Overview
Plot
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that premiered on Fox in 2000, created by star Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove. It follows a childish adult who owns a custom car shop, his dimwitted half-brother, his girlfriend, his friend, and his bigoted father.
- Directors
- Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, Brian Hargrove
- Cast
- Christopher Titus, Cynthia Watros, Zack Ward, David Shatraw, Stacy Keach
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- First aired
- 2000-03-20
- Studios
- Kenny & Hargrove, Deranged Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television
Episodes
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Episode 1 Sex With Pudding Titus, Dave and Tommy snoop in Erin's office when Titus suspects she's having an affair.
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Episode 2 Dad Is Dead 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.
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Episode 3 Dave Moves Out Dave is arrested for grand theft--charges brought by his dad--for taking the VCR when he moved out secretly, per Titus's suggestion.
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Episode 4 The Breakup "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.
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Episode 5 Titus Integritous 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.
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Episode 6 Red Asphalt Dave helps, Erin hinders and Tommy panics as Titus jockeys with another driver in a car he customized for Ken's birthday.
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Episode 7 Mom's Not Nuts Titus is the only one to remain on full alert when his institutionalized mother shows up, officially released and apparently cured.
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Episode 8 Intervention 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.
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Episode 9 Episode Eleven Ken has a heart attack while driving and blames Titus, who has a picture that proves otherwise.
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Episode 1 Titus Is Dead Ken blames his heart attack on Titus, and the private nurse Titus hires sides with Ken, who feels much better, thank you.
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Episode 2 The Test 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.
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Episode 3 The Surprise Party The plan to derail Ken and Kathy is itself derailed when Ken announces that Kathy is moving in, prompting another plan--and another derailment.
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Episode 4 What's Up, Hollywood? 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.
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Episode 5 Locking Up Mom Titus's schizophrenic mother's competency hearing brings everyone together--to keep her locked up.
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Episode 6 The Perfect Thanksgiving 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.
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Episode 7 Tommy's Girlfriend The return to town of his first love inspires fear and excitement in Tommy, while she knows only fear.
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Episode 8 The Reconcilliation Juanita springs another surprise as she dines with Titus, which makes Ken jealous.
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Episode 9 Last Noelle Little by little, Erin learns why Titus lied about going to an ex-girlfriend's wake--and it's not pretty.
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Episode 10 Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At a hot-rod show, Dave and Tommy note that Titus is taking sole credit for their entry--and Ken notes it even more.
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Episode 11 When I Say Jump Thrill-seeker Titus is undaunted by the death of the parachutist who jumped off a bridge before him. Erin, though, is daunted--fiercely.
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Episode 12 Episode 27 Titus fires back after Ken's fiancée, Kathy, replaces him as best man at the rehearsal dinner that Titus organized.
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Episode 13 The Smell of Success News of the car-show incident prompts clients to cancel their orders--and Titus writes a bad check to return a deposit.
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Episode 14 Deprogramming Erin Having driven her away with his drinking, Titus gets Erin back--by tying her in a sack and kidnapping her from her parents' home.
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Episode 15 NASCAR Erin gets Titus and Ken to drive across the country together--by telling each that the other is dying.
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Episode 16 Life Forward A self-help guru's seminar brings personal breakthroughs for Erin, Titus--and himself, courtesy of Ken Titus.
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Episode 17 Gift of the Car Guy To finance a move into drag racing, Titus makes a bold move, without telling Erin--who's also kept something from Titus.
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Episode 18 Tommy's Girlfriend No. 2 A gathering includes Tommy's new girlfriend--the waitress Titus slept with during a one-night breakup with Erin.
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Episode 19 Hard Ass 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.
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Episode 20 Private Dave Titus tries to undo what he sees as damage when Dave's response to a Dear John letter is to join the Army.
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Episode 21 Three Strikes 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.
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Episode 22 The Pit Titus enters a funny car in races to rebuild his business, and Ken is part of the pit crew--until father-son tensions mount.
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Episode 23 The Pendulum Ken and Erin confront the uncertainty of Titus's fate following his accident.
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Episode 24 The Wedding Family members gather for the nuptials of Erin and Titus, against the couple's fervent--and wise--wishes.
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Episode 1 Racing in the Streets Titus starts street racing for cash, fueling fury in Erin, who nursed him back from his last racing injury.
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Episode 2 Amy's Birthday Erin's surprise birthday party for niece Amy is an eye-opener for Erin when she sees the squalor in which the girl lives.
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Episode 3 Tommy's Not Gay Titus is determined to mend fences after Tommy rejects his father, who's just revealed he's gay.
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Episode 4 Shannon's Song Titus's sister Shannon, who's outshone him at every turn, does so again at the reopening of his shop.
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Episode 5 Grad School Erin disdains, then requests Titus's help when she visits troubled teens for her first grad-school assignment as a interning social worker.
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Episode 6 Houseboat Christmas on a houseboat brings a kinder, gentler Ken when he thinks his best friend has fallen overboard.
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Episode 7 The Trial Titus tries to keep Ken from testifying as his mother goes on trial for murdering her last husband at Titus's wedding.
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Episode 8 Grandma Titus Phyllis Diller plays Grandma Titus, who still intimidates Ken despite her Alzheimer's, which has her trying to teach a high-school class.
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Episode 9 Errrr 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.
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Episode 10 Tommy's Crush Titus is firmly opposed to romance between his sister Shannon and Tommy, neither of whom is listening to him.
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Episode 11 Into Thin Air 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.
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Episode 12 Too Damn Good A car executive seeks a new design from Titus, who turns to Ken for inspiration when he has a creative block.
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Episode 13 Bachelor Party 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.
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Episode 14 Hot Streak 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.
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Episode 15 The Session As part of Erin's therapist training, the Titus clan participates in a family session, where issues of trust surface between Titus and Erin.
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Episode 16 Same Courtesy 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.
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Episode 17 After Mrs. Shafter A softer side of Ken emerges as he courts a new woman, who happens to be Tommy's mother.
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Episode 18 The Visit Titus's schizophrenic mother visits as he and Erin are scrutinized by a social worker regarding their care of Erin's niece.
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Episode 19 Insanity Genetic (1) Following his personal loss, Titus disdains grief, until an olfactory memory triggers an emotional flood while flying home.
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Episode 20 Insanity Genetic (2) Removed from the plane by the FBI, the unhappy quintet undergoes interrogation, including questions about Titus's sanity.
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Episode 21 The Protector 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.
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Titus Plot and Cast
Based on Christopher Titus's one-man show Norman Rockwell is Bleeding, which drew loosely on his real-life family, this Fox sitcom debuted in 2000. Titus plays a outwardly childish man who runs a custom car shop. His world includes his dimwitted half-brother Dave, his girlfriend Erin, his goody-goody friend Tommy, and his arrogantly lewd, bigoted, multiple-divorced father Ken "Papa" Titus. Lines from the stage show are used as commentary.
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