Alone among guys / episode list
This list of Alone Among Boys episodes contains all episodes of the Canadian youth sitcom Alone Among Guys (original title Life with Boys ). All episode titles end with the words "with Boys" (in German: "mit Jungs").
Season overview
| Season | Episodes | First broadcast CAN (YTV) |
German premiere (Nickelodeon) |
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| from | to | from | to | ||
| 1 | 22nd | Nov 9, 2011 | Oct 9, 2012 | Feb 20, 2012 | May 23, 2012 |
| 2 | 18th | Oct 23, 2012 | 27 Aug 2013 | Nov 18, 2013 | Dec 11, 2013 |
Season 1 (2011-2012)
The first broadcast of the 22 episode first season was from September 9, 2011 to October 9, 2012 on the Canadian broadcaster YTV . The German-language first broadcast took place on the free-TV station Nickelodeon in two parts, the first 14 episodes from February 20 to March 8, 2012, the remaining 8 episodes from May 14 to 23, 2012, each weekday the evening before. This means that the German version was partially broadcast before the original.
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No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast CAN | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
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| 1 | 1 | Wrestling with guys | Wrestling with Boys | Sep 9 2011 | Feb 20, 2012 | Steve Wright | Douglas Lieblein & RJ Colleary | 102 |
| Tess Foster wants to join the school's wrestling team, but her father, who is a PE teacher there, refuses because she is a girl and he thinks this sport is only for boys. Tess is annoyed with her father and wants to join the team, even against her father's ban. Gabe now has two girlfriends at the same time, but they find out and leave him. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | A perfect life with boys | A Perfect Life with Boys | 16 Sep 2011 | Feb 21, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Julie Sherman Wolfe | 106 |
| Tess is annoyed by her brothers who leave the bathroom pretty dirty. To solve the problem, Tess invites her grandmother to help her, but then has a lot to complain about in Tess' behavior and clothing, and so Tess realizes that she shouldn't always impose her own will on her brothers. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Tacheles talk to guys | Monkey Talk with Boys | 23 Sep 2011 | Feb 22, 2012 | Steve Wright | Michael Poryes | 108 |
| Tess and Ally are invited to a big party. At her request, her brother Sam also receives an invitation, who is then exposed in front of everyone, which Tess wants to make up for later. | ||||||||
| 4th | 4th | In the school secretariat | In the Principal's Office with Boys | Oct 7, 2011 | 23 Feb 2012 | Steve Wright | Douglas Lieblein | 105 |
| Tess and Allie grow apart, which seems to endanger their friendship. So they try to spend more time together, with Tess joining the cheerleading team and Allie going on a camping holiday with Tess' family, but both with limited success. | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | The problem with dad | This Time the Problem Is with Dad and Not with Boys | Oct 14, 2011 | Feb 24, 2012 | Steve Wright | Julie Sherman Wolfe | 114 |
| Tess secretly has her earrings pierced, despite promising her father not to do so before her 15th birthday. Her father eventually gives her permission as a reward for her steadfastness, not knowing that she has already done it. In the meantime, the boys are mad at Jack because he forgot the child protection code of their television. | ||||||||
| 6th | 6th | Be the joke among boys | Social Death with Boys | Nov 4, 2011 | Feb. 27, 2012 | Steve Wright | Steven Peterman | 113 |
| Happy that his kids, Tess and Sam, have joined the school's math team, Jack gets Tess to join the Mathletes Club, who fears that it will no longer be considered a cool girl. Meanwhile, Spencer is hit by bird droppings. | ||||||||
| 7th | 7th | Matching up with guys | Set-ups with boys | Nov 11, 2011 | Feb 28, 2012 | Steve Wright | Michael Poryes | 103 |
| Tess is concerned that her father will not be able to find a girlfriend because of his children, so she creates a profile on an online dating site without his knowledge and with Allie's help secretly shoots a video of him and posts it online. The response is great, but when they ask Jack about it, Jack declines. | ||||||||
| 8th | 8th | Bad luck with Sam | The Big Kiss Off with Boys | Nov 18, 2011 | Feb. 29, 2012 | Steve Wright | Gracie Glassmeyer & Steven James Meyer | 101 |
| Allie and Tess accidentally send an embarrassing photo of Sam to all classmates, and in return, Allie agrees to go out with Sam.
