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Ruby & The Rockits

Comedy · 2009

Last aired: S1 E10, Smells Like Teen Drama · 2009-09-22

Ruby & The Rockits follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help in raising Ruby while he continues to perform. Patrick must now put the past with David behind them in order to help raise Ruby and keep order within the rest of the Gallagher clan.

Cast

Season 1

E1 Pilot 2009-07-21 · 30 min In the series opener, teenage Ruby reconnects with her dad, David, a pop star whose heyday was in the 1980s. David then seeks out his estranged brother and former bandmate, Patrick, who's now a suburban dad from whom David needs helps.
E2 Save the Last Dunce for Me 2009-07-28 · 30 min David is a no-show at the father-daughter dance that Ruby helped organize at school.
E3 Do You Want to Blow a Secret 2009-08-04 · 30 min Jordan asks Ruby for a ride home from a keg party, but the only vehicle available is Patrick's new car, which Ruby is not allowed to drive. She decides that it is more important to help Jordan than to listen to the rules. The next morning Patrick is upset because he thinks David drove his car, due to alcohol smell and the drivers seat is meant to fit a person in a smaller size. Ruby convinces David to take the blame for Jordan and her. He apologizes to Patrick, and Patrick forgives him. Later, they watch David's interview. Upon describing Ruby, he says she a rebel, and a crazy person just like he was/is. He then proceeds to go into detail of how she stole his brothers car and saved her drunk cousin. Patrick ends up grounding Jordan for three weeks, Ruby for one.
E4 It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To 2009-08-11 · 30 min Ruby throws a party to impress some new classmates, but David throws a bash that outshines hers. Elsewhere, Patrick and Audie embark on a weekend getaway, but end up mad at each other when they share a secret. Audie's secret is that she had kissed David before Patrick, thus making Patrick mad. When he gets over it, she asks what his secret might be, and it is implied that he had kissed one of her cousins at a Christmas party.
E5 Papas Don't Preach 2009-08-18 · 30 min Ruby wants to date an older guy, and David and Patrick have opposing views on the matter. David then sneaks Ruby out through her bedroom window. While on her date Jordan shows up and he and Ruby's date start to argue, but it is then revealed that her date is gay and didn't think it was a date in the first place.
E6 Hot for Spanish Teacher 2009-08-25 · 30 min Ruby's not pleased when David goes out with her Spanish teacher. Meanwhile, Jordan and Ben earn some cash by serving as tour guides for Rockits fans.
E7 We Are Family 2009-09-01 · 30 min David invites a magazine reporter to accompany him and Ruby on a day they spend bonding. Elsewhere, Jordan wants to know if Ruby is indeed David's offspring, so he tries to obtain DNA samples from them.
E8 We Aren't the Champions 2009-09-08 · 30 min Patrick becomes the coach of Ruby's soccer team, while David takes a creative approach to mentoring Jordan in songwriting.
E9 50 Ways to Heave Your Mother 2009-09-15 · 30 min Ruby meets David and Patrick's mother, who's unreceptive to Ruby's attempts at bonding and asks Ruby not to call her "Grandma."
E10 Smells Like Teen Drama 2009-09-22 · 30 min Ruby gets mad at Jordan when he starts dating her best friend Kristen. Meanwhile, David and Patrick teach Ben how to defend himself against a bully at school, the dad and the uncle lie and teach Ben how to fight the bully, he ends up winning. It turns out the bully is a girl.

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