Illeana's first day working at at the Burbank IKEA.
To cope with being out of the Hollywood spotlight, guest star Kevin Pollack decides to start the Actors Anonymous support group.
Following an emotionally exhausting Adam Sandler premiere, gossip blogger Spazzy Sheraton discovers the Burbank IKEA is the place to be to see celebrities.
Jeff Goldblum shows up to be a guest on The Justine Bateman Show, IKEA's latest celebrity talk-show. As word gets out that celebrities are working at IKEA, fans start to arrive.
Justine Bateman holds her talk show at IKEA and Jeff Goldblum is the first guest along with Allison Janney....I mean, Illeana Douglas!
Illeana becomes a 'personal shopper' and discovers that Craig Bierko is actually living at IKEA.
Illeana's manager appears at IKEA with his new starlet and, to make matters worse, Illeana gets fired.
Ever seen a choreographed dance number at IKEA? Illeana falls asleep and dreams of dancing blondes.
Illeana's agent wants her back. Will Illeana betray herself and accept a role in the new TV show "Celebrity Bull Riding"? Not if Ed Begley has anything to do with it.
In the Season 1 finale of Easy To Assemble, Ed Begley makes Illeana realize that "art is where you make it."
Illeana and Tom Arnold realize a fake relationship works better for them than the real thing. Erik urges Illeana and Justine to come up with inventive ideas to compete for IKEAs coveted co-worker of the year award.
SNLs Tim Meadows stops by to interview for a job at IKEA, while Illeana creates a team building event for her fellow IKEAns in an effort to outshine Justines Forty and Bitter talk show and win Co-Worker of the Year. She and her co-workers…
Illeana gets pinched for shoplifting by Lance and her slimy ex-agent, Ben (Greg Proops) when she forgets to pay for snacks during Justine's live 'Forty and Bitter' talk show interview with gossip columnist Spazzy Sheraton.'
In the wake of her embarrassing 'celebrity shoplifter' incident, Erik re-assigns Illeana to the IKEA warehouse. Desperate to get back on track to win 'Co-Worker of the Year,' Illeana hires 'Ask a Ninja's' Kent Nichols and Doug Sarine to…
In search of ratings (and votes for Co-Worker of the Year), Justine ambushes Illeana with a live 'celebrity shoplifting intervention' on 'Forty and Bitter' and admits she too has taken everything from Jennifer Tilly's suit to pieces of…
Illeana fears she will never win 'Co-worker of the Year' after Spazzy Sheraton gets a copy of the very private tape she made with Tom Arnold and broadcasts it to the world. Pep talks from Gigi (Cheri Oteri) and Lance (Michael Irpino)…
Illeana thinks she can win IKEA's Co-worker of the Year by reuniting Erik's favorite band: SPARHUSEN!
Spazzy Sheraton learns of IKEAs Co-Worker of the Year competition and will do anything to make his friend Justine the ultimate winner, especially if it calls for slinging more mud at Illeana. Ed Begley, Jr., Ricki lake and Kevin Pollak…
Illeana inches closer to the winner's circle and the arms of work crush Paul (Rob Mailhouse) when she debuts her re-creation of S. Erland Husen's most challenging design: The fabled meatball delivery system.
While awaiting Manager Erik's decision on which one of them will win the title of IKEA's 'Co-worker of the Year,' Illeana and Justine take some time to reflect on their season-long battle and get in a few final punches.
The winner of IKEA's coveted 'Co-Worker of the Year' is revealed, but that's only the beginning. Illeana, Justine and their fellow IKEAns are on a plane bound for Sweden, where new co-workers, new relationships and 'bitter' rivalries…
Illeana realizes who her real friends are, while Store Manager Erik (Eric Lange) makes a possible love connection with Sam (Mia Riverton)
The special Flying Solo miniseries concludes with what else? A groovy disco dance number. Shake your groove plane and boogie down to Sparhusen's new single: 'Mile High Club'
The IKEA coworkers have arrived on their mystical adventure in Sweden, and while some are tucked away in their hotel rooms getting ready for their journey's others like Illeana and Paul are becoming more than coworkers. Manager Erik has…
Lance and Illeana have left on their journey to Uppsala and Paul disappoints Pete when he tells him he's going to skip Illeana's, "Coworker of the Year" ceremony in Upsalla because Justine needs their band The Traveling Lingonberry's to…
Justine sends her assistant home to America because she left her dream catcher on her bureau and retains a Swedish assistant named Abby to help prepare Justine for her "40 and Bitter" talk show in Stockholm. While Justine gets ready for…
Illeana and Lance take a wrong turn and meet up with a group of Swedish birdwatchers in the forest and are persuaded to stay and have a picnic. Lance reveals to Illeana he may not actually be Swedish and Illeana delights her new friends…
Illeana entertains the Swedish Birdwatchers but when she boasts about her Hussen invention, The Meatball Delivery System, Henrik tells her he thinks that famed IKEA designer S.Erland Hussen was an oddball not a designer. While Gala and…
