Everwood

"You've gotta really rub a piece of coal to make a diamond"

By AB Chao | Aired on 2006.07.20

The Greg Berlanti Interview - Shortly after the Everwood finale recap went up, Greg "Damn You" Berlanti emailed me to a) say thanks for the recap (which made me squeal like a fangirl), and b) grant my request for an interview. So a couple of...

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4-23 Extra	"You've gotta really rub a piece of coal to make a diamond" The Greg Berlanti Interview - What in the world is Greg Berlanti talking about? Read the interview, and all will be revealed.	2006.07.20 2006.07.19	A+	AB Chao
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
4-23 Recap	Foreverwood Foreverwood - Delia gets her horse. Hannah decides to stay in Everwood. Edna moves in with the Abbotts. The Abbotts get a new baby. Treat proposes to Nina. Ephram and Amy get back together. The show ends. DY, B.	2006.06.05 2006.06.12	A+	AB Chao
3-22 Recap	Where The Heart Is Where The Heart Is - Rose lives. Amy defers Princeton. Treat loves Nina. Bright loves Hannah. Dimples loves Percocet...or does he?	2005.05.23 2005.05.27	A-	AB Chao
3-21 Recap	Oh The Places You'll Go Oh The Places You'll Go - Amy graduates. Ephram leaves for Europe. Nina asks Dimples to move in with her. Rose decides on Treat for surgery. Dr. Chao!	2005.05.16 2005.05.21	A+	AB Chao
3-20 Recap	He Who Hesitates He Who Hesitates - Ephram sells his studio to finance his trip to Europe. Hannah goes to the prom. Rose and Patch deal with her diagnosis. Treat pretends he doesn't love Nina.	2005.05.09 2005.05.14	A	AB Chao
3-19 Recap	Acceptance Acceptance - Amy gets into Princeton. Ephram just wants to be friends. Dimples's brother visits. Rose has a tumor.	2005.05.02 2005.05.07	A-	AB Chao
3-18 Recap	Fallout Fallout - Ephram looks for his baby. Amy tries to fix things. Treat fights with Delia. Hannah looks for God.	2005.04.25 2005.04.30	B+	AB Chao
3-17 Recap	Fate Accomplis Fate Accomplis - Madison confesses to Ephram. Bright decides to go back to school. Amy pines for Ephram. Chris Penn shoots his own son.	2005.04.18 2005.04.23	A-	AB Chao
3-16 Recap	A Mountain Town A Moment In Manhattan - Treat and Ephram head to New York. Bright does a Tour of Apology. Irv and Edna reconcile. Ephram practices for his audition and...ugh...runs into Madison.	2005.02.21 2005.02.23	A-	Al Lowe
3-15 Recap	Surprise Surprise - Bright gets in trouble with the ladies, including his mama. Hannah goes for her Huntington's test. John Hayes wakes up.	2005.02.14 2005.02.19	A	AB Chao
3-14 Recap	Since You've Been Gone Since You've Been Gone - Amanda has flashbacks. Treat and Amanda screw up their kids even more. Bright tells Hannah how great she is. Hannah decides to get the Huntington's test. Nina and Dimples decide to get serious.	2005.02.07 2005.02.12	A-	AB Chao
3-13 Recap	The Perfect Day The Perfect Day - Amy and Ephram ditch school with Hannah and Bright. Nina busts Treat with Krazy Anne Heche. Patch and Edna take care of vomiting children.	2005.01.31 2005.02.05	A+	AB Chao
3-12 Recap	Giving Up the Girl Giving Up the Girl - Amy wants to DANCE! Delia gets her period. Nina and Dimples kiss. Treat and Amanda -- nobody cares.	2005.01.24 2005.01.29	A	AB Chao
3-11 Recap	Complex Guilt Complex Guilt - Amy is mean to Ephram. Edna and Irv separate. Patch makes Treat collapse with a bleeding ulcer. Amanda just will not freaking give up.	2005.01.17 2005.01.22	B	AB Chao
3-10 Recap	Need To Know Need To Know - Ephram lies to Amy. Hannah confesses her big sad secret. Treat kisses Anne Heche.	2004.11.29 2004.12.04	A	AB Chao