Note: This episode was shot as the first in the series. |
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| 9 | 9 | Christmas with boys | Chrisbus with Boys | Dec 9, 2011 | March 1, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Michael Poryes | 112 |
| Jack thwarts his children's plans by visiting their grandma for Christmas. | ||||||||
| 10 | 10 | Wrong motives with guys | Disarmed with Boys | Dec 28, 2011 | March 6, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Steven Peterman | 109 |
| Tess competes in a wrestling match, but her opponent is last year's winner Bobby Parelli. Even before the big fight they compete with each other, but both of them exhaust themselves so much that they can no longer fight in a real fight. Gabe is now borrowing Jack's sunglasses to look cool. | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Bathroom fights with guys | Bathroom battles with boys | March 9, 2012 | March 2, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Douglas Lieblein | 118 |
| Every morning the Foster children argue about who can go into the bathroom first. To end that, Jack takes a second job to build a second bathroom. But Tess finds out that his second job is pretty shameful. | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | Disarmed among boys | Misguided Motives with Boys | March 23, 2012 | March 5, 2012 | Steve Wright | Steven James Meyer | 107 |
| Tess has not had a single date with a boy in a long time, which Kaylee blames on her membership in the wrestling team. To refute them, Tess wants to meet a boy, but they find them more intimidating than attractive. | ||||||||
| 13 | 13 | Lovesickness | Trouble with boys | Apr 13, 2012 | March 7, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Douglas Lieblein | 111 |
| Tess is surprised that her best friend Allie is going out with her enemy Bobby. She tries to show Bobby that he doesn't match Allie, but manages to make him fall in love with Tess and break up with Allie.
Note: This episode and the one that followed, Double Trouble with Boys , were originally planned as a two-part show, but were broadcast separately and even in reverse order in Canada. |
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| 14th | 14th | More heartache | Double trouble with boys | Apr 6, 2012 | March 8, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Julie Sherman Wolfe | 110 |
| Tess agrees with Allie that she won't go out with Bobby. So Tess meets with him secretly, but on a date they meet Emily Osment and a photo together appears in the newspaper. Tess is now trying to keep the newspaper away from Allie, which she only manages for a certain time.
Guest Star: Emily Osment as Herself |
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| 15th | 15th | Elimination games with boys | When Something Better Comes Along with Boys | May 18, 2012 | May 14, 2012 | Steve Wright | Douglas Lieblein | 116 |
| Tess now goes out with Bobby and spends less time with her best friend Allie, who doesn't like it at all. | ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | Time out from the boys | Hitting the breaks with boys | May 25, 2012 | May 15, 2012 | Steve Wright | Douglas Lieblein | 117 |
| Tess breaks up with Bobby and Allie wants to get her a new boyfriend, but Tess is not ready yet. Gabe is now getting his driver's license. | ||||||||
| 17th | 17th | A fashion faux pas with guys | Fashion faux pas with boys | June 1, 2012 | May 16, 2012 | Steve Wright | Michael Poryes & Steven Peterman | 115 |
| When a fashion czar Jean-Luc comes to Westfield, Tess tries to win him a competition with her design to come to New York. Tess' design wins, but Jean-Luc changes the design significantly to match his line, but Tess cannot accept the changes. Gabe gives Spencer an old jacket that is too small for him. Spencer believes the jacket will bring good luck, which is why Gabe wants it back. | ||||||||
| 18th | 18th | Birthdays with guys | Birthdays with Boys | Sep 14 2012 | 17th May 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Steven Peterman | 104 |
| Tess wants her fifteenth birthday party to stop feeling like a kid's birthday party while Jack is heartbreaking to see his babies grow up fast. | ||||||||
| 19th | 19th | Smoking with guys | Smokin 'with boys | 21 Sep 2012 | May 18, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Michael Poryes | 120 |
| Tess sees Sam smoke for the first time with some of her classmates and secretly meets with Gabe to prevent that. | ||||||||
| 20th | 20th | Nightmares among boys | Nightmares with Boys | 25 Sep 2012 | May 21, 2012 | Steve Wright | Doug Lieblein & Gracie Glassmeyer | 121 |
