Titus

Mar 20, 2000

Titus, Dave and Tommy snoop in Erin's office when Titus suspects she's having an affair.

Mar 27, 2000

Titus and Dave suspect their dad is dead: he's been in his room for four straight days--without getting a beer. But they're both too scared to go in and check.

Apr 3, 2000

Dave is arrested for grand theft--charges brought by his dad--for taking the VCR when he moved out secretly, per Titus's suggestion.

Apr 10, 2000

"All this happiness [with Erin] is freaking me out," says Titus. So he finds a way to sabotage their relationship, as he learned from his father.

Apr 17, 2000

Dave and Tommy get a chance to override Titus, whose integrity is questioned when he refuses a customer's request that will mar an otherwise perfect car.

May 1, 2000

Dave helps, Erin hinders and Tommy panics as Titus jockeys with another driver in a car he customized for Ken's birthday.

May 8, 2000

Titus is the only one to remain on full alert when his institutionalized mother shows up, officially released and apparently cured.

May 15, 2000

Ken's recent behavior prompts Titus to organize an intervention--to start him drinking again, revealing a wealth of secrets and lies among the participants.

May 22, 2000

Ken has a heart attack while driving and blames Titus, who has a picture that proves otherwise.

Oct 3, 2000

Ken blames his heart attack on Titus, and the private nurse Titus hires sides with Ken, who feels much better, thank you.

Oct 10, 2000

Questions before donating blood for Papa Titus reveal neither Erin nor Titus had safe sex when both cheated, but Titus balks at an HIV test.

Oct 17, 2000

The plan to derail Ken and Kathy is itself derailed when Ken announces that Kathy is moving in, prompting another plan--and another derailment.

Oct 31, 2000

After Ken uses "proud," "love" and "son" in the same sentence, Titus instinctually prepares for something bad, a prescient move as Ken blames him for another driving mishap.

Nov 14, 2000

Titus's schizophrenic mother's competency hearing brings everyone together--to keep her locked up.

Nov 21, 2000

Erin's family is on hand when she and Titus plan to announce their engagement at Thanksgiving dinner--which ends up in an emergency room.

Nov 28, 2000

The return to town of his first love inspires fear and excitement in Tommy, while she knows only fear.

Dec 12, 2000

Juanita springs another surprise as she dines with Titus, which makes Ken jealous.

Dec 19, 2000

Little by little, Erin learns why Titus lied about going to an ex-girlfriend's wake--and it's not pretty.

Jan 9, 2001

At a hot-rod show, Dave and Tommy note that Titus is taking sole credit for their entry--and Ken notes it even more.

Jan 16, 2001

Thrill-seeker Titus is undaunted by the death of the parachutist who jumped off a bridge before him. Erin, though, is daunted--fiercely.

Jan 30, 2001

Titus fires back after Ken's fiancée, Kathy, replaces him as best man at the rehearsal dinner that Titus organized.

Feb 6, 2001

News of the car-show incident prompts clients to cancel their orders--and Titus writes a bad check to return a deposit.

Feb 13, 2001

Having driven her away with his drinking, Titus gets Erin back--by tying her in a sack and kidnapping her from her parents' home.

Feb 20, 2001

Erin gets Titus and Ken to drive across the country together--by telling each that the other is dying.

Feb 27, 2001

A self-help guru's seminar brings personal breakthroughs for Erin, Titus--and himself, courtesy of Ken Titus.

Mar 13, 2001

To finance a move into drag racing, Titus makes a bold move, without telling Erin--who's also kept something from Titus.

Mar 27, 2001

A gathering includes Tommy's new girlfriend--the waitress Titus slept with during a one-night breakup with Erin.

Apr 10, 2001

Titus and Erin differ on how to handle their new housemate, Erin's 15-year-old niece, a hellion who's selling pot to finance college.

Apr 17, 2001

Titus tries to undo what he sees as damage when Dave's response to a Dear John letter is to join the Army.

Apr 24, 2001

Erin is left with a broken leg after an encounter with a burglar. The crook is suspected to be her lowlife brother, whose next conviction will send him away for life.

May 8, 2001

Titus enters a funny car in races to rebuild his business, and Ken is part of the pit crew--until father-son tensions mount.

May 15, 2001

Ken and Erin confront the uncertainty of Titus's fate following his accident.

May 22, 2001

Family members gather for the nuptials of Erin and Titus, against the couple's fervent--and wise--wishes.

Nov 14, 2001

Titus starts street racing for cash, fueling fury in Erin, who nursed him back from his last racing injury.

Nov 21, 2001

Erin's surprise birthday party for niece Amy is an eye-opener for Erin when she sees the squalor in which the girl lives.

Nov 28, 2001

Titus is determined to mend fences after Tommy rejects his father, who's just revealed he's gay.

Dec 5, 2001

Titus's sister Shannon, who's outshone him at every turn, does so again at the reopening of his shop.

Dec 12, 2001

Erin disdains, then requests Titus's help when she visits troubled teens for her first grad-school assignment as a interning social worker.

Dec 19, 2001

Christmas on a houseboat brings a kinder, gentler Ken when he thinks his best friend has fallen overboard.

Jan 2, 2002

Titus tries to keep Ken from testifying as his mother goes on trial for murdering her last husband at Titus's wedding.

Jan 9, 2002

Phyllis Diller plays Grandma Titus, who still intimidates Ken despite her Alzheimer's, which has her trying to teach a high-school class.

Jan 16, 2002

Suicidal over a broken romance, Amy listens to Titus as he tries to talk her out of it with tales of his own youth—which don't make that great a case.

Jan 23, 2002

Titus is firmly opposed to romance between his sister Shannon and Tommy, neither of whom is listening to him.

Jan 30, 2002

Tired of carrying Dave, Titus decides it's finally time he learns to fend for himself--when they're both stranded on an icy cliff.

Feb 6, 2002

A car executive seeks a new design from Titus, who turns to Ken for inspiration when he has a creative block.

Feb 13, 2002

En route to Vegas for Titus's bachelor party, the boys encounter a woman in labor, delaying Titus's call to Erin, who imagines the worst.

Feb 20, 2002

Titus weighs whether to be a concerned son or a passive buddy to Ken, who tells his buddy to ignore the heart-attack signs he's experiencing.

Mar 6, 2002

As part of Erin's therapist training, the Titus clan participates in a family session, where issues of trust surface between Titus and Erin.

Mar 20, 2002

A cannon is key to Titus's plan for vengeance on Erin--on her birthday, no less--for her role in his humiliating therapy session.

Jul 29, 2002

A softer side of Ken emerges as he courts a new woman, who happens to be Tommy's mother.

Jul 29, 2002

Titus's schizophrenic mother visits as he and Erin are scrutinized by a social worker regarding their care of Erin's niece.

Aug 5, 2002

Following his personal loss, Titus disdains grief, until an olfactory memory triggers an emotional flood while flying home.

Aug 5, 2002

Removed from the plane by the FBI, the unhappy quintet undergoes interrogation, including questions about Titus's sanity.

Aug 12, 2002

Titus aims to throw a scare into a boy who's been insulting Amy and nearly gets himself thrown in jail, but for the intervention of Erin--and the offender's father.