document_title: Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)

question_text: who sang for dan stevens in beauty and the beast

text: Evermore (Beauty and the Beast song)

text: Writing and recording[edit]

text: Director Bill Condon originally intended to include most songs from the Broadway musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in the remake. However, Disney ultimately decided to recruit composer Alan Menken and lyricist Tim Rice to write entirely new songs for the film instead.[1] Original Beauty and the Beast composer Menken reunited with Rice, with whom he had previously collaborated on Disney's animated film Aladdin (1992),[2] to write three new songs for the remake.[3] Rice once again replaced original Beauty and the Beast lyricist Howard Ashman, who had passed away shortly before the animated film's release in 1991,[4] similar to the way in which he replaced the lyricist to aid Menken in writing new material for the 1994 stage adaptation.[5] Menken believes that the songs he and Rice had written for the stage musical would not have translated well to the screen due to structural differences between the two formats.[6]

text: In the original animated film, the Beast does little singing apart from a brief solo during "Something There" because Menken and Ashman had not been able to agree upon a suitable moment within the film during which the Beast could have performed his own song.[7][1] However, Menken considered it imperative that the character sing a solo in both the stage and live-action adaptations because he believes the Beast is actually the story's protagonist "whose life has changed in the most dramatic way."[1] In the stage production, the Beast performs the ballad "If I Can't Love Her" after he frightens Belle away from the castle, wondering if he will ever be able to love anyone since he struggles to love her.[1] Menken and Condon had deliberated whether or not the song should be re-used in the remake;[8] despite Menken's strong attachment to "If I Can't Love Her",[5] the musical number was ultimately omitted because it had been written specifically to conclude the first act of a Broadway musical.[1] Screenwriter Stephen Chbosky had originally suggested that the character receive a new song to perform some time after he has saved Belle from the wolves.[9] Due to the remake's three-act structure, Menken and Condon concluded that it would be best to replace "If I Can't Love Her" with a song that better depicts the Beast's feelings for Belle after he has finally learned to love her and realizes she is no longer his prisoner, while accepting the grimm reality that releasing her would ultimately decrease his chances of becoming human again.[8] Rice, who co-wrote "If I Can't Love Her" with Menken, further convinced the composer to substitute "If I Can't Love Her" with a more appropriate song, joking, "it would be like writing 'Don't Cry for Me Brazil',"[10] referring to "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", a song he famously wrote for the stage musical Evita.[11]

text: Originally entitled "For Evermore",[12] "Evermore" was written by composer Menken and lyricist Rice.[13] The last of the three original songs written for the remake, "Evermore" was completed considerably late into production after the filmmakers finally agreed that the Beast should perform his own.[14] Written in Spring 2015 in London, England, Menken quickly composed its melody before Rice contributed lyrics revolving around the Beast releasing Belle.[14] Actor Dan Stevens, who portrays the Beast and performs "Evermore", had little singing experience prior to being cast in the film.[12] Before "Evermore" was written, Condon informed Stevens that he would be singing a new song in his role as Beast.[15] Having not sung professionally since childhood, Stevens was required to retrain his singing voice, the process of which he found challenging.[16] To prepare for the recording, Stevens received extensive vocal coaching from vocal coach Ann-Marie Speed in addition to working closely with Menken.[12][17] Stevens first recorded a "guide track" for "Evermore" before he and Menken revisited the track to modify specific lines and notes.[15] To make the actor sound more "beast-like", sound engineers digitally modified Stevens' voice,[18] which Menken produced himself.[14] Auto-Tune was used to make Stevens' voice sound lower and heavier.[19][20] Menken continued making minor changes to the song well into production.[15] On recording a new song, Stevens said, "the pressure's sort of off — but it's also on — because it doesn't have to sound like it did before, but it should sound good enough to sit alongside the music that's already pretty great."[15] Stevens agreed that the song is "a big, romantic, soaring number" about the Beast lamenting "I've fallen in love with her, and now she's buggered off, woe is me", while "If I Can't Love Her" is "How am I going to fall in love with her?"[12] Replacing "If I Can't Love Her" with "Evermore" helped make the songwriters eligible for an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.[21][22]

text: Context and use in Beauty and the Beast[edit]

