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Aug 24, 2011 · All Politics is Local: Directed by Shelley Jensen. With Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson. Mel's father returns to lobby for a bill Mel is against.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Shelley Jensen
- 2011-08-24
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All Politics is Local is the twenty-fourth episode of Melissa & Joey.
Mel's dad comes back to town to support a bill Mel opposes. Meanwhile, Lennox's poetry proves popular with a classmate who's an aspiring singer.
Mel's father, Russell Burke, is having dinner at Mel's house with the family. He quizzes Lennox and Ryder on political history, all answers being himself. Mel and Joey take the dirty dishes into the kitchen where Mel comments on how pleasant his visit has been. Joe suspects an ulterior motive behind his kindness, but Mel denies it. In fact, she decides that Russell should stay with them instead of checking into a hotel. As Russell goes to leave, she extends the invitation, which he happily accepts.
At breakfast, Mel and Joe are sitting with Russell when Lennox comes down to announce that she has had three poems published on the school's literary blog. Russell receives a mysterious call, which causes him to leave the house immediately, vague about where he's headed. In the living room, Lennox gets a text from Jade Gillis, a popular, aspiring singer-songwriter. She read Lennox's poems on the blog and wants her help in writing lyrics. With convincing from Ryder, Lennox replies and agrees to help her.
Mel is at a council hearing. She is listening to an older man, Councilman Walken, go on about issues about which she does not care. Stephanie asks Mel if they can leave, but Mel says no, they have to respect him, although she is laughing herself.
At home, a man comes to the door with files for Russell. Joe offers to take it, but the young man says that it is confidential and that Russell must sign for it himself. Joe tells him that he was talking to his boss yesterday about him, who is revealed to be Councilman Walken, the man on the opposite side of Me, and gets him to give Joe the files. The files are plans for a new parking lot. Joe tells the man he'll get Russell to sign for them and closes the door on him.
Russell comes downstairs into the kitchen to find the papers left on the kitchen table. Joe is hiding behind the basement door, watching him. Russell picks up the files as Joe walks in. Joe confronts him about working with Mel's opponent and tells him that he needs to tell Mel the truth. Mel walks into the kitchen as Russell is about to leave. He tells her that he has a rendezvous as the Hiatt hotel, which Mel says that she doesn't want to hear about. Joe tells her that she might, but Russell tells Joe to respect Mel's wishes and leaves. After Russell is gone, Joe tells Mel that Russell as gone to meet with Councilman Walken and that they are working together. Mel is distraught, realizing that Russell is the "expert witness" that Walken is bringing in and that he is adored in Toledo. Joe explains that Russell is a man who can seperate work and family.
Lennox listens to Jade singing a song about "shoes and purses" before suggesting that she tap into a more painful time in her life. She offers to write something for her and comes up with a song that Jade likes. Jade wants to sing the song at her party and invites Lennox. Jade asks her to get her some tea, so Lennox goes into the kitchen, where Joe has been listening. He comments on how Lennox is doing all the work and asks why she's letting Jade walk on her. Lennox tells Joe that she's only been at the school for a few months and that she wants to make friends.
Aug 24, 2011 · All Politics Is Local. Mel's father returns to lobby for a bill Mel is against; Lennox's poems garner the attention of a popular classmate who wants to be a singer. TV-14 | 08.24.11 | 21:52 | CC.
"Melissa & Joey" All Politics is Local (TV Episode 2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Feb 15, 2017 · Melissa and Joey Series 1 E 24 All Politics Is Local.
- 73 min
- 227
- Calvin Davidson
Aug 17, 2010 · Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence star in this ABC Family comedy about a female politician who takes custody of her sister's two children, Lennox and Ryder, after she ends up in jail. Unable to balance her career with the responsibilities of being a new pseudo-mother, Mel (Hart) looks to hire a nanny, who comes in the unexpected form of Joe ...
