At the time “Rules of Engagement” premiered on CBS, the network’s average viewer was fifty-three years old and more devoted to “60 Minutes” than sexy badinage. Although committed to The Eye’s Monday night youth movement, a few programming executives worried that David Spade’s first-episode...
At the time “Rules of Engagement” premiered on CBS, the network’s average viewer was fifty-three years old and more devoted to “60 Minutes” than sexy badinage. Although committed to The Eye’s Monday night youth movement, a few programming executives worried that David Spade’s first-episode proclamation, “I do what I want. I date who I want. And I sleep with whoever will let me,” would tank the new sit-com before it found its legs and voice. Instead, “Rules of Engagement” became a Monday night mainstay, a natural complement to “Two-and-a-Half Men” and “How I Met Your Mother.”
According to one pundit, “Rules of Engagement” shows “the three stages of sit-com love,” comparing and contrasting a scoundrelly, scamming bachelor with both a love-struck, starry-eyed newly engaged couple and a jaded, open-eyed, realistic couple married to one another approximately forever. Although plots generally center on the fiancés, Jeff and Audrey, veterans of marriage, often save the show from life-threatening boredom. Patrick Warburton, poker-faced and intoning his lines in a deliciously monotone bass, makes the perfect foil to Russell, the bachelor’s manic sex machine and Adam’s ingenuousness.
Season:Episode
Title
Queue
S06:E15
Audrey's Shower
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 15: Audrey's Shower
S06:E14
Goodbye Dolly
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 14: Goodbye Dolly
S06:E13
Meat Wars
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 13: Meat Wars
S06:E12
The Five Things
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 12: The Five Things
S06:E11
Missed Connections
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 11: Missed Connections
S06:E10
After the Lovin'
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 10: After the Lovin'
S06:E09
A Big Bust
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 9: A Big Bust
S06:E08
Scavenger Hunt
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 8: Scavenger Hunt
S06:E07
Game of Thrones
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 7: The Chair
S06:E06
Cheating
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 6: Cheating
S06:E05
Shy Dial
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 5: Shy Dial
S06:E04
Nature Calls
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 4: Nature Calls
S06:E03
Audrey is Dumb
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 3: Audrey is Dumb
S06:E02
Bros Before Nodes
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 2: Bros Before Nodes
S06:E01
Dirty Talk
Complete Season
Season 6 Episode 1: Dirty Talk
S05:E24
The Last of the Red Hat Lovers
Complete Season
Season 5 Episode 24: The Last of the Red Hat Lovers