3-9 Recap	The Reflex The Reflex - Amy and Ephram do it. Treat and Amanda don't. Sam breaks his chin, and Nina gets a crush on Scooter. Patch frets about Amy. Rose makes everything better.	2004.11.22 2004.11.28	A-	AB Chao
3-8 Recap	The Tipping Point The Tipping Point - Bright gets fired from his job. Patch goes crazy. Treat hits on Amanda. John cries about it. Ephram pisses off Darth Vader.	2004.11.15 2004.11.20	B	AB Chao
3-7 Recap	Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans - Ephram and Amy want to have sex. Their parents disagree with this plan. Hannah hearts Bright. Nina gets up the nerve to ask Treat out.	2004.1.001 2004.11.06	A	AB Chao
3-6 Recap	Shoot The Moon Shoot The Moon - Patch wants Amy to go to Princeton. Amy doesn't wanna. Ephram tours Colorado A&M. Anne Heche's husband gets music therapy. Irv and Edna ponder their future.	2004.10.25 2004.10.30	B	AB Chao
3-5 Recap	Sacrifice Sacrifice - Treat is mean to Anne Heche. Nina goes on a date with Scooter. Patch tries to invent something. Bright and Ephram break up.	2004.10.11 2004.10.16	B+	AB Chao
3-4 Recap	The Birds & The Batteries The Birds & The Batteries - Delia finds Nina's vibrator. Treat and Scooter fight over the MEOW. Bright is Employee of the Month. Amy tries to help Hannah.	2004.10.04 2004.10.09	A-	AB Chao
3-3 Recap	Staking Claim Staking Claim - Hannah comes between Amy and Ephram. They make up. They say "I love you." Treat deals with a MEOW of Autistic Meanies. Nurse Edna quits and goes to work for Scott Wolf.	2004.09.27 2004.10.02	A+	AB Chao
3-2 Recap	...There Is A Reaction ...There Is A Reaction - Ephram and Amy fight. Bright tries to scam his Mama. Treat is still consumed by guilt. Patch is funny.	2004.09.20 2004.09.25	B	AB Chao
3-1 Recap	For Every Action... For Every Action... - Ephram comes back from New York. Treat is guilty about Madison. Amy acts crazy and paranoid. Patch makes a new friend.	2004.09.13 2004.09.18	A-	AB Chao
2-22 Recap	The Day Is Done The Day Is Done - Madison is pregnant. Patch opens a bagel shoppe. Then he closes it. Ephram goes to New York. Amy goes with him. Treat has bad dreams.	2004.05.10 2004.05.15	B+	AB Chao
2-21 Recap	Your Future Awaits Your Future Awaits - Bright doesn't want to attend his graduation. Treat operates on Triple D. Patch can't get insured. Amy and Ephram fight a lot, and almost kiss.	2004.05.03 2004.05.09	A	AB Chao
2-20 Recap	Do Or Die Do Or Die - Bright has four dates for prom. Ephram and Amy go together. Rinda leaves, and Treat cries.	2004.04.26 2004.05.01	B+	AB Chao
2-19 Recap	Sick Sick - Everwood finds out about Rinda. Amy decides she likes Ephram again after all. The Abbotts get a malpractice suit dropped on them. Treat breaks up with Rinda. Everything's sad.	2004.04.19 2004.04.24	A-	AB Chao
2-18 Recap	Last Looks Last Looks - Ephram re-hires Madison. Bright gets rejected from all the colleges he applied to. Amy ditches her meds. Patch still won't make up with Treat.	2004.04.12 2004.04.15	A	AB Chao
2-17 Recap	Unfinished Business Unfinished Business - Amy Abbott moves home. Ephram and Madison break up. Nina fights Shutup Carl for custody of Sam. Patch finds out Treat gave Amy birth control pills.	2004.04.05 2004.04.10	A-	AB Chao
2-16 Recap	Unspoken Truths Unspoken Truths - Ephram gets a fake ID, goes to Madison's "gig," and gets in a fight. Amy goes to a big drug party with Eyebrows, where he overdoses. Rinda questions Treat's relationship with Nina.	2004.02.23 2004.02.27	B+	AB Chao
2-15 Recap	The L Word The L Word - Ephram tells Madison Poppins he loves her, then freaks out when she doesn't reciprocate. Amy breaks up with Eyebrows, but not for long. Rinda babysits Delia and her little friend.	2004.02.16 2004.02.21	B-	AB Chao
