S01E01 Pilot
An Internet entrepreneur returns to live in her hometown after her new business venture suddenly collapses.
The Ellen Show
S01E03: Chain Reaction
When Ellen finds out that a P.J. Knockers is opening in Clark, she tries to start a petition to stop Clark from being invaded by all the chain stores and lose its small town aspect. But everybody seems blinded by the wonder they think a new restaurant will be. To make things even worse, Catherine quits her job and becomes a waitress at P.J. Knockers, and it takes Dot to convince Ellen to support her sister and ease off on the protest. Meanwhile, the new home economics teacher, Pam, takes over Ellen's office and turns it into a mini bakery room.
Overview
When her high-profile start-up Internet company goes belly up, Ellen gives up her high-powered career and heads back to her small hometown to put her life together. She gets a counselor at her old high school and moves in with her eccentric mother and unlucky-in-love sister.
Episodes
S01E02 Walden Pond
Now that Ellen has decided to stay in Clark, she has to think what she'll do with her life. Mr. Munn offers her a position as counselor at the school, but she doesn't think it's...
S01E03 Chain Reaction
When Ellen finds out that a P.J. Knockers is opening in Clark, she tries to start a petition to stop Clark from being invaded by all the chain stores and lose its small town aspect....
S01E04 Vanity Hair
Vanity Fair decides to do an interview with Ellen about former dot-commers who went out of business. After everyone tells her to do something about her hair, she finally decides to fix it with Pam...
S01E05 The Move
Catherine feels threatened when she sees how close Ellen and Dot have gotten now that Ellen has moved back home. When Ellen's furnishings arrive from L.A., Dot is so impressed with all of her fancy...
S01E06 Muskrat Love
Faced with what could be raccoons digging up their front lawn, Ellen calls a raccoon guy to get rid of the problem. Dot, on the other hand, thinks she can take care of the problem...
S01E07 Joe
Ellen is wary of Dot's new ""gentleman caller"" because of her mom's history of falling for the wrong kind of man. Although she tries to find fault with Joe, Ellen realizes that she actually likes...
S01E08 Cathy's Taffy
Ellen entices Catherine by telling her how much money she could potentially make by selling her delicious candy, and the Richmonds decide to go into business together with Ellen as the ""idea"" person and Catherine...
S01E09 Missing the Bus
When Mr. Munn realizes that long-time school bus driver Mrs. Gibson has reached the school's mandatory retirement age, the birthday celebration turns into a goodbye party. And, to make matters worse, Ellen is called into...
S01E10 Alive and Kicking
Ellen doesn't have any students to counsel, because the entire school seems to be in a good mood. So she snoops around until she finds one student that may need some help: Tug, the football...
S01E11 Ellen's First Christmess
Ellen decides to surprise Dot by flying in her aunt Mary, to whom Dot hasn't spoken in years. Mary buys everyone very expensive gifts, going against Dot's rule of hand made, inexpensive presents. They also...
S01E12 A Bird in the Hand
Catherine is jealous when Dot gives Ellen a family heirloom brooch. Ellen is excited about the prospect of receiving the elaborate piece of jewelry, but quickly changes her mind when she actually lays her eyes...
S01E13 Just the Duck
Ellen decides to go Clark's fanciest restaurant all by herself after not finding anyone to go with. There she runs into Catherine, who's on a secret date with Rusty, whom Ellen thought was still hooked...
S01E14 Shallow Gal
When Ellen counsels the superficial daughter of an ex-school cheerleader on the importance of being yourself and not to follow the popular cliques, she realises she was that unpopular geek in school. Ellen is feeling...
S01E15 Gathering Moss (a.k.a. The Flood, a.k.a. For God's Sake)
In order to boost Catherine's self-esteem, Ellen encourages her to accompany her to a seminar by popular motivational speaker, Percy Moss. Catherine and Ellen attend the session on self-actualization, where they both learn how to...
S01E16 A Matter of Principal
Mr. Munn is going out of town for a principal's conference and leaves Ellen in charge. She decides she'll rule the school differently, with lighter rules, no detention and more field trips. Of course, her...
S01E17 Where the Sun Doesn't Shine
After a friend of her mother dies, Ellen discovers that every year the inhabitants of Clark gather together for the Sunshine prize, given to the citizen who most helped the town with volunteer work and...
S01E18 One for the Roadshow
The Antiques Roadshow is coming to Clark and everybody brings something they think might be valuable for the Englishman to check out. After a lot of junk, Ellen discovers that the Monopoly her sister Mary...
Cast
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Richmond
Jim Gaffigan
Rusty Carnouk
Emily Rutherfurd
Catherine Richmond
Martin Mull
Ed Munn
Cloris Leachman
Dot Richmond
Kerri Kenney
Pam
