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Friends with Better Lives
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Friends with Better Lives

Mon, Mar 31, 2014
  • Comedy
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Synopsis

A comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Andi and Bobby are happily married with two kids but at times long for the days they had less responsibility and more fun; Will is newly single and preaching the bachelor lifestyle, but still pining for his ex-wife; Jules and Lowell are high on their passionate new relationship; and Kate has a successful career but may take a swan dive into the L.A. River when she finds out her last remaining single friend, Jules, just got engaged. When it comes to relationships, these six friends are finding it a challenge to look at each other without wondering… who really has the better life?

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • James Van Der Beek
    James Van Der Beek
    as Will Stokes
  • Kevin Connolly
    Kevin Connolly
    as Bobby Lutz
  • Majandra Delfino
    Majandra Delfino
    as Andi
  • Zoe Lister-Jones
    Zoe Lister-Jones
    as Kate
  • Brooklyn Decker
    Brooklyn Decker
    as Jules
  • Rick Donald
    Rick Donald
    as Lowell
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Episodes

1 season · 13 episodes

Ended · 8 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 5 upcoming · 8 aired
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  • E1
    Pilot
    Aired · Tue, Apr 1, 2014 · 30m

    Will reveals to his friends – the happily married Bobby and Andi, still-single Kate, and sexy couple Jules and Lowell – that he and his wife (Smith Cho) have finalized their divorce. Soon after, Jules and Lowell announce their engagement, which upsets Kate. Kate's friends then try to get her to be less picky when it comes to men.

  • E2
    Window Pain
    Aired · Tue, Apr 15, 2014 · 30m

    Kate helps Will move on from his ex by taking him to a singles bar. It is quickly apparent that Will has "no game", as the only woman interested in him turns out to actually be seeking a threesome with him and Kate. Meanwhile, Andi's second pregnancy has progressed to the overly-amorous stage, which exhausts Bobby.

  • E3
    Game Sext Match
    Aired · Tue, Apr 22, 2014 · 30m

    Bobby reluctantly accepts the overly-competitive Lowell as his tennis partner for an upcoming tournament. The two are in line to win when two senior members of Bobby's office (Stephen Tobolowsky and George Wyner) blackmail him into throwing the championship match. Meanwhile, to prove to his friends he is not so conservative, Will is talked into texting a photo of his private parts to a girl he has only dated once.

  • E4
    Pros and Cons
    Aired · Tue, Apr 29, 2014 · 30m

    Kate sleeps with Randy (Nick Zano), a man she thinks is her blind date, but he turns out to be a male prostitute. Meanwhile, Bobby and Will try to get rid of a rat that they discover in the house.

  • E5
    The Bicycle Thieves
    Aired · Tue, May 6, 2014 · 30m

    Trying to prove they can drink like Lowell, Bobby and Will go out on the town with him, only to wake up the next morning to the realization that they stole police bicycles sometime during the night. Kate gets upset when a cashier (Jonathan Slavin) gives Jules special treatment, while Andi is upset to discover that Bobby has a former Playboy Playmate of the Year for a client.

  • E6
    Yummy Mummy
    Aired · Tue, May 13, 2014 · 30m

    Kate thinks she's found the perfect guy, but freaks out after he announces he has a daughter. The daughter turns out to be 23 and she and Kate get along great, until Will starts to date the daughter. Meanwhile, Andi thinks a male parent (Kyle Howard) at her child-rearing class is hitting on her, while the gang finds a sex video from Bobby and Andi's honeymoon.

  • E7
    Cyrano de Trainer-Zac
    Aired · Tue, May 20, 2014 · 30m

    Kate sleeps with Will's trainer, Zac (Hayes MacArthur), and later complains to the gang that the sex was awful. She breaks up with Zac via text, causing the mopey Zac to refuse to train Will. Will gives Zac some tips and begs Kate to give him one more chance. Following a night of great sex, Kate is horrified to learn that Will taught Zac all the moves he used. Bobby and Andi look for a nanny to reduce the amount of time that Andi's smothering mother is in the house watching Charlie. Elsewhere, Lowell pleads with Jules to wear his great-grandmother's awful-looking gown at their wedding.

  • E8
    Something New
    Aired · Tue, May 27, 2014 · 30m

    The gang attends the wedding of Kate's friend and former sorority sister, and Kate asks Will to pretend to be her boyfriend so she can tell her college friends she is dating a doctor. Kate soon meets a handsome single guy (Mark Feuerstein) at the reception and dumps Will, leaving him to deal with an older woman he had slept with while drunk only a few days before. Meanwhile, Lowell surprises Jules with a trip to India, but she gets mad because they are supposed to be saving money for their wedding. The two ponder whether or not they should get married, as they appear to think so differently. Andi's water breaks at the reception, and the gang joins her and Bobby at the hospital after Andi gives birth to the couple's daughter. Upon seeing the newborn, Lowell proclaims how much he still wants to marry Jules.

  • E9
    Surprises
    Drops · TBA · 30m

    Concerned about their boring love life, Andi and Bobby try to spice things up. Meanwhile, Kate investigates Lowell's past relationships, and Will misinterprets signals from his ex.

  • E10
    Deceivers
    Drops · TBA · 30m

    Will signs up for online dating and challenges Kate to see who can find a better mate. Andi goes to extremes to get Charlie into a posh preschool, and Jules fills in as Kate's assistant.

  • E11
    No More Mr. Nice Guy
    Drops · TBA · 30m

    Out to prove she's not "un-setup-able," Kate persuades Lowell to fix her up with his friend. Andi decides to get more involved in the neighborhood, but Bobby's not on board with the idea.

  • E12
    The Lost and Hound
    Drops · TBA · 30m

    A missing cheque could throw Andi and Bobby's marital scorecard out of balance. Jules and Lowell adopt way too many dogs, and Will is determined to coin a corny catchphrase.

  • E13
    The Imposters
    Drops · TBA · 30m

    Bobby's gift idea for Andi doesn't resonate with the friends, so Kate intervenes. Unaware that Val rented out their old house, Will makes an unannounced visit, only to get trapped inside.