Necessary Roughness

2010 • USA
4.6
225 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (12)

1 Pilot
6/29/11
A tough, sexy Long Island divorcee becomes the therapist for a professional football team in order to make ends meet.
2 Anchor Management
7/6/11
Dr. Dani treats a news anchor whose career is on the chopping block following an on-air crack up. TK takes on the team when Matt won't clear him to play on Sunday. Lindsay dates a boy who seems too good to be true. Guest star: Nicholas Bishop.
3 Spinning Out
7/13/11
Dr. Dani treats a NASCAR driver who can't get back behind the wheel after a crash. TK gets into a fight with the team's rookie wide receiver. Lindsay and RJ throw a party that gets out of hand. Guest star: Matt Barr.
4 Habit Forming
7/20/11
Fullback Randy Boozler's rookie year will be his last if Dr. Dani can't figure out why he keeps failing to show up for practice. Meanwhile sensitive information concerning Dani's patients is leaked and Matt is visited by an old friend with bad habits.
5 Poker Face
7/27/11
Professional poker player Jason Coogan wants Dani to uncover the "tell" that's destroying his career, but there's more to Coogan's problem than meets the eye. The Hawks hire high-powered publicist Laura Radcliffe to improve TK's public image. Laura and Matt have history.
6 Dream On
8/3/11
Tyler Paxton -- an extreme sports star and entrepreneur -- appears fearless, but recurrent nightmares are starting to threaten his success. Dani attends her high school reunion, knowing Ray Sr. will be there. TK finds that there is such a thing as too much attention.
7 Whose Team Are You On?
8/10/11
Dani intervenes when infighting among the player's wives and girlfriends goes viral. TK's doctor/patient relationship with Dani is tested. Nico must track down a damaging video tape before it's leaked to the press. Guest star: Andrea Anders.
8 Losing Your Swing
8/17/11
Dani treats a rising golf star with the "yips." TK gets a new therapist. A former professor of Dani's sparks her interest. Guest Stars: Orlando Jones, Patrick Heusinger, Amanda Detmer.
9 Forget Me Not
8/24/11
Dani takes on a successful female boxer who's inexplicably losing fights and her memory. Also, Matt receives an enticing offer... and not just from Laura. Guest Stars: Orlando Jones, Jason Gedrick, Andrea Anders and Alyssa Diaz.
10 A Wing and a Player
8/31/11
Dani helps the Hawks and their suicidal mascot get over the playoff curse that's haunted them for six years. Meanwhile, TK meets his match off the field and Dani's relationship with J.D. heats up. Guest Stars: Jason Gedrick, Jamie Lee Kirchner and Austin Basis.
11 Baggage Claim
9/7/11
A lifestyle media mogul's own lifestyle threatens her empire. Dani faces her first anniversary since the divorce. TK tries to figure out what he really wants in his love life. Guest Stars: Evander Holyfield (as Himself), Gail O'Grady, Jamie Lee Kirschner.
12 Goal Line
9/14/11
As the Hawks head into the playoffs, Dani takes on an unexpected new client and TK must face his biggest rival. Nico has to decide where his loyalties lie. Guest Star: Terrell Owens (T.O.)

About this show

Necessary Roughness centers on Dr. Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) a Long Island psychotherapist whose personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, she takes on the challenge of rehabbing a bad boy professional football player (Mehcad Brooks) whose off-the-field antics threaten his career and the team franchise. Underestimated at every turn, she succeeds beyond expectations and soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians and others living in the spotlight clamor for her unique brand of tough love therapy during their moments of crisis. Although her career is reenergized, it wreaks havoc on her life as a newly minted single mom of two teenagers. Recognizing her ability to change people's lives, she's determined to strike a balance between both worlds. The series also stars Marc Blucas and Scott Cohen.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
225 reviews
A Google user
August 21, 2012
Love Callie Thorne...this is her best role ever !!! Her portrayal of Dr. Dani Santino is absolutely brilliant. She plays the therapist well and puts heart and soul into this show. USA network and producers great job...and TK.. well ain't he special.
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Dana Marie Cumbee Lizenby (DaisyBaby38)
April 18, 2013
I luv da Roughness & it IS Necessary!! From when I watch'd 1st ep, I was HOOK'D!! And, I wished I'd been alone... Really alone. Very steamy scenes w/o b'n perverse/soft-core porn. Enuf sports to watch w/ur man & not bore those women who don't like it (unlike me). I got my soon hooked also... & he's 23!
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Joe Puffenbarger II
March 9, 2013
Google can't do anything right today!
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