TWO FAMILIES {UNAIRED PILOT} (TV)

Summary

This unaired comedy pilot depicts the budding romance between a widow and a widower, both of whom are saddled with frustrating families. In this episode, Angela and Stuart visit their spouses' graves and offer updates on their families' latest antics, with Stuart explaining that his daughter Cheryl has separated from her husband Wayne yet again and has moved back in with her son, the sex-obsessed Justin. Cheryl admits that Wayne wants a DNA test for "their" son, while elsewhere Angela struggles to hide her dislike for her daughter Valerie's slovenly live-in fiancé, Todd. Stuart's henpecked son Phil and his bossy wife Wanda stop by to borrow money, yet again, and Angela sits down to a frustrating dinner with her hyper-critical mother-in-law and other son Richie, who annoys everyone with his newfound college smarts.

Angela and Stuart soon meet at the cemetery and end up going for a bite, commiserating about their wacky relatives. They both grow emotional as they share fond stories of the late Joey and Carolyn, and when Cheryl later asks her father to "talk some sense" into Wayne about Justin, she is shocked to hear that her father has a date. Angela's family is similarly outraged to hear that she met a new man quite literally over their father's dead body, but Angela furiously defends her right to have a personal life. At the restaurant, however, Angela quickly realizes that she is not ready to date again and flees. Stuart soon solves the mystery of Justin when he spots Cheryl's water-delivery man, and when he encounters Angela at the graveyard again, she apologizes for bailing on their date and the two resume their flirtation. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: 2002
• RUNNING TIME: 0:23:35
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:82481
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Families
• SERIES RUN: N/A
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Chuck Lorre … Producer, Writer
• Pamela Fryman … Director
• Laurie Metcalf … Cast, Angela
• Brian Dennehy … Cast, Stuart
• Michael DeLuise … Cast, Todd
• Carrie Preston … Cast, Cheryl
• Anne Meara … Cast, Grandma
• Jackie Debatin … Cast, Wanda
• Alanna Ubach … Cast, Valerie
• Branden Williams … Cast, Richie