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Meet Gerald and Helen Goode, a couple who live by the motto WWAGD ("What Would Al Gore Do?"). Gerald, a college administrator, and Helen, a...
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Season 1

  • Pilot
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    Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2009

    Bliss takes drastic action and joins an abstinence group after hearing more than her fair share of safe sex talk from her mother. Ubuntu wants to learn to drive now that he's turned sixteen.

    Director: Wes Archer

    Writer: Unknown

  • Pleatherheads
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    Pleatherheads

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2009

    Ubuntu becomes a star on his high-school football team, and Helen and Gerald struggle with being a football family. Meanwhile, Bliss tries to improve her college prospects using unorthodox methods.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Goodes Gone Wild
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    Goodes Gone Wild

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/3/2009

    Helen sees a way to win Charlie's approval when he takes a shine to one of the rescues at her pet adoption. Unfortunately, it's a disgusting animal of unknown origin named Gutterball who has to stay with the Goodes because Charlie's "home" doesn't allow pets. While Helen copes with Gutterball, Che gives Gerald a hand with the college's squirrel problem.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Helen's Back
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    Helen's Back

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/12/2009

    The Goodes' chances of being featured on the all-important organic garden tour is threatened when Helen injures her back. Help in form of a Latino gardening crew comes their way, along with a former Burmese childhood pen pal of Helen's. The Goodes discover they have unknowingly exploited the workers, just as the committee arrives to inspect their garden. Meanwhile, Ubuntu and Bliss try an experiment in the new economy tactic of "trading up."

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Jonathan Collier

  • A Tale of Two Lesbians
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    A Tale of Two Lesbians

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/19/2009

    Gerald and Helen offend a lesbian couple so must seek out new lesbian friends in order to prove they aren't being offensive.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Freeganomics
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    Freeganomics

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/26/2009

    Helen gets the support of 'Freegan' Heinrich in order to get more people to come to the Eco Festival. After realising what sort of person he is, they have difficulty getting him to leave their home.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Graffiti in Greenville
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    Graffiti in Greenville

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/3/2009

    Helen becomes a grafitti artist in order to make Bliss do some actual work, because she has been lying to her about the work she's been 'doing'. When her work begins to get noticed, Helen realises she's going to have to come out of the shadows if she wants to get recognition for what she's done.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Goode Game of Chicken
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    A Goode Game of Chicken

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/10/2009

    Gerald eats a meal that contains chicken even though it's not supposed to. He decides to take on Cranky (a chef) to protest what happened. Elsewhere, nobody can find Che so they assume he's missing.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • After-School Special
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    After-School Special

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/17/2009

    While Helen and Gerald tutor some at risk kids after school, their own children are left to their own devices. Ubuntu joins an ecoterrorist group unknowingly, and Bliss begins a business of selling fake ID's.

    Director: Anthony Chun

    Writer: Unknown

  • Public Disturbance
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    Public Disturbance

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/24/2009

    In an effort to bring public radio to the town, Gerald tries to get the other residents to become involved as well.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Trouble in Store
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    Trouble in Store

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/31/2009

    Helen is banned from One Earth on the day of Gerald's big meal, after 'stealing' something from the store.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Gerald's Way or the Highway
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    Gerald's Way or the Highway

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/7/2009

    Gerald adopts a highway.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Goode Man Is Hard to Find
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    A Goode Man Is Hard to Find

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/7/2009

    Gerald thinks Mo and Trish want him to be the sperm donor for their next child; Charlie decides to teach Ubuntu how to be a man.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown