Episode
Happy Endings: The Storm Before the Calm
Overview
Penny insists that she's fine after her breakup with Pete, but the gang begin to wonder when she writes a play entitled "Black Plague: A Love Story" and asks Derrick and his theater group to stage it. Meanwhile a marketing group asks Alex and Max to be taste makers.
Details
- Series
- Happy Endings
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2013-04-12
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Storm Before the Calm is Episode 19 in Season 3 of Happy Endings. It aired on 2013-04-12. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 18: She Got Game Night
Brad and Jane host a couples game night with Penny, Pete, Max and Scotty and the competitiveness gets a little out of hand. Meanwhile Dave has a big decision to make on the career front, and Alex tries to help but they end up at a psychic instead.
Episode 20: The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky
The gang is shocked when Penny rebounds from her breakup with Pete by having a torrid affair with the last man on earth they'd pick for her -- the Car Czar. To make matters worse, she's temporarily living with Brad and Jane, who end up acting like disapproving parents. Meanwhile the friends pressure Max to get a job so he'll stop sponging off them.
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