Rude Awakening

Aug 1, 1998

Soap actress-turned-writer Billie Frank confronts her problems with her addictions. She finds herself in Addictions Anonymous (AA) following a DWI accident and an embarrassing interview on a tabloid TV show.

Aug 8, 1998

Trudy's contemptuous nickname for her pregnant daughter-in-law Tish is revealed. Dave drags Billie along to another AA meeting. Tish offers to help Billie by cleaning her apartment but Billie's tales of her past escapades with a woman alienate Tish.

Aug 15, 1998

Jackie and her new ex-con girlfriend move in with Billie.

Aug 22, 1998

Billie starts overindulging in coffee, tobacco, and shopping.

Aug 29, 1998

Billie tries to get out of coffee duty at Addictions Anonymous.

Sep 5, 1998

Billie and Dave work the AA hotline.

Sep 12, 1998

Billie and Dave's relationship stumbles when Billie finds out Dave is sleeping with a stripper.

Sep 26, 1998

Billie regrets taking the lead in a movie when the script turns out to have gratuitous nudity. Trudy has an affair with a younger man.

Oct 3, 1998

Billie asks Jackie to go to the birthday party her parents are throwing, and Dave plans a surprise party for Billie.

Oct 17, 1998

Billie visits her TV mom Colleen Woods.

Oct 24, 1998

One of Billie's old flings returns, threatening her sobriety.

Oct 31, 1998

Billie comes down from an acid trip days before getting her 60 day chip.

Nov 7, 1998

Billie accidentally feeds Tish's Christian friends marijuana brownies at her baby shower.

Jun 26, 1999

Billie and Dave almost relapse after meeting Jackie's mom. Meanwhile, Trudy breaks her toe.

Jul 3, 1999

Dave gives Jackie an ultimatum after she wakes from her coma.

Jul 10, 1999

Billie's sponsor quits.

Jul 17, 1999

A surprise bris is planned for Tish's baby, but she doesn't want to get him circumcised.

Jul 24, 1999

Trudy sets up Billie with another alcoholic former child star. Dave and Jackie fall for the same woman.

Jul 31, 1999

Billie accidentally reveale a famous musician's anonymity after he comes to an AA meeting.

Aug 7, 1999

Dave sponsors a surfer who soon falls for Billie.

Aug 14, 1999

Trudy and Dave compete over who gets custody of the AA meeting.

Aug 21, 1999

Billie and Dave decide to start seeing other people.

Aug 28, 1999

Trudy goes to AA because she thinks Billie talks about her too much at the meetings. Dave goes to jail.

Sep 4, 1999

Billie tries to prove herself to her new boss. Trudy tries to catch her maid stealing. Dave becomes Nobby's sponsor.

Sep 11, 1999

Billie starts a phone sex line for extra money. Trudy gets sued by her maid.

Sep 18, 1999

Billie needs to make a toast at Max and Trudy's wedding anniversary, even though she knows Trudy is leaving with Martin. Dave performs at open mic night.

Nov 27, 1999

Billie discovers that her parents' will gives everything to her brother instead of her.

Dec 4, 1999

Billie tries to wait four dates before sleeping with the new man she's seeing.

Dec 11, 1999

Billie keeps lying to Sydney. Dave starts a suggestion box at the coffee shop. Jackie has bigger problems.

Dec 18, 1999

After losing a fellow member, Billie gets lost in her work producing a movie with Sydney. Dave goes to Milt's apartment.

Feb 19, 2000

Dave helps Nobby at his first sober concert. Billie and Maureen become each other's sponsors.

Feb 26, 2000

Billie takes her nephew to Mike's Bar. Nobby wants Dave to help him stay sober while on tour.

Mar 4, 2000

Billie has a chance to act in an Emerald Bluff reunion film but is pressured into having a drink with a co-star. Dave starts seeing Juanita.

Mar 11, 2000

Trudy catches Martin cheating on her, and asks Billie for help getting back together with Max. Dave gets too into poker.

Mar 18, 2000

After a night of drinking, Billie breaks her arm and lies to her friends about it. Dave discovers the truth. Jerry stages an intervention for Billie.

Jun 29, 2000

Now unemployed, Billie spends her days drinking and doing cocaine with Maureen. When she finds herself in need of cash to pay her overdue electric bill, no one – not even her mother – will assist unless she seeks help. Meanwhile, Dave invites his friend Marcus to stay with him after his wife kicks him out.

Jun 29, 2000

Billie is served an eviction notice and Maureen has an idea. But what Maureen has in mind could result in something even worse, which leads Billie to rock bottom and ready to admit she has a problem.

Jul 6, 2000

Billie, now recovering, gets a job with Trudy's lawyer boyfriend. Her first task is to serve Marcus divorce papers.

Jul 13, 2000

Billie tries to figure out her relationship with Dave. Marcus tries to lose himself in his work after being served.

Jul 20, 2000

Billie wonders if she should tell Dave that she slept with Marcus.

Jul 27, 2000

Billie and Dave hit a rough patch after her affair with Marcus is revealed.

Aug 3, 2000

At jury duty, the other jurors try to get Billie removed. Marcus faces a lawsuit and an assault charge.

Aug 10, 2000

Marcus asks Billie out. Dave becomes attracted to Raquel.

Aug 17, 2000

Marcus feels excluded from Billie's life, so she invites him to an AA meeting. Billie has a difficult time with her new responsibilities as the AA group secretary.

Aug 24, 2000

Billie learns that Marcus has an interview with a prominent director and tries to set up a meeting of her own. Clark wants to hold AA at Dave's restaurant.

Aug 31, 2000

Clark and Henry ask Billie to carry their baby, but Marcus doesn't agree. Dave suffers from chronic tiredness since dating a female athlete who beats him soundly at every sport they try.

Sep 7, 2000

Dave and Marcus attend a party at the Perfect 10 mansion without telling Billie and Raquel. Invitation-less Billie and Raquel hatch a plan to get even. Meanwhile, Nobby Clegg makes amends with a playmate.

Sep 14, 2000

Trudy enters the hospital for plastic surgery, but the doctor refuses to do the operation because her alcoholism has led to a life-threatening heart condition. Martin tells Billie he is leaving Trudy.

Jan 4, 2001

Trudy moves in with Billie in an effort to adopt a more sober lifestyle. Dave and Marcus shoot a video to send to Raquel in Australia.

Jan 11, 2001

Marcus' demanding father visits, unaware that his son is getting divorced and that he and Billie are dating. Pregnant Haley asks Dave to act as her husband at a college reunion because she doesn't want anyone to know she's a surrogate for a gay couple.

Jan 18, 2001

Billie gets a small role in a new film. She's attracted to her co-star, whom she has to kiss. Dave and Haley share an awkward lip-lock, while Marcus spends the night with Nancy, whose mother has just died.

Jan 25, 2001

Dave tries to tell Billy that Marcus is involved with Nancy again. Dave initially gives the wrong impression when he attempts to warn Billie, but things come to a head when Marcus arrives to his own surprise party with Nancy.

Feb 1, 2001

Billie goes on a date with movie star Jake Newman, but he dies during the date, and Billie is asked to speak at his funeral service. Dave accidentally proposes to Raquel when she tells him her VISA has expired.

Feb 8, 2001

Dave is caught up in a jewelry store robbery with Billie on the day of his bachelor party while shopping for a wedding ring for Raquel. Trudy wakes up in the arms of a handsome man who turns out to be an expensive gigolo.

Feb 15, 2001

Billie takes extreme measures to prevent Dave from marrying Raquel, including seeking out a medicine woman to place a curse on the ceremony. Marcus and Nancy reconcile.