How to Be a Gentleman

Season

2011

4.7

TV-PG

An uptight writer of a weekly etiquette column is forced to hire a rude, crude, sloppy life coach to jump-start his articles. As time goes on, both learn valuable lessons from each other.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

When etiquette columnist Andrew Carlson is told he must adapt to the new, sexier style of his magazine, he hires his old high school bully Bert Lansing to help him become a modern man.

S1 • E2

How to Have a One-Night Stand

Bert tries to teach Andrew how to have a meaningless fling, but Andrew struggles with not getting attached. Meanwhile, Mike and Janet seek help from Diane to prepare them for Mike's green card interview.

S1 • E3

How to Attend Your Ex-Fiance's Wedding

Bert talks Andrew into attending his ex-fiancee's wedding for closure, but when he discovers his ex met her husband while she and Andrew were still together, Andrew must decide how to confront her.

S1 • E4

How to Share a Relationship

Andrew and Bert each have their own relationship with the same woman, but Andrew starts to feel short-changed that she spends every night in Bert's room.

S1 • E5

How to Be Draft Andrew

When Bert sends out angry emails that Andrew drafted but never sent, Andrew scrambles to make things right with the recipients. Meanwhile, Andrew turns the tables on Bert and forces him to stop filing away his emotions when his judgmental father shows up.

S1 • E6

How to Dip Your Pen in the Company Ink

When Andrew refuses to make a move on his attractive new assistant, Bert teaches him a lesson by going out with her.

How to Get Along with Your Boss's New Girlfriend

S1 • E7

How to Get Along with Your Boss's New Girlfriend

When Andrew is left picking up Jerry's slack at work, he asks Bert to come on board to serve as his new life coach, but quickly realizes he might have made a serious mistake.

S1 • E8

How to Upstage Thanksgiving

When Andrew skips Thanksgiving dinner with his family to rekindle a relationship with his ex-fiancÄ-e, Bert reminds him of his newfound "manhood" by showing him the error of his ways.

S1 • E9

How to Be Shallow

When Andrew is given the opportunity to ask out a model, he is forced to realize that even a gentleman can be shallow about some things. Meanwhile, Bert discovers that events from his past may be the reason for his commitment issues.