Rude Awakening

Soap actress-turned-writer Billie Frank confronts her problems with her addictions. She finds herself in Addictions Anonymous (AA) following a DWI accident and an embarrassing interview on a tabloid TV show.

Première diffusion : 1 août 1998

Trudy's contemptuous nickname for her pregnant daughter-in-law Tish is revealed. Dave drags Billie along to another AA meeting. Tish offers to help Billie by cleaning her apartment but Billie's tales of her past escapades with a woman alienate Tish.

Première diffusion : 8 août 1998

Jackie and her new ex-con girlfriend move in with Billie.

Première diffusion : 15 août 1998

Billie starts overindulging in coffee, tobacco, and shopping.

Première diffusion : 22 août 1998

Billie tries to get out of coffee duty at Addictions Anonymous.

Première diffusion : 29 août 1998

Billie and Dave work the AA hotline.

Première diffusion : 5 septembre 1998

Billie and Dave's relationship stumbles when Billie finds out Dave is sleeping with a stripper.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 1998

Billie regrets taking the lead in a movie when the script turns out to have gratuitous nudity. Trudy has an affair with a younger man.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 1998

Billie asks Jackie to go to the birthday party her parents are throwing, and Dave plans a surprise party for Billie.

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 1998

Billie visits her TV mom Colleen Woods.

Première diffusion : 17 octobre 1998

One of Billie's old flings returns, threatening her sobriety.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 1998

Billie comes down from an acid trip days before getting her 60 day chip.

Première diffusion : 31 octobre 1998

Billie accidentally feeds Tish's Christian friends marijuana brownies at her baby shower.

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 1998

Billie and Dave almost relapse after meeting Jackie's mom. Meanwhile, Trudy breaks her toe.

Première diffusion : 26 juin 1999

Dave gives Jackie an ultimatum after she wakes from her coma.

Première diffusion : 3 juillet 1999

Billie's sponsor quits.

Première diffusion : 10 juillet 1999

A surprise bris is planned for Tish's baby, but she doesn't want to get him circumcised.

Première diffusion : 17 juillet 1999

Trudy sets up Billie with another alcoholic former child star. Dave and Jackie fall for the same woman.

Première diffusion : 24 juillet 1999

Billie accidentally reveale a famous musician's anonymity after he comes to an AA meeting.

Première diffusion : 31 juillet 1999

Dave sponsors a surfer who soon falls for Billie.

Première diffusion : 7 août 1999

Trudy and Dave compete over who gets custody of the AA meeting.

Première diffusion : 14 août 1999

Billie and Dave decide to start seeing other people.

Première diffusion : 21 août 1999

Trudy goes to AA because she thinks Billie talks about her too much at the meetings. Dave goes to jail.

Première diffusion : 28 août 1999

Billie tries to prove herself to her new boss. Trudy tries to catch her maid stealing. Dave becomes Nobby's sponsor.

Première diffusion : 4 septembre 1999

Billie starts a phone sex line for extra money. Trudy gets sued by her maid.

Première diffusion : 11 septembre 1999

Billie needs to make a toast at Max and Trudy's wedding anniversary, even though she knows Trudy is leaving with Martin. Dave performs at open mic night.

Première diffusion : 18 septembre 1999

Billie discovers that her parents' will gives everything to her brother instead of her.

Première diffusion : 27 novembre 1999

Billie tries to wait four dates before sleeping with the new man she's seeing.

Première diffusion : 4 décembre 1999

Billie keeps lying to Sydney. Dave starts a suggestion box at the coffee shop. Jackie has bigger problems.

Première diffusion : 11 décembre 1999

After losing a fellow member, Billie gets lost in her work producing a movie with Sydney. Dave goes to Milt's apartment.

Première diffusion : 18 décembre 1999

Dave helps Nobby at his first sober concert. Billie and Maureen become each other's sponsors.

Première diffusion : 19 février 2000

Billie takes her nephew to Mike's Bar. Nobby wants Dave to help him stay sober while on tour.

Première diffusion : 26 février 2000

Billie has a chance to act in an Emerald Bluff reunion film but is pressured into having a drink with a co-star. Dave starts seeing Juanita.

