Robson Arms, created by Gary Harvey and Susin Nielson, is a clever and unusual television series which takes a look at the many strange characters living together in a Vancouver apartment building, the titular Robson Arms. In anthology style, each half-hour episode focuses on a different person in the apartment and the sometimes funny, sometimes sad problems in their lives.
Robson Arms Episode Guide: Season 1
Episode 1: Dancing the Horizontal Mambo
Originally Aired June 17, 2005
Single mom Janice (Megan Follows) and her son Henry (Perry Finnbogason) move into Robson Arms. On the advice of Yuri (John Cassini), the building's supervisor, Henry seeks out a new sex partner for his mother.
Episode 2: The Tell-Tale Latex
Originally Aired June 17, 2005
When Bobbi (Gabrielle Miller) finds a condom wrapper in their bedroom, she believes that her husband Bobby (Tobias Mehler) has been cheating on her. As it turns out, Yuri has been using their apartment to sleep with prostitutes while they are away.
Episode 3: The Eyes of Grandma Tan
Originally Aired June 24, 2005
Bao's mother (Helena Yea) moves in with the Tans and discovers shoplifters at the family store. After Ricky (Jim Tai) ditches Grandma Tan for a karaoke competition, he attempts to make it up by introducing her to Hal (Zak Santiago), who gives her marijuana for her glaucoma.
Episode 4: ICQ
Originally Aired June 24, 2005
When super geek Fred (Haig Sutherland) finally meets his internet girlfriend Kelly (Stacy Smith), he discovers that he cannot live with her.
Episode 5: A Certain Vintage
Originally Aired July 1, 2005
Geoff (David Richmond-Peck) and his partner Stanley (Kevin McNulty) reexamine their May-December romance when they discover that Geoff has testicular cancer and their neighbors the Wainwrights are not as perfect as they seem.
Episode 6: Sweet City Woman
Originally Aired July 1, 2005
Nick (Fred Ewaniuck) falls in love with an older woman, Elain Wainwright (Margot Kidder), who then considers leaving her husband Carlisle (William B. Davis).
Episode 7: Hairpiece of Mind
Originally Aired July 8, 2005
Sault (Alisen Down) becomes friends with Geoff when they bond over both having cancer. In reality, however, Sault suffers from alopecia and is a compulsive liar.
Episode 8: A Material Breach
Originally Aired July 8, 2005
Tom (Mark McKinney) becomes Carlilse's divorce lawyer, and Tom is uncertain about his relationship with Janice because he still has thoughts and visions of his late wife.
Episode 9: The Lonely Passion of Mr. Tan
Originally Aired July 15, 2005
Approaching their twentieth wedding anniversary, Bao (Colin Foo) and Toni (Gabrielle Rose) worry that they're in a rut. Bao is a tubist who longs to play professionally in a symphony orchestra, but his dream job falls through.
Episode 10: Educating Alicia
Originally Aired July 15, 2005
Aspiring hairdresser Alicia (Jane McGregor) believes she's found a friend in Hal, but he just wants her for one of his many conquests. She takes a job cleaning for Carlisle, but he lusts after her as well.
Episode 11: The Recipe
Originally Aired July 22, 2005
Sault tries to repair her friendship with Geoff. When she and Nick become sex buddies, Sault tries to use him to find out Stanley's recipe for creamed spinach, which he won't share with her.
Episode 12: The Missus Dubois Turn Out the Lights
Originally Aired July 22, 2005
Pauline (Shirley Douglas) and Bea (Maxine Miller), owners of Robson Arms, disagree on how the building should be run. When Pauline finds out that Bea is dying, she tries to steal the limelight by figuring out ways to kill herself first.
Episode 13: Aftershock
Originally Aired July 29, 2005
The new owner of Robson Arms (Terry David Mulligan) announces his plans to renovate and sell the building. After an earthquake, Bobby learns the truth about his wife and Yuri.
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