2-14 Recap	No Sure Thing No Sure Thing - Ephram gets laid. Amy wants to get laid, but decides not to give her precious flower to Eyebrows. Treat tries to have a slumber party.	2004.02.09 2004.02.14	B+	AB Chao
2-13 Recap	Forget Me Not Forget Me Not - Ephram and Madison get in a fight. Amy and Eyebrows get in a fight. Treat and Nina get in a fight. Then everyone makes up.	2004.02.02 2004.02.08	A	AB Chao
2-12 Recap	Controlling Interest Controlling Interest - There's a bulimic wrestler. It's Gregory Smith's brother. There's too much Madison and Ephram. Treat gets some. Nurse Edna gets some. Bright gets suspended.	2004.01.26 2004.01.31	B+	AB Chao
2-11 Recap	Family Dynamics Family Dynamics - Amy didn't run away; she went to her grandparents' house. Rose cleans Patch's clock. Amy doesn't want to come home. Nobody will let Bright talk. Delia and Treat spend the night in a hotel. Ephram makes out with Madison. Gross.	2004.01.19 2004.01.24	A	AB Chao
2-10 Recap	Unhappy Holidays Unhappy Holidays - Patch loses his temper, Amy runs away, Madison and Ephram hook up, and Delia hates her daddy.	2003.11.24 2003.12.01	A	AB Chao
2-9 Recap	Just Like In The Movies Just Like In The Movies - Ephram tries to ignore Madison. Bright sings karaoke. Amy finds someone with Eyebrows to comfort her. Justin Stutterlake makes an appearance. Treat finds out Rinda has the HIV.	2003.11.17 2003.11.22	B+	AB Chao
2-8 Recap	The Burden Of Truth The Burden Of Truth - Ephram gets a "new" car, and tries to help Madison Poppins with her "band," but only so he can kiss her. Amy Abbott sinks deeper into the depths of Krazy, and blames everyone but herself. Rinda has HIV. Something about a psychic mechanic.	2003.11.10 2003.11.15	A-	AB Chao
2-7 Recap	Three Miners From Everwood Three Miners From Everwood - James Earl Jones, Beau Bridges, and some blonde chick get themselves trapped in a mine. Treat, Patch, and Rinda save them. The End.	2003.11.03 2003.11.09	B-	AB Chao
2-6 Recap	Blind Faith Blind Faith - The Rev is back. He's getting married. Ephram can't pass his driver's test. He tries to make out with stupid Madison. Amy gets a KIA SORRENTO, and don't you forget it. Patch sets his sister up with everyone but Treat.	2003.10.20 2003.10.26	A+	AB Chao
2-5 Recap	Little Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble Daddy's Little Girl - Delia rebels. Amy hates Patch. Madison Poppins hasn't died a painful, horrible death yet. Amy wants medication. This entire episode brought to you by the antidepressant of your choice.	2003.10.13 2003.10.16	A-	AB Chao
2-4 Recap	East Meets West East Meets West - Rinda Abbott join Patch Abbott practice! She bring peace and harmony and acupuncture to Everwood! She make everything better! She proud of big brother, who is Man of Year! She fix neck, make him sensitive! Delia get new babysitter! Not Chinese! Recapper just cannot stop typing this way! Treat make Nina mad! Ephram hate new babysitter! Everybody Wang Chung!	2003.10.06 2003.10.11	B	AB Chao
2-3 Recap	What's the matter with kids today? My Brother's Keeper - Come on, people now, smile on this Afterschool Special about the dangers of sex and alcohol, without any actual sex or alcohol.	2003.09.29 2003.10.01	B	Pamie
2-2 Recap	Extra Ordinary Extra Ordinary - Treat and Patch get all freaked out about their childrens' college careers. Bright gets kicked off the football team. Amy is SAD. Ephram wants to play the piano forever!	2003.09.22 2003.09.27	A-	AB Chao
2-1 Recap	Farewell, Coma Boy. Helloooo, Jailbait Boyfriend. The Last Of Summer - Colin's dead. Amy's a brat. Treat's a pariah. Delia's grown. Ephram's hot.	2003.09.15 2003.09.20	B+	AB Chao
1-23 Recap	Home Home - Nobody cares about anything in Everwood except Colin and his surgery. Is he alive? Is he dead? Are we mad about having a stupid cliffhanger? You decide.	2003.05.19 2003.05.26	A	AB Chao
