Ed

Plot synopsis:
Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a farm boy who arrives at an open tryout for the Santa Rosa Rockets minor league baseball team. He makes the team after blowing away the scouts with his 'rocket' arm as well as having a strong training camp. Deuce also befriends a chimpanzee, 'Ed,' after being told he is his new roommate/teammate. After they move into their apartment, Deuce develops a relationship with his neighbor, Lydia. Also, Ed becomes very close with her daughter, Elizabeth. Deuce's game really begins to take off as well as Ed's and the team becomes a league contender. Deuce's coach, Chubb, thinks Deuce can be an MLB starter if he keeps his head on straight. But after the owners sell Ed to make a buck, Deuce takes matters into his own hands and goes to find Ed only to see him being tortured by a pair of goons. Deuce saves Ed but Ed escapes and finds a truck of Frosted Bananas and doesn't realize he is stuck inside the trailer, which is ice cold. Ed ends up in the hospital from almost freezing to death before the final game of the season and Deuce questions his own ability to continue playing without his best friend. Deuce ends up playing and struggles right off the bat. But when Ed, Elizabeth and Lydia arrive at the game together, Deuce turns up the heat and the Rockets take the championship. Ed, Deuce, Lydia and Elizabeth then become a family and live happily ever after.

Tags: romantic

Review:
Having seen the previews for it, I wasn't expecting much- the premise struck me as stupid- a big town lawyer travels back to his small home town to win the heart of his high school crush, buys a bowling ally and opens a law practice in it.
Like last years FREAKS AND GEEKS this is one of the few hour long comedies to actually sustain laughter throughout the entire episode.
The cast is perfect- Tom Cavangh as Ed delivers a consistantly hilarious performance and Julie Bowen as Carol Vessey is gorgeous, but also finds hidden depths to her character.
With all of the predictable and formulaic sitcoms on TV, what a refreshing joy it was to see something that dared to be different, to set its own course, to go its own way."Ed" is the charming account of a man's search for personal redemption by not looking where everyone's head says to go, but where his heart says.
He uses this as the opportunity to overcome his fears and pursue his dreams.Returning to his home town of Stuckyville, he pursues his highschool crush, buys the local bowling alley and practices small town law.A delight for dreamers and romantics of all ages and genders!.
In return for giving NBC 10 years of classic late night programming and then being denied The Tonight Show, Mr. Letterman - proving ever the gentleman - gives NBC one of the best shows ever put on tv.
I don't think there are any weak characters in the show, and I haven't yet seen a bad episode (I've seen season 1, now it's the season 1 reruns).
A nice change of pace from the usual guy/girl friction.Through a 'controlled' dream-state, Ed (along with all the other lovable clowns on this under-appreciated show) navigates his romantic concerns and desires for Frankie, and usual heart-beacon Carol Vessey.
The story lines are witty, every single character is lovable and the quirky dialogue keeps the viewers glued to the TV from beginning to end.
The man is not only hilarious, gorgeous and a great actor, he makes the dialogue come to life.
But Ed loves its characters, and they are a wonder to watch.
And the red line through it all is the relationship between Ed and Carol (Julie Bowen, Happy Gilmore): everyone knows they are made for each other, but the writers know too that postponing the inevitable is what keeps us coming back..
His character knows that his looks alone aren't going to get the girl, but creativity, endurance and treating her better than anyone has before will get the job done.
The whole ensemble works well together and you feel like you're watching real people.
The last time I fell in love with a show this fast it was a little-known show called "Friends" 6 years ago.
I know that you are the network that has hormone-laced garbage like "Friends." You also ripped off "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" with "The Weakest Link," thereby dividing an audience and degrading the ratings of a TV show that actually challenges our intelligence.
True, as I write this, it seems to have given in to a bit of cliche, that of the beautiful girl falling in love with the man who annoys her the most (Carol Vessey and the new principal), but I'm optimistic that there will be a bizarre turn of events there to look forward to.Comparisons to Northern Exposure are inevitable, and this show matches or surpasses the Alaskan exercise in quirkiness.
For instance, despite what you Hollywood producers fervently believe, a gay wedding just doesn't play in the heartland.Perhaps Ed's most biting episode is the one where Neil Patrick Harris played an attorney who came to town and admired Ed so much that he bought his own bowling alley and hired his own eccentrics to run it.
If this show's ratings continue to rise, look for CBS to do the exact same thing.Thanks you, David Letterman, for showing us what that idiot box is capable of doing right..
The characters, plots and ideals make me laugh, cry, get angry, happy and you get a real sense of knowing the people in the show.
Maybe it was the premise of a lawyer who set up shop in a bowling alley that he bought, but one could get the impression that some people may have not been interested for that reason.
At any rate, the lucky who tuned in were delighted by the antics of the characters, appreciative of the depth and quality of writing, and witness to one of the most charming love stories to ever grace the small screen (or any screen for that matter).
Always occupied with a different sorts of things and nothing interesting to think about...the remote save my life...i started to watch Ed!
