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Season 1 – Dads

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Since becoming best friends during childhood, Eli and Warner have grown up to be successful co-founders of a video game company -- an idea they formed in college. While Warner is married with two kids, two dogs and beautiful home, Eli is a stoner and a constant bundle of nerves, despite his success. Complications arise when Eli and Warren's fathers invade their lives. Crawford moves in with son Warner and his hotheaded wife, Camila, and Eli's cheap-and-cranky patriarch, David, turns to his son after falling on hard times. Passive-aggressive behavior and dubious schemes are just some of the challenges Eli and Warner face as they try to adjust to their new living arrangements.
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Critics Consensus

A near-total disaster, Dads makes the fatal mistake of believing its racist gags can lend an edge to its aggressively predictable writing and unlikable characters.

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Tim Molloy TheWrap 10/08/2013
Bigotry by helpless losers looks like the sad, impotent venting it is. Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 09/18/2013
Just don't watch it. For real. Go to Full Review Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter 09/18/2013
There's not much to say about this retro stink bomb, with its overly eager laugh track and broad-but-not-funny humor, [it] might have been a better fit on CBS. Go to Full Review Randy Dankievitch Processed Media 02/19/2020
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That's Dads in a nutshell: it's a "bro" comedy for the dumbest of bros, those who like their women easy and stupid, and their jokes simple, broad, and endlessly repetitive. Go to Full Review Kristin Dos Santos E! Online 10/11/2013
Instead of feeling provocative (like maybe Girls or Louie) this network-TV version has taken MacFarlane's deeply edgy humor and combined it with a laugh track (say whaa?), making it feel like an awkward 90's sitcom. Go to Full Review Jessica Johnson Time Out Chicago 10/08/2013
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Dads is a whiny, mean-spirited sitcom about two grown men who spend most of their time blaming their fathers for everything wrong in their lives. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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08/26/2020 This is definitely not a great show, but it definitely deserved a second season. the writing is definitely predictable, however, it can really entertain a large, friend based crowd. The standout performances for me were Giovanni Ribisi, and Martin Mull. Please give the show a chance because, trust me, it really does give you laughs. See more 08/02/2018 This show gets a lot of hate, but had great acting and was quite enjoyable. See more 08/20/2016 This season is what you would expect the makers of family guy to make in a real life season its just funny so they need to make it second season if not in the USA then in the UK don't forget that the USA audience got family guy cancelled and got it resurrected and now its booming please do the same for DADS its to funny to leave it there See more 08/20/2016 Dads is a very good sitcom and it deserves a second season. What are you people seeing why its so bad????? Its one of the best sitcoms I've seen to date. And watched season 1 again. And still love it. SAD TO SEE IT WILL NEVER CONTINUE. SHOW ONLY TO UK VIEWERS CAUSE WE GET IT... WE DO NOT JUDGE !!!!!!!!!! WRITER PLEASE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT SEE A SECOND SEASON..... SETH MacFarlane PLEASE PLEASE GET WITH THE WRITERS AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. See more 05/19/2016 Just a Great Story about 2 Friends, nice jokes and always good for a smile. I Like it.... See more 06/25/2015 racist gags are funny that it should have been on 8 years like two and a half men should have been on See more Read all reviews
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Seth Green

Eli Sachs

Giovanni Ribisi

Warner Whittemore

Peter Riegert

David Sachs

Martin Mull

Crawford Whittemore

Vanessa Lachey

Camila Whittemore

Brenda Song

Veronica

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 17, 2013 Pilot Friends and business partners Eli and Warner are faced with challenges when their fathers move in with them. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 24, 2013 Heckuva Job, Brownie When Warner and Veronica talk Eli into using "medically enhanced" baked goods to help come up with ideas, they discover the treats have the added benefit of mellowing out their fathers. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 1, 2013 Clean on Me Warner borrows Edna from Eli, making Eli realize he needs to start treating her better; Veronica hires Crawford. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 8, 2013 Funny Girl Eli dates Veronica's friend Anne (Allison Munn), a somewhat annoying yet attractive comic; a recording session gets out of hand when Crawford helps Warner with some voice-over work. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 15, 2013 Oldfinger Warner and Eli take their dads to get physicals; when Warner's doctor dies, he starts to consider his mortality. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 22, 2013 My Dad's Hotter Than Your Dad Warner's plan to hire an older office assistant so Eli won't be attracted to her backfires when Crawford and David start competing for her attention. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 5, 2013 Foul Play When David brings bedbugs home, he and Eli must sleep at Ghost Child Games; Camila gets the lead in a play; Crawford is unusually helpful. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 12, 2013 Doubles Trouble When Warner lets Camila be his partner for the Virtual Tennis Tournament, Eli starts to question their friendship. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 19, 2013 Comic Book Issues The gang realizes the comic books Crawford gave to Warner are from Eli's recently stolen collection. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 26, 2013 Dad Abuse Eli and Warner face an elder abuse investigation and their dads are placed in a care home. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 3, 2013 The Glitch That Stole Christmas When Eli and Warner fire a designer, he takes revenge by inserting an inappropriate word into a Christmas game; Edna pushes David to get a job as a mall Santa. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 7, 2014 Mister Edna When David gets Edna detained as an illegal immigrant, Eli forces him to marry her so that she can stay in the country. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 14, 2014 Eli Nightingale When Warner sends a sick Veronica home, Eli takes care of her in hope that she will want to sleep with him. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 21, 2014 Bully Gene Eli gets bullied by the son of the woman he is dating; Gene steals a game prototype; Warner picks fights with Camila so he can sleep on the couch. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 28, 2014 Baby Face When Camila goes to visit her sister, Warner puts Crawford and David up in a hotel so he can have the house to himself; Crawford and David are mistaken for a honeymooning couple. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 4, 2014 Warner's Got It Made Warner and Eli invite a mob boss to the office to consult when they develop a new mafia game for Ghost Child Games. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 11, 2014 Enemies of Bill Camila insists that the group stop drinking; when Eli ignores David's complaining, someone ends up in the hospital. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 11, 2014 Have a Heart... Attack! Camila insists that the group stop drinking; when Eli ignores David's complaining, someone ends up in the hospital. Details Episode 19 Aired Jul 16, 2014 Jerk in the Box David throws himself a fake funeral. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (D)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 17, 2013