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Accidentally on Purpose

TV·2009–2010·1 season, 18 episodes·CBS·Comedy, Romance·30m·7.1·Created by Claudia Lonow

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Accidentally on Purpose, based on the bestselling memoir by Mary F. Pols, is a comedy about a single woman, Billie, who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby...and the guy. A newspaper film critic, Billie is barely surviving a humiliating breakup with her charming boss, James, who's still trying to resume their relationship. Pregnant, after a brief fling with her "boy toy" Zack, Billie and Zack make an arrangement to live together platonically. Billie's party girl best friend Olivia, and Abby, her conventional, younger married sister, eagerly look forward to the new addition and offer their own brands of advice and encouragement. But when Zack and his freeloading friends, including Davis, start to turn her place into a frat house, Billie isn't sure if she's living with a boyfriend, a roommate, or if she just has another child to raise.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Accidentally on Purpose S01E01PilotS01E01 · 5.5Billie becomes pregnant after a brief fling with Zack, and she asks him to temporarily move in with him because he has no place to stay.

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Episodes by season

Season0118Episodes2009–10Aired 5.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Accidentally on Purpose S01E01PilotSeptember 21, 2009 5.5Billie becomes pregnant after a brief fling with Zack, and she asks him to temporarily move in with him because he has no place to stay.
  2. S01E02Accidentally on Purpose S01E02MementoSeptember 28, 2009When her boss raises the question of who Zack really is, it prompts Billie to go on a fact-finding mission as to the true identity of her ba
  3. S01E03Accidentally on Purpose S01E03One Night StandOctober 5, 2009Billie's pregnancy creates an attraction from members of the opposite sex, while Billie feels her own results of her hormonal changes, but s
  4. S01E04Accidentally on Purpose S01E04The DateOctober 12, 2009Billie declares that she and Zack are able to see other people, but it's Billie who finds the dating scene a little rougher than expected, a
  5. S01E05Accidentally on Purpose S01E05The Love GuruOctober 19, 2009Billie tries to live vicariously through Zack and Davis by offering up dating advice to them. However, things take a turn, when the objects
  6. S01E06Accidentally on Purpose S01E06Fight ClubNovember 2, 2009Billie and Zack have their first big argument after Zack tries to surprise Billie by installing a low flow toilet.
  7. S01E07Accidentally on Purpose S01E07The GodfatherNovember 9, 2009Billie unintentionally causes Abby and Nick to break up when she asks them to be Godparents. However, after a fun night on the town with Dav
  8. S01E08Accidentally on Purpose S01E08The Third ManNovember 16, 2009When Billie starts dating a colleague from her newspaper, Zack is unable to hide his jealousy.
  9. S01E09Accidentally on Purpose S01E09Working GirlNovember 23, 2009Billie is threatened when James hires another film critic at the paper and sets out to prove how valuable she is.
  10. S01E10Accidentally on Purpose S01E10ClassDecember 7, 2009When Billie and Zack take instructional parenting classes separately due to their schedules, Billie goes with Olivia and Abby. However, the
  11. S01E11Accidentally on Purpose S01E11It Happened One ChristmasDecember 14, 2009Worried that she'll ruin Christmas - as she has in previous years - Billie tries to hide from her parents the fact that Zack is living with
  12. S01E12Accidentally on Purpose S01E12The Odd CouplesJanuary 11, 2010Abby and Nick have their respective significant others spend time with Billie and Zack to prevent them from finding out about the surprise s
  13. S01E13Accidentally on Purpose S01E13The RockJanuary 18, 2010While everyone feels the pressure of corporate cutbacks, Billie feels like she has to write the story of her life for a cover story and Zack
  14. S01E14Accidentally on Purpose S01E14Attack of the 50 Foot WomanFebruary 1, 2010Not wanting to sound like a nag, Billie manipulates Zack into doing chores around the apartment; however, her plan backfires when Zack takes
  15. S01E15Accidentally on Purpose S01E15Back to SchoolFebruary 8, 2010Billie invites herself to Zack's high school reunion but worries that she can't compete with his hot, ex-girlfriend in her pregnant state. M
  16. S01E16Accidentally on Purpose S01E16Face OffApril 7, 2010Zack is upset when Billie hires a baby nurse without consulting him. Meanwhile, Davis and Ryan are faced with a difficult choice when they l
  17. S01E17Accidentally on Purpose S01E17SpeedApril 14, 2010Billie pretends to go into labor to save Zack from getting a traffic ticket after they're pulled over for speeding. Meanwhile, Olivia and Da
  18. S01E18Accidentally on Purpose S01E18Speed 2April 21, 2010After faking labor pains to get Zack out of a speeding ticket, Billie goes into labor - for real. Unfortunately, things take a turn when Zac

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