IKEA coworkers Ethan and Wayne try to impress their new Swedish girl friends Ebbe and Signe with their knowledge of Swedish films but the girls soon realize they may have fallen for a case of mistaken identity and are not happy about it.…
The sun is setting and deep in the woods of Uppsala Illeana's journey takes an awe-inspiring turn when a mysterious man, playing the violin, leads her to the water in order to wash away all of her troubles. Back at the 40 and Bitter set…
At the 40 and Bitter set in Stockholm, Justine's Swedish assistant, Abby, arrives backstage and greets a nervous Director Folke and Justine's ardent suitor, Olle. Abby takes control and barks orders on behalf of Justine, but she may…
At the Gothenburg Opera House, Karin and John sneak in to watch as Bjorn Epstein works on his rock opera, Scorpio Rising with temperamental singer, Lars St. Claire. While they take a break, Bjorn discovers the intruders who beg for…
Manager Erik's journey changes forever when Sam reveals she may want to be more than Erik's "super good friend." Erik is nervous about meeting Sam's mother Mrs. Hullestaad at Sung's handball game. And while they travel through the Swedish…
Coworkers Ethan and Wayne educate director Stig Martinsson and Monika on how to make an American buddy cop movie but Ethan's flirting with Monika may cost him a role in "48 hours of Daylight". Meanwhile Manager Erik and Sam arrive late to…
Over dinner at the family's restaurant," Asia Tiska", a secret Sam has been keeping may not escape mamma Hullestaad as she reminisces over the adoption of Sam and Sung to manager Erik. The mythical IKEA figure S.Erland Hussen speaks from…
Illeana hitches a ride to the IKEA in Uppsala with friend and ghost S.Erland Hussen to collect her Coworker of the Year prize from the head of the company Sigvard Thorsten but tells her journey is just beginning. Like a Russian novel…
Lance, Pete and a heartbroken Paul discuss the best way to tell manager Erik they may have lost coworker Illeana in Sweden. Back in Stockholm, American comic Sammy Salt finds out he may need to resort to magic tricks while Director Folke…
Co-workers Lance, Pete, and Paul are reunited with a "reborn" Illeana but need to get back to Stockholm in time for Justine's show. Meanwhile, MC Sammy Salt vamps while director Folke searches for a still missing Justine, and coworker's…
While the audience of "40 and Bitter" impatiently wait for the arrival of Justine Bateman backstage, Jebedehia Bateman may be experiencing his first celebrity meltdown. Meanwhile, Illeana and Paul, while returning from Upsula, have some…
In the season finale, manager Erik calls upon Co-Worker of the Year, Illeana, to decide, once and for all, which road she will take.
Returning from Sweden, and determined to get past the her breakup with Paul, Illeana prepares for her first day back at work. She is bursting with optimism and can't wait to begin her newest project: replacing Justine Bateman as host of…
Illeana's first day back to work is turned upside down when she finds out she's going to have to work with a "professional" producer to help run her new talk show, now called, "This Side Up."
Illeana's new talk show seems doomed after meeting her new producer, Howard Friske (Roger Bart). The two have nothing in common except an instant dislike for each other. Howard tries to convince Illeana that working together could be a…
A broken-hearted Illeana, still wounded from her breakup with Paul, learns that she and her "producer" Howard Friske have more in common than either would care to admit. Grover reveals some devastating background information about Howard…
Desperate to keep this job, Howard Friske pleads with Illeana to trust him. She relents and the two begin to build a fragile working relationship... and maybe a touch of romance. Howard's first idea is to bring in two IKEA copywriters-…
Manager Erik, on forced paternity leave, writes a very popular Daddy Blog. He gets so distracted by his new internet success that he may have forgotten to do something very important with the baby. Howard and Illeana struggle to find the…
Howard and Illeana are going to have to pull an all-nighter to complete the "This Side Up" monologue forcing a showdown between Lance and Illeana. Illeana must choose between her friendship with Lance over her future relationship with…
Illeana gets the "Friske Touch". An unlikely partnership between Howard and Illeana is forged that could be romantic but Howard's past may be keeping him from the true love he doesn't feel he deserves. Illeana is cut from the same cloth…
Illeana begins to see a real future with Howard , both in work and in love may be possible. Judging by the winking and knowing looks, coworkers John and Karin see it too.Time stands still as Illeana and Howard imagine a shared past they…
Illeana starts her talk show "This Side Up" live from IKEA and gets some unexpected career advise from her first guest. Howard Friske has a show stopper of his own, and although Illeana knows that "love doesn't come with instructions" she…
Tom Arnold begins his judging duties on IKEA'S GOT TALENT much to the delight of Illeana and fellow judges Manager Marcus and Illeana's agent Ben Rand. IKEA coworkers strut their stuff proving that IKEA Burbank really is, "The home of…
