Home > Working the Engels > Season 1 « TV Series Page Working the Engels: Season 1 (2014) Want to see Episode List Season 1 Working the Engels Critics Consensus Though watching Andrea Martin is enjoyable, Working the Engels wastes her talent with groan-worthy gags and lackadaisical writing. 39% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 18 No Score Yet Audience Score User Ratings: 0 See score details Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you get your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Jul 10, 2014 A family are forced to band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them all in a mountain of debt. More 2 Maid Amends Air date: Jul 17, 2014 Jimmy is eager to help Jenna out after she takes her first case as head of the family law firm. Unfortunately, he creates more of a problem by sleeping with their opponent. Meanwhile, Sandy stages a symbolic funeral for the "Old Ceil." More 3 Jenna's Friend Air date: Jul 24, 2014 'Jennas Friend'Jenna's Friend: When Jimmy gives their grandmother's ring to a stripper, Jenna is forced to intervene to get it back and makes an unlikely friend in the process. More 4 Picture Night Air date: Jul 31, 2014 Jenna is asked by a former client to handle an important merger on his behalf, but has difficulty completing the task thanks to Ceil. Meanwhile, Jimmy tries to keep Sandy calm after she's served with divorce papers. More 5 Meet Irene Horowitz Air date: Aug 7, 2014 'Meet Irene Horowitz'Meet Irene Horowitz: Jenna is offered a posh, new client. Ceil and Sandy start a dessert company. More 6 Jenna's Presentation Air date: Aug 21, 2014 Ceil gives online dating a whirl; Jenna deals with self-doubt after delivering a motivational talk to students at her old high school. More 7 The Crazy Family Air date: Aug 21, 2014 Ceil is desperate for an image makeover after learning from her next-door nemesis that the Engels are known as the "crazy family" in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Jenna wants to save a roti restaurant from closure, but is at a loss as to how to do it. More 8 Jenna vs. the Momfia Air date: Apr 30, 2014 Jenna takes a case for a camp counselor whom she admires without knowing that she's totally wacky. Meanwhile, Sandy is in a rush to work the last steps of AA and earn her one-year sober chip. More 9 The Book Club Air date: May 7, 2014 Sandy and Ceil crash Jenna's book club and convince the members to read a steamy erotic novel that they secretly wrote; and Jenna represents a coffeehouse owner in a dispute against his former business partner, who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend. More 10 Jenna vs. Big Pastry Part 1 of 2. Jenna helps neighborhood café owner Jonny defend himself against a lawsuit filed by a big corporate coffee merchant, who happens to be represented by Jenna's old boss Charisse. Meanwhile, Ceil's mysterious past is uncovered by her children. More Show More Episodes Working the Engels: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (11) Tv Season Info Recently widowed family matriarch Ceil Engel bands her dysfunctional brood together after the death of their breadwinner father, who they discover when Series 1 of the sitcom begins left them with $200,000 of debt. To stay afloat, they go to work at his storefront law firm, despite the fact that only youngest daughter Jenna (Kacey Rohl) has any actual experience as an attorney. With no money to hire a qualified staff, her eccentric relatives will had to do: Sister Sandy (Azura Skye), a former pill popper-turned-life coach, becomes the receptionist; bad-boy brother Jimmy (Benjamin Arthur) takes on the role of investigator; and the slightly narcissistic and overly dramatic Ceil works as the firm's paralegal. Martin Short, Eugene Levy and Scott Thompson make guest appearances and Jason Priestley directs four episodes. Genre: Network: GLOBAL Premiere Date: Apr 30, 2014 Creators: Katie Ford, Jane Ford Exec. Producers: Katie Ford, Jane Cooper Ford, Howard Busgang, Tom Nursall, Noreen Halpern Cast Andrea Martin as Ceil Engel Kacey Rohl as Jenna Engel Azura Skye as Sandy Engel Benjamin Arthur as Jimmy Engel Jennifer Irwin Gregory Smith as Jonny Colin Mochrie Eugene Levy as Arthur Horowitz Natalie Ganzhorn as Tracey Wendy Crewson Kathryn Greenwood as Grace Vanderhooven Martin Short Victor Garber Scott Thompson as Harry Le Maire Paul Campbell VIII as Simon Hightower Rob Stewart Sarah Levy as Irene Horowitz Louise Nicol Paul Braunstein Linda Kash Show More Cast News & Interviews for Working the Engels: Season 1 TV Premieres Countdown for October 21, 2016 View All Working the Engels: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pilot Air date: Jul 10, 2014 A family are forced to band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them all in a mountain of debt. More 2 Maid Amends Air date: Jul 17, 2014 Jimmy is eager to help Jenna out after she takes her first case as head of the family law firm. Unfortunately, he creates more of a problem by sleeping with their opponent. Meanwhile, Sandy stages a symbolic funeral for the "Old Ceil." More 3 Jenna's Friend Air date: Jul 24, 2014 'Jennas Friend'Jenna's Friend: When Jimmy gives their grandmother's ring to a stripper, Jenna is forced to intervene to get it back and makes an unlikely friend in the process. More 4 Picture Night Air date: Jul 31, 2014 Jenna is asked by a former client to handle an important merger on his behalf, but has difficulty completing the task thanks to Ceil. Meanwhile, Jimmy tries to keep Sandy