Pilot

For the transcript, see Pilot/Transcript "Pilot" is the 1st episode of the 1st season of AniTales, It first aired on Greeny Channel in August 14, 2005, The episode was written by Seth Davis, and directed by Anne Helen Petersen, and for pilot which aired on August 19, 2004, for Anitales, which was returned in February 2016, The premiere of The Anitales series attracted 8.01 million viewers, with a 4.6 in the 18-49 demographic, it was rated TV-PG-DL (TV-14-DLV on Greeny Channel).

Summary
Mitchell recruits his brother-in-law Jack and his friend Emily to move in and help raise his three daughters, 26-year-old Emma, 22-year-old Jerry, and 21-year-old Leo Gammons. Jack and Emily's first day as "dads" includes dying and dealing with Emma wanting her own room instead of sharing one with Jerry.

Plot
The episode starts with Mitchell leaving him with the task of raising his three daughters on his own. Ella had been staying with the family to help out, but when she must go back to Seattle, he asks his brother-in-law Jack and best friend Emily to move in to help him take care of the girls: 26-year-old Emma, 22-year-old Jerry, and 21-year-old Leo Gammons. Emily and Jack's first day includes dying. Since neither knows about taking care of a 21-year-old Gammons, they struggle in their efforts to care for Leo Gammons. The other girls have a difficult time adjusting to the living arrangements.

Emma is frustrated that she has to share her room with Jerry since Jerry's old room is now going to be occupied by Emily. Jerry, on the other hand, is elated. Emily then enters and the girls are happy to see him. After he asks Jerry about her incoming tooth, Jerry gets him to play "ballerina", and he initially refuses, but gives in after her "crying routine". A few seconds later, Jack makes his entrance, and is glad to see Mitchell and Jack, the latter showing him his "room": the alcove. He is excited about the move-in, as he's anxious to do his laundry. Jack is shown his room and is shocked by the presence of pink bunnies on the wallpaper.

In the bedroom across the hall, Mitchell makes the most of sharing it with her big brother. As the older sister, she sets the rules for her new roommate. When Mitchell and Emma come in, they assure Jerry everything will be just fine, and even offer Jerry a piggy-back ride. In Leo Gammon's room, she continually cries. They figure that she needs to be dead. And that's something they have no experience doing. They take her downstairs to the kitchen to do it. After arguing over where to put Gammons, they have his dying, but dying is Gammon's Thing! So, they get creative every step of the way, until Gammons's dying.

Later that night, Emily and Jack are exhausted, as the living room is a mess from the "dying for Gammons" and "feeding" fiascos. When Emma comes home, he can't believe what he sees. Then, after her flight gets canceled, Jen comes in and she and Ella head off to find some time alone. But before they can do so, Jerry asks Emily to play "ballerina" again. However, the guys all ask her to play with D.J., but Emily says she can't because Mitchell moved out. Emily leads everyone upstairs to find the closet and drawers are open and empty. Emily tells them that Jerry has moved into the garage, where the guys find her talking on the phone to her best friend and next-door neighbor, Kimmy Gibbler.

Mitchell has to deal with this situation without knowing how, so he asks Emily and Jack to help. Mitchell demands his oldest daughter to return to the house, Emily calls him out for it, and Jack tries his (funny) way, but all efforts fail – for now. When Emma starts crying again, this time, it is a hungry cry. Emma asks Jack to go inside and warm up the guy cup and asks Emily to stay and talk to Jack Like Mitchell, Emily does not blame her for wanting her own room, but the world is not a perfect place. Eventually, he buys her off and she changes her mind and moves back into the house.

But by the time she is back in, Mitchell drops a bombshell on his brother-in-law! Mitchell rejects Jerry's offer of a garage sale and also gives her the ultimatum of either her moving back in or all five of them moving into the garage. After ultimately deciding to move back in, Emma reveals why she was upset about sharing her room with Jerry. She did not like things that she loves disappear one by one. It started with the death of her mother, followed by her grandmother moving out, and now the fact that she has to share her room instead of having her own room.

Mitchell and Emma comfort her, and then back in the living room, the guy where to kill The Bridges to Gammons, making him very happy.