text: One of at least nine significant ways in which the remake deviates from its source material,[23] "Evermore" is among the film's songs that emphasize the sadness and loneliness of both the Beast and Belle's situations.[24] Occurring approximately two-thirds into the film,[25] the song assumes a role that was originally occupied by the song "If I Can't Love Her" in the Broadway musical,[26] identified by Fred Hawson of ABS-CBN News as "a grand moving solo" during which the Beast sincerely expresses his undying feelings for Belle.[27][28] In Beauty and the Beast, "Evermore" appears as a solo performed by the Beast shortly before "The Mob Song" as the film approaches its dramatic climax.[29][3] After the Beast and Belle (Emma Watson) share a dance in the castle's ballroom to Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson) singing "Beauty and the Beast", the couple has a conversation during which the Beast learns how much Belle actually misses her father, Maurice (Kevin Kline).[30] Finally admitting that Belle is no longer his prisoner,[31] the character sings "Evermore" shortly after he releases the heroine from the castle,[32] insisting that she return to her village and protect Maurice from Gaston (Luke Evans).[33] Believing that Belle has been lost to him forever,[34] the Beast is heartbroken by the character's departure and laments his misfortune by performing "Evermore",[4] accepting that releasing his former prisoner makes breaking the enchantress' spell more difficult, even impossible.[23] Serving as a culmination of both the Beast's personal and emotional journeys,[35] Tracy Goldman of The Cornell Daily Sun observed that the song "adds more depth to the character" by "highlighting the changes he goes through throughout the movie."[36]

text: Similar to "If I Can't Love Her", "Evermore" provides the Beast with "a stronger voice".[37] The song occurs at a pivotal moment in the film during which the Beast bemoans his decision to free Belle,[38] while uncovering both his inner pain and growth as a character as he voices "a sad sense of longing."[39] For the first time, audiences learn exactly how the Beast feels when he allows Belle to rescue Maurice,[40] summarizing his love for her.[41] In the musical sequence, the Beast continues to climb higher up the turret of his castle to watch Belle as she rides away on her horse and gradually disappears into the distance.[30] Staged in a way that resembles a live musical due to Stevens' performance and its cinematography,[40] the orchestra increases and swells as the anguished Beast continues to climb.[42] Menken explained that the character, singing "with a raw emotion",[43] watches Belle leave while thinking to himself "I know what love is now, and it's wonderful, even though I'll never see her again",[44] and "Evermore" captures the Beast's agony as he watches the woman he loves leave him.[45] Citing the song as an example of the film's characters resorting to singing whenever they find that they are not able to speak, Condon described "Evermore" as one of the film's "dramatic high points", proving that the Beast has finally become "worthy of love".[8] For the Beast, the song represents "an ode to his love for Belle and his unending, longing devotion as she rides away from him, possibly forever",[46] serving as "a profound meditation on his own isolation and heartache".[47] According to Menken, the character is "basically singing about how he now knows what love is".[30] The Beast is now shown to be capable of feeling and expressing human emotions,[19] namely heartbreak, loneliness and helplessness,[46] having learned about true love and sacrifice.[48] According to Zoe Nicholson of The Daily Gamecock, "Evermore" "adds humanity not yet seen in a character regarded as savage or spoiled rotten."[49] Walt Disney Studios president of music and soundtracks Mitchell Leib described the scene as the film's "Phantom of the Opera moment."[14] Traditionally in Disney films, heroines are typically assigned "rousing" musical numbers to perform.[50] Screen Rant contributor Kacey Spivey observed that Belle's departure and the scene represents a reversal of the traditional fairy tale trope in which a princess is trapped in a tower.[46] Instead the Beast is confined to his tower, longing for the heroine to return and free him from his enchantment.[46] Brett Nachman compared the scene to Quasimodo performing "Out There" in Disney's animated musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).[26]

text: Composition and lyrics[edit]

text: Distinguished for being the remake's "most powerful" original song,[42] "Evermore" has been described as a "big" and "romantic" number by music critics.[17] A "soaring ballad" bolstered by "grand orchestration",[26][51] WTOP's Jason Fraley described "Evermore" as a "haunting song of longing";[3] a "mournful love song" that crescendos into a powerful lament about lost love.[18][52][53] An emotionally delivered power ballad,[54][55] the Belfast Telegraph agreed that the ballad is "a soaring lament of longing".[56] The accompaniment begins with the Beast's "eerie" theme before transitioning into a solo,[28] first emerging from the film's "Rose" theme before taking on its central melody and instrumental bridge.[57] Despite being a miserable "lovesick ballad",[58] the somber tone of which Chris Knight of the National Post likened to songs from the musical Les Misérables,[59] the ballad is a more upbeat offering than its Broadway counterpart, "If I Can't Love Her",[60] "captur[ing] the elaborate aesthetic of musical theatre".[61] However, the track remains one of the more melancholy inclusions on a soundtrack that consists of largely upbeat songs and musical numbers,[62] contributing a sense of emotional depth to the album.[63] Writing for Elle, Alyssa Bailey dubbed the song a "Broadway version of a breakup ballad",[64] which features the lyrics "I let her steal into my melancholy heart/It's more than I can bear,"[65] as "swoon[ed]" by Stevens.[66][67] Musically, the track bears similarities to songs from Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), which Menken himself also composed,[20] and it has been compared to the work of musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.[39]

