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"Mission Hill" revolves around Andy French, a 24-year-old charmingly lazy guy, and his nerdy teenage brother Kevin who moves into Andy's big city loft. These two couldn't be more opposite: Andy can never seem to settle on a particular job or girlfriend, while straight-A Kevin never gets a B or a girlfriend. The show takes place in the fictional city of Cosmopolis's equally fictional neighborhood of Mission Hill. It's a hip place full of diverse, colorful characters -- think Silver Lake in Los Angeles, Wicker Park in Chicago or Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Regulars also include Posey Tyler, the whimsical roommate who hides a secret dark side, and Andy's mellow best friend Jim Kuback who's well-connected to the hip downtown scene. Across the hall are Natalie, Carlos and their baby, who are, respectively, a professor, a painter and an infant. Next door are Gus and Wally, a gay couple in their 60’s given to loud fights and loud making up.

Roommates

Andy French
He's a wanna-be cartoonist living in a hip neighborhood called Mission Hill. Andy's all about cheap liquor, bad snacks and good parties.

Kevin French
A geeky high school student, Kevin's purpose in life is not to make Andy miserable. It just seems that way.

Jim Kuback
Andy's best friend. Jim is a laid-back guy who eats constantly, talks slow and drives a beat-up car called The Bilgemobile.

Posey Tyler
Posey's a modern flower child (and space case) who's into auras, chakras and growing organic vegetables on the loft roof. Beware of her evil side.

Stogie
Andy's dog. He's a slobbery mutt who eats furniture and drinks malt liquor. Stogie's definitely not the world's smartest animal. He's not even the world's smartest mineral.

Neighbors and Friends

Gus
Late 60s. Gus lives across the hall with Wally, his lover of forty years. A relationship ruled by passion, Gus and Wally can often be heard bickering loudly, or making up loudly. Gus is similar to "The Thing" from the Fantastic Four, but instead of being made out of bricks he is flesh and blood, and instead of having superpowers he is a gay man who runs a diner.

Wally
Late 60s. Aside from being Gus' longtime live-in lover, Wally is a projectionist at the local art movie house. He enjoys "cinema", ragtime music, David Niven, honesty, neatness, kind people and, most of all, Gus. Although nervous, whiney, self-effacing and argumentative, Wally's very easy to get along with unless you've been living with him for forty years.

Natalie Leibowitz-Hernandez
Late 20s. Politically correct and intellectually well-endowed, Natalie is a professor of Women's Studies at the local college. Sensitive to biases in our culture, she refuses to name her newborn baby so as not to assign it a preconceived gender stereotype. She is a working mother who supports both "Baby Nameless" and her non-working "marital partner" Carlos.

Carlos Hernandez-Leibowitz
Late 20s. He is a struggling artist and stay-at-home dad for Baby Nameless. Unlike his wife Natalie, Carlos likes to get drunk, eat junk food and sleep late. Although his most recent painting was made from the cream filling of Twinkies, his work is, at times, reminiscent of Jackson Pollack, Diego Rivera and Bob Ross. He prides himself on having no discernable style.

Baby Nameless
9 months. Hyper-active and mischievous, Baby Nameless has inherited its father's love of a good sugar high. One thing is certain about Baby Nameless Leibowitz-Hernandez Hernandez-Leibowitz: for a kid with no name, the kid's got a helluva long name.

Gwen
Early 20s. Andy's on-again, off-again girlfriend, Gwen completed two years of community college before settling in Mission Hill, which she describes as "bitchin'". She met Andy working at Ron's Waterbed World, and soon determined that he too was bitchin'. Someday she'd like to be an accomplished person who achieves her goals and makes a serious contribution to society but as what, she hasn't a clue. Until then, she's gonna have a bitchin' good time!

Toby Mundorf
17. One of Kevin's best friends in Mission Hill. Toby is extremely tall and fat for his age. His overprotective mother worries a great deal about him, as he frequently suffers from allergies, asthma, and hunger. A born pacifist, Toby responds to taunting from his peers by either running away or crying.

George Bang
17. Kevin's other best friend. George works long hours after school in his father's market. George is extremely competitive in everything from taking tests to playing video games, and will often burst into tears if he loses. He shares all the same interests as his best friends and is particularly proud of owning the complete Babylon 5 collectible card game.

