SETTING THE SCENE
SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Bob Belcher runs a struggling burger shop with his wife and three children.
THE STORY UNFOLDS
EPISODE 01A health inspector's visit coincides with Bob's efforts to bring in customers.
Jan 10, 2011
EPISODE 02A leaky roof causes Bob to get trapped in a wall while Linda's mother visits.
Jan 17, 2011
EPISODE 03Bob takes to a film maker's cow.
Jan 24, 2011
EPISODE 04Tina develops a crush on her martial arts instructor.
Feb 14, 2011
EPISODE 05Linda and the kids stage a murder mystery that doesn't go as planned.
Feb 21, 2011
EPISODE 06Tina is desperate to get her first kiss at her 13th birthday party. But after Louise breaks the deep fryer, Bob takes a second job as a late-night cab driver to pay for Tina’s party. Things keep getting worse for Bob when the parents of Tina’s crush refuse to let their son attend the party, and Bob has to do everything in his power to save his daughter’s big day.
Mar 7, 2011
EPISODE 07Louise spies on the Belcher's suspicious house guest.
Mar 14, 2011
EPISODE 08It's Bob vs. the city art council when Linda's sister displays her work at Bob's Burgers.
Mar 21, 2011
EPISODE 09Bob and Gene bond over spaghetti western movies, which makes Louise jealous.
Mar 28, 2011
EPISODE 10When Bob's eccentric landlord, Mr. Fischoeder, pays the family a visit, he informs Bob that his rival across the street, Jimmy Pesto of Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria, wants to take over Bob's lease so that he can expand his gift shop. With little time and not enough money, the Belcher family must cook up some business or luck to save the restaurant.
Apr 11, 2011
EPISODE 11Bob and his family are forced to spend the weekend at Mort the Mortician's while the restaurant is being de-molded. Linda and Bob double date with Mort and a female mortician he meets online while Tina babysits Gene and Louise in Mort’s crematorium.
May 9, 2011
EPISODE 12After the town's annual Lobsterfest is cancelled by a storm, Bob defiantly opens his doors for a festive celebration. When he wakes the next morning, Bob finds the restaurant in disarray and that the town has spurned him, but Bob won't let that deter him from further involvement in the celebratory weekend.
May 16, 2011
EPISODE 13Bob's hero, a washed-up baseball player named Torpedo Jones, starts pitching for the local minor league team. Torpedo befriends Bob, but the dark underbelly of minor league baseball threatens to corrupt the Belchers.
May 23, 2011