text: "Evermore"'s lamenting melody is paired with lyrics that express loneliness,[68] accompanied by heavy orchestration that swells and loudens as the ballad progresses.[42] Both "brooding" and hopeful at the same time,[57] Jay Jason of Comicbook.com believes that the song's lyrics are inspired by the popular saying "If you love someone, let them go."[69] Stevens' voice quavers with emotion when he sings the phrase "I never needed anybody in my life".[20] Amanda Greever of The Daily Times insists that the song's lyrics will move all listeners to tears.[70] Featuring lyrics that revolve around heartache and heartbreak,[71] "Evermore"'s chorus reads: "Now I know she'll never leave me/Even as she runs away/She will still torment me/Call me, hurt me/Move me, come what may/Wasting in my lonely tower/Waiting by an open door/I'll fool myself, she'll walk right in/And be with me for evermore",[64] which Stevens performs vulnerably.[4] The track also discusses themes such as true love, sacrifice and learning to understand love.[48][72]

text: Stevens sings within the vocal range of a "deep, resonating baritone" throughout the song,[73][74] which lasts a total duration of three minutes and fourteen seconds;[75] Channel NewsAsia contributor Genevieve Sarah Loh compared Stevens' voice, whose notes are suspended by the instrumentation,[76] to "melted-chocolate",[77] gradually becoming more human-sounding as the song progresses.[78] Belting comfortably,[79] Stevens' voice has been compared to that of Terrence Man, the actor who originated the role of the Beast in the Broadway adaptation and recorded "If I Can't Love Her".[26] Mumbling slightly, Stevens begin the song using a more "guttural" part of his voice in an effort to impersonate the sound of a beast before the song truly progresses into "a soaring love ballad".[80] Some traces of Auto-Tune can be heard in Stevens' performance.[60]

text: Release and reception[edit]

text: When Disney released the film's first official trailer in November 2016, Billboard's Taylor Weatherby ranked "Evermore" fifth on the magazine's ranking of "6 Songs We're Most Excited to Hear" from the remake.[71] Stevens' version of "Evermore" was released on March 10, 2017 as a track on the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack.[33] Menken's demo version of the song is included on deluxe editions of the album.[81]

text: "Evermore" has garnered positive reviews from both film and music critics, becoming "a fan favorite" among the film's new musical additions.[82] Vulture.com's Sarah Caldwell commended the studio's decision to have a new musical number immediately follow "Beauty and the Beast", the song for which the film remains most famous.[83] Writing for Stuff.co.nz, James Croot appreciated "Evermore" for both enhancing the film and finally allowing the Beast an opportunity to sing on-screen.[84] Katlin Risen of The State Journal-Register agreed that the song is "a lovely addition to the story".[85] Andrew Gaug of News-Press NOW called the musical number "a welcome addition" to the film.[86] Citing "Evermore" among the film's musical highlights, the Christian Broadcasting Network reviewed the track as "a wonderful, heartbreaking ballad".[87] Lindsay Bahr of the Associated Press reviewed "Evermore" as "a more fitting ballad" for the character than "If I Can't Love Her",[88] while Her Campus' Justine Steiner described the tune as "infectious".[89] Xposé's Marese O'Sullivan claims to have "adored" the song upon hearing it.[45] Cameron Meier of Orlando Weekly lauded "Evermore" as the film's dramatic highlight, which he nearly rewarded with a standing ovation,[37] while Metro's Sarah Deen dubbed it "an instant classic ".[90]Writing for the British Film Institute, Kate Stables opined that "Evermore" remains "the only standout among the film’s forgettable trio of new songs."[53]

