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Ed (Tom Cavanagh) senses trouble when Big Rudy (guest star John Goodman, "Roseanne"), the back-slapping former owner of Stuckeybowl, ambles back into town and admires Ed`s improvements to the joint so much that he wants to buy it back -- but the good ol` boy won`t take "no" for an answer. Elsewhere: Ed`s fast-track romance with Bonnie (guest star Rena Sofer, "Melrose Place") takes a detour when she`s offered an exciting job in Washington, D.C.; Carol (Julie Bowen) reluctantly ends up "dating" a handsome young man (guest star David Eigenberg) whom Molly (Lesley Boone) has been eyeing; in court, Ed represents a songwriting female rocker (guest star Paige Price) who was kicked out of her band; and Big Rudy seeks an ally in Phil (Michael Ian Black), his former bowling alley employee.
Ed and Bonnie`s relationship is going along better than ever, until Bonnie announces that she has accepted a clerkship with a federal judge in Washington. After an initial rift, they patch things up and part amicably.
Ed takes on a court case involving a band who has kicked out their lead singer. While Amanda does not want re-entry into The Solids, she does want them to quit using her songs. Although she loses her case in court, the band later comes to her, asking her to return. She refuses, and the band`s audition with a prominent record company exec flops.
Carol and Molly join Nancy`s book club. Member Jeff Alexander catches Molly`s eye, but later Nancy convinces Jeff to go on a date with Carol, who does not want to dine with Ed and Bonnie alone. Carol tries to correct the problem by talking up Jeff and Molly to each other, despite having had a great time with Jeff herself.
Big Rudy, former Stuckeyville owner, is back in town, and wants to buy the bowling alley back from Ed. When Ed refuses to sell, Big Rudy engages in some sabotage. His fatal mistake is enlisting Phil`s help. Phil later rats Big Rudy out, and Big Rudy leaves Stuckeybowl in shame.
"Until You Break" - Matthew Sweet
Played when Bonnie came over to Ed`s house near end of episode
"Right There in Front of Me" - Marshall Crenshaw
During closing montage
Ten Bucks
Ed bets Mike can`t speak in a British accent to Hillary Sanders, a fellow Stuckeyville High alum, who comes into the Smiling Goat. (Ed up $50)
Fine Food and Drink
Jeff offers to get Carol a Tom Collins or a Slow Gin Fizz during their dinner with Ed and Bonnie. When Big Rudy magnanimously announces that all drinks at Stuckeybowl are on him, Ed offers to pitch in free beer nuts.
Legal Update
Ed takes a band, "The Solids", to court to try and get them to stop using songs written by former lead singer Amanda. When Amanda`s notebook turns up missing, neither side has concrete proof of authorship. The judge cannot find in Amanda`s favor. Ed`s record as a lawyer is now 6-4 with three settlements.
Nicknames
Ed dresses up as "Captain Stuckeyville". Jeff calls Ed "Mr. Ed".
Dave Alert!
"The Solids" are in fact a real band; two of its members (lead singer Carter Bays and drummer Craig Thomas) are writers on the staff of Dave`s "Late Show". Amanda`s last name, Bays, is a tribute to Carter.
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"Ed Stevens, my esteemed successor as captain of this
creeky old schooner we call Stuckeybowl!"
- Big Rudy (as he enters the bowling alley and says hello to all his old friends)
"There's a long and complicated history."
- Phil Stubbs (on Big Rudy and Shirley`s past)
"In the criminal justice system, Bonnie Hane's day is
divided into two separate yet equally important parts: prosecuting offenders and having lunch."
- Ed Stevens (as he comes to pick Bonnie up for lunch)
"You think I can't lift you? You feel a little unwieldy?"
- Ed Stevens (on the street, wanting to literally pick Bonnie up for lunch)
"Some of the world's most powerful art has been borne
out of heartache"
- Kenny Sandusky (listening to Amanda perform one of her songs)
"When I sold it, business was shaky, but now you got
the renovations, you got your upscale clientele, you
got the whole lawyer gimmick, which I gotta admit, I
don't exactly get."
- Big Rudy (explaining why he wants the bowling alley back)
"Mr. Calculus Teacher Man is in the hay-ouse!"
- Carol Vessey (when Jeff Alexander, Molly`s new love interest, comes to Nancy`s)
"I love that necklace. It's, um, pearly...pearly."
- Carol Vessey (coming up with a suitable compliment for Bonnie)
"I think Carol may be dating a grifter. Not a
particularly talented grifter, but a grifter
nonetheless."
- Ed Stevens (commenting on Carol`s date, Jeff Alexander)
"May I see your steely gaze, please Sir?"
- Ed Stevens (questioning one of The Solids in court)
"I prefer to play this coy, like a lioness majestically perched on the open grass plains of the
serengheti"
- Molly Hudson (discussing dating strategy with Carol)
"Whoa! You look great. Did you sneak off somewhere
and get some work done?"
- Phil Stubbs (to Carol)
"You're Ed. Aren't you the guy who puts on the suit
of armor and makes the video of himself and hires sky
writers?"
- Carol Vessey (asking Ed why he`s letting Bonnie go without a fight)
"Can you see a man like Phil Stubbs handing out shoes
the rest of his life?"
- Big Rudy (enlisting Phil`s help in getting back the bowling alley)
"That's Kenny. He stood motionless for five hours...
Kenny's so talented"
- Shirley Pifko (showing Ed the Stuckeybowl surveillance tape)
"I'm not so sure about the superhero costume... I mean, the suit of armor, that made sense to me... a
knight in shining armor, that's romantic. But this?
Not so much."
- Dr. Mike Burton (as he and Ed crouch in the bushes, waiting for Bonnie`s arrival)
"Ed, this is the man responsible for sabotage against
one Stuckeybowl Bowling Center. You sir have been
served up like a trout on a silver platter."
- Phil Stubbs (handing Big Rudy over to Ed)
"You must be the famous Mr. Ed."
- Jeff Alexander (upon meeting Ed at the restaurant)
"And the worst thing of all, the memory that's gonna
haunt me till the day I die is that I called you
'hun'!"
- Jeff Alexander (discussing with Carol the way dinner went)
"I'm thinking ferrets."
- Phil Stubbs (as Ed surveys the first instance of sabotage by Big Rudy)
Alex Trebeck
Moby Dick
Behind the Music (VH1)
Richard Gere
The Learning Channel
The Great Gatsby
Zorro
Busch Gardens
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