Billable Hours - Series 1 ( Billable Hours - Series One )

Billable Hours - Series 1 (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Billable Hours - Series One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
177 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ron Oliver

Written By:
Fab Filippo
Adam Till

Actors:
Fab Filippo ..... Sam Caponelli
Brandon Firla ..... Clark Claxton III
Jennifer Baxter ..... Robin Howland (26 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ennis Esmer ..... Zoltan
Aron Tager ..... Mortie Fagen
Jayne Eastwood ..... Maxine Bingly (20 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ron Gabriel ..... Seth Kaplan / ... (19 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mike Beaver ..... Murray Stipple
Peter Keleghan ..... Clark Claxton, Sr.
Robin Brûlé ..... Millie Larkin
Arnold Pinnock ..... Vic Laghm

Synopsis:

Billable Hours is the hilarious sitcom that follows the office lives of three lawyers working for law firm Fagen and Harrison, Sam thinks he's the glue that keeps his best friends and colleagues, Clark and Robin, together but he's wrong. Clark and Robin are way too selfish to pay any attention to Sam. Clark is ravaged by too much privilege and too little affection and can't feel anything at all, and Robin spends all her energy hiding her trailer park Red Deer past by being perfect.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: The Nicotine Gum
Original Air Date-16 April 2006
Sam's high school bully-turned-actor, Brad, comes to the firm to research a role he'll be playing on an upcoming TV show. Sam is happy to show him around, so the big jock can see just how successful he's become in the fast-paced world of corporate law. But Sam's plans go awry when Brad is immediately drawn to Clark, and wants to shadow him instead. When Brad starts ordering Sam around like he did in high school (making him go downstairs to buy him Nicotine Gum, among other things), Sam decides he must confront his former bully.
Season 1, Episode 2: The Parking Spot
Original Air Date-23 April 2006
Sam and Clark compete for a new parking spot that's becoming available in the underground garage. In his attempts to suck up, Clark accepts the role of floor fire marshal, only to delegate it to a reluctant Stu. Sam focuses his efforts on Robin, whose boyfriend, Tim, carries much influence with the Parking Committee (since he's also a partner at the firm). As Robin and Tim are in the midst of relationship troubles, Sam connives to bring the two together-with ulterior motives of course.
Season 1, Episode 3: The Jewish Holiday
Original Air Date-30 April 2006
The agnostic but half-Jewish Sam begins wearing a yarmulke to work to cover his bald spot. But when he starts taking off esoteric Jewish holidays, Clark becomes annoyed. The ultra-WASPy Clark starts a Jewish conversion class at the firm so that he and his gentile colleagues may also avail themselves of Jewish holidays. For Sam, this means war. Stu attempts to flirt with Robin, thinking he has sprayed himself with a can of synthetic pheromones (given to him by Sam and Clark). But the spray-can is actually filled with a scent that activates the robotic mail trolley, and Stu spends the duration of the episode being incessantly followed by the electronic cart.
Season 1, Episode 4: The Jedi Mind Trick
Original Air Date-7 May 2006
Having thrown his back out, Clark is excited about a brand new shipment of chairs arriving at the firm; for his part, Sam is excited about a Star Wars marathon coming up on the weekend. Robin, a 'reluctant' public speaker at best, makes the worst associate presentation in recent memory. But the 'Star Wars' obsessed Sam is awestruck when he witnesses Clark save Robin from a bad peer evaluation by stating with conviction that 'she did a great job'. Sam is convinced that Clark used the 'Jedi mind trick' on their colleagues, and proceeds to test out the technique on various people around the firm.
Season 1, Episode 5: The Foosball
Original Air Date-14 May 2006
Sam and Clark are obsessed with a mini-foosball table that Sam has brought into work. Robin decides she must break up with self-centered boyfriend Tim, but when she goes to his office to do it, he's dead, the phone still to his ear. In the wake of Tim's death, Robin tries to figure out how she feels, while Sam and Clark use the opportunity to sneak a full-sized foosball table into Tim's now-empty office.
Season 1, Episode 6: The Handicapped Bathroom
Original Air Date-21 May 2006
Clark convinces Sam to use the handicapped bathroom, but Fagen's nephew, Bruce (a 13-year-old disabled boy), takes Sam to task, causing him to end up in "Sensitivity Training". Clark and Robin are singing in 'Phantom of the Opera' voices when Fagen mistakes Clark for a Jewish cantor and asks him to help Bruce with his Bar Mitzvah lessons. All the while, Robin is forced to deal with Bruce's lustful stares and a#s-grabbing tendencies.
Season 1, Episode 7: The Chocolate-Covered Almonds
Original Air Date-28 May 2006
Sam and Clark compete for the affections of Marta, an attractive Spanish cleaning staffer who is around quite a bit these days to clean up after Fagen's rottweiler (Fagen has brought 'Rusty' to the firm to be toilet-trained). Clark uses his Spanish language skills to get close to Marta, while Sam attempts to woo the 'Spanish Vacuum Goddess' with chocolate almonds being sold by the receptionist (to which the rest of the firm's female employees are becoming addicted). Robin is disturbed by a bizarre sexual dream wherein she was Sam's dog, while Stu is nearly killed by Rusty, who Fagen has placed in his charge.
Season 1, Episode 8: The Strip-Club
Original Air Date-4 June 2006
Sam is shocked when Murray, a tax associate he barely knows, asks him to be the best man at his imminent wedding. Sam throws together a last minute lunchtime bachelor party at the strip club across the street, but when it is time for all (including Robin) to leave the firm, Clark's father arrives for his annual check-up visit, and Clark is forced to stay back. At the strip club, Sam runs into gorgeous ex-girlfriend Lina, who is now a stripper. Lina seems interested in a little 'rekindling', and Robin, who is drinking heavily, doesn't like this one bit.

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