Episodes

Episode 1 "THE DOUCHEBAG ASPECT" (Or, "Pilot Episode")
Written by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein
Life just got complicated for 24-year-old Andy French, a wanna-be cartoonist with a taste for cheap liquor, bad snacks and good parties. His brother Kevin, a high school nerd, has just moved into Andy's hip Mission Hill loft and seems destined to put a dent in Andy's perfectly-honed social life.
Episode 2 "GREAT SEXPECTATIONS" (Or, "Andy Joins the PTA")
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Andy joins the PTA. Kevin, Toby, and George compete in an online adventure game.
Episode 3 "PORNO FOR PYRO" (Or, "Kevin's Problem")
Written by J. David Stem & David N. Weiss
Kevin faces a moral dilemma when two bullies from his school are accused of robbing a local market, then burning it down. The truth is, Kevin started the fire in a ham-fisted attempt to hide the girlie magazine he was using to, er, pleasure himself. Now Kevin must decide whether to let two innocent guys go to jail or admit to being a "pervert." Meanwhile, Jim returns from Japan sporting the latest in cutting-edge fashion: Day-Glo hot pants.
Episode 4 "THE BIG-ASS VIACOM LAWSUIT" ( Or, "Andy vs. The Real World")
Written by Ben Kull
MTV's "The Real World" comes to Mission Hill looking for a "charismatic troublemaker" to round out its usual cast of mopey whiners. Andy agrees to join the show, thinking he can sabotage it from the inside and thwart the corporate take-over of his beloved Mission Hill. But he underestimates the seductive power of the MTV lifestyle.
Episode 5 "ONE BANG FOR TWO BROTHERS" (OR, "Andy and Kevin Make a Friend")
Written by Michael Panes
Andy and Kevin compete for the attentions of George Bang's sister Tina. Gus gets a knife stuck in his head.
Episode 6 "HOW TO GET HEAD IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING" (or, "Andy Gets a Promotion")
Written by Michael Panes
After a discouraging rejection, Andy gives up cartooning to become the assistant manager of Waterbed World. Stogie slowly devours the couch.
Episode 7 "NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS" (Or, "Kevin vs. the S.A.T.")
Written by J. David Stem & David N. Weiss
Kevin, Toby, and George decide to conquer the S.A.T. in a parody of the independent film "Pi." Posey decides to take up legitimate massage.
Episode 8 "BROTHER'S BIG BONER" (Or, "Unemployment Part One")
Written by Robin Stein
Ron's Waterbed World goes out of business and Andy is left jobless. To make matters worse, Kevin is given custody of Ron's luxury sports car.
Episode 9 "THEORY OF THE LEISURE ASS" (Or, "Unemployment Part Two")
Written by Aaron Ehasz
Several weeks into unemployment, Andy has fallen apart. But an unexpected revelation about Jim changes the course of Andy's life. (Guest Star: David Clennon as Jim's Boss)
Episode 10 "HOT FOR WEIRDIE" (Or, "Kevin Finds Love")
Written by Dan McGrath
Kevin falls for Eunice Eulmeyer, commonly regarded as the weirdest girl in school, in order to get a college recommendation from her father. Meanwhile, Andy and friends start a phony nightclub to get even with the poseurs invading their neighborhood. (Guest Star: Jennifer Jason Leigh as Eunice)
Episode 11 "DAY OF THE JACKASS" (Or,"Stories of Hope and Forgiveness")
Written by Dan McGrath
Several intertwining stories take place on a day of international crisis. Andy gets a date with a starlet, Posey seeks nirvana, and Toby is chased by a slow-moving rabid dog.
Episode 12 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOUCHEBAG" (Or, "Happy Birthday, Kevin")
Written by Rich Seigel and Rob Schwartz
Kevin's first birthday in the big city doesn't go as he'd hoped. Meanwhile, Carlos and Natalie get a boa constrictor.
Episode 13 "I MARRIED A GAY MAN FROM OUTER SPACE" (Or, "Plan 9 from Mission Hill")
Written by Dan McGrath
Kevin becomes an art film buff, working with Wally at the local rep house. But he accidentally uncovers a long-lost film and discovers the true story of Gus and Wally's relationship.
Episode 14 - NEVER COMPLETED "SUPERTOOL" (Or, "Meditations on a Career in Advertising")
Written by Ben Kull
Andy and Jim work together on the "Chef-A-Rooni" account at the ad agency. They learn a deep, dark secret about the American advertising business. (Guest Star: David Clennon as Jim's Boss)
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Episode 15 - NEVER COMPLETED "FREAKY WEEKEND IN THE CRAPPY CRUDWAGON" (Or, "To Grandmother's House We Go")
Written by Michael Panes
Andy, Kevin, Jim, and Posey take a road trip on Memorial Day Weekend. But, even as the trip progresses, they are unable to agree on their destination. Each one freaks out in turn, leaving Posey in command. Meanwhile, Gus and Wally take care of Stogie.
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Episode 16 - NEVER COMPLETED "CRAP GETS IN YOUR EYES" (Or, "Pretty in Pink")
Written by Aaron Ehasz
Andy and Gwen's relationship goes through a rocky period when Andy starts dating Jim's assistant Stacie. But Stacie is a very different woman than Gwen...
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Episode 17 - NEVER COMPLETED "PREMATURE MATRICULATION" (Or, "Death of a Yale Man")
Written by Robin Stein
Kevin sinks to his lowest point ever when he pretends to be a terminally-ill boy in order to get a guaranteed admission to Yale.
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Episode 18 - NEVER COMPLETED "I WAS A TEENAGE PORN STAR" (Or, "Bye Bye Nerdie")
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Kevin accidentally appears in the background of a porno movie being filmed in the building. And when the parents find out, Kevin is out of Mission Hill and living with his parents in Wyoming. But Kevin's a different person after his time in city.
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