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Original Air Date: July 10, 2008
Poor PJ experiences the pangs of being the only girl in her gang of guys on this episode of My Boys.
At the bar, the guys whine, er, gripe about their individual soul-shattering, world-ending problems. Kenny avoids phone calls from Caitlin, the young woman from Andy and Mike’s improv class who has a thing for him, because he’s currently dating Beth, the other woman he met earlier at PJ’s singles dinner party. When he tells Caitlin about his relationship with Beth and she doesn’t care, Kenny starts dating both women but becomes terrified they’ll find out about each other and then become best friends or something.
Brendan prepares for his new temp mailroom gig at Andy’s law firm by spending his last twenty bucks on a pitcher of beer for the gang. He later bumps into a woman at the firm, a married lawyer, who went to Northeastern with him, and he begins to see how far behind his peers he is professionally. Nothing is worse than being called “copy slave” by the arrogant lawyers, however, except having to work alongside a stupid guy who must recite the alphabet out loud to determine which names come first.
Bobby is agitated because Elsa is too busy worrying about being deported to tend to their wedding, which is giving his mother Pamela extra leeway to go crazy with plans. For some reason that neither Stephanie nor I understand, PJ jumps in feet first and starts coordinating things with Bobby’s mother in Elsa’s absence.
Finally, Mike practically begs PJ to fix him up with one of her friends to ease his dry dating spell. More on that soon.
During the requisite poker game, Brendan models the new outfit PJ helped him pick out for his new corporate job. Andy thinks the former radio DJ’s business casual attire — slacks, white shirt, and tie — make him look like his individuality has been stripped from him, so Andy concludes he’ll fit right in.
Stephanie shows up then with bright pink copies of her new book, You’re a Great Guy But: A 21st Century Guide to Men, for the men to read, and PJ quickly pulls her aside to make sure she knows what she’s doing. Stephanie has written chapters on each of the guys, but she doesn’t think they’ll notice since she changed their names. PJ correctly argues that just because they’re guys doesn’t mean they’re also stupid.
None of the men have any intention of reading the “girly” book anyway, until PJ gets on their case, and they agree to read one chapter each to discuss on the weekend. Meanhwile, Brendan suspects something is going on between Andy and Jo when he catches catches them in the middle of a massage at work. Andy denies any hanky-panky with his “work wife,” and to prove it, he agrees to set Jo up with increasingly desperate Mike.
Jo shows more interest in Andy than Mike or PJ during the subsequent double dinner date, however, and the gang finally manages to convince Andy that Jo likes him as a result. The other guys do a little realizing, too, when they finally read Stephanie’s book, which has thinly veiled examples named Lenny, Brian, and Ike to represent Kenny, Brendan, and Mike. Bobby isn’t in the book because Stephanie thinks he’s just a great guy.
Seeing themselves as a woman sees them actually helps the guys a bit, so it turns out to be all good for everyone but PJ, who’s still deluding herself into thinking she’s fine with Bobby marrying Elsa. By this time, Bobby should be able to see what’s going on with PJ, though, so I wonder when — or if — he’s going to open his eyes wider.
