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Contents |
| Ep#[1] | Production Number[1] |
Original Airdate[1] |
Episode Title[1] | Based On UK Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | Unaired | Pilot | Inferno |
| 2 | 101 | Sep 25, 2003 | The Right One | Flushed |
| 3 | 102 | Oct 2, 2003 | Size Matters | Size Matters |
| 4 | 103 | Oct 9, 2003 | Sex, Death & Nudity | Sex, Death & Nudity |
| 5 | 104 | Unaired | Present Tense | |
| 6 | 105 | Unaired | A Foreign Affair | The Girl With Two Breasts |
| 7 | 106 | Oct 23, 2003 | Check/Mate | |
| 8 | 107 | Unaired | Nipple Effect | |
| 9 | 108 | Unaired | Dressed | Dressed |
| 10 | 109 | Unaired | Object Lessons | |
| 11 | 110 | Unaired | Holiday |
The original Unaired Pilot starred Breckin Meyer as Jeff, Melissa George as Susan, and Emily Rutherford as Sally