text:
Critics agreed that Stevens performance of the song is a highlight of the film.[91] Praising Stevens for "blow[ing] viewers out of the water" with his voice, the Yakima Herald-Republic's Danielle Niemann hailed the piece as "a simply awe-inspiring piece of music" that "can send chills up viewers' spines, causing them to lose focus on everything but [Stevens]".[76]  Jason Fraley of WTOP agreed that Stevens' performance "will give you chills", crowning "Evermore" the "Best of" Beauty and the Beast's original songs.[3] The Salt Lake Tribune film critic Sean P. Means wrote that the track "gives Stevens a nice moment to pour out the tragic hero's broken heart."[4] According to The Toronto Star's Peter Howell, "Evermore" establishes Stevens among "the [cast's] best singers",[92] while La Presse's Sonia Sarfati was moved by the actor's interpretation.[93] Varsity contributor Robert Crawford appreciated Stevens for "add[ing] a welcome, spine-tingling melancholy moment to an otherwise joyous score."[62] CIHR-FM's Shelby Knox concluded that, despite the actor's limited singing experience, Stevens "shows a lot of promise", dubbing his song the film's "stand out".[78] Meanwhile, MTV included the song at number four on their ranking of "All 14 Songs from Disney's Live-action Beauty and the Beast"; author Crystal Bell claims that she would have ranked "Evermore" higher if Stevens' voice hadn't been manipulated to sound deeper than it is.[20] Bell went on to write that the song sounds like "a B side off The Hunchback of Notre Dame", which she insists is "the highest compliment I can give a song."[20]
Dismissing the song as inferior to "If I Can't Love Her", ReelViews film critic James Berardinelli described "Evermore" as a "solid" but ultimately unmemorable song.[73] However, Berardinelli agreed that Stevens possesses the "best voice" in the cast, wishing his character "had more opportunities to use it".[73] Angie Han of Mashable admitted that the song "fares a little better" than "How Does a Moment Last Forever" and "Days in the Sun", but ultimately accused it of slowing the film down unnecessarily.[52] Maria Sciullo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette felt that the ballad "lacks the sheer power of 'If I Can't Love Her'" in addition to finding Stevens' performance difficult to evaluate due to his use of Auto-Tune.[60] Zimbio contributor Lani Conway reviewed Stevens' "very deep voice" as "confusing as hell."[94] IGN's Eric Goldman was unimpressed with the track, reviewing "Evermore" as "uninspired and hard to recall" afterward.[95] Criticizing the ballad for being unnecessary and "excessively sentimental", Alexandra August of Comic Book Resources dismissed "Evermore" as a "meandering" and "mopey" tune.[96] The Rolla Daily News critic Dana Barbuto felt that the song is "less soaring than intended",[97] while Katie Walsh, writing for The Sun Chronicle, disparaged "Evermore" as "the perfect bathroom break"; a "snooze-worthy tune does nothing for the already dragging story", encouraging audience members to skip it.[25] In a mixed review, the Daily Bruin's Matthew Fernandez, despite describing "Evermore" as one of two songs "that matchesthe grandeur of the classic Disney works", criticized Steven's performance, which he called "less pleasing to the ear" due to Stevens' impersonation of a beast during early parts of the song, dismissing the attempt "cheesy" and harmful to the actor's performance..[80]

text: Fred Hawson of ABS-CBN News said "Evermore" was a strong contender for an Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination.[98] The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg said that "Evermore" is the "strongest" prospective Best Original Song nominee from the film,[99] while Paul Sheehan of Golderby said that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would most likely favor "Evermore" over "How Does a Moment Last Forever" and "Days in the Sun".[38] In December 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that "Evermore" was one among 70 songs that the organization shortlisted for Best Original Song consideration.[100][101] Ultimately, "Evermore" did not earn a nomination in the category (nor did any other original composition from the remake),[102] which some critics have viewed as a snub given the popularity of the song and the film.[22]

text: Chart performance[edit]

text: Although Stevens' version of the song was never released as a single, its popularity combined with that of the film and its related soundtrack resulted in the track charting on several charts due to digital download sales.[103] "Evermore" peaked at number 18 and 46 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and US Digital Songs charts, respectively, on April 8, 2017, spending one week on both charts.[103]

text:
Chart (2017)

Peak position

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[104]

18

US Digital Songs (Billboard)[105]

46

text: Josh Groban version[edit]

text:
"Evermore"
Single by Josh Grobanfrom the album Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackReleased
March 3, 2017Format
Digital downloadRecorded
January 2017Genre
Operatic popLength
3:09Label
Walt DisneySongwriter(s)

Alan Menken
Tim Rice
Producer(s)
Martin Nessi

text: Following the release of Ariana Grande and John Legend's pop rendition of "Beauty and the Beast", Leib asked the studio for permission to release another one of Beauty and the Beast's original songs as a single ahead of the film's March 17, 2017 release date.[14] After eliminating "Days in the Sun" and confirming that Canadian singer Celine Dion would not be available to promote her cover of "How Does a Moment Last Forever", the studio ultimately decided to release "Evermore".[14] Menken and Condon had been discussing which contemporary recording artist would be capable of delivering a song as vocally "demanding" as "Evermore".[106] After briefly considering Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Leib suggested American singer Josh Groban because, in his opinion, the singer's "voice is a natural fit for this showstopper of a composition."[107] Having already known Groban personally, Menken texted the singer who immediately confirmed his interest.[14] Groban recorded the song shortly after the studio made final arrangements with his manager.[14]

