EPISODE
SEASON
Rules of Engagement - Season 1
The series follows two couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, as they find out the often-confusing stages of a relationship can seem like a ride on a roller coaster.
3 March 1974, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
29 March 1976, Massachusetts, USA
19 August 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 February 1971, Taipei, Taiwan
February 05, 2007
The new show, Rules of Engagement, does not rule. It tends instead to reek, emitting the aroma of a decaying clone.February 05, 2007
It's not a groundbreaking new series by any means, but it has some redeeming virtues.February 05, 2007
Talking on the phone with your in-laws is preferable to paying attention, as is scrubbing the grout in your kitchen.February 05, 2007
Rules of Engagement is so detestable on so many levels that we need a talent judge - or maybe even a civil action - to get this thing off the air, asap.February 05, 2007
I suspect plenty of viewers will choose to spend their time otherwise engaged.February 05, 2007
The story lines are every bit as insufferable as the punch lines.February 05, 2007
Spade will always come across as a hairy ashtray.February 05, 2007
Nothing lands, nothing makes sense, nothing remotely reminds you of life on this planet as most of us know it.February 05, 2007
Rules of Engagement is a buddy sitcom, but its three male stars have no chemistry.February 05, 2007
If CBS wants to put a hammerlock on the much-desired 18-49 demographic, it shouldn't commission comedies that have such a musty, retro view of gender politics.