| Jack has a new friend and Tess has tried to get along with her daughter Kaylee, but does not seem possible. She pretends to have nightmares to break up lovers. | ||||||||
| 21st | 21st | The twin thing | Driven crazy with boys | Oct 2, 2012 | May 22, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Steven Peterman & Glassmeyer | 122 |
| Tess is always in competition with her twin brother Sam, who is the better of the two. Tess receives a scholarship from another school and accepts without thinking twice. | ||||||||
| 22nd | 22nd | Bla-bla-bla with guys | Blah, Blah, Blah with boys | Oct 9, 2012 | May 23, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Michael Poryes & Gracie Glassmeyer | 119 |
| Tess and Allie fly to Italy on a school trip. But already on the plane, their roommate Kaylee gets on their nerves and they try to get rid of Kaylee. | ||||||||
Season 2 (since 2012)
The second season has been filmed in Toronto since September 4, 2012. It has been broadcast since October 23. In Germany, it has been broadcast on Nickelodeon since November 18, 2013.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast CAN | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Prod. Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | Dancing with guys | Do You Wanna Dance With Boys? | Oct 23, 2012 | Nov 18, 2012 | Steve Wright | Michael Poryes & Steven Peterman & Ari Posner | 203 |
| Allie tries to convince Tess to come to the school's Halloween party with a boy. At first little interested, Tess finally wants to show up with Hunter ( Dylan Everett ), but at the party he doesn't dare to ask her to dance, and so she wishes to be a boy. The wish is granted by a sorceress, but she quickly realizes that it is not so easy even as a boy and she wants to go back to her old body. | ||||||||
| 24 | 2 | Christmas miracle with boys | Naughty and Nice with Boys | Dec 11, 2012 | Nov 19, 2012 | Brian K. Roberts | Ari Posner | - |
| Every Christmas Jack wants to take a family photo, as every time he is disappointed with the behavior of his children and gives up his plan. Tess feels guilty and wants to give her father a good Christmas present. As tensions in the family grow, Spencer runs away from home, but Tess finds him in the mall and brings him home, where they have a nice Christmas party. | ||||||||
| 25th | 3 | Women's day with boys | Girl-Entine's Day With Boys | Feb. 14, 2013 | Nov 20, 2012 | Steve Wright | Michael Poryes & Steven Peterman (Story) Steven James Meyer (Teleplay) | - |
| Tess plans to spend Valentine's Day with Allie and Chloe because the three of them are not out on a date. When Tess does go out with a boy, she doesn't want to alienate Allie and Chloe either, and tries to go back and forth between women's day with the girls and the date at the cinema with Blake. But Allie finally realizes what Tess is really doing.
Guest star : Brendan Meyer as Blake |
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| 26th | 4th | Promotion with guys | Promoting Change With Boys | March 19, 2013 | Nov 21, 2012 | Steve Wright | Heather Wordham | - |
| Tess wants to keep her father Jack as her trainer, who is considering going to another school. To do this, she tries to turn her school into a problem school so that she needs a deputy director again, which could become her father. | ||||||||
| 27 | 5 | Mat allergy | Getting Up Off The Mat With Boys | March 26, 2013 | Nov 22, 2012 | - | - | - |
| When the school district refuses to pay for new gym mats for the wrestling team, Tess makes a video, but it turns out that she is allergic to an ingredient in the new mats. | ||||||||
| 28 | 6th | Nightmares with boys | Up All Night With Boys | Apr 2, 2013 | Nov 25, 2012 | Brian K. Roberts | Michael Poryes & Steven Peterman (Story) , Douglas Lieblein (Teleplay) | - |
| Jack drives to a concert with Gabe and Sam while Tess takes care of Spencer and at the same time has a girls' night out with Allie. Jack is stuck in a traffic jam and does not reach the concert. Tess lets Spencer watch a horror movie. He then has nightmares and only falls asleep next to Tess. | ||||||||
| 29 | 7th | Super superficial | Being Superduperficial With Boys | Apr 9, 2013 | Nov 26, 2012 | Brian K. Roberts | Billy Grundfest | - |
| Tess tries to arrange a date for Gabe with a girl he wouldn't normally date. Tess agrees with Gabe that she will go out with DJ to show that she is not superficial, but she is not attracted to DJ. | ||||||||
| 30th | 8th | Working with Allie | Working Like a Dog With Boys | April 16, 2013 | Nov 27, 2012 | Stefan Scaini | Jay J. Demopoulos | - |
| In order to earn money for her own television, Tess and Allie take a job in a dog laundromat. Since she has little confidence in Allie, she does all the work alone, making Allie angry. When she is responsible for a dog, it escapes and Tess brothers finally find the dog in a dumpster. | ||||||||
