Happy Endings

A group of friends in Chicago deal with finding love, a good job, and the perfect pop-culture gag.

Tuesdayss, 9:30 PM ET, ABC

Current Season: 3 - Total Episodes: 40
Highest Rated: Ep 15, Season 2

A-

“Deuce Babylove 2: Electric Babydeuce”/“Brothas and Sisters”

by David Sims May 3, 2013 -

Happy Endings bids goodbye, we hope not forever, with a wedding episode as always.

A-

“The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky”/“Un-sabotagable”

by David Sims April 26, 2013 -

Madcap nonsense, Rob Corddry, Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Everyone should be watching!

B+

“She Got Game Night”/“The Storm Before The Calm”

by David Sims April 12, 2013 -

Penny makes a big life decision in a rip-roaring game night episode, then puts on a play.

B-

“The Incident”/“Bros Before Bros”

by David Sims April 5, 2013 -

Funny lines and hijinks but both episodes are a big old sloppy mess.

Ep. 22-23, Season 3
“Deuce Babylove 2: Electric Babydeuce”/“Brothas and Sisters”
Ep. 20-21, Season 3
“The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky”/“Un-sabotagable”
Ep. 18-19, Season 3
“She Got Game Night”/“The Storm Before The Calm”
Ep. 16-17, Season 3
“The Incident”/“Bros Before Bros”

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Happy Endings - Season One
Episode 12

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B
Happy Endings
Episode 1-3

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C+

“Four Weddings And A Funeral (Minus Three Weddings And One Funeral)”
Episode 21

Happy Endings shows off its many strengths to wrap up a very satisfying second season.
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A-
“Big White Lies”
Episode 20

Another breezy farce of an episode—this one’s a knowing tribute to Three’s Company.
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B+
“You Snooze, You Bruise”
Episode 19

A light, breezy episode where Brad is the MVP and Dave is still a little lacking.
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A-
“Party Of Six”
Episode 18

No one can decide on a restaurant, which means Penny's birthday is cursed.
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B+
“The Kerkovich Way”
Episode 17

Last week's cliffhanger is resolved nicely and there's lots of fun running around.
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B+
“Cocktails & Dreams”
Episode 16

A soapy twist doesn't spoil a zippy, well-plotted half-hour.
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B+
“The Butterfly Effect Effect”
Episode 15

Brad and Jane have their annual spring fight, and Happy Endings has a great episode.
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A
“Everybody Loves Grant”
Episode 14

Everyone's in love with James Wolk.
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B+
“The St. Valentine’s Day Maxssacre”
Episode 13

Max gets a romantic interest on a generally silly, fun Valentine's Day episode.
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A-
“Makin’ Changes!”
Episode 12

A very silly episode, even for this show, but that's not an entirely bad thing.
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B
“Meat The Parrots”
Episode 11

An especially fun, zany, fast-paced episode featuring Michael McKean as Dave's dad.
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A-
“The Shrink, The Dare, Her Date, And Her Brother”
Episode 10

The show goes to slightly less zany territory for its welcome back, and the results are mixed but interesting.
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B+
“Grinches Be Crazy”
Episode 9

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B
“Full Court Dress”
Episode 8

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B-
“The Code War”
Episode 7

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B
“Lying Around”
Episode 6

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B+
“Spooky Endings”
Episode 5

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A
“Secrets And Limos”
Episode 4

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A
“Yesandwitch”
Episode 3

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B-
“Baby Steps”
Episode 2

Brad wears a shirt-dress, Max is a limo driver, and the show fires on all cylinders.
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A-
“Blax, Snake, Home”
Episode 1

The season-two opener of an unlikely favorite maintains its zippy pace.
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B+

“Deuce Babylove 2: Electric Babydeuce”/“Brothas and Sisters”
Episode 22-23

Happy Endings bids goodbye, we hope not forever, with a wedding episode as always.
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A-
“The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky”/“Un-sabotagable”
Episode 20-21

Madcap nonsense, Rob Corddry, Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Everyone should be watching!
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A-
“She Got Game Night”/“The Storm Before The Calm”
Episode 18-19

Penny makes a big life decision in a rip-roaring game night episode, then puts on a play.
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B+
“The Incident”/“Bros Before Bros”
Episode 16-17

Funny lines and hijinks but both episodes are a big old sloppy mess.
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B-
“In The Heat Of The Noche”/“The Straight Dope”
Episode 14-15

With its future in limbo, Happy Endings returns same as it ever was: funny, chaotic, and worth watching.
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B+
“The Marry Prankster/Our Best Friend’s Wedding”
Episode 12

The first in a series of doubleheaders runs with a pretty big plot development.
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A-
“The Ex Factor”
Episode 11

Penny meets her boyfriend's normal friends in a particularly strong episode.
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A
“Kickball 2: The Kickening”
Episode 10

This episode is from season two, but it's still funny.
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B+
“Ordinary Extraordinary Love”
Episode 9

We're getting more Happy Endings than we know what to do with, but Max's trip through many gay subcultures is a treat.
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B
“Fowl Play/Date”
Episode 8

Alex has a racist parrot, and it gets better from there.
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B+
“No-Ho-Ho”
Episode 7

A Christmas classic comes with an unorthodox Jane birthday plot.
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A
“To Serb With Love”
Episode 6

