Jonathan Goldstein — Consulting Producer
Episodes 41
Pilot (Preair)
Talented young television producer Jake Silver comes to Miami to visit his grandmother Claire under the guise of a job interview to produce the country's lowest-rated morning show at a local TV station, but he ends up taking the job he never sought after meeting the show's captivating hairstylist, Dylan Messinger. As Jake attempts to transform the show into a winner, he inherits an eclectic ensemble of employees, including an arrogant host, Gavin Stone; a self-centered co-host, Lucia Rojas-Klein; a highly insecure station manager, Frank Alfano, and his lazy and neurotic assistant, Penny; and a volatile nun, Sister Brenda, the show's weather reporter.
Read MoreJake and Dylan discover there is a betting pool in the office for how long their relationship will last. In an attempt to prove their commitment to their skeptics, they decide to have everyone over for dinner to show how happy they are together. Penny and Gavin bring separate dates in hopes of not being branded as a couple. In the end, the only thing they all know for sure is that relationships are not as easy as they seem.
Read MoreJake wants to buy new computers for the station, so everyone cuts corners to save up. He asks Victoria for the money, but she doesn't do much about it, so he ends up going to the Sunbright Media Group president, who does give him the money. Victoria becomes upset, so she makes everyone work in the basement instead of the office, because Jake made the president of Sunbright think she wasn't doing her job. To make it up, Jake flies the president out to sing on the show. It turns out with good ratings, and Jake says it was Victoria's idea. Jake realizes Victoria isn't so evil after all when she lets them return to their original offices.
Read MoreVictoria is fired but keeps coming to work anyway, Gavin does the sports segment, Penny trains Frank in self-defense after he was mugged.
Read MoreNightmare at 2000 Feet
Victoria is fired from her position as WWEN's manager, but she refuses to leave. But when Jake uncovers something from her past, she may have to change her decision.
Read MoreA Sample Plan
When the office staffers are drug tested, Dylan finds out that she is pregnant. Although he is surprised, Jake decides to ask her to marry him. Unfortunately, they find out the test result was a mistake before he can propose. Meanwhile, Frank befriends a kindly old lady in the coffee shop. Skeptical Penny tries to warn him that she seems like a scam artist, but even she becomes a victim eventually. Also, Frank is flattered to receive obsessive fan letters from a woman—until he finds out it's the same conniving old lady.
Read MoreGays and Confused
After Frank gets back together with his ex-wife, he begins showing up at work with suspicious bruises. Everyone thinks she's abusing him, until they discover that Frank has been injuring himself with his amateur magic acts, and his ex-wife just wants him to stop attempting them. Meanwhile, when Gavin realizes that he is not popular with the viewers, Dylan advises him to act more naturally during the show. Even though only one fan arrives at his next public appearance, Gavin is glad.
Read MoreThe Return of the Ring
Everyone in the office except Dylan finds out about Jake's failed plan to propose marriage to her. While working on a show about teens and sex—during which he is questioned on his relationship—Jake concludes that he and Dylan are not right for each other. Meanwhile, Frank reveals the secret to Dylan, who is excited to marry Jake. Unfortunately, he misinterprets everything and breaks up with Dylan instead. Also, Gavin brings in a sex tape he made with Penny a while ago, intending to erase it, but Frank thinks it's a tape of a TV show and brings it home to watch with his mom.
Read MoreThe Wait Problem
Dylan feels that Jake should take some time away from her to consider whether or not he really wants to marry her.
Read MoreThree Ring Circus
Dylan and Jake want a small, classy wedding, but they agree to get married on the show to boost ratings. The wedding becomes such a spectacle that they run out at the last minute.
Read MorePilot
Talented young television producer Jake Silver comes to Miami to visit his grandmother Claire under the guise of a job interview to produce the country's lowest-rated morning show at a local TV station, but he ends up taking the job he never sought after meeting the show's captivating hairstylist, Dylan Messinger. As Jake attempts to transform the show into a winner, he inherits an eclectic ensemble of employees, including an arrogant host, Gavin Stone; a self-centered co-host, Lucia Rojas-Klein; a highly insecure station manager, Frank Alfano, and his lazy and neurotic assistant, Penny; and a volatile nun, Sister Brenda, the show's weather reporter.
