Hepatitis and Lemon Zest | |
Season 2, Episode 1 Total Episode Count: 23 | |
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Air Date | October 30, 2014 |
Produced by | Chuck Lorre |
Written by | Story by: Chuck Lorre Eddie Gorodetsky Teleplay by: Nick Bakay Gemma Baker Marco Pennette |
Directed by | Ted Wass |
Production Code | 4X6701 |
Length | 21 Minutes |
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Hepatitis and Lemon Zest is the first episode of Season 2 and the 23rd episode of Mom.
Synopsis[]
Christy begins having nightmares about relapsing, and at Marjorie's suggestion, takes new attendee Jill under her wing.
Meanwhile, Bonnie is furious when she learns from the landlord that Christy is three months behind on rent. Christy tells her that she couldn't afford to pay it, and admits that she gambled away what little money she did have in hopes of winning enough.
Bonnie and Marjorie are able to come up with enough for one month, but after hearing Chef Rudy place a bet on a college football game, Christy can't resist trying to multiply one month's rent into three months' rent. She wins her bet, but gets mugged after cashing in, forcing the family out of the house and into a motel.
Title Meaning[]
(Hepatitis) Christy spreads a rumor about a rival waitress.
(Lemon Zest) Chef Rudy's taunts to Christy.
Cast and Characters[]
(*Characters/Cast Members crossed out are absent*)
Main Cast[]
- Anna Faris as Christy Plunkett
- Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett
- Sadie Calvano as Violet Plunkett
- Blake Garrett Rosenthal as Roscoe Plunkett
- Nate Corddry as Gabriel
Matt Jones as Baxter- French Stewart as Chef Rudy
- Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong
Spencer Daniels as Luke
Recurring Cast[]
Guest Cast[]
- Jaime Pressly as Jill Kendall
- Jonny Coyne as Victor Perugian
- James Earl as Dudley
- Reggie De Leon as Paul
- Meredith Giangrande as Andrea
- Verona Blue as Menacing Woman
- Derek Thompson as Immigration Officer #1
- Tim Trobec as Immigration Officer #2
- David Ghilardi as Immigration Officer #3
- Johnny Kostrey as Immigration Officer #4
Trivia[]
- First appearance of Jaime Pressly as Jill Kendall.
- First appearance of Jonny Coyne as Victor Perugian.
- Beginning with this episode, Mimi Kennedy has been promoted to main cast as Marjorie Armstrong.
- Beginning in 2021, the (local syndicated version) the episode was edited so the scene of Christy getting mugged, and a few lines about the mugger and Victor were removed (presumably to censor out connotations of racism).