Ed Stevens has the day of his life when he is fired from his job as an NYC contract attorney and finds his wife with another man.
Ed Stevens has the day of his life when he is fired from his job as an NYC contract attorney and finds his wife with another man.
All the actors on it have great chemistry, no matter what combination, but in particular Carol and Ed are simply electric in scenes together.
Phil, Ed's worker at his bowling alley, is perfectly cast in the role of the intellectual wannabe, and Warren as Carol's adoring student is comedy genius whilst still maintaining that aura of small town life that the show is best at.
This show as actually pretty good, fun, real, nice acting, the fun of a challenge game and of course nice girls.I watch the show as much as possible, because it's different from all the other shows, it's not a sitcom and it's not like "Ally", it's better, than all other out there now, except for "The Simpsons".Right now the show is on late nights sundays in Denmark, I hope they'll move it to a better time..
I liked Thomas Cavanagh (Anya's Bell ) who play  "Ed Stevens" when he played Doug, the guy who used to eat dog cookies at the Gourmet Pet Store, in "Providence", one of the best television series nowadays.
David Letterman is one of the producers of the show, and America loves his sense of humor and that adds to the fact that the show is really promising, the premise is good.
Hopefully the next season will continue on with Ed and Carol being a couple with  a real future!.
Sure, it has been three seasons now and people are hoping for things to progress in show, but in the meantime nothing on television is more enjoyable.
I never feel that way about characters on other shows, because they don't seem as real.
I'm usually not one to fall for glitz and hype, and there was no show that was more hyped than Ed. I DID tune in to the pilot episode and BOY am i glad i did."Ed" is witty, funny, and charming.
As Rob Burnett, producer of the show, said: "Ed is the sort of guy that all the girls have a crush on, and all the guys wanna play ball with." Tom Kavanagh plays Ed so charismatically that it is impossible not to love him.I don't fall for shows easily, and when I do, they're huge hits.
Fifteen minutes into the pilot episode of "Ed", I got that feeling, and at the next commercial break, i popped a tape in my VCR and started recording.
He then pursues a high school crush and buys a bowling alley in his hometown of Stuckeyville.
The thing I like about the character of Ed is that after the devastating loss of his job and marriage, he does not seem bitter, but optimistic.
Everyone loves good courtroom scenes and in this case, peppered with some comedy makes it all the better.
I'm writing this as if I have watched the show for several years when in fact I have only seen two episodes.
I just hope the writers can keep the quality up and not fall into a Northern Exposure-esque trap.(Let's also hope they don't drag Ed and Carol out for years and get them together soon.
Why did you have to cast such an annoying character in such a great feel good show.
I would like to know if you even watch the show?
It seems like all of the dopes work at the bowling alley.
What all dopes work at the bowling alley and all Saints went to college and have great jobs.
I follow several shows on tv but none gives me as much pleasure as Ed. I feel closeness to the characters and I feel like Stuckeyville is also my hometown and I feel, not only that I could be Ed, but also that I would want to be Ed and making such a comeback as he does, meeting the people that he does and of course having his workinghours...It´s a combination beetween Seinfeld and Picket Fences, totally cozy!
I love the feeling of the small towns the show is shot in and the characters remind me of the people I met while living in small town America.
Watch a re-run this summer and I am sure you will like it as much as I do..
But once I saw this show I said "Wow, this is one real, good quality program!" The best part I would have to say is it's for all the family.
I've found that I actually like and care about all of the quirky characters in this show.
all i know is that i am inspired, and i want to go and buy a bowling alley, just like ed..
Loved the show many years ago when it originally aired on NBC when I was in college.
While feeling nostalgia for high school, he flies back to Stuckeyville, Ohio to ask out cheerleader dream girl Carol Vessey (Julie Bowen).
Ed decides to buy the local bowling alley and then starts his small town law office there.
After he's back he buys the local bowling alley which he also sets up his law practice in.The show is filled with tons of quirky characters and all the characters seem to have great chemistry together.Ed's best friend is Mike who's a doctor and each of them make $10 bets with each other making the other do embarrassing dares.
The object of Ed's affection is Carol who he had a crush on in high school.A lot of actors from this show have gone onto really successful careers post Ed.Julie Bowen is now the star of Modern Family.
I know we are probably heaps of seasons behind the US with our screenings here but I know that I look forward to Thursday nights - 7:30pm so I can see what whacky story the script writers have come up.
It is a wonderful series and I hope that we continue to get it here 'Down Under' for many seasons to come..
Second: It had some good plot lines that were at times funny.However(and I know for a fact that some of you DIE HARD fans of this show will agree in some way), this show doesn't seem to have much of a future.
(Ever wondered what the cast would look like as South Park characters?) All, of course, absolutely free!
During the second season of Ed, the charm that drew me to the show in the first place was gone and I couldn't believe that I was still watching it.
You really believed that Ed loved both Carol and Frankie.
Ed shows that it is possible to bomb a Sophomore Season and come screaming to the finish line first in the third.I truly hope that Ed is not cancelled.
