- Jules' wedding preparations are put on hold after Travis is sent to the hospital, and Grayson becomes lonely for her affection. Meanwhile, Bobby invents a new ball game that the women suddenly take to a new level.
- Andy warns Grayson, who already feels neglected, he's about to be 'whipped' out of audible existence when the bitches bunch officially declares 'All Wedding All the Time' (AWATT) status. Nature trumps even that when maternal instinct switches Jules's actually rather unwanted attention to Travis, who had a silly accident while dutifully playing the dog-drought 'sport' Bobby presented. Tom is not amused that nobody knew or cares even now that he's a hospital MD. Meanwhile even the innocent 'domination ball' game Bobby invented for the boys gets tainted in a mean battle of the sexes.—KGF Vissers
- There is no time for romance when you're planning a wedding, and Jules is in full "AWATT" mode (All Wedding All the Time), until Travis is in an accident and rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Grayson is feeling neglected by Jules, so the guys try to cheer him up by inventing a new game called "D-Ball," and things get dangerous when Laurie and Ellie want to play.—ABC Publicity
- COUGAR TOWN
This is not the Simpsons' chalkboard bit.
This is not the Simpsons' chalkboard bit.
This is not the Simpsons' chalkboard bit.
Jules (Courteney Cox) has family dinner tonight, so Tom (Bob Clendenin) can't interrupt her. He'd understand if he had kids. Like his son, who is a Marine and his daughter, who is in law school. Since Jules can't diplomatically get out of that one, she goes to see Travis (Dan Byrd) and Grayson (Josh Hopkins) bonding. If texting and ignoring the other person could be considered bonding. They decide to eat caveman-style (even the mashed potatoes), and Jules has to hurry, since Ellie (Christa Miller) and Laurie (Busy Philipps) were coming over to work on the guest list for the wedding. Jules is worried about Travis, but he thinks she should be AWATT (All Wedding, All The Time), much to the chagrin of Grayson. As further proof, Andy (Ian Gomez) shows Grayson Jules' phone while she's away. The speed dial list, 1) Travis, 2) Ellie, 3) her father, 4) Wayne's Wine Store (thought that would be higher), and 5) Grayson. Andy is actually suprised Grayson made Jules' Top 5 on the speed dial.
In other hijinks, Bobby (Brian Van Holt) invented a new game, Dominance Ball, which is basically nailing someone with a ball when they're not looking, and also taught Travis to hitch a ride from Dog Travis on a skateboard back to college...mainly because of an eco-protest where Travis would use Dog Travis to help him score. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way, and Travis ended up in the hospital with a fractured skull.
At the hospital, Jules insisted on happy faces from everyone, even Tom, whom she was surprised to find out was Chief Neurosurgeon at the hospital and thus knew Travis would be OK. Jules, not exactly helped by anybody trying to remain positive (including scared Laurie and crying Bobby) told Travis he had a cool story about getting a skull fracture. Ellie agrees he'd get the girls that way, but he may need to change how it happened, as being pulled by Dog Travis on a skateboard doesn't sound particularly manly.
ELLIE: I miss being a 'ho.
LAURIE: You want back in? 'Cause we'll take you back.
Andy has a solution for Bobby's crying and Grayson's depression about being ignored by Jules: the dog park! (ANDY: Look, Grayson. They sense your lonliness. Let them fix it.) Meanwhile, Ellie and Laurie team up because Bobby said that Dominance Ball is strictly for dudes. (LAURIE: Nothing is just for dudes anymore. Not NASCAR, not cigars, not even peeing standing up!) They want in, but the guys tell them they're not allowed to cry if they get hit. And Ellie is the first victim, who normally cries at being hit like that, but she manages to hold it in. And they take it up to the next level, even resorting to freezing the ball to make it hurt and convincing Jules to turn on Grayson just so he can get hit.
If Travis thought the reason he got a skull fracture wasn't manly, the helmet Dr. Gazelian (Tom, and Jules still didn't know his last name) gave him made things even worse. Actually, everybody else wearing helmets made things even worse, although he did appreciate the sentiment. Grayson, on the other hand, has resorted to holding customers' hands at his bar to get ANY kind of human contact since Jules was not available. Although really, now that Travis was heading back to college, Jules was ready to fall apart at such a horrific event since she had to play mom for so long and get Travis through it. However, all she needed was Big Carl, much to Ellie's annoyance. And for Travis to wear the helmet.
Grayson was upset for being so needy, for putting his heart out there only to have someone pull back. ("It's like I learned nothing from movies.") But Andy told him he can't be a cold person, since that ruined his first marriage. Grayson thought he was being reasonable. ("Just give me attention when I want it and leave me alone when I don't want it.") Andy told him the key to get affection is to not be desperate for it.
GRAYSON: You always look desperate.
ANDY: I didn't say I was good at it.
Laurie says goodbye to helmet-less Travis, making her an easy target for Dominance Ball. Only she moves and the ball is going straight for Travis' head. Jules intercepts it and reads him the riot act about not wearing the helmet. He wants her to stop worrying about him because he's 20 now. Yes, it's meltdown time.
JULES: No I can't, you idiot! I will never stop worrying about you! When you're 80, and I'm telling everybody I'm 90...and getting away with it, by the way...I'll still lay awake at night in the nursing home, where we live together, waiting for you to get home! Travis, now that you're older, nothing's changed, except I can't tell you what to do. I can only ask. So please, please wear that stupid helmet so I can sleep.
Travis goes back to college with the helmet on, but Laurie freaks out because kids can be told what to do, but once they're out of your sight, you never really know. And even the dogs at the dog park can't lift their spirits. Although she does have one more guest at the wedding. If only she knew who T. Gazelian was.
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