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"The Pilot" is the first episode from the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. The episode was given positive reviews and a very high Nielsen rating due to its large number of viewers and audience share. The episode aired on March 10, 1998 after the second highest rated broadcast of The Drew Carrey Show. The episode was viewed by 17.94 million viewers giving it a Nielsen rating of 15.6.

The lives and loves of three close friends - Pete, a neurotic architecture student, Berg, the laid-back pre-med, and Sharon, a tough girl with a soft center. Pete and Berg are roommates and students at a local Boston university, while Sharon struggles with her work and relationships. The show follows Ryan Reynolds as Berg and Richard Ruccolo as Pete, the two guys in the title, as they deal with working at the pizza place and forming a friendship with their close friend Sharon Carter (Traylor Howard).

Plot Summary
Pete tells Berg and Sharon that he is going to break up with his girlfriend Melissa because he doesn't think "she's the one" but he then decides not to. When Melissa jokingly asks Berg "What have you done to my Pete?" unaware that Pete changed his mind, Berg says,"Hey, I told him not to break up with you." Melissa, getting angry breaks up with Pete. Berg tries to fix it, but as a result of taking part in some medical experiments can only tell the truth and ends up making things worse.

Cast

 * Ryan Reynolds as Michael "Berg" Bergen
 * Richard Ruccolo as Pete Dunville
 * Traylor Howard as Sharon Carter
 * Julius Carry as Bill
 * David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Bauer
 * Jennifer Westfeldt as Melissa

Production
Episode Crew

Producers

 * Jennifer Hertrich ... Coordinating Producer
 * Danny Jacobson ... Executive Producer
 * Kenny Schwartz ... Supervising Producer
 * Jan Siegelman ... Line Producer
 * Marjorie Weitzman ... Executive Producer
 * Rick Wiener ... Supervising Producer
 * Sabrina Wind ... Associate Producer

Other Departments
Original Music Cinematography Film Editing Casting Art Direction Set Decoration Costume Design Makeup Department
 * Mark Vogel  
 * Bobby Byrne
 * Jesse Hoke
 * Russell Gray
 * Ellie Kanner
 * James Terry Welden (as Terry Weldon)
 * Barbara Miranda
 * Julie Bennett Block
 * Adam Christopher... Key hair stylist
 * Yvonne Depatis-Kupka .... Key make-up (as Yvonne De Patis-Kupka)
 * Kathleen Karridene .... Makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Assistant Director
 * Peter Barth ... Unit Production Manager
 * Peter Barth ... First Assistant Director
 * Wendy Ikeguchi ... Second Assistant Director

Sound and Visual
Sound Department Special Effects Camera and Electrical Department Costume and Wardrobe Department Editorial Department Music Department
 * Julie Heuer ... Property Master
 * John Bickelhaupt ... Re-recording
 * Peter Damski ... Production Sound (as Pete Damski)
 * Marti D. Humphrey ... Re-recording (as Marti Humphrey)
 * John Hart ... Sound Recordist (uncredited)
 * Dean W. Miller ... Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)
 * Edward T. Reiff Jr. ... Special Effects Foreman (uncredited)
 * Bill Sordal ... Key Grip
 * Ken Spencer ... Gaffer
 * Tony Varuola ... Best Boy Electric (uncredited)
 * Georgia Fletcher ... Key Costumer
 * Robert S. Douglas ... On-line Editor (uncredited)
 * Mark Vogel ... Musical Director (uncredited)

Other crew

 * Matthew J. Berman ... Production Assistant (as Matthew Berman)
 * Susie Gunter ... Script Supervisor
 * David Hartle ... Production Coordinator
 * Karen Heck ... Assistant to Producers
 * Casey Johnson ... Assistant to Producers
 * Bridget McMeel ... Production Assistant
 * Michelle Milzow ... Assistant to Producers
 * Jason Strouse ... Assistant to Writers
 * Tommy Thompson ... technical coordinator
 * Michael R. Vaughn ... production assistant