Better With You

S01E05: Better With Little Buddy

Maddie plans to trick Vicky into choosing not to send frivolous emails to Ben.

Overview

Maddie and Ben have been dating for nine years and they know each other inside and out. Maddie's younger sister, Mia, has been dating Casey for seven weeks. With a shared c'est la vie attitude, Mia and Casey announce they're getting married and having a baby. It's news that throws Maddie for a loop. Surprisingly, the girls' parents, who have recently adopted a carpe diem sort of philosophy, couldn't be more pleased.

Episodes

S01E01 Pilot

September 22, 2010 22 min
Maddie is surprised when her little sister announces her engagement; Casey shares exciting news with Ben.

S01E02 Better With Firehouse

September 29, 2010 22 min
Ben is secretly hurt when he is left out of the Putney family's Christmas card photo; Mia and Casey ask Maddie and Ben to be the people who say ``no'' to their future child

S01E03 Better With Ben

October 6, 2010 22 min
Ben is secretly hurt when he is left out of the Putney family's Christmas card photo; Mia and Casey ask Maddie and Ben to be the people who say ``no'' to their future child.

S01E04 Better With Fighting

October 13, 2010 22 min
Casey implements a plan to avoid fights with Mia; Maddie inadvertently exposes a fault in her relationship with Ben.

S01E05 Better With Little Buddy

October 20, 2010 22 min
Maddie plans to trick Vicky into choosing not to send frivolous emails to Ben.

S01E06 Better With Halloween

October 27, 2010 22 min
Mia and Casey offer to give Maddie a Halloween-free party for her birthday, which falls on the same day as the holiday; Mia finds a mysterious videotape among Casey's things.

S01E07 Better With Road Joel

November 3, 2010 22 min
Joel and Ben accompany Casey on a road trip to Vermont to help him move his stuff out of storage. Ben looks at the trip as an opportunity to bond with Casey; but Joel sees...

S01E08 Better With Flirting

November 17, 2010 22 min
Mia and Casey are excited when Maddie gets them a meeting with one of the top wedding planners in the city -- the charming but very expensive Lorraine Ashley. But the too-good-to-be-true arrangement turns awkward...

S01E09 Better With Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010 22 min
This Thanksgiving, everyone but Vicky is relieved when her oven breaks down. For once, the rest of the family can enjoy a normal Thanksgiving dinner and won't have to endure one of her unsavory concoctions...

S01E10 Better With Christmas Crap

December 8, 2010 22 min
Maddie and Mia agree that they are not looking forward to the annual tradition of spending Christmas with everyone at the family lake house, so Mia and Casey use the pregnancy as their excuse and...

S01E11 Better With Skinny Jeans

January 5, 2011 22 min
When Mia accuses Ben of ripping her favorite pair of jeans, she drags him to the store, where he has to break the tough news to Mia... it's time for pregnancy pants. Meanwhile Joel decides...

S01E12 Better With a Cat

January 19, 2011 22 min
After parents-to-be Mia and Casey adopt a cat, the pediatrician tells them they shouldn't have a stray animal around the baby. Maddie and Ben enter into a spirited competition with Vicky and Joel, all under...

S01E13 Better With Valentine's Day

February 9, 2011 22 min
Casey has big plans for his first Valentine's Day with Mia. But Ben and Joel tell him that their rule is to never buy expensive Valentine's Day gifts for their ladies because doing so would...

S01E14 Better With a Leather Jacket

February 16, 2011 22 min
The job interview-bound Casey, unaware that bad luck always follows the wearer of a particular leather jacket, borrows it without telling anyone. Everyone recalls their own bad experience while wearing the jacket, including Ben, who...

S01E15 Better With a Shamrock

February 23, 2011 22 min
Ben hopes to get his name inscribed on a shamrock at his favorite bar, but it looks like he will strike out in his efforts when he learns the establishment's owner is New York Yankee...

S01E16 Better Without a Couch

March 2, 2011 22 min
Casey's ex-girlfriend wants the couch she loaned him when they were still together; Maddie updates Vicky and Joel's wills.

S01E17 Better Without a Job

April 13, 2011 22 min
Maddie lies about getting laid off from the law firm; Mia and Casey suspect there is a hidden message in the children's books Vicky donated to them.

S01E18 Better With Lying

April 20, 2011 22 min
Maddie gets a feeling that the story Mia tells about how she and Casey met is not true; Vicky and Joel have Mia and Casey's engagement party at the country club and use it to...

S01E19 Better With Dancing

April 25, 2011 22 min
After discovering Mia can't dance very well, Casey tries to conceal his skills; Ben runs into Larry King and asks him for relationship advice.

S01E20 Better With Crying

April 27, 2011 22 min
Mia and Casey try to reschedule their wedding until after their baby is born; Ben learns that Joel is worried about crying during his wedding toast.

S01E21 Better With a Bargain

May 4, 2011 22 min
Joel tries to use his bargaining skills to get Mia the baby stroller of her dreams; Maddie worries she's losing her passion to be a lawyer.

S01E22 Better With the Baby

May 11, 2011 22 min
While in labor, Mia and Casey decide that they should be married before baby Charlie comes into the world. The rush is on to make the wedding happen, as Casey and Ben dash to City...

Cast

JoAnna Garcia Swisher
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Mia Putney
Jennifer Finnigan
Jennifer Finnigan
Maddie Putney
Josh Cooke
Josh Cooke
Ben Coles
Jake Lacy
Jake Lacy
Casey
Kurt Fuller
Kurt Fuller
Joel Putney
Debra Jo Rupp
Debra Jo Rupp
Vicky Putney

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