text: On January 26, 2017, Disney announced that Groban had recorded a cover of "Evermore" – still entitled "For Evermore", at the time – and revealed that his version would be included on the remake's soundtrack in addition to being played during the film's end credits.[108] Groban released a statement, saying: "I am honored to sing this beautiful new song by two of my absolute favorites, Alan Menken and Tim Rice. Beauty and the Beast has been with me since my childhood and to have a musical connection to this new film makes me so happy."[109] The announcement coincided with the studio's release of a new promotional poster for the film,[106] which Disney allowed the singer to premiere using his official Twitter account.[110] A 30-second sample of the track was uploaded to SoundCloud on February 14, 2017,[111] which Groban also shared on Twitter.[112] Groban's version was released as the second single from Beauty and the Beast's soundtrack on March 3, 2017,[64] several days before the album, on which Stevens' original rendition appears, was released.[113][114] Groban promoted the song with a performance on Good Morning America on March 14, 2017.[115][116] The occasion marked both the song's first televised performance,[13] as well as the first time an original song from the remake was performed live on television.[14]

text: Musically, Groban's single remains a "Broadway-like" operatic pop ballad that features the same lyrics, beginning "I was the one who had it all".[117][113] Written in the key of A major at moderately slow tempo of 96 beats per minute,[118] Groban's three-minutes-and-nine-seconds rendition[119] evokes a "sweeping, operatic quality",[112] featuring lyrics revolving about pining for true love.[120] At the same time, the single resembles contemporary Disney ballads such as Sarah McLachlan's "When She Loved Me" and Phil Collins' "You'll Be In My Heart" from the animated films Toy Story 2 and Tarzan, both of which were released in 1999, respectively.[121] According to Golderby's Paul Sheehan, the track is Groban's "heartbreaking rendition of" a "plaintive plea for love."[38] The song garnered positive reviews from critics that distinguished it from the mild controversies that had been surrounding the film at the time of its release.[120] Devan Coggan of Entertainment Weekly described the song as a "gorgeous ballad",[113] while Den of Geek praised Groban's interpretation as "immeasurable".[114] According to Elle writer Alyssa Bailey, Groban's emotional performance will cause listeners to "feel the Beast's feels".[64] Dubbing the track "one of the highlights of the album", the Daily Bruin's Matthew Fernandez reviewed the ballad as "a grand uplifting ballad centered on Groban's rich voice".[80] Vulture.com's Sarah Caldwell admitted to listening to both Groban and Stevens' versions of the song back-to-back with "zero ounces of shame."[83] 34th Street Magazine contributor Haley Weiss preferred Groban's version to Stevens' original, calling it "breathtaking and downright lovely to listen to" while dismissing the film version as "downright mediocre in comparison."[122] Weiss questioned why Disney hadn't cast Groban as the Beast instead of Stevens due to the former's acting and musical theatre background.[122]


document_title: Congress of the Confederation

question_text: where did congress meet under the articles of confederation

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text: Congress of the Confederation

text: Events[edit]

text: The Congress of the Confederation opened in the last stages of the American Revolution. Combat ended in October 1781, with the surrender of the British after the Siege and Battle of Yorktown. The British, however, continued to occupy New York City, while the American delegates in Paris, named by the Congress, negotiated the terms of peace with Great Britain.[3] Based on preliminary articles with the British negotiators made on November 30, 1782, and approved by the "Congress of the Confederation" on April 15, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was further signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by Confederation Congress then sitting at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on January 14, 1784. This formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the thirteen former colonies, which on July 4, 1776, had declared independence. In December 1783, General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, journeyed to Annapolis after saying farewell to his officers (at Fraunces Tavern) and men who had just reoccupied New York City after the departing British Army. On December 23, at the Maryland State House, where the Congress met in the Old Senate Chamber, he addressed the civilian leaders and delegates of Congress and returned to them the signed commission they had voted him back in June 1775, at the beginning of the conflict. With that simple gesture of acknowledging the first civilian power over the military, he took his leave and returned by horseback the next day to his home and family at Mount Vernon near the colonial river port city on the Potomac River at Alexandria in Virginia.

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text: On March 1, 1781, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were signed by delegates of Maryland at a meeting of the Second Continental Congress, which then declared the Articles ratified. As historian Edmund Burnett wrote, "There was no new organization of any kind, not even the election of a new President." The Congress still called itself the Continental Congress. Nevertheless, despite its being generally the same exact governing body, with some changes in membership over the years as delegates came and went individually according to their own personal reasons and upon instructions of their state governments, some modern historians would later refer to the Continental Congress after the ratification of the Articles as the Congress of the Confederation or the Confederation Congress. (The Congress itself continued to refer to itself at the time as the Continental Congress.)

text: The Congress had little power and without the external threat of a war against the British, it became more difficult to get enough delegates to meet to form a quorum. Nonetheless the Congress still managed to pass important laws, most notably the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

text: The War of Independence saddled the country with an enormous debt. In 1784, the total Confederation debt was nearly $40 million. Of that sum, $8 million was owed to the French and Dutch. Of the domestic debt, government bonds, known as loan-office certificates, composed $11.5 million, certificates on interest indebtedness $3.1 million, and continental certificates $16.7 million.

