Evangelatos and written by Michael Shipley, it aired on 11/6/2013. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Shoe I Am".