| 31 | 9 | Rat hunting with boys | Chasing Rats With Boys | 23 Apr 2013 | Nov 28, 2012 | Brian K. Roberts | Marie Brown Gallenburg | - |
| Tess goes out with a boy who has made a bet with his friends what he can get them to do. Then she tells him that she is offended, but he plays with her feelings again. Finally, she takes revenge on him by showering him with cow dung. Meanwhile Sam is locked in the bathroom with a rat, although he is terrified of such animals. | ||||||||
| 32 | 10 | Slowed down with guys | Carmageddon With Boys | Apr 30, 2013 | Nov 29, 2013 | Steve Wright | Maria Brown Gallenburg | - |
| Tess and Sam get the driver's license. The three children (Tess, Sam and Gabe) now have to work out who is allowed to use their father's car and when. When Tess gets a call from Allie who needs her help, she simply takes the car that Gabe was actually entitled to at the time. Tess doesn't find the car in the parking lot where she parked it and accidentally breaks into an identical model. | ||||||||
| 33 | 11 | Stroke of genius with guys | Young and Stupid With Boys | July 9, 2013 | Dec 2, 2013 | Stefan Scaini | Story: Michael Poryes & Steve Peterman Teleplay: Jay J. Demopoulos & Gracie Glassmeyer | - |
| Tess and Allie want to meet Sam's new boyfriend, Adam, who is in town for a science award. But Sam thinks they want to take his friend away from him. Adam is apparently suffering from amnesia through Tess's fault, but it turns out that he and Sam were just trying to outsmart Tess. | ||||||||
| 34 | 12 | Bad guys fight with guys | Battling Bullies With Boys | July 16, 2013 | 3rd Dec. 2013 | - | - | - |
| 35 | 13 | Duet with boys part 1 | Let's Duet with Boys (part one) | 23rd July 2013 | 4th Dec. 2013 | - | - | - |
| Tess and Gabe are entering the same competition where they want to win $ 200. There Tess unexpectedly meets Brooklyn Roebuck.
Guest Star : Brooklyn Roebuck as Herself |
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| 36 | 14th | Duet with boys part 2 | Let's Duet with Boys (part two) | July 30, 2013 | Dec 5, 2013 | - | - | - |
| Victoria Duffield visits the Fosters and offers Tess and Gabe to perform in the opening act of their concert. Tess and Allie get sick and Allie needs an operation, which is why Tess cancels the concert while Gabe has to perform alone and fight against his stage fright.
Guest Star : Victoria Duffield as Herself |
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| 37 | 15th | Singing partner | Partners in Rhyme With Boys | Aug 6, 2013 | Dec 6, 2013 | - | - | - |
| Tess sells a song by Gabe to a famous singer without asking his permission beforehand. | ||||||||
| 38 | 16 | Dance show with boys | So You Think Your Family Can Dance With Boys | 13 Aug 2013 | Dec 9, 2013 | Steve Wright | Gracie Glassmeyer | - |
| Tess gets her family to take part in the talent show So You Think Your Family Can Dance to raise money for a new bathroom. For this they are trained by their neighbor Heather and they are about to throw Sam off the team, but they take him with them because he belongs to the family even if this does not make them reach the next round. | ||||||||
| 39 | 17th | Vacation fun with dad | Climbing the Walls With Boys | Aug 20, 2013 | Dec 10, 2013 | Steve Wright | Gracie Glassmeyer | - |
| Jack wants to spend the spring break with his kids, but they'd rather hang out with their friends. To do this, they first arrange that their father goes to the cinema with coach Schneider, but that fails. They then invite Jack's father, with whom Jack doesn't get along well, because he always tells his son what he's doing wrong. | ||||||||
| 40 | 18th | Lullaby with boys | Saying Goodnight With Boys | 27 Aug 2013 | Dec 11, 2013 | Steve Wright | Jay J. Demopoulos | - |
| Allie is preparing for an important exam and therefore cannot sleep, especially since she can no longer find a USB stick with a lullaby from her childhood. So the whole family goes in search of the stick that has found its way through everyone's hands one after the other. In the end, Tess realizes that she can fall asleep without the song. | ||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/allein-unter-jungs/episodenguide/staffel-2/17275
- ↑ Press Release - Corus Kids Holiday 2012 Highlights: . Corus Entertainment . November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/life-with-boys/girl-entine%27s-day-with-boys/
- ↑ http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/life-with-boys/promoting-change-with-boys/
- ↑ http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/life-with-boys/getting-up-off-the-mat-with-boys