text: The certificates were non-interest bearing notes issued for supplies purchased or impressed, and to pay soldiers and officers. To pay the interest and principal of the debt, Congress had twice proposed an amendment to the Articles granting them the power to lay a 5% duty on imports, but amendments to the Articles required the consent of all thirteen states: the 1781 impost plan had been rejected by Rhode Island and Virginia, while the revised plan, discussed in 1783, was rejected by New York.

text: Without revenue, except for meager voluntary state requisitions, Congress could not even pay the interest on its outstanding debt. Meanwhile, the states regularly failed, or refused, to meet the requisitions requested of them by Congress.[4]

text: To that end, in September 1786, after resolving a series of disputes regarding their common border along the Potomac River, delegates of Maryland and Virginia called for a larger assembly to discuss various situations and governing problems to meet at the Maryland state capital on the Chesapeake Bay. The later Annapolis Convention with some additional state representatives joining in the sessions first attempted to look into improving the earlier original Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. There were enough problems to bear further discussion and deliberation that the Convention called for a wider meeting to recommend changes and meet the next year in the late Spring of 1787 in Philadelphia. The Confederation Congress itself endorsed the Call and issued one on its own further inviting the states to send delegates. After meeting in secret all summer in the Old Pennsylvania State House now having acquired the nickname and new title of Independence Hall, from the famous action here eleven years earlier. The Philadelphia Convention, under the presidency of former General George Washington instead of a series of amendments, or altering the old charter, issued a proposed new Constitution for the United States to replace the 1776–1778 Articles. The Confederation Congress received and submitted the new Constitution document to the states, and the Constitution was later ratified by enough states (nine were required) to become operative in June 1788. On September 12, 1788, the Confederation Congress set the date for choosing the new Electors in the Electoral College that was set up for choosing a President as January 7, 1789, the date for the Electors to vote for the President as on February 4, 1789, and the date for the Constitution to become operative as March 4, 1789, when the new Congress of the United States should convene, and that they at a later date set the time and place for the Inauguration of the new first President of the United States.

text: The Congress of the Confederation continued to conduct business for another month after setting the various dates. On October 10, 1788, the Congress formed a quorum for the last time; afterwards, although delegates would occasionally appear, there were never enough to officially conduct business, and so the Congress of Confederation passed into history. The last meeting of the Continental Congress was held March 2, 1789, two days before the new Constitutional government took over; only one member was present at said meeting, Philip Pell, an ardent Anti-Federalist and opponent of the Constitution, who was accompanied by the Congressional secretary. Pell oversaw the meeting and adjourned the Congress sine die.

text: Meeting sites[edit]

text: Rather than having a fixed capital, the Congress of the Confederation met in numerous locations which may be considered United States capitals.[5] The Congress of the Confederation initially met at the Old Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783). – It then met at Nassau Hall, in Princeton, New Jersey (June 30, 1783 to November 4, 1783), – at the Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Maryland (November 26, 1783 to August 19, 1784), – at the French Arms Tavern, in Trenton, New Jersey (November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784), – and the City Hall of New York (later known as Federal Hall), and in New York City, New York (January 11, 1785 to Autumn 1788).

text: Sessions[edit]

text: March 1, 1781 – November 3, 1781, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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text: November 5, 1781 – November 2, 1782, Philadelphia

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November 4, 1782 – June 21, 1783, Philadelphia
June 30, 1783 – November 1, 1783, Princeton, New Jersey

text: November 3, 1783 – November 4, 1783, Princeton

text: November 26, 1783 – June 3, 1784, Annapolis, Maryland

text:
November 1, 1784 – December 24, 1784, Trenton, New Jersey
January 11, 1785 – November 4, 1785, New York, New York

text: November 7, 1785 – November 3, 1786, New York

text: November 6, 1786 – October 30, 1787, New York

text: November 5, 1787 – October 21, 1788, New York

text: November 3, 1788 – March 2, 1789, New York

text: Presidents[edit]

text: Under the Articles of Confederation, the presiding officer of Congress—referred to in many official records as President of the United States in Congress Assembled—chaired the Committee of the States when Congress was in recess, and performed other administrative functions. He was not, however, an executive in the way the later President of the United States is a chief executive, since all of the functions he executed were under the direct control of Congress.[6]

text: There were 10 presidents of Congress under the Articles. The first, Samuel Huntington, had been serving as president of the Continental Congress since September 28, 1779.

text:
President
State
Term

Samuel Huntington
Connecticut
01 !March 1, 1781 – July 10, 1781

Thomas McKean
Delaware
02 !July 10, 1781 – November 5, 1781

John Hanson
Maryland
03 !November 5, 1781 – November 4, 1782

Elias Boudinot
New Jersey
04 !November 4, 1782 – November 3, 1783

Thomas Mifflin
Pennsylvania
05 !November 3, 1783 – June 3, 1784

Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
06 !November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785