Read MorePower Failure
When Jake (Mark Feuerstein) sets out to establish his authority as the new producer and impress Dylan (Ashley Williams) in the process, his plan backfires, isolating the entire staff against him and leaving his two co-hosts Gavin (Matt Letscher) and Lucia (Tessie Santiago) unwilling to come out of their dressing rooms just before they're ready to go on-air. Meanwhile, Frank (Jere Burns) promises to deliver on a new set for the show but can't come through, even though the old set was already taken away.
Read MoreThe Way to Dylan's Heart
Jake agrees to let Dylan fix him up with her best friend Cindy only because he secretly wants to be able to spend more time around Dylan. But when Jake and Cindy agree to join Dylan and Gavin for a romantic weekend, Jake calls on Claire for advice. Meanwhile, Frank and Lucia enlist the help of Penny and Sister Brenda when they have to create a public service announcement for the station.
Read MoreIt Didn't Happen One Night
Apartment-hunting rattles Jake, who makes an ill-timed decision to move in to Dylan's place. Too bad she's moved in with Gavin.
Read MoreThe Heart is a Lonely Apartment Hunter
On Halloween, the TV program's cast and staff don disguises for the taping of a theme show---at a costume party in a gay bar.
Read MoreKiss of the Spiderman
Jake forces a reluctant Penny to have lunch with Dylan in order to create more harmony in the office, but Jake becomes floored when Dylan tells him to admit he has a crush on someone at work. Meanwhile, Sister Brenda and Frank are at odds over a pocket watch Frank took from their deceased uncle.
Read MorePenny Wise, Jake Foolish
Dylan gets upset when her mother (Bess Armstrong) and Gavin clearly do not get along, but things get even more sticky when her mom begins to think Jake would make a better suitor. Meanwhile, Frank has an unfortunate accident with a copy machine.
Read MoreIf It's Not One Thing, It's a Mother
While Sister Brenda thinks of leaving her convent, Jake gets in hot water when he enrages Dylan by questioning her intelligence. Meanwhile, Claire is offered the role of a guest host on the show.
Read MoreI'm With Stupid
Jake finds himself in a jam when he falsely leads Dylan and Gavin into thinking that he, like Gavin use to be, was an alcoholic. Elsewhere, Penny ponders what to do when she finds Frank has her under his 'Emergency Call' number.
Read MoreHi, My Name Is Jake
After a little help from Penny, Jake conspires the perfect gift for Dylan, a poetry book inscribed with his true feelings towards her, but everything goes wrong with Frank issues a present-swapping time. Finally Jake retrieves the book and gives it back to Dylan, telling her it's very important. It seems like he's finally going to get her, but everything goes rye when Gavin finds the inscription. Meanwhile, Claire instructs Frank to build Jake's Christmas present -- a bike, and also finds out about all the pathetic gifts the ex-station manager received in past years.
Read MoreJake's Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
When Gavin confronts an anxious Jake, revealing to him that Dylan knows of his feelings, he sets up some guidelines for when he's in the hairstylist's presence.
Meanwhile, Claire finally gets her dressing room, but also inadvertantly discovers Penny's feelings for her grandson. As Frank ponders his weight, Dylan tries to sort out her feelings about Jake, only to get into a fight with her boyfriend.
After Gavin leaves, Dylan pours out her feelings to Frank, whom is in need of a haircut. She tells a tale of a girl named Mee (Mie) who is torn between two men, Davenport and Lake.
When Dylan finally confronts Jake, she finds him in an akward position...he's kissing Penny.
Read MoreMee So Torny
After the romantic kiss they shared in the previous episode, co-workers Penny and Jake decide to work out their situation, coming to a final decision -- their relationship will be strictly physical. Meanwhile, Dylan tries to pry out information on Jake and Penny from Frank, who wonders why Gavin and him have barely ever talked.
