Pilot

S01 E01 • Tuesday, Sep 22, 1998 • Sep 22 • 30m

Operatic superstar Joseph Pinoni is forced to retire after a freak accident following a performance causes him to lose his voice. Humiliated, he returns home to his family's vineyard in California to assist his mother and sister in running the business, but his perfectionism and superiority complex attitude quickly gets on everyone else's nerves.

I am Joe's Ego

S01 E02 • Tuesday, Sep 29, 1998 • Sep 29 • 30m

Francesca tries to help Joe get out of his funk over losing his career by taking him out to dinner to cheer him up, but quickly regrets her choice when they are mobbed by fans in the restaurant.

The French Connection

S01 E03 • Tuesday, Oct 20, 1998 • Oct 20 • 30m

Joe's best friend from Europe, Jean Claude, visits to announce his recent engagement, but it's to a woman Joe loathes. Jean Claude admits he's flat broke and is only marrying for money, so Joe invites him to live in the guest house at the vineyard.

Master Class

S01 E04 • Tuesday, Oct 27, 1998 • Oct 27 • 30m

To encourage Joe to get more involved with community, Marie puts him in charge of directing the school play at the youth center. Joe's diva like direction angers the parents, but the children love his over the top antics and have him convert their usual performance of ""Yankee Doodle"" into selections from ""Salome.""

Sour Grapes

S01 E05 • Wednesday, Dec 16, 1998 • Dec 16 • 30m

Joe attempts to end a long standing feud with a neighboring family, over a punch bowl Marie claims they never returned, when he notices Michael showing an interest in the youngest daughter of the other family.

The Diary

S01 E06 • Wednesday, Dec 23, 1998 • Dec 23 • 30m

While cleaning out the attic, Michael and Joe come across Marie's old diary, and deduce it was written about the time Marie was expecting Joe. After reading a few pages, Joe gets the assumption that Marie was having an affair with a neighbor, and thinks he's illegitimate.

Mr. Joe's Wild Ride

S01 E07 • Wednesday, Dec 30, 1998 • Dec 30 • 30m

The family, tired of Joe's constant bumming of rides because he doesn't drive, signs him up for driving lessons, but the instructor they hire turns out to be a psychotic nut who takes Joe hostage during the lesson.

I Know How the Caged Bird Tastes

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Jan 6, 1999 • Jan 6 • 30m

Joe and Jean Claude go overboard to try to impress members of a local cultural society by planning an elaborate dinner party, but they get drunk while tasting wine during the meal preparation and ruin the whole evening.

Crime and Punishment

S01 E09 • Wednesday, Jan 13, 1999 • Jan 13 • 30m

Joe and Jean Claude are forced to serve community service as hospital orderlies after they are arrested for recklessly driving bicycles while drunk. Joe, completely incompetent in the job, fears he may have killed a patient when a man dies after Joe obliged him with a drink on his last day.

To Soeur With Love

S01 E10 • Wednesday, Jan 20, 1999 • Jan 20 • 30m

Jean Claude's sister comes to visit him, but Joe is afraid his friend will want to kill him when he recalls that the last time Joe met her, they had a wild one night stand.

The Doubt of the Benefit

S01 E11 • Wednesday, Jan 27, 1999 • Jan 27 • 30m

Joe gets a swelled head when he learns a benefit concert is being organized in his honor to recognize his career in theater, but while preparing to go to the hall a comedy of errors ensues.

A Review to Remember

S01 E12 • Unknown • Unknown • 30m

Unreleased

Joe does everything in his power, including seduce a magazine critic he despises, to ensure that Francesca and the winery get a positive review in a prominent wine industry publication.

Soul Food

S01 E13 • Unknown • Unknown • 30m

Unreleased

When Joseph and Francesca want Marie to write a cookbook to help promote the winery, she agrees to only if Joseph will go to confession. But Joseph doesn't know the secret behind Marie's recipes that she has yet to confess.