# Step Dave

Step Dave is a New Zealand farcical comedy-drama television series written by Kate McDermott. It began airing its first series in New Zealand on 11 February 2014. It was renewed for a second series, which began airing on 1 September 2015. Jono Kenyon announced the show would not be returning for a third series.

## Premise

Dave Robinson, a 24-year-old New Zealand bartender, falls in love with Cara Gray, a 39-year-old day spa co-owner with three children.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | 11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) | 6 May 2014 (2014-05-06) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) | 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) |

### Series 1 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Starry Eyed" | Britta Hawkins | Kate McDermott | 11 February 2014 (2014-02-11) |
| Cara gets stuck in a pub toilet while on a blind date, and injures her ankle climbing out the window. Dave takes her to hospital and is attracted to her, but she turns down his offer of anything more. He returns her shoe the following day and persuades her to go on a date with him, but it ends badly when he discovers she is fifteen years older than him and has three children. He can't stop thinking of her and they reunite. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Early Days" | Britta Hawkins | Kate McDermott | 18 February 2014 (2014-02-18) |
| 3 | 3 | "The Clown and the Bear" | Murray Keane | Kate McDermott | 25 February 2014 (2014-02-25) |
| 4 | 4 | "Worlds Collide" | Murray Keane | Kate McDermott | 4 March 2014 (2014-03-04) |
| 5 | 5 | "My Room" | Michael Hurst | Rachel Lang | 11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) |
| 6 | 6 | "Knocked-Up Natalie" | Michael Hurst | James Griffin | 18 March 2014 (2014-03-18) |
| 7 | 7 | "Promise and Deliver" | Michael Hurst | Kate McDermott | 25 March 2014 (2014-03-25) |
| 8 | 8 | "Rock Bands and Reefer" | John Laing | Sarah Nathan and Kate McDermott | 1 April 2014 (2014-04-01) |
| 9 | 9 | "Goodbye Princess" | John Laing | Steven Zanoski, Rachel Lang and Kate McDermott | 8 April 2014 (2014-04-08) |
| 10 | 10 | "Grow Up" | Oliver Driver | Rachel Lang | 15 April 2014 (2014-04-15) |
| 11 | 11 | "Crowded House" | Oliver Driver | Kate McDermott | 22 April 2014 (2014-04-22) |
| 12 | 12 | "Let It Go" | Britta Hawkins | Gavin Strawhan and Kate McDermott | 29 April 2014 (2014-04-29) |
| 13 | 13 | "No More Escaping" | Britta Hawkins | Kate McDermott | 6 May 2014 (2014-05-06) |
| Dave is trying to forget Cara by having much casual sex before he goes overseas. When Cara and Dave bump into each other at Dylan and Alec's wedding, it's awkward. ||||||

### Series 2 (2015)

On 31 July 2014, the show was renewed for a second series of 13 episodes.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Stepping Up" | Oliver Driver | Kate McDermott | 1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) |
| 15 | 2 | "Mr Popular" | Oliver Driver | Gavin Strawhan | 8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) |
| 16 | 3 | "Threesome" | Murray Keane | Shoshana McCallum | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) |
| 17 | 4 | "Secrets" | Murray Keane | Karen Curtis | 22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) |
| 18 | 5 | "Good Lies" | Britta Hawkins | Kate McDermott | 29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) |
| 19 | 6 | "Good Father Material" | Britta Hawkins | Max Currie and Kate McDermott | 6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) |
| 20 | 7 | "Trust Me" | Britta Hawkins | Aidee Walker and Kate McDermott | 13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) |
| 21 | 8 | "Mr Wrong" | Ian Hughes | Gavin Strawhan | 20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) |
| 22 | 9 | "The Home-wrecker" | Ian Hughes | Kate McDermott | 27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) |
| 23 | 10 | "Inappropriate" | Murray Keane | Gavin Strawhan | 3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) |
| 24 | 11 | "Make Believe" | Murray Keane | Shoshana McCallum and Kate McDermott | 10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) |
| 25 | 12 | "Kids" | Michael Hurst | Karen Curtis and Kate McDermott | 17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) |
| 26 | 13 | "Will You, Won't You?" | Michael Hurst | Kate McDermott | 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) |

## International broadcast

* Australia – Step Dave began airing on GEM from 7 January 2015, however it was pulled from the channel after just one episode. It has since been airing on channel 9 at 2.00am on Fridays since 2016.

## U.S. version

It was announced it is going to get a remake which has been put into development by NBC, which Sean Hayes will be among the executive producers, alongside South Pacific Pictures' Kelly Martin and Chris Bailey. The American version will be written by Emily Cutler, who has previously worked on The Odd Couple and Community.

## DVD release

| Title | Set details | DVD release dates |
| Title | Set details | Region 4 |
| Step Dave | Discs: 3 Episodes: 13 | 14 May 2014 (2014-05-14) |