calm after she's served with divorce papers. More 5 Meet Irene Horowitz Air date: Aug 7, 2014 'Meet Irene Horowitz'Meet Irene Horowitz: Jenna is offered a posh, new client. Ceil and Sandy start a dessert company. More 6 Jenna's Presentation Air date: Aug 21, 2014 Ceil gives online dating a whirl; Jenna deals with self-doubt after delivering a motivational talk to students at her old high school. More 7 The Crazy Family Air date: Aug 21, 2014 Ceil is desperate for an image makeover after learning from her next-door nemesis that the Engels are known as the "crazy family" in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Jenna wants to save a roti restaurant from closure, but is at a loss as to how to do it. More 8 Jenna vs. the Momfia Air date: Apr 30, 2014 Jenna takes a case for a camp counselor whom she admires without knowing that she's totally wacky. Meanwhile, Sandy is in a rush to work the last steps of AA and earn her one-year sober chip. More 9 The Book Club Air date: May 7, 2014 Sandy and Ceil crash Jenna's book club and convince the members to read a steamy erotic novel that they secretly wrote; and Jenna represents a coffeehouse owner in a dispute against his former business partner, who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend. More 10 Jenna vs. Big Pastry Part 1 of 2. Jenna helps neighborhood café owner Jonny defend himself against a lawsuit filed by a big corporate coffee merchant, who happens to be represented by Jenna's old boss Charisse. Meanwhile, Ceil's mysterious past is uncovered by her children. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Working the Engels Season 1 All Critics (18) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (11) It's a real pleasure to see [Andrea Martin] back on the small screen in Working the Engels, a less-than-ambitious sitcom that shines every time she makes an appearance. Jul 10, 2014 | Full Review… Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Critic Watching Levy and Martin rekindle the spark of their SCTV days is especially a treat, a feisty back-and-forth that harkens back to a time when viewers had to wait until after the 10 o'clock news news to find out if Canadians could be funny. Jul 10, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Erik Adams AV Club Top Critic Just watch these able actors work. They are the show. Jul 9, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review… Diane Werts Newsday Top Critic The situation and characters are uninspired and generic, and the execution is half-hearted. It will inspire no more laughter in viewers' homes than it did in the writers' room and on the set. Jul 8, 2014 | Full Review… Tom Conroy Media Life Top Critic It brims with energy, gives Martin something reasonably gainful to do, marks Rohl as a promising, appealing comedic actress and has enough decent gags to make a case for itself. Jul 3, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic Though the series may have some passing connection to Arrested Development in terms of setup, it isn't able to capture the depth or tone or charm that elevates a comedy out of just being mediocre to being something really great. Jul 10, 2014 | Full Review… Allison Keene Hollywood Reporter Top Critic If you like watching Martin go way, way over the top - and, in all honesty, I do - then you might find something here to enjoy. Jul 10, 2014 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Working the Engels... treats both viewers and its characters like braying morons. Jul 10, 2014 | Rating: C | Full Review… Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald Nothing about Engels works: the tired premise, the strained performances, the empty abyss of silence into which the groaning jokes dissipate. Jul 9, 2014 | Full Review… Matt Roush TV Guide The show never allows itself to stand down from ill-fated, continuous attempts at heightened hilarity. Jul 6, 2014 | Full Review… Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After Arrested Development, the wild and crazy antics of the rest of the Engel family are incredibly uninspired and unfunny. Jul 2, 2018 | Full Review… Jessica Johnson Time Out Chicago All the actors on the show are appealing and have good comic timing; the problem is, they're called upon to act like frantic sitcom characters, spitting out weak jokes at a machine-gun pace, rather than real people. What a pity. Jul 14, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media View All Critic Reviews (18) Audience Reviews for Working the Engels: Season 1 Feb 07, 2016 Love this show. If you like breaking Shameless things that have a wry crazy off the wall sense of humor with great writing then watch this. We loved it. If your a prude you won't. Sharee W Jul 20, 2014 Working the Engels generates some chuckles throughout, but does not have a good enough plot to draw in any viewers. Billy S See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! Best of Netflix Movies and shows to binge now More News & Features TOP HEADLINES Sundance 2020 Movie Scorecard – Rotten Tomatoes Everything We Know About The Lord of the Rings Amazon Series – Rotten Tomatoes 2019 Rotten Movies We Love – Rotten Tomatoes The 43 Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 – Rotten Tomatoes 100 Fresh Movies You Can Watch for Free Online Right Now – Rotten Tomatoes Who Is the Best Joker? – Rotten Tomatoes All 26 James Bond Movies Ranked – Rotten Tomatoes 100 Essential Spanish-Language Movies – Rotten Tomatoes More Headlines View All Results Go back More trailers