John Hancock
Massachusetts
07 !November 23, 1785 – June 5, 1786

Nathaniel Gorham
Massachusetts
08 !June 6, 1786 – November 3, 1786

Arthur St. Clair
Pennsylvania
09 !February 2, 1787 – November 4, 1787

Cyrus Griffin
Virginia
10 !January 22, 1788 – November 15, 1788

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document_title: Towers Watson

question_text: when did towers perrin and watson wyatt merger

text: Towers Watson

text: Overview[edit]

text: Towers Watson was formed on January 4, 2010, by the merger of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt Worldwide. The merger created the world's largest employee-benefits consulting firm by revenue. Towers Watson has 14,000 employees in 35 countries and is expected to have revenue of US$3.6 billion per year.[2] Towers Watson's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board is John Haley, the former CEO of Watson Wyatt. The firm's first Chief Operating Officer, President, and Deputy Chairman was Mark Mactas, the former CEO of Towers Perrin.[4]

text: History[edit]

text: Towers Watson is the successor to R. Watson & Sons, which was formed in the UK in 1878.[5] B. E. Wyatt founded The Wyatt Company as an actuarial consulting firm in the USA with seven co-founders in 1946. The two firms formed a global alliance under the brand Watson Wyatt Worldwide in 1995 and formally merged in August 2005.[5]

text: Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby was established in the U.S. in 1934, although one of its predecessor firms, the insurance broker Henry W. Brown & Co., was founded in 1871. In 1987, the company shortened its name to Towers Perrin.[6]

text: On June 28, 2009, the two firms announced they would merge, pending approval by shareholders and regulatory agencies, in a merger of equals.[7][8] Regulatory approval was granted by anti-trust divisions of the U.S. and the E.U.,[9] and stock-owners overwhelmingly approved the merger in separate meetings on December 18.[10]

text: In November 2010, Towers Watson signed a definitive agreement to acquire EMB Consultancy. EMB specialized in property & casualty consulting. EMB also had software dealing with pricing, reserving, spatial smoothing analysis, capital and risk modelling.[11] The deal was completed as of February 1, 2011.[12]

text: Merger[edit]

text: On June 30, 2015, Towers Watson announced it would merge with Willis Group to create Willis Towers Watson. The combined company operates in 120 countries, with a workforce of approximately 39,000 employees, revenues of $8.2 billion[13] and a value of $18 billion.[14] This merger was approved by both firms' shareholders on December 11, 2015.[15] The merger was concluded on January 5, 2016, after all regulatory approvals were received.


document_title: The Get Down

question_text: who raps at the start of the get down

question_tokens: who raps at the start of the get down

text: The Get Down

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series is set in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York City, and follows the rise of hip-hop and disco music through the eyes of a group of teenagers. Each episode begins with MC Books, a famous artist that raps his story to a large crowd during a concert in 1996. The short rap serves both as a recap of previous episodes and as a setup of the events of the next. Each episode is also intercut with real footage and newscasts from the 1970s.

text: Part 1 begins in 1977 with Zeke (young MC Books), a young poet who lives with his aunt Wanda following the death of his parents, meeting Shaolin Fantastic, a graffiti artist and aspiring DJ. The two band together with Zeke's friends to become "The Get Down Brothers" with a dream to become successful music artists and take over the city. Mylene, Zeke's long-time love, dreams of becoming a disco singer and leaving the Bronx, but faces obstacles such as her religious father. Alongside this, the show depicts various gangs and gangsters of the area, especially Fat Annie and her son Cadillac, and observes the poverty and violence faced by those living in the Bronx.

