Dan for Mayor (2010)

Name: Dan for Mayor
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Fred Ewanuick, Mary Ashton, Paul Bates, Benjamin Ayres, Laurie Murdoch

Comedy

Dan Phillips is a 30-something bartender who lives and works in the ordinary city of Wessex. Dan's had the same friends since grade school, his most prized possession is a vintage Ms. Pac-Man game and his last serious relationship was with a girl who is now engaged to someone else. His life seems to be firmly on the path to more of the same... until a chance comment suddenly puts him in the running for mayor of Wessex.

IMDb rating: 5.8 (650 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 +2.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

7.67 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.1

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Blind Pilot	7.6	32
2	Enter Wheel-O	7.7	28
3	Once More with Feline	7.9	29
4	Inside the War Room	7.6	27
5	An Engagement in Hell	7.9	28
6	A Cruel Mattress	7.5	27
7	The Symbol of Futility	7.9	26
8	The Disc Compact	8.0	25
9	The Podium Conundra	7.9	26
10	Revenge Is Swifty	7.7	26
11	A Cleanse Getaway	6.1	38
12	A Date with Vengeance	7.8	26
13	The Return of Wheel-O	8.1	27

Season 2 (2011)

7.82 avg 13 episodes 9.0 → 8.8

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Rink by Any Other Name	9.0	39
2	The Trash Compact	7.8	27
3	Awkward Speedoo	7.9	28
4	Claire 2.0	7.7	25
5	Mayor's Conference	7.2	25
6	Insane in the Bike Lane	7.5	25
7	The Art of Gambling	7.7	26
8	Pot Divorce	7.4	24
9	Political Liability	7.8	26
10	Old Fort Wessex	7.7	26
11	Mayor for a Day	7.8	24
12	Ethical Dilemma	7.4	28
13	Porktoberfest	8.8	25

Dan for Mayor (2010)

Cast

Seasons

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