As Dylan continues her quest for answers, unnerving Gavin, Claire becomes involved with a T.V. repairer by the name of Lenny (Tom Poston).
Read MoreTake a Penny, Leave a Penny
While Dylan and Gavin make another step towards commitment by planning to adopt a dog together, Jake and Penny realize -- after trying to share a romantic evening in his place -- that they can't move forward in their relationship until Jake resolves his feelings towards Dylan. Meanwhile, Frank accuses Claire of stealing clothes and jewelry from her dressing room.
Read MoreMutt and Jake
In an attempt to increase the ratings on the show, Jake persuades Gavin to ""tandem skydive"" with an overly enthusiastic Frank -- not realizing that Frank has a hidden agenda. Elsewhere, Jake also tries to reconcile his relationship with Penny when he sees her dating another guy while Claire invites Dylan out for what seems to be an innocent night of dinner and drinks.
Read MoreThe Big Leap
To Gavin's disappointment, he finds that he's #100 on ""Miami's Hot One Hundred List,"" and, much to Dylan's dismay, enlists the help of stern agent Roberta Diaz to give his career a boost.
Meanwhile, Penny convinces Jake to transfer her downstairs to work with Frank, who spends his entire day doing absolutely nothing at all. Claire complains of the new poster with her face on it, which annoys Jake, who's attempts to swoon Penny continue to fail.
Read MoreFear and Loathing in Miami
Dylan becomes upset after hearing about Gavin supposedly receiving a job offer in New York without telling her. As she fuels her anger, Jake is tempted to give his anchorman up without a fight after hearing Dylan might not move to the Big Apple with him. Meanwhile, Penny and Claire get in an auto accident, and both bribe Frank, the only witness, with friendship, hoping that he'll blame the wreck on the other. Later, when Roberta accidentally slips that the job offer in N.Y. was just a scam to get Gavin a raise in his salary, Dylan gets angry and tells him that it's over for good.
Read MoreAbout a Ploy
Dylan and Gavin's breakup seems to be effecting the entire office. As Dylan mops around, crying constantly, Roberta tries to get Gavin into a new clique. Realizing that the hairstylist that he's been after since day one is now single, Jake plans to sweep her off her feet, but his grandmother Claire forces him to give it three weeks.
Read MoreThree Weeks Notice
As Gavin mopes around being mean to guests on the show, Jake convinces Dylan to go with him to see ""West Side Story,"" but not until he pays visit to Gavin for some bonding. Meanwhile, Frank, after hearing how much Claire hates her birthday, acts as a mole for the newspaper, sending in gossip and other things about the new Good Morning, Miami co-host so she'll forget completely about turning another year older. Gavin soon hears about Jake and Dylan's little date, and plots to spoil their evening of fun by telling them that he needs Jake to be with him tonight. Jake, wanting to go on his first ""date"" with the girl he's been after for so long, pays Penny to watch Gavin so he can still go out with Dylan. But everything backfires when Penny gets drunk and Gavin tells his ex what Jake did.
Read MoreSomeone to Watch Over Gavin
Jake asks Dylan out on a date, but she turns him down claiming that she is not ready to move on until she knows that Gavin is ready. Penny and Jake form a new segment for Good Morning, Miam called Get It On with Gavin, a dating show where Gavin dates a woman on camera and, in the next episode, decides if he will go out on another date with her. All goes well, until the date shows up and is a complete idiot. Jake feeds her lines through an ear-piece on camera so the date won't be a complete waste. Gavin finds out and tells Jake that he just isn't ready to move on, but Jake gives him a few words of encouragement. The next day Gavin makes a move that shocks Dylan and Jake. Meanwhile, Claire gets a phone call saying that an old friend of hers is in the hospital. Frank asks if she wants to see her, but she refuses because of a falling out the two had. When Frank learns about the falling out, he takes Claire to the hospital to visit her old friend. The air is cleared until another
Read MoreThe Slow and the Furious
Hoping to win a date with recently available Dylan, Jake must first find a new love to fill Gavin's broken heart. Using Penny's idea for a new dating segment, the match-making producer searches Miami for an attractive and intelligent bachelorette. Elsewhere, Frank pushes Claire to reconnect with a sick friend despite their seven-year feud.
