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The Help(TV show/series, 2004)

23min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 7 episodes

The HelpRating: 3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The Help is an American sitcom television series which premiered on The WB on March 5, 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-luck life of a beauty school dropout who must work for the wealthy, spoiled Ridgeway family. The rest of the hired help are also quirky. The WB only aired seven episodes, the show ending on April 16, 2004, and canceled it in May 2004. It was the last television series created by Ron Leavitt before his death from lung cancer in 2008. ()
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About The Help

22-year-old Maria was on her way to becoming a beautician when a family crisis forced her to take a new path, and she now finds herself employed as the maid for the extremely wealthy Ridgeway family. As one of many servants who dote on the demented and dysfunctional family, Maria discovers there's not only a class struggle between the upstairs and the downstairs, but there's an all out war among "The Help."

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The Help Seasons and Episodes

03/05/2004Season 1 - 7 episodes
#1 | 03/05/2004Pilot
The staff of the Ridgeway mansion learns that they may all get fired because $1000 is missing from Mrs. Ridgeway's purse. So in order to save themselves, they all decide to combined their money and plant it on Grandpa Eddie.
#2 | 03/12/2004Dwayne Gets a Cold
When Dwayne gets a cold, Mrs. Ridgeway hires a new trainer. However the staff don't become to fond of him when they start receiving manual labor, so the staff has to come up with a plan to get rid of the new trainer and get Dwayne back or else continue ""feeling the burn!""
#3 | 03/19/2004Maggie Chicken
The Help asks the Ridgeway's to invest in Maggie's Chicken that contains a secret recipe, but later realize they have to stop Maggie from broadcasting it on a live television segment because it doesn't taste the same anymore.
#4 | 03/26/2004Pahtay
After the Ridgeway's discovers a mouse in the mansion, The Help decides to tell them there are more roaming in the walls. That gets the Ridgeway's to go on vacation and the Help decides to have a party. However, things go from bad to worse when Mrs. Ridgeway's personal assistant catches them in the act.
#5 | 04/02/2004Ollie Shares
Ollie gets busted for selling fake id's, so he asks the rest of the help to invest in a share of him. However, the staff decides to turn thing around and try to get Ollie to get Veronica pregnant because they know the Ridgeway's would pay him a big settlement to go away.
#6 | 04/09/2004Doghouse
When Maria has to leave her apartment because of rent increase, she ends up sleeping in the dog house which turns out to be the best thing she could've done. However, Maria realizes that she gets too comfortable and has to face the challenge of asking Mrs. Ridgeway for a raise. Meanwhile, Anna tries to win Douglas's affection back after he finds a new girlfriend.
#7 | 04/16/2004Searching For Grampa Eddie
When Ms. Ridgeway builds a new garden over the help's parking lot, she leaves one space whish will be designated for the Employee of the Month, causing the help to form teams. Molly loses Grampa Eddie on a walk, causing the rest of the help to come to her aid.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Romanian (RO)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 03/05/2004
Last episode released on: 04/16/2004
Creator: Ron Leavitt
Executive Producer: Ron Leavitt

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