Première diffusion : 4 mars 2000

Trudy catches Martin cheating on her, and asks Billie for help getting back together with Max. Dave gets too into poker.

Première diffusion : 11 mars 2000

After a night of drinking, Billie breaks her arm and lies to her friends about it. Dave discovers the truth. Jerry stages an intervention for Billie.

Première diffusion : 18 mars 2000

Now unemployed, Billie spends her days drinking and doing cocaine with Maureen. When she finds herself in need of cash to pay her overdue electric bill, no one – not even her mother – will assist unless she seeks help. Meanwhile, Dave invites his friend Marcus to stay with him after his wife kicks him out.

Première diffusion : 29 juin 2000

Billie is served an eviction notice and Maureen has an idea. But what Maureen has in mind could result in something even worse, which leads Billie to rock bottom and ready to admit she has a problem.

Première diffusion : 29 juin 2000

Billie, now recovering, gets a job with Trudy's lawyer boyfriend. Her first task is to serve Marcus divorce papers.

Première diffusion : 6 juillet 2000

Billie tries to figure out her relationship with Dave. Marcus tries to lose himself in his work after being served.

Première diffusion : 13 juillet 2000

Billie wonders if she should tell Dave that she slept with Marcus.

Première diffusion : 20 juillet 2000

Billie and Dave hit a rough patch after her affair with Marcus is revealed.

Première diffusion : 27 juillet 2000

At jury duty, the other jurors try to get Billie removed. Marcus faces a lawsuit and an assault charge.

Première diffusion : 3 août 2000

Marcus asks Billie out. Dave becomes attracted to Raquel.

Première diffusion : 10 août 2000

Marcus feels excluded from Billie's life, so she invites him to an AA meeting. Billie has a difficult time with her new responsibilities as the AA group secretary.

Première diffusion : 17 août 2000

Billie learns that Marcus has an interview with a prominent director and tries to set up a meeting of her own. Clark wants to hold AA at Dave's restaurant.

Première diffusion : 24 août 2000

Clark and Henry ask Billie to carry their baby, but Marcus doesn't agree. Dave suffers from chronic tiredness since dating a female athlete who beats him soundly at every sport they try.

Première diffusion : 31 août 2000

Dave and Marcus attend a party at the Perfect 10 mansion without telling Billie and Raquel. Invitation-less Billie and Raquel hatch a plan to get even. Meanwhile, Nobby Clegg makes amends with a playmate.

Première diffusion : 7 septembre 2000

Trudy enters the hospital for plastic surgery, but the doctor refuses to do the operation because her alcoholism has led to a life-threatening heart condition. Martin tells Billie he is leaving Trudy.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 2000

Trudy moves in with Billie in an effort to adopt a more sober lifestyle. Dave and Marcus shoot a video to send to Raquel in Australia.

Première diffusion : 4 janvier 2001

Marcus' demanding father visits, unaware that his son is getting divorced and that he and Billie are dating. Pregnant Haley asks Dave to act as her husband at a college reunion because she doesn't want anyone to know she's a surrogate for a gay couple.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 2001

Billie gets a small role in a new film. She's attracted to her co-star, whom she has to kiss. Dave and Haley share an awkward lip-lock, while Marcus spends the night with Nancy, whose mother has just died.

Première diffusion : 18 janvier 2001

Dave tries to tell Billy that Marcus is involved with Nancy again. Dave initially gives the wrong impression when he attempts to warn Billie, but things come to a head when Marcus arrives to his own surprise party with Nancy.

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 2001

Billie goes on a date with movie star Jake Newman, but he dies during the date, and Billie is asked to speak at his funeral service. Dave accidentally proposes to Raquel when she tells him her VISA has expired.

Première diffusion : 1 février 2001

Dave is caught up in a jewelry store robbery with Billie on the day of his bachelor party while shopping for a wedding ring for Raquel. Trudy wakes up in the arms of a handsome man who turns out to be an expensive gigolo.

Première diffusion : 8 février 2001

Billie takes extreme measures to prevent Dave from marrying Raquel, including seeking out a medicine woman to place a curse on the ceremony. Marcus and Nancy reconcile.

Première diffusion : 15 février 2001