Read MoreOne Flu Over the Cuckold's Nest
Dylan is stunned to hear Gavin's unexpected on-air marriage proposal but Gavin is surprised to hear that she needs time to think about it. To take her mind off her decision, she agrees to go to dinner with Jake, who has ulterior motives of his own.
Read MoreThe New Good Morning, Miami (1)
After a year of waiting, Jake and Dylan finally get to know each other on a more personal note unlike Penny and Gavin who end up swearing off the opposite sex and intimacy. The awkward situation between the four of them grow as they all return back to their work routines. Unfortunately another disturbance has come up, Victoria barges her way in as the new boss and threatens to fire anyone who isn't up to standards. After Jake and Dylan realize they are now together, they have no reason to stay in Miami, and they both decide that moving to New York may be a good idea.
Read MoreGood Morning, Manhattan (2)
After the rude intrusion of Victoria as the new boss, Dylan and Jake set off for New York to find a new begining. In a faboulous twist of fate, Dylan finds that the Fab Five from ""Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"" have made over their apartment from fashion faux pas to fabulously fantastic. Unfortunately, Jake and Dylan don't stick around long enough to enjoy their new surroundings.
Read MoreI Second That Promotion
After Dylan comes up with a great idea for the show Jake gives her a segment of her own to produce but finds it hard to distinguish himself from a boyfriend and a boss. Meanwhile, Gavin takes a joke from Joni a little too seriously and starts to freak out about his age. As he tries new, youthful approaches to his job, Frank tries his own luck with Hollis, a new girl that gets his attention.
Read MoreWith Friends Like These, Who Needs the Emmys?
Gavin finds that he has more in common with Victoria than he thought when he bumps into her at his AA meeting and she convinces him to go undercover as an investigative reporter to get a story on national television. Meanwhile, Dylan tries to get old high school pictures from everyone and uncovers that Penny has a secret past that no one knows about.
Read MoreThe Ex Games
Jake finds out that Dylan has an ex-husband and tries to keep cool until Gavin reveals who Dylan's ex-husband really is -- and Jake can't get him out of his head. Meanwhile, as Halloween approaches, Penny goes to a costumed wedding reception and brings along Frank, who finds that being in costume has extra benefits when he thinks he's found his very own Southern belle.
Read MoreWill You Still Leave Me Tomorrow?
Gavin shows up for work looking like a mess after being kicked out of Penny's bed in the middle of the night after she thinks he is getting emotionally involved in the relationship. Jake jumps in to keep the show running, but ends up bringing more havoc into the situation. Meanwhile, Dylan calls upon Victoria for help buying a car.
Read MoreA Kiss Before Lying
Jake and Dylan are excited to spend their first romantic Thanksgiving together but Jake's mother, Judy, has other plans and decides that Jake and Dylan should come over for Thanksgiving instead. With the rest of the staff home for the holiday, Frank is left in charge of the station temporarily.
Read MoreHer Place or Mine?
After she takes Jake's vacation to the Bahamas, Victoria and Jake engage in a power struggle involving job perks. Meanwhile, when Gavin struggles with his own problems of losing his investments, he is left to find extra work that isn't considered the most honorable of jobs, including voicing a lame cartoon character. Gavin's problems make Penny realize that she may actually have feelings for him.
Read MoreLooking For Love in All The Wrong Cages
It's zoo week on Good Morning Miami, and guest Erika, a local zooligist is on the show. Meanwhile, Frank decides it's time to ""retire his heart"" and end his dating days, but Jake soon tricks him on a date with Erika. After Frank leaves the table to buy Erika a gift, she leaves because she thinks Frank is weird. At the same time, Penny is trying to score free coffee by stealing the punch card puncher, and Gavin tries to get in on it too, only to abuse the free stuff and get caught. As a result of Penny telling the manager, she is rewarded with free coffee and baked goods for one year. Frank goes to get Erika back, and Jake shows up and tells him what happened. Frank feels very betrayed, but Jake sweet talks his way out of it.
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