Rodney

- Season 1

(2004)

Rodney makes a decision to quit his day job to pursue a career as a stand up comedian, though his wife Trina is not so sure.

Rodney has trouble coming clean with Trina when a gig doing stand up comedy doesn't pay what he expected.

Rodney helps a nervous Barry prepare for a public speaking engagement.

Facing a huge home repair bill, Rodney is forced to take a job he's not quite cut out for.

To celebrate Halloween, Rodney and Barry decide to play a practical joke on police officer Gerald Bob, but their antics go awry and Rodney ends up at the police station.

A visit from Rodney's mother causes tension between him and Trina.

Upset that Charley almost destroyed his truck, Rodney explains to Bo and Jack why the old truck has such sentimental value.

Rodney and Trina try to avoid having another disasterous Thanksgiving dinner.

Rodney and Trina can't afford to buy a new mattress, but when Rodney goes shopping at a mattress store, a charming saleswoman convinces him to buy the most expensive one in the store.

The true spirit of Christmas gets a little fuzzy when Rodney accidentally pulls down the church's huge religious landmark.

As Rodney and son Jack are preparing for their duet at Jack's school talent show, Rodney has to reluctantly cancel when he gets a standup gig that could launch his comedy career.

Trina competes with a co-worker for a promotion at work; Rodney offers to accompany Trina to a formal charity ball.

Rodney steps in to help when it becomes clear to him that his sister-in-law, Charlie, appears to be sabotaging all of her relationships with men.

Charlie surprises everyone when she tells them that she and her latest boyfriend, Kirk, her college professor, are getting married.

With Rodney and Barry's birthdays days apart, they hold a tradition called "Hell Week" in which they play pranks and send each other outrageous gifts the other has to accept.

On Valentine's Day Rodney wants to get Trina the engagement ring he couldn't afford when they got married.

Rodney and Barry's longtime friendship is tested when a financially-strapped Rodney unwittingly takes a job with Barry's competitor.

Rodney's plans to spend a day without the kids golfing with a friend causes Trina to question the whole basis of their marriage.

Rodney gets a job on a cruise ship as a way of taking Trina on the honeymoon they never had and paying the property taxes.

Things start looking up for Rodney and his career as a standup comic when a talent agent gives him a shot to be in a showcase.

After the family's TV is stolen in a robbery, Trina refuses to let Rodney use their health insurance money to buy a new one.

Rodney's agent gets him a well-paying comedy gig that will take him away from Trina and the boys for two months.