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Nick Fix
Naughty Nick
Nice Nick
1-01 Pilot Nicky did a bad, bad thing... View nickcaps.
95%
   
1-02 Lolita Nick places a pregnant teenager with an aunt whose boyfriend is dealing drugs out of the home. Ooops.
91%
*** *****
1-03 Reunion Nick doesn't ask Ms Barstow out (she buys). View nickcaps.
54%
   
1-04 The Men from the Boys Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Mystery Man! Join our caped crusader in his valiant fight against organised religion, rampant homophobia and the insidious spread of American table manners.
82%
*** *****
1-05 Paternity Don't blame it on the sunshine. Don't blame it on the moonlight. Don't blame it on the good times. Blame it on the poodle.
80%
****** *****
1-06 Indian Summer The one with the dead plant.
69%
*** ****
1-07 Feeding Frenzy Nick associates with undesirables.
57%
******* ***
1-08 Heart iconic soup discovers she's not the only one having impure thoughts about Nick Fallin.
65%
**** *****
1-09 The Funnies Nick goes head-to-head with a stuffed bunny.
50%
** ***
1-10 Loyalties Enter Lulu, stage left.
42%
****** ***
1-11 Home Everybody strikes everybody off their Christmas card lists.
41%
*** **
1-12 Causality Just how far can a Fallin fall?
62%
*******
*******
****
1-13 Privilege Nick goes all soft and gooey but no one notices. Amanda quits and... we care a lot.
70%
***** *****
1-14 Family Meet Mini-Me Mark II.
49%
**** ****
1-15 In Loco Parentis Nick looks at Lulu that way. Alvin writes him a memo.
68%
*** *****
1-16 Solidarity If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.
55%
******* ******
1-17 The Divide Nick walks out. A lot.
48%
****** *******
1-18 Mothers of the Disappeared Woof?
63%
**** ******
1-19 Lawyers, Guns & Money Need a sugar fix?
50%
***** ********
1-20 Shelter It ended up to be a real love story.
74%
** *****
1-21 Chinese Wall Nick is tempted by the dark side.
65%
******* *****
1-22 The Beginning The end...?
80%
****** ********
Nick Fix
Naughty Nick
Nice Nick
Title sequence Review of the new credits and theme. 55% -- --
2-01 Testimony Burton goes on a field trip. 33% * ***
2-02 Monster It's like a porno movie. 80% ******* *****
2-03 The Dead Burton's buried babe bites him in the butt. 29% *** ****
2-04 The Next Life Nick is forced to wear a name tag. 33% ***** ******
2-05 Assuming the Position Oh! My! God! Those pesky moral turpitude clauses... 36% **** ******
2-06 The Living Nick puts on his therapist hat. 75% ***** *****
2-07 The Innocent In which we learn that $60,000 is a lot of money. 58% ** ********
2-08 The Neighborhood Hmm. Kinky. 52% ****** *******
2-09 The Dark Nick discovers there is no light at the end of the tunnel. 71% *******
******
******
2-10 Sacrifice Tears and tragedy, but in the end our hero gets the girl. No, not that girl. 66%    
2-11 No Good Deed Outstanding! View nickcaps. 48%    
2-12 You Belong To Me The twilight zone... View nickcaps. 50%    
2-13 Ambition Of flying monkeys, three-piece suits and Chupa Chups. 37%    
2-14 Understand Your Man I see your true colours... 37%    
2-15 Where You Are Nick gets permission from Lulu. View nickcaps. 40%    
2-16 The Weight It all comes to a screeching halt. View nickcaps. 54%    
2-17 The Intersection The eyes have it. View nickcaps. 69%    
2-18 My Aim Is True Pants are aflame all over the place. 57%    
2-19 Back in the Ring Nick pulls his punches and Lulu delivers a savage left hook. 31%    
2-20 What It Means to You Sex, calculus, yoga, and seven kids in a bathtub. 29%    
2-21 Burton and Ernie The muppets try to please their women. 36%    
2-22 Sensitive Jackals Nick buys nail polish. Had to happen. 52%    
2-23 All the Rage Nick gets $315 worth of very bad advice. 51%    

A word about your weekly Nick Fix
A picture speaks a thousand words, or so they say. So a statistically calculated scientific graph must be good for a million or so. It's a rollercoaster ride...

Notes:
indicates hot stuff (generally, Nick engaging in amorous activities or taking off his shirt).

Naughty Nick and Nice Nick ratings give a star for every bad or good thing that Nick does - according to my subjective ruling, the law, correct ethical procedure or 'acceptable' behaviour. These benchmarks may not coincide, but life ain't fair.

Nick Fix is the percentage calculation of the total amount of screen time Nick has. This excludes credits and episode recaps. It also excludes scenes where Nick is present but is not speaking, being spoken to, or reacting in any way.

The first few episodes of Season One were aired out of order. I have listed episodes in the order in which they were produced.

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