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Ruby & The Rockits
Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 (#101)
Air Date: July 21, 2009
![The Gallaghers](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1a.jpg)
![The Gallaghers](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1b.jpg)
Synopsis
Ruby walks into the Totem Pole lounge, looking for its star performer, David Gallagher-former pop idol and member of 80's supergroupThe Rockits, but she's not a fan. Well, at least she's not just ANY fan. Ruby's the teenage daughter David never knew he had.
![David Meets Ruby (Check out the trousers!)](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1c.jpg)
![David Meets Ruby (Check out the trousers!)](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1d.jpg)
When Ruby's mom passed away, she went to live with her grandparents, but they can no longer take care of her. So Ruby did a little detective work and found out that David's her dad. She packed her bags and bought a one-way ticket to Florida.
![Video Clip. Pat plays the video to his sons](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1e.jpg)
![David shows Ruby how he can still 'move'](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1f.jpg)
While Ruby is meeting David, Patrick has found a Rockits' video clip of "Only A Dream Lasts Forever" on a Fansite.
![Only A Dream Lasts Forever Video](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1_OnlyADreamLastsForever01.jpg)
![Only A Dream Lasts Forever Video](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1_OnlyADreamLastsForever02.jpg)
![Only A Dream Lasts Forever Video](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1_OnlyADreamLastsForever03.jpg)
![Only A Dream Lasts Forever Video](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1_OnlyADreamLastsForever04.jpg)
David's floored by the news, to say the least, but he and Ruby hit it off, and he agrees to let her stay. Problem is, his lifestyle as a performer isn't exactly well suited to raising a teenager. David turns to his brother, former bandmate and perfect suburban dad Patrick, for help. Problem No.2: David and Patrick have a seriously rocky relationship.
Luckily, Patrick's wife Audie,welcomes Ruby with open arms. Patrick's teenage sons, Jordan and Ben, think Ruby's pretty cool too.
![Ruby meets the family](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1g.jpg)
![David and Patrick don't get along](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1h.jpg)
That night, Patrick and Audie take Ruby, Jordan and Ben to see David perform. In David's dressing room, Ruby tinkers with Jordan's sad ballad and turns it into a really cool song. (seems that musical genius runs in the family.) While Ruby and Jordan jam backstage, something incredible happens onstage: David and Patrick perform together for the first time in years.
![Ruby meets the family](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1i.jpg)
![David and Patrick don't get along](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1j.jpg)
![Ruby meets the family](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1k.jpg)
![David and Patrick don't get along](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1l.jpg)
Even bigger news? They really enjoy it.
After the set, Patrick tells Ruby that, in just one day, she's brought him and his brother closer than they've been in a long time.
![David & Patrick](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1m.jpg)
![David and Patrick](../ImagesForTvFilm/RubyEp1n.jpg)
Looks like Ruby's here to stay.
Watch the Episode:
Listen to "Only A Dream Lasts Forever"
Listen to the "Theme Song"
Next Episode: Save the Last Dunce for Me
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