The Pilot- "Dorothy" 

Written by Jean Parker

Directed by Laura Nordin

 

Maggie Boyle has been trying to make her way as an actress in Toronto for almost a decade.  Just as she’s hit her stride; landing steady commercial work and being seen by big casting directors for hot, cutting-edge roles, she gets pregnant, and then pregnant again. Hurtling her back into the “struggling actress” category.  The irony is now that she’s back to work auditioning, Maggie’s only being sent out for “Mom” roles. So what does a good mom look like? Certainly not this messy, mischievous, likes a good laugh and a cold beer closet-smoker, right? Convinced that a “good mom” wears matching sweater-sets and has her shit together, Maggie self-destructs in an audition while alienating her oldest and dearest friend Amy.    

“Paul, I think our baby is ugly”. Or is it that all babies are ugly for Jill, a lawyer on her maternity leave who feels like she’s missing the whole “maternal” instinct. But what started as a harmless poke at an ugly baby gift raises serious questions in her relationship with her baby-daddy. Amy is determined to turn their band of misfit moms into a glorified Mommy’s Group, complete with themed days and bake sales. Regardless that neither Maggie, Jill, or herself like to bake, Amy embarks in recruiting a fourth member “We’d be an even number. Think about field trips” to become the quintessential mommy group.

 

 

Episode Two- "The Shit Show"

Written by Jean Parker

Exhausted and afraid that parenthood is taking a toll on her body and soul,  Maggie searches to find some time for herself. Rebelling against the commercialism of parenting, Jill sloppily adopts a new-age method of diapering. Convinced that Melanie and daughter Melanie are continually infecting Janie and Bryan with colds, Amy wages an antibacterial  war in story-time only to discover that she is the germ’s host. 

 

Episode Three- "BC/AC"

Written by Jean Parker

After being dumped by a single girlfriend because she's "changed" since motherhood,  Maggie questions her place in other childless relationships.  Amy is unwillingly reunited with an old high school friend and is quickly reminded why they're not friends anymore.  Jill shockingly uncovers another physical side effect to childbirth while Paul struggles to understand her promiscuous ways.    

 

Episode Four- “Redrum”

Written by Jean Parker

Maggie spends the ENTIRE EPISODE trying to leave the house on a simple park outing with the kids but is stopped by a myriad of everyday obstacles. At the end of the episode no one has seen swing nor teeter-totter and Maggie is out for blood.

 

Episode Five “Little House ”

Written by Jean Parker

After Maggie and the boys encroach on Dave’s livelihood, Dave discovers his secret to dealing with small children; destroying inanimate objects. Jill learns that Paul has adjusted to parenthood by becoming an addictive shopper.  Meanwhile, Kevin has figured it all out; when he’s left in charge he burns off the children’s energy by putting them to work at grueling and sometimes dangerous tasks. “As long as you sing a song while doing it, they think it’s a game”. 

 

Episode Six- “Boob Vigilante"

Written by Jean Parker

Maggie, Jill, and  Amy take a spontaneous road trip in attempts to feel young and free. But after being slowed down with breast pumping, grocery and pee breaks, the girls end up at a Denny’s and feel very much their age. Meanwhile Kelly tries to get the Mom Squad to participate in a Lactation circle with mixed results.