S01E01 Chapter One
Steve Unger, a wealthy powerful CEO, falls from grace when he's brought down on charges of fraud, obstruction of justice and racketeering. When Steve cuts a deal to get out of prison, he realizes that...
Living in Your Car
S01E02: Chapter Two
After spending his first night living in his car, Steve wakes up in an impound lot, his car having been towed while he slept in it. If he wants his car back he needs to raise $200 to cover the tow. To raise the money, Steve sneaks into his wife Lori's house and steals it from his daughter Kate's room. When Lori discovers what Steve has done, she is livid. To repay Kate, Steve takes a job as a day laborer, picking worms. But when he tries to negotiate a collective bargaining session on behalf of his worm picking colleagues, he gets them all fired. In retaliation, they attack Steve and damage his car.
Overview
Living in Your Car is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that debuted on May 7, 2010 on HBO Canada.
The series stars John Ralston as Steve Unger, a former high-flying corporate executive struggling to rebuild his life after being indicted on fraud, obstruction and racketeering charges. Legally forbidden to hold any job dealing with other people's money, he finds himself ordered to teach a business ethics class — and is forced to live in his car when his wife won't let him back into their home.
The series was created and principally written by George F. Walker, Dani Romain, and Joseph Kay.
Episodes
S01E02 Chapter Two
After spending his first night living in his car, Steve wakes up in an impound lot, his car having been towed while he slept in it. If he wants his car back he needs to...
S01E03 Chapter Three
Steve pays Karl, a possibly deranged local car dweller, to "fix his car". To raise the money to fix his car (and to pay Kate back the money he owes her) Steve agrees to do...
S01E04 Chapter Four
Steve's latest effort to "get a foot back in the corporate world" finds him taking a job as a bike courier, delivering documents to his former colleagues, armed with a fast deteriorating designer suit and...
S01E05 Chapter Five
Steve and Lori are told by Kate's principal that their daughter has been caught running a sports-book on her high school's intramural teams. Despite being proud of his daughter's "entrepreneurial spirit", Steve convinces the school's...
S01E06 Chapter Six
Exasperated by the perils of car-living, Steve moves into a rooming house where he meets an aging jazz singer who was once Steve's favourite musician. A skeptical Steve agrees to help the musician reclaim her...
S01E07 Chapter Seven
Caught on a break and enter in the previous episode, Steve finds himself back in jail, where his lawyer Neil arranges for Steve to be subject to a mental fitness examination. Transferred to the medical...
S01E08 Chapter Eight
Kate steals her mother's "wampum", a cherished family cultural artifact, and gives it to Steve to sell for food money. When Steve tries to sell the wampum, he is disturbed to find himself beset by...
S01E09 Chapter Nine
Garreth, the night janitor from Episode 5, returns with the demand that Steve make good on his promise to finance Garreth's independent slasher-horror film. When Alex the protester decides to move on with his life,...
S01E10 Chapter Ten
The police descend upon the car community to hassle Steve and search his car because his luxury ride screams drug dealer. They find no drugs but tell the car-dwellers they are illegally parked and need...
S01E11 Chapter Eleven
Kate is caught trying to sabotage her parents' divorce. When Steve's mother breaks her rib, Steve offers to move in with his parents and help out. Steve's old assistant Fawn gives him a job in...
S01E12 Chapter 12
S01E13 Chapter Thirteen
On the day of Kate's 16th birthday, Neil informs Steve that the government believes that he's been hiding money in a secret bank account. Although Steve denies having done this, bailiffs arrive at Lori's house...
Cast
John Ralston
Ingrid Kavelaars
Colin Cunningham
Lúcia Moniz
Joe Cobden
Kathryn Winslow