We meet the Kerkovich parents as Max finds himself a new Penny.
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B+
“P & P Romance Factory”
Episode 5

Penny wears a helmet and Max has a fist-bump fight. Things are even more ridiculous than usual but that's just fine.
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B+
“More Like Stanksgiving”
Episode 4

Everyone sits around to watch flashback movies and freak out about their relationships. What is this, Friends?
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B+
“Boys II Menorah”
Episode 3

This is all very silly, but it's hard not to love.
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A-
“Sabado Freegante”
Episode 2

Alex and Dave are beginning to grate, but good times otherwise.
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B+
“Cazsh Dummy Spillionaires”
Episode 1

It’s the same great, zippy show as ever, but now Brad has a puppet.
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A-

Boobies, pee-pees, codependence, and grounding the shenanigans with heart
Two interlopers have very different effects on the core group in an early episode of Friends.
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USA picks up comedies that are not Happy Endings, keeps you hanging on about Happy Endings
Better not stop thinking about Happy Endings.
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Fall schedule analysis: ABC finds itself boxed in by America's stubborn refusal to watch its programming
At least they have superheroes and... Adam Goldberg?
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UPDATED: ABC renews a bunch of stuff, (including The Neighbors), cancels Happy Endings, which is the only thing you cared about
ABC, which waited until the last possible moment to pick up or cancel any of its series, has been announcing its pickups all afternoon long, in irritating, haphazard fashion, via Twitter.
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Is this the end of Happy Endings? We sure hope not!
Happy Endings reaches what we sure hope won't be its end. Also: Saturday Night Live heads toward the end of the season, Doctor Who turns crimson, and the NHL playoffs heat up.
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Pretend you watched House Of Cards at the rate of one episode per week as our coverage of season one wraps up
Join us, won't you, in pretending that House Of Cards just ended its run, because we are awesome at denial. Also: New episodes of Doctor Who, Orphan Black, and Smash make Saturday fun.
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Doctor Who finally vanquishes its foes to become top pick
It only took three weeks, but Doctor Who visits a haunted house and vaults to the top pick. Also: A new Gravity Falls, an HBO film about malaria eradication, and Grimm's return.
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Let’s save network television!
Sadly, the solution doesn’t involve being like cable.
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Spartacus comes to its end, presumably with singing, dancing, and bloodletting
Spartacus ends its run with some bloodletting, then, hopefully, some singing and dancing. Also: Another hour of Happy Endings, Vince Vaughan on SNL, and college bowling!
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We encourage you to check out Orphan Black in the midst of a suddenly crowded weekend
When did Friday and Saturday get full of so many things to watch? We encourage you to start with Orphan Black, then follow up with Doctor Who, Happy Endings, and the Final Four.
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Happy Endings may be saved by the USA Network should you fail to do so
Since you're probably not going to save it, after all.
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Dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun (Translated: Game Of Thrones is back)
Dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun (Translated: Game Of Thrones is back) Also: Dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun Dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun-dun (Translated: Why are you watching anything but Game Of Thrones tonight?)
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Casey Wilson on Happy Endings’ renewal chances and the true “Year Of Penny”
“What happened in my childhood that led me down the path of wearing homeless-lady clothes and a red nose and having to make people laugh?”
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ABC wants you to save Happy Endings, as if you have any say in the matter
ABC asks you to save Happy Endings, as if having forgotten it could totally save the show right now with a phone call. Also: Doctor Who is back, and Orphan Black debuts.
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CBS hopes Golden Boy will strike, er, some sort of precious metal
Teaser: A new cop show about one officer’s meteoric rise debuts. Also: A milestone for the New Girl roommates and Justified continues (and continues and continues) the search for Drew Thompson.
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ABC moves Happy Endings to Friday night—the best night of the week
Where it can just relax and kick off the weekend.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, The Following made all other shows look weak and weary
Until next week, that is.
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Elisha Cuthbert on being “the funny one” and not competing with 24
“It was like, ‘There’s no way I’m doing another one-hour drama—it’s going to tank and burn.’”
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Enter this brave, new Tuesday-night world with double doses of Raising Hope and Happy Endings
Enter this brave, new Tuesday-night world with double doses of Raising Hopeand Happy Endings. Also: The return of True American and Fight Night in Harlan County.
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Tuesday night: The ultimate comedy killer
Did the events of the past week declare Tuesday a comedy no man’s land?
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UPDATE: ABC cancels Don’t Trust The B---- In Apartment 23 (according to its stars), spares Happy Endings
Happy Endings to air two episodes a week to make room for hoofing celebrities.
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Globes versus Girls
One pushed 20 million viewers, one missed the 1 million mark, but they’re both “hits.”
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ABC pulling Happy Endings and Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23 from Sundays, after that somehow didn't work out
What went wrong?
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It’s (the last) Arrested Development—until May
It’s (the last) Arrested Development—until May. Also: Jess and her roommates are off to the races while Raylan Givens tries to find Waldo.
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Girls is back, which is either the best news or a warning to avoid HBO for 10 weeks
Girls is back, which is either the best news or a warning to avoid HBO for 10 weeks. Also: Premières of other pay-cable shows that are just as divisive. (Oh, who are we kidding—nothing’s as divisive as Girls.)
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“The Incident”/“Bros Before Bros”

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