Titus confirms what that many of the plots barely got network approval. Chris had to coax them into the episodes by explaining how funny they could be. Very few shows on network television have ventured this far in terms of the kinds of stories they do. The people in this show are dysfunctional and real. There is no weekly reconcilliation at the end of each episode. In fact, it's lucky if the characters' situations aren't worse off by the end than they were at the beginning.

A 9-minute featurette showing the cast doing a rehearsal for episode 1x05 - Titus Integritious.

Titus, Dave and Tommy snoop in Erin's office when Titus suspects she's having an affair.

Titus and Dave suspect their dad is dead: he's been in his room for four straight days--without getting a beer. But they're both too scared to go in and check.

Dave is arrested for grand theft--charges brought by his dad--for taking the VCR when he moved out secretly, per Titus's suggestion.

"All this happiness [with Erin] is freaking me out," says Titus. So he finds a way to sabotage their relationship, as he learned from his father.

Dave and Tommy get a chance to override Titus, whose integrity is questioned when he refuses a customer's request that will mar an otherwise perfect car.

Dave helps, Erin hinders and Tommy panics as Titus jockeys with another driver in a car he customized for Ken's birthday.

Titus is the only one to remain on full alert when his institutionalized mother shows up, officially released and apparently cured.

Ken's recent behavior prompts Titus to organize an intervention--to start him drinking again, revealing a wealth of secrets and lies among the participants.

Ken has a heart attack while driving and blames Titus, who has a picture that proves otherwise.

Ken blames his heart attack on Titus, and the private nurse Titus hires sides with Ken, who feels much better, thank you.

Questions before donating blood for Papa Titus reveal neither Erin nor Titus had safe sex when both cheated, but Titus balks at an HIV test.

The plan to derail Ken and Kathy is itself derailed when Ken announces that Kathy is moving in, prompting another plan--and another derailment.

After Ken uses "proud," "love" and "son" in the same sentence, Titus instinctually prepares for something bad, a prescient move as Ken blames him for another driving mishap.

Titus's schizophrenic mother's competency hearing brings everyone together--to keep her locked up.

Erin's family is on hand when she and Titus plan to announce their engagement at Thanksgiving dinner--which ends up in an emergency room.

The return to town of his first love inspires fear and excitement in Tommy, while she knows only fear.

Juanita springs another surprise as she dines with Titus, which makes Ken jealous.

Little by little, Erin learns why Titus lied about going to an ex-girlfriend's wake--and it's not pretty.

At a hot-rod show, Dave and Tommy note that Titus is taking sole credit for their entry--and Ken notes it even more.

Thrill-seeker Titus is undaunted by the death of the parachutist who jumped off a bridge before him. Erin, though, is daunted--fiercely.

Titus fires back after Ken's fiancée, Kathy, replaces him as best man at the rehearsal dinner that Titus organized.

News of the car-show incident prompts clients to cancel their orders--and Titus writes a bad check to return a deposit.

Having driven her away with his drinking, Titus gets Erin back--by tying her in a sack and kidnapping her from her parents' home.

Erin gets Titus and Ken to drive across the country together--by telling each that the other is dying.

A self-help guru's seminar brings personal breakthroughs for Erin, Titus--and himself, courtesy of Ken Titus.

To finance a move into drag racing, Titus makes a bold move, without telling Erin--who's also kept something from Titus.

A gathering includes Tommy's new girlfriend--the waitress Titus slept with during a one-night breakup with Erin.

Titus and Erin differ on how to handle their new housemate, Erin's 15-year-old niece, a hellion who's selling pot to finance college.

Titus tries to undo what he sees as damage when Dave's response to a Dear John letter is to join the Army.

Erin is left with a broken leg after an encounter with a burglar. The crook is suspected to be her lowlife brother, whose next conviction will send him away for life.

Titus enters a funny car in races to rebuild his business, and Ken is part of the pit crew--until father-son tensions mount.

Ken and Erin confront the uncertainty of Titus's fate following his accident.

Family members gather for the nuptials of Erin and Titus, against the couple's fervent--and wise--wishes.

Titus starts street racing for cash, fueling fury in Erin, who nursed him back from his last racing injury.

Erin's surprise birthday party for niece Amy is an eye-opener for Erin when she sees the squalor in which the girl lives.

Titus is determined to mend fences after Tommy rejects his father, who's just revealed he's gay.

Titus's sister Shannon, who's outshone him at every turn, does so again at the reopening of his shop.

Erin disdains, then requests Titus's help when she visits troubled teens for her first grad-school assignment as a interning social worker.

Christmas on a houseboat brings a kinder, gentler Ken when he thinks his best friend has fallen overboard.

Titus tries to keep Ken from testifying as his mother goes on trial for murdering her last husband at Titus's wedding.

Phyllis Diller plays Grandma Titus, who still intimidates Ken despite her Alzheimer's, which has her trying to teach a high-school class.

Suicidal over a broken romance, Amy listens to Titus as he tries to talk her out of it with tales of his own youth—which don't make that great a case.

Titus is firmly opposed to romance between his sister Shannon and Tommy, neither of whom is listening to him.

Tired of carrying Dave, Titus decides it's finally time he learns to fend for himself--when they're both stranded on an icy cliff.

A car executive seeks a new design from Titus, who turns to Ken for inspiration when he has a creative block.

En route to Vegas for Titus's bachelor party, the boys encounter a woman in labor, delaying Titus's call to Erin, who imagines the worst.

Titus weighs whether to be a concerned son or a passive buddy to Ken, who tells his buddy to ignore the heart-attack signs he's experiencing.

As part of Erin's therapist training, the Titus clan participates in a family session, where issues of trust surface between Titus and Erin.

A cannon is key to Titus's plan for vengeance on Erin--on her birthday, no less--for her role in his humiliating therapy session.

A softer side of Ken emerges as he courts a new woman, who happens to be Tommy's mother.

Titus's schizophrenic mother visits as he and Erin are scrutinized by a social worker regarding their care of Erin's niece.

Following his personal loss, Titus disdains grief, until an olfactory memory triggers an emotional flood while flying home.

Removed from the plane by the FBI, the unhappy quintet undergoes interrogation, including questions about Titus's sanity.

Titus aims to throw a scare into a boy who's been insulting Amy and nearly gets himself thrown in jail, but for the intervention of Erin--and the offender's father.

Eighteen years ago, Titus ended with Christopher being put away in a mental hospital following his nervous breakdown over his mother's suicide. After being released from his eight-year stay (caused by Dave foolishly trying to spring Titus from the mental hospital), Titus discovers that his cars have been sold to keep the shop from going under, his father has gone to Mexico to party, and Erin has fallen for Tommy.

Eighteen years ago, Titus ended with Christopher being put away in a mental hospital following his nervous breakdown over his mother's suicide. After being released from his eight-year stay (caused by Dave foolishly trying to spring Titus from the mental hospital), Titus discovers that his cars have been sold to keep the shop from going under, his father has gone to Mexico to party, and Erin has fallen for Tommy.