1-22 Recap	Crazy On A Ship Of Fools Fear Itself - Irv takes Treat and Ephram out to a lake in the middle of nowhere, so Ephram can learn how not to drive a boat. Colin needs more surgery, but he doesn't wanna. Patch and Amy make up. Shutup Carl is GAY!	2003.05.12 2003.05.18	B	AB Chao
1-21 Recap	The Abbott House Rules Episode 20 - KateBot is pregnant. She wants an abortion. Who will perform it, by golly? Ephram gets left alone at a dance by a slutty girl. Amy stands up to Colin. He has a seizure right after that. Delia gets into some porn. Par for the course.	2003.05.05 2003.05.11	A-	AB Chao
1-20 Recap	You're Getting Sleeeeepy Moonlight Sonata - Ephram plays his first recital in Everwood. Amy researches something weird in the sky with Edna, then tries to trick her. BGA is boffing a robot student, which pisses Ephram off. Treat's MEOW involves a roughed-up lumberjack with a sleep problem. Whatever.	2003.04.28 2003.05.04	C+	AB Chao
1-19 Recap	Maybe They All Should Have Had A V-8 The Miracle Of Everwood - Colin loses his mind, Ephram calls him on it, and some people get their asses kicked. Amy acts retarded. Treat gets interviewed for a big fancy magazine. Delia gets locked in a museum. Just the usual around here in Everwood.	2003.04.21 2003.04.23	B	AB Chao
1-18 Recap	Your Cheatin' Heart The Unveiling - On the anniversary of Sue Ellen Mishkie's death, Ephram confronts his father about his possible cheating ways, and counts the other ways in which Treat is a very bad daddy. Amy and Colin blah blah blah fighting. Yes, it's that boring. Patch Abbott is hilarious, as usual, and Bright gets one line.	2003.02.24 2003.03.02	A	AB Chao
1-17 Recap	"If It Weren't For You Meddling Kids!" Everwood, Confidential - Treat and Patch Abbott solve the dumbest mystery this side of the Cartoon Network. Delia has the flu, but at least she's in the episode. Ephram has a mean piano teacher, and totally screws things up with Laynie. Bright is either on a long vacation or buried in someone's back yard, neither of which makes this episode better.	2003.02.17 2003.02.23	C+	AB Chao
1-16 Recap	Everybody Gets Something On Valentine's Day My Funny Valentine - Treat gets a little you-know-what. Ephram gets a date. Amy gets huffy. Colin gets wise. Irv and Patch and Rose and Edna get mad, and give me a very hard conversation to type.	2003.02.10 2003.02.16	A	AB Chao
1-15 Recap	Blow...Uh, Snow Job Snow Job - All the Everwood kids go on a ski trip, and Patch Abbott chaperones. Treat makes a friend, and then has to tell him he's got a pretty shitty MEOW. Everyone eats lots of pancakes.	2003.02.03 2003.02.09	B+	AB Chao
1-14 Recap	Daydream Believer Colin The Second - Cheer up, sleepy Jean -- Amy Abbott is Everwood's Homecoming Queen. Some other stuff happens involving Colin and Bright, too, but the important part is when we get to see Ephram's ass.	2003.01.27 2003.02.02	B-	AB Chao
1-13 Recap	Of Course I Love Me, Darling The Price Of Fame - The most obnoxious MEOWer ever is directing Everwood's winter production, which includes Treat as the the guy who can't remember any lines. Amy's a self-centered, nasty, mean old meanie to Ephram. Colin wants to be Ephram's BFF. Feisty Nurse Edna's back, thank God, and Delia might have menopause. Is any of this plausible? You decide.	2003.01.20 2003.01.26	B	AB Chao
1-12 Recap	Coma Little Closer, Baby Vegetative State - Our favorite coma boy is back from the near-dead. He's hard to hate, but that doesn't stop me from trying. Ephram's being real nice to his dad. Nina's son might be a Ritalin kid, and there's pot all over Everwood. No sign of Edna or Irv, except for the narration. Dammit.	2003.01.06 2003.01.10	B+	AB Chao
