Episode
Happy Endings: Ordinary Extraordinary Love
Overview
When a hot young pop star stops in and buys a dress at Alex's store, Penny helps Alex turns it into a press opportunity. Meanwhile, Max is having an identity crisis, so Jane and Derrick take him on a tour of Chicago's themed gay bars to help him find his niche, and Brad and Dave try to be "men" and fix things around the house.
Details
- Series
- Happy Endings
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2013-01-08
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Ordinary Extraordinary Love is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Happy Endings. It aired on 2013-01-08. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 8: Fowl Play/Date
After Brad and Penny accidentally break Alex's beloved childhood memento, they try to glue it back together which leads to an even worse situation. Meanwhile, Jane and Dave try a little too hard to find a match for Max.
Episode 10: KickBall 2: The Kickening
Alex signs up the gang to participate in the Northside Kickball Classic tournament. However, self-appointed manager Max has difficulty bringing his players up to scratch - Dave has a history of freezing at crucial moments after an unfortunate incident during a previous game, Penny uses the tournament as an opportunity to meet good-looking guys and refuses to put on appropriate footwear, while Jane abandons her friends altogether and started playing for another team.
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Episode 12: The Marry Prankster
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