Break It up, Break It Up

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“Break It Up, Break It Up”
The Drew Carey Show episode

Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 25
Guest stars	Katy Selverstone Robert Torti
Written by	Lona Williams
Directed by	Brian K. Roberts
Production no.	465983
Original airdate	October 2, 1996
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Break It Up, Break It Up is the 25th episode of the sitcom The Drew Carey Show.

1 Info
2 Plot
3 Cast
- 3.1 Recurring Characters
4 Trivia
5 Quotes
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Info

Original air date: October 2, 1996

Writer: Lona Williams

Director: Brian K. Roberts

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In the episode We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day, Drew asked Lisa to move in with him in a desperate attempt to save their relationship. Lisa brings several pets with her to live at Drew's house that include a couple of dogs and a toilet-trained cat. Drew and Lisa begin to get on each other's nerves, and Drew avoids going home to see her by going to the Warsaw Tavern. In secrecy, Jay tells Drew that he is considering an offer by his brother to run a Dairy Queen in Minnesota. With Jay's unusual actions, Kate comes to believe that Jay is going to propose to her, and realizes that she has to turn him down him. She is bewildered when Jay tells her that he is going to move to Minnesota, not even asking her to come with him. Drew tries to console Kate, who desperately wants to get back at Jay for leaving her. Drew drives around with Kate all night and eats old french fries left in the car to avoid going home. Drew finally goes home to find a note from Lisa saying she has gone to stay with a friend since he seems to be avoiding her. He dances around to celebrate the fact that he is alone, even rubbing himself on a cat scratching post. To Drew's surprise, Lisa has not left yet and catches him in his dance. Lisa confesses that she is also unhappy with their relationship, and they break up. Drew asks her if he can keep keep her handicapped dog, Speedy, which she allows. Drew then drives Kate around as she breaks Jay's house windows and every other ex-boyfriend's windows who has ever upset her in the past.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Drew Carey - Drew Carey
Ryan Stiles - Lewis Kiniski
Diedrich Bader - Oswald Harvey
Christa Miller Lawrence - Kate O'Brien
Kathy Kinney - Mimi Bobeck

[edit] Recurring Characters

Katy Selverstone - Lisa
Robert Torti - Jay

[edit] Trivia

Craig Ferguson (Nigel Wick) does not appear in this episode, even though he appeared for the first time in the previous episode, he will become a regular character on the show.
This episode allowed for Drew to keep Speedy, his dog that would appear in many more episodes and even be included in several episode titles.

[edit] Quotes

(Kate heads into Lewis and Oswald's bathroom)
Kate: Lewis!
Lewis: The seat's hanging on the wall!

(Kate runs out of Oswald and Lewis's bathroom)
Kate: AHHHHH! There's a dead cockroach on a stick in there!
Oswald: That's a warning for all of the other cockroaches.

(Drew and Lisa just broke up and she is about to leave)
Drew: Hey Lisa, do you think that I could keep Speedy?
Lisa: Of course. Wait, is that the whole reason you went out with me?
Drew: Yeah. You see, most guys will go after the crippled dog to get to the girl. Me, on the other hand... (the two head out the door)