1-11 Recap	Tonight, On A Very Special Everwood... A Thanksgiving Tale - The Thanksgiving Tale has been told, and despite one kind of stupid subplot, everybody in Everwood wants you to cry. A lot. Yes, even Irv.	2002.11.25 2002.12.01	A-	AB Chao
1-10 Recap	Fell In Love With A Minor Is There A Doctor In The House? - AB Chao recaps her first episode of Everwood and finds herself beating up on old people and having a crush on a jailbait punk. Can a shared cell with Jeffrey Jones be far away?	2002.11.18 2002.11.22	B-	AB Chao
1-9 Recap	Turf Wars Turf Wars - The Hoffmans show up expectedly. Grandma Hoffman dukes it out with Edna for supremacy in Delia's heart while Jacob tells Andy what a lousy parent he is. Meanwhile, Andy gets a fat guy a free operation, and Ephram gets his heart broken.	2002.11.11 2002.11.17	B+	Manimal
1-8 Recap	In Chicken And In Health Till Death Do Us Part - Melinda Clarke is the Rev's wife, and she eats lots of chicken. If that's all it takes to look as good as she does, red meat has had its day. Also, Patch gets jiggy with his lab coat, and Treat discovers that sometimes life can suck. Hasn't he been watching the show?	2002.11.04 2002.11.07	A-	Couch Baron
1-7 Recap	We'll Always Have Buck's Rock We Hold These Truths - As Colin goes into surgery, Bright and Amy have flashbacks to the day of the accident, and as it happens, they both have a lot to cry about. So will you. Oh, and Ephram is completely adorable, as he always used to be.	2002.10.28 2002.10.31	A+	Couch Baron
1-6 Recap	...A Bit Of A Pickle The Doctor Is In - Treat's got problems, and he doesn't know what to do. That's nothing new. What is new, however, is a sexy new doctor, played by Jane Krakowski, who helps him figure out some answers. That's right -- I used "sexy" to describe an Ally McBeal actress. What are you gonna do about it?	2002.10.21 2002.10.24	B+	Couch Baron
1-5 Recap	Are You There, God? It's Me, Bambi. Deer God - Delia finds God in the gas tank of a motorcycle. Hey, he's been sighted in weirder places. In A-plot territory, a female deer shows up and causes the Brown men to confront their issues head-on. No, that "A" isn't a typo.	2002.10.14 2002.10.17	B-	Couch Baron
1-4 Recap	A Kiss Is Still A Kiss The Kissing Bridge - But that's not all the kids are doing these days. An outbreak of an STD among the high-school students prompts Treat and a reluctant Patch to talk about sex at the high school. Ephram and Amy aren't into hearing about that subject from their dads, so they run off to Denver to visit Colin. Also, Bright and Magilla both have a secret. No, not that one.	2002.10.07 2002.10.10	A	Couch Baron
1-3 Recap	Baby On Bored Friendly Fire - Treat and Nina put me to sleep for most of this episode. Ephram and Amy fight and make up. Nina's a surrogate mother, and she drops the kid in a doughnut shop. If the kid grows up to be a cop, I will be highly amused. In other news, "Bright" who?	2002.09.30 2002.10.02	B	Couch Baron
1-2 Recap	Bitter, Party Of Ephram The Great Doctor Brown - Ephram chews Treat out for his crappy parenting. Again. He also lies to Amy, which ends up making both of them miserable. Also, Treat goes a little crazy in front of the whole town. It's another bittersweet episode. Is there another kind on this show?	2002.09.23 2002.09.26	A	Couch Baron
1-1 Recap	Buy Stock In Kleenex Pilot - After all, there are seven more old episodes to recap. Sue Ellen Mishkie dies. Ephram and Treat yell at each other. Amy beats up Bright, Ephram dreams about Amy, and Amy introduces Ephram to Colin. The Couch Baron cries about ten times. Call your broker. Seriously.	2002.09.16 2002.09.19	A+	Couch Baron