Animal Practice

Animal Practice is a new comedy centering on Dr. George Coleman (Justin Kirk, "Weeds," "Angels in America"), a top veterinarian with an impressive list of famous animal patients at the Crane Animal Hospital - a bustling New York City veterinary practice where it often seems as if the patients are running the place. Despite his unorthodox style, George has an undeniable gift with animals of all kinds - except the human kind. Much to his chagrin, George recently learned that his ex-girlfriend, Dorothy Crane (JoAnna Garcia Swisher, "Better with You"), has inherited the family business and is now George's boss. Whip-smart and ambitious, Dorothy shakes up the hospital as she brings order to the chaos and butts heads with George's animal-friendly administration.

When Doug's dog "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," gets injured and needs surgery, he enlists George to perform the operation when he realizes he's too nervous to do it himself. Dorothy steps up her efforts to be accepted by the staff when she finds out they've been doing Happy Hour without her. Meanwhile, Angela decides to try and sell Dr. Rizzo's artwork to a gallery but Dr. Rizzo is not so keen on the idea.

When a young boy's busy father leaves him at the hospital with their Parson Russell Terrier in kidney failure, George must tap his softer side to help the boy deal with the situation. While Dorothy tries to give the case to Doug, who is brilliant with kids, George insists that he is up for the challenge.

Dr. Yamamoto performs a successful emergency surgery on the Mayor's dog and becomes a media darling, much to George's dismay. Meanwhile, Dorothy, hires an accomplished new doctor at the hospital, Dr. Jill Leiter, who is beautiful, tough, and sure to keep George on his toes.

When George's overbearing mother Virginia shows up at the hospital with her sick cat, named "cat," George must heal the cat or risk the alternative - having to keep her company to fill the void. Meanwhile, Dorothy counsels Dr. Leiter who must face the board of directors before she can settle in at the hospital.

George begins to feel threatened with Jill's strong new presence at the hospital. Annoyed by this increasing competition, George attempts to sabotage one of Jill's operations. Meanwhile, Dorothy takes on judging Crane Animal Hospital's Halloween pet costume contest and struggles with the temptation to take a bribe.

Dorothy, being new to the hospital, wants to get to know the staff on a more personal level. So, she sets up a weekly informal staff meeting nicknamed, "Snack and Chat". George, who prefers keeping his feelings to himself, thinks this is a ridiculous idea: he believes that too much sharing is useless. Meanwhile, Angela must get a bulldog name Ralphie back into shape.

George (Justin Kirk) begins treating a cockatoo that keeps mysteriously ingesting chocolate, which can be fatal for the bird. While George tries to manage the eccentric owner, Sabrina French (Christina Pickles, "How I Met Your Mother"), Doug (Tyler Labine) sets his sights on the socialite granddaughter, Tinsley French (Fiona Gubelmann, "Wilfred"). Dorothy (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) begins a movie night but when only Yamamoto (Bobby Lee) shows up the two make the most of it and while Dorothy thinks it's just casual, Yamamoto thinks otherwise! Meanwhile, Angela (Betsy Sodaro) and Dr. Rizzo (Crystal) have to call the cable guy when their favorite legal program "Law of the Jungle," is interrupted. Smitten with the cable guy's take-charge manner, Angela schemes to get him back ASAP. Kym Whitley also stars.

When George's Mother invites him to Thanksgiving Dinner, George forces Doug and Doug's dad to join them only to discover there might be sparks between George's Mom and Doug's Dad. Meanwhile, Dorothy spends Thanksgiving with Juanita's family and Angela sets out to distract Yamamoto from calling his wife.