I would like to see what happens to Carol and Ed's relationship.
It is so quirky and sweet and very much like Northern Exposure, another show which I love!!Tom Cavanaugh plays Ed Stevens, a down on his luck NYC lawyer who moves back to Stuckeyville Ohio to see his high school crush Carol Vessey(Julie Bowen).
I fell for an American girl some years ago, and she hailed from a little town like this.
It makes me wistful....I want to pull up roots from London and L.A., and head off looking for my very own Julie Bowen.My greatest fear is that Channel 4 will do what it generally does....stop showing a terrific comedy series, simply because it's a filler they've bought in bulk.
Like those ersatz bars that simply buy books by-the-yard for their decor, without giving a damn about their content.Unlike "Ed", the real world is a great deal less charming....
I just want four seasons, and syndication (and don't I know so does Dave).Then I can tape all the episodes, and you can go back to running "Dick Clark's Fear Factor Bloopers in Marquesas" or whatever you've got in the hopper..
Letterman, who I thought was great until he started to suck in the mid-80's is behind this...Hey Dave, if you still want to preserve your integrety, either re-instate the original writer team or chalk this POS for good.
I saw a bit of an episode from the first season of "Ed" where it's protagenist, Ed Stevens, was talking to some woman, I remember.
The only other actor besides "Ed's" star Tom Cavanaugh that I have seen mumble is Vincent Young (who is at least sort of "classic" and may as well have played "Ed" since Cavanaugh's acting skills are no better) and critics are mean to him!Nevertheless, literal boredom and the knowledge that John Slattery, an actor I sort of like, had a recurring role led me to attempt a second viewing of "Ed." Sometimes shows improve in their second season.
I had better things to do than try to figure out what on earth Tom Cavanaugh was SAYING half the time.
In the episode I saw, some stupid man came to Ed(a bowling alley lawyer) to get a name change, which you can do without a lawyer, but whatever...
One or two is enough, although it's probably been figured out along the way that NONE of those people is interesting enough to carry an episode on their own.
Also I find that they're more of me that dislike about the show than I like.After watching it for sometime I found that the story is very cliché each and every week.
My reason to watch was Phil and Warren, they are great and very humorous.Ed is more of a child live in a grown up body and still live in the history of his high school year.
So most of the episodes I'll find myself watching some childish like behavior, where most of the stuff ends up perfectly and beautifully.
For Ed, played by Tom Cavanagh, that girl was Carol Vessey, played by Julie Bowen, who now is a teacher at their old high school.
After his divorce, Ed returns to Stuckeyville, meets up with Carol, is inspired to buy a bowling alley, and sets up his law office inside.
I am a lawyer, who also happens to own a bowling alley," insists Ed.The writing is good and witty, and Cavanagh is perfect as "Ed".
All the cast are fine, but my special favorites are Michael Ian Black as the enterprising bowling alley employee "Phil", and Justin Long as "Warren Cheswick", the geek who gets so flustered when he thinks he has a chance with the girl he likes.
After failing to win the affections of "Miss Vessey." We always set aside time to watch "Ed", it is good entertainment and occasionally there is a meaningful storyline.BTW, Julie Bowen is in "Happy Gilmore", plays the golf tour publicist who becomes Gilmore's (Adam Sandler) love interest.(SPOILER: When the series was terminated, Ed and Carol were married first.).
*Ed SPOILERS* Ed Stevens (Tom Cavanagh, 'Scrubs') is a lawyer with a good job and a loving wife; but one day he gets fired for having forgotten a comma in a contract which creates a loss of 1,500,000 $ and coming home finds his wife in bed with the postman.So he decides to move back to his hometown of Stuckeyville, where he ends up living with his best friend Mike (Josh Randall), who's now a doctor, married and father of a baby girl, and becoming the owner of the local bowling, which he not only revitalizes, but opens a law practice in.And let's not forget one of the reasons he moved back to Stuckeyville; Carol Vessey (Julie Bowen, 'ER'), the girl Ed has always been smitten with and who is now a teacher at the local high school.An interesting, quirky drama in the vein of 'Everwood', 'Ed' manages to gently attract your interest and have you spend 45 minutes in their very enjoyable company, being kind of sad when the ending credits appear.Ed: 9/10..
"Northern exposure" with specialist moving to small town where people have different point of view to life), but I was really enjoying watching how he handles sometimes really strange cases and how he moves back to his childhood times.Unfortunately with time the creators have apparently run out of ideas for interesting cases and Ed's work was used only to fill up the gaps between plots with kids in high school, his own problems with Carol or Mike's rather uninteresting marriage stories.
The last season in which Ed and Carol are together was pushed waaaaaaay too far into romantic field that sometimes it was really depressing (they will be together, they won't, they will, they won't, they will marry, they won't, etc).I loved the idea, I loved the characters, even the cast, but the series was really uneven - some episodes were great and few next were really crappy and full of clichés from romantic comedies or "crazy high school C-class movies"."Ed" was a really good show and if the creators would cut the complete-waste-of-time parts it would even be great.