Pilot (Bob&Betty)

The Pilot is the first episode of Bob&Betty. It originally aired as the first episode of the first season.

Plot
Wealthy teenager Juliet Henderson bids farewell to her parents, having arranged to stay with another family closer to where she is attending college. Little does she know however that she has inadvertently chosen lodgings with the working-class couple Bob and Betty Newbie, and their daughter Brandi. When she arrives it becomes clear that her new home is a trailer park style bungalow in the poorer side of town. Things do not improve when she is shown into her room only to find that a tramp is occupying the floorspace.

Completely freaked out, Juliet runs from the house and refuses to come back in, opting to sit outside instead. She tries her phone but her parents are too busy trying to work out how to use Ask Jeeves to answer. As darkness falls, the Newbies become more concerned that Juliet won't join them for dinner. Juliet's mind is soon changed however when the tramp who had been in her room joins her sat outside.

Having decided to have a shower and go to bed - making an almighty mess of her hair in the process when she accidentally uses Bob's brother's hair wax instead of her own shampoo - Juliet retires to bed and decides to see if things improve in the morning. Just as she's drifting off, she learns the secret of how thin the Newbies' walls are, when she hears her cordial hosts having sex in the bedroom next door.

References to popular culture

 * Whilst Henry is on his computer he becomes frustrated with the Ask Jeeves search engine.
 * When Betty discovers Juliet's name she says she has the same name as "the woman of the TV". Juliet assumes Betty means the tragic heroine from William Shakepeare's Romeo and Juliet but Betty tells her she means the character of Dr. Juliet Burke from Lost.

Quotes
Juliet: Can I use your bath?

Betty: We don't have a bath, we have a shower though.

Bob: We do?

Taxi driver: You've got really posh parents huh?

Juliet: (Laughs) You can say that again.

Taxi driver: You've got really posh parents huh?

Juliet: No, you didn't actually have to repeat it.

Taxi driver: Oh.

Juliet: Its okay, I'll make allowances because you earn minimum wage.

Juliet: No! My father must have made a mistake, no way in hell would he have let me stay in this disgraceful hovel!

Betty: Now come on, we're not that bad sweetheart. Come inside, I've made dinner. Beans, burgers and little smiley faces.

Juliet: You eat children!?