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Something So Right

TV·1996–1998·2 seasons, 37 episodes·ABC·Comedy·30m·Created by Judd Pillot, John Peaslee

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Carly Davis, a twice-divorced party planner, marries Jack Farrell, a divorced English teacher. They had three children, one from each of their former marriages.

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Episodes by season

Season0124Episodes1996–97AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01PilotSeptember 17, 1996Jack and Carly are newlyweds anxious to prove to themselves and to the world that they can make their marriage work. She's running a fledgli
  2. S01E02Something About Jack's ExSeptember 24, 1996Carly is planning a 16th birthday party for Nicole, the first birthday for the new family. At school, Jack's ex-wife Stephanie, star of the
  3. S01E03Something About Seared AhiOctober 15, 1996Carly meets a New York Times reporter who is doing a story about women balancing career and family, and she is interested in profiling her.
  4. S01E04Something About a Family PhotoOctober 22, 1996While looking at some old photos, Carly is inspired to set up a shoot for a family Christmas picture, even though it's only October. Jack's
  5. S01E05Something About SchmoozingOctober 29, 1996The pressures of work are keeping Carly and Jack apart more and more. He surprises her with a picnic at her office but she can't even take f
  6. S01E06Something About 12-HNovember 12, 1996Jack and Carly's neighbor old Mr. Sandzimier dies in the apartment next door and the couple have their eye on moving in there, a prospect wh
  7. S01E07Something About ProtectionNovember 19, 1996Carly and Jack are alone in the apartment, except for the odd roach or two. They start to feel amorous and head for bed, but discover they a
  8. S01E08Something About ThanksgivingNovember 26, 1996Carly, Jack and the kids are going to her parents' beach house for Thanksgiving in a rented moving truck, since they neglected to make a res
  9. S01E09Something About CheatingDecember 3, 1996Jack is concerned about Will's poor study habits and thinks Carly is too easy on him and doesn't push him to reach his potential. Although s
  10. S01E10Something About an Older GuyDecember 10, 1996Stephanie arrives to stay with Sarah while Carly and Jack go to the theatre. Carly overhears Nicole tell her girlfriend about her secret pla
  11. S01E11Something About a Christmas MiracleDecember 17, 1996It's Christmastime, and Carly is depressed because all the kids are leaving to spend the holidays with their other parents. Jack just wants
  12. S01E12Something About Dante Proposing to HeatherJanuary 7, 1997Dante arrives at the apartment with Heather and announces that they are getting married. Will is delighted and is asked to be his father's b
  13. S01E13Something About Reverse PsychologyJanuary 21, 1997Jack is dubious, but he lets Nicole guest star on her mother's show as Thora, daughter of Thena, and he's assured it's only a one-time thing
  14. S01E14Something About Cold StorageFebruary 4, 1997Stephanie shows up, unannounced as usual, and asks for the return of a painting that Jack has from their married days. While he and Carly ar
  15. S01E15Something About How Jack and Carly MetFebruary 11, 1997Jack and Carly lie in bed, fondly recalling how they first met, though they disagree on many details. The story flashes back to a teacher-pa
  16. S01E16Something About a Silver AnniversaryFebruary 18, 1997After a recap of the Thanksgiving episode, the scene is three months later. Carly's father Ben and his second wife Beverly are visiting, abo
  17. S01E17Something About LeezaFebruary 25, 1997Parents and offspring alike are praying for a ""snow day"" which would close school and allow them to do want they really want--climb into b
  18. S01E18Something About My Two DadsMarch 11, 1997Dante is feeling like Will is avoiding him and favoring Jack over him as a parent. After Will cancels a few get-togethers with his father, t
  19. S01E19Something About Two April FoolsApril 1, 1997Jack and Carly's friend Joel is depressed about his breakup with his wife Amanda and wants to talk about it with the couple, though at first
  20. S01E20Something About Carly on a Hot Tar RoofApril 8, 1997Carly is planning Sarah's 12th birthday party, and they both want to make sure the girl's oft-absent father Sheldon attends. After he's been
  21. S01E21Something About New Beds and Old FriendsApril 15, 1997Jack is a little uncomfortable when he finds out that the bed he's sleeping in was previously used by Carly's ex-husbands also, so they go o
  22. S01E22Something About Secrets & RulesApril 22, 1997Nicole's boyfriend Sean asks her to go on a canoeing vacation with him and his family. Nicole knows it will be a hard sell to make to her fa
  23. S01E23Something About Inter-Ex-Spousal RelationsApril 29, 1997Jack and Carly are planning a weekend getaway at a mountain cabin but can only find Stephanie and Sheldon to take care of the kids. They can
  24. S01E24Something About Getting the Hell Out of HereMay 6, 1997Jack and Carly have planned a romantic vacation in Mexico for just the two of them. The ex-spouses will be looking after the kids while they

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes1998AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Something About Hitting the SauceMarch 3, 1998The family all pitch in to help Jack make and bottle his special barbecue sauce for a food fair. The inexperienced bottlers wake up that nig
  2. S02E02Something About Ex-AppealMarch 3, 1998Jack and Carly are getting tired of exes Stephanie and Sheldon hanging around the apartment so much, so Jack manipulates Stephanie into taki
  3. S02E03Something About A Double StandardMarch 10, 1998At the supermarket Jack and Dante tease Will about his attraction to the 20-year-old checkout clerk Tina, but both men encourage him to ask
  4. S02E04Something About the 'Men' in MenstruationMarch 17, 1998Carly has a big job catering a party for the mayor and she's so busy that she doesn't notice Sarah is acting preoccupied herself before leav
  5. S02E05Something About Hoops and Jumping Through ThemMarch 20, 1998Jack is having a blast coaching Our Lady of Innocence girls' basketball and Sarah is his star player. Sheldon is worried that his daughter t
  6. S02E06Something About the Past and a PresentMarch 24, 1998Jack is worried because his marraige to Carly is entering the ""red zone,"" the fourteen-month mark around which her other two marriages beg
  7. S02E07Something About Disowning Your Father and Flying to Paris BluesMarch 31, 1998A booby trap set by Jack and Dante catches newspaper-stealing neighbor Mrs. Ross redhanded (or blue-faced, actually) and she promptly sues J
  8. S02E08Something About Egg on Your FarceApril 7, 1998Will has a new girlfriend, Jennifer, and he's nervous about her well-to-do parents meeting his own, especially his father Dante. The Hadleys
  9. S02E09Something About a Second YearApril 14, 1998Jack and Carly have been married a year, but anniversary plans aren't quite working out the way they want them to. They're having a hard tim
  10. S02E10Something About An Ex-GoddessApril 21, 1998Stephanie is a wreck--she's being written out of her TV series ""Thena"" and is to be replaced by a younger warrior goddess, Zora. To make i
  11. S02E11Something About Railroading CarlyApril 28, 1998An angry Jack is on the train from Philadelphia with Nicole. The story is told in flashbacks. Carly plans for the family to help out at a ho
  12. S02E12Something About a Rocky RoadMay 5, 1998Sheldon puts Jack and Carly in an uncomfortable position when he asks them to provide an alibi for him to keep Stephanie from knowing he was
  13. S02E13Something About Burning Meat, Bridges and RugsJuly 7, 1998Carly's free-spirited, globe-trotting New-Agey friend Rachel Travers is in town. The kids are excited and Jack looks forward to meeting her,

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