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3.01 – Jason Alexander – “Rod the Dealer”
Rod is the coolest blackjack dealer this side of Vegas. He's got looks, charm, and a winning attitude at the table. Can he teach a bumbling loser like Jack [through song] what it takes to be a successful croupier? The stakes are high when he makes a bet with the casino Boss that he can.
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3.02 – Molly Parker – “Alberta Jones”
Focused, determined, erudite, serious - Alberta is everything her ex-boyfriend Jack Ryder is not. Her lifelong obsession has been her search for the lost matriarchal civilization called Wu so she can prove once and for all that men are the inferior species. With Jack as her new research assistant, she may just get her chance.
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3.03 – Sean Cullen – “Neville”
The man in charge of keeping all of Her Majesty's clocks in right working order, Neville himself is order incarnate - exacting, precise, and punctual to a fault. When force-of-nature Jack Ryder is sent to work for him, chaos is unleashed and Neville himself is left questioning Queen and Country. But when Big Ben gets busted, Neville must step up and save the realm.
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3.05 – Harland Williams – “Black Ralph”
Some would say that Ralph goes against the grain of the stereotypical construction worker - that rather than being merely macho and misogynist he is civilized and sensitive. These people would be wrong. As head of the construction crew Ralph can out-macho any of his men. Likewise, when Jack imagines him as the Knight "Black Ralph", he remains the same bullying chauvinist bastard, only with a medieval lilt.
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3.06 – John Goodman – “Billy-Bob / Bobby-Bill”
The Garbage Czar is white trash with a passion for refuse. He likes nothing better than a nice mess and the smell of a roaring tire fire. He dreams of creating "cities of garbage". But just what kind of perverse relationship does he have with his trashy daughter? And what kind of even more perverse relationship does he have with his trashy brother? It appears you can take the czar out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer-park out of the czar.
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3.07 – Christian Slater – “Agent Brody”
Agent Brody is a hard-core member of an anti-terrorist squad who will stop at nothing [including the torture of inanimate objects] to protect his country from danger, real or perceived. This time, it's mad cows who threaten to wreak global havoc. Agent Brody is on their tails, but are these genius cows too diabolical to corral? And may he in fact be crazier than the cows?
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3.08 – Jerry Stiller – “Jim McDonald”
Jim McDonald, Mayoral candidate, is an expert incumbent and as "old school" as they come. His race is creaking along until Jack injects some young blood into his tired campaign. Can Jack turn this old codger into a young hipster in time to turn the race around? Things looks good until Jim becomes so "youthful" he drops out of the race to hang out with Jack's friends and date Jack’s sister.
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3.10 – Don Lake – “Anton Beaujolais”
Hailing from a long line of sensitive schnozzes, Anton is Master Perfumer for The Sniffe Shoppe. His delicate proboscis has helped create some of the finest scents of our time. He's pretentious, spoiled, and abusive - everything a master artiste should be. But can he handle a little competition from a talented up-and-coming Nose without making too big a stink?
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3.12/3.13 – Sandra Oh – “Vanessa Christianson”
Vanessa Christianson is one of the kindest, most helpful people you'll ever meet, always willing to feed, clothe, or de-louse another human being. As an empathetic social worker, she can talk you back from the edge or down from the ledge. So how on earth did she become Mrs. Jack Ryder? And will her insatiable drive to do good put her and her new hubby in grave danger on their African honeymoon [full of minefields to clear, lepers to bathe, and warlords to overthrow]?
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