text: Part 2 is set in 1978, which sees the group members facing adulthood and their futures in the music industry.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Justice Smith as Ezekiel ("Zeke") "Books" Figueroa: A smart, resourceful teen, brimming with untapped talent and unrequited love, and determined to make his mark in the world. He is in love with Mylene, but her desire to leave the Bronx hinders their relationship.
Shameik Moore as Curtis "Shaolin Fantastic": A child of the streets; thrill-seeking, unpredictable, and eccentric, but above all, enigmatic. He is distrustful of Mylene and sees her as a distraction to Ezekiel.
Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: A tenacious girl with an incredible voice who dreams of becoming a disco star, a dream that is far outside the realm of her fiercely religious background. She loves Ezekiel, but fears that he won't ever leave the Bronx.
Skylan Brooks as Ronald "Ra-Ra" Kipling: A loyal, respected, and protective friend and brother with his head screwed on tight; he's the voice of reason beyond his years.
Tremaine Brown Jr. as Miles "Boo-Boo" Kipling: A mechanically minded kid who is an irrepressible 40-year-old in a 14-year-old's body.
Jaden Smith as Marcus "Dizzee" Kipling : The most artistically minded of the Kipling brothers, Dizzee is a graffiti artist who tags as Rumi 411.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Clarence "Cadillac" Caldwell: A "fly gangster", prince of the disco world, and son of the owner of the most notorious after-hours night spot in the Bronx.[9]
Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: A South Bronx political boss who delivers services to his constituents that the city has failed to provide, such as jobs, housing, and healthcare.[10]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Daveed Diggs as adult Ezekiel "Mr. Books" Figuero: He rap-narrates the series. His rapping voice is dubbed by hip-hop artist Nas.
Giancarlo Esposito as Pastor Ramon Cruz: Papa Fuerte's brother and Mylene's father. He is the charismatic head of the local Pentecostal church who attracts a flock of followers with his fiery sermons and firm, steady leadership.[11]
Stefanée Martin as Yolanda Kipling: Sister of Boo-Boo, Dizzee, and Ra-Ra. One of Mylene's best friends and a member of the Soul Madonnas.
Shyrley Rodriguez as Regina: Another of Mylene's best friends and a member of the Soul Madonnas. Outrageous and rebellious, she is in an abusive relationship with Little Wolf.
Mamoudou Athie as Grandmaster Flash: Hip-hop recording artist and DJ. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. He serves as a mentor for Shaolin Fantastic as well as the rest of the Get Down Brothers.[12]
Karen Aldridge as Adele Kipling: Mother of Yolanda, Boo-Boo, Dizzee and Ra-Ra.
Kevin Corrigan as Jackie Moreno: A record producer.
Brandon J. Dirden as Leon: Wanda's boyfriend.
Michel Gill as Herbert Gunns: New York City Council member, businessman, and supporter of then-Congressman Edward Koch.[13]
Zabryna Guevara as Lydia Cruz: The wife of pastor Ramon Cruz and the mother of Mylene.[14]
Ron Cephas Jones as Winston Kipling: Father of Yolanda, Boo-Boo, Dizzee, and Ra-Ra.
Judy Marte as Wanda: Ezekiel's aunt.
Evan Parke.
Sal Rendino as Stanley Kelly.
Yolonda Ross as Ms. Green: The caring-but-tough English teacher who nurtures the potential in her students and advocates for them to pursue their talents.[15]
Tory Devon Smith as Little Wolf: Regina's abusive boyfriend and one of the neighborhood's dealers.
Lillias White as Fat Annie: Owner of the Les Inferno club and mother of Cadillac.
Frank Wood as Ed Koch: U.S. Congressman from New York's 18th district and Democratic candidate for mayor of New York in 1977. Koch has a tough stance against crime (particularly graffiti) and wants to restore public safety back to New York City, so he reluctantly allies himself with Papa Fuerte to help in his campaign in the Bronx.
Lee Tergesen as Inspector Moach.
Eric Bogosian as Roy Asheton: Record executive and president of Marrakech Star, a disco label, responsible for the success of Donna Summer and Misty Holloway.
Eric D. Hill Jr. as DJ Kool Herc: DJ who is credited with originating hip-hop music in the early 1970s in the Bronx. He serves as a mentor for the Notorious Three (The Herculoids).
Noah Le Gros as Thor: A graffiti artist who lives a free lifestyle and Dizzee's love interest.[16]
Qaasim Middleton as DJ Big Planet: Member of the Notorious Three (the Herculoids), the mortal enemies of the Get Down Brothers.
RayJonaldy Rodriguez as Silent Carlito: Another member of the Notorious Three.
Khalil Middleton as MC Luke Skywalker Cage: Another member of the Notorious Three.
Julia Garner as Claudia Gunns: Daughter of Herbert Gunns.
Barrington Walters Jr. as Doo-Wop: Street-hardened roughneck drug dealer.
Jeremie Harris as Shane Vincent: Mylene Cruz's manager.
Okieriete Onaodowan as Afrika Bambaataa.
Jamie Jackson as Robert Stigwood.

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Billy Porter as DJ Malibu: A DJ at Les Inferno.
Annika Boras.
Alexis Krause as Leslie Lesgold.
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Misty Holloway.
Bryce Pinkham as Julien.
Imani Lewis as Tanya.

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date

Part 1 (1977)

1
"Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure"
Baz Luhrmann
Story by : Baz Luhrmann & Stephen Adly Guirgis
Teleplay by : Baz Luhrmann & Stephen Adly Guirgis & Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

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In the Bronx in 1977, Zeke is a teenage high school student in love with his friend Mylene. Mylene wishes to escape the Bronx and become a singer, so she and her friends attempt to impress a DJ that night at the Les Inferno club. Hoping to make his own impression on Mylene, Zeke obtains a rare record of her favorite song. However, a popular graffiti artist by the name of Shaolin Fantastic is instructed to acquire the same record by Grandmaster Flash, another DJ who has promised to mentor him if he can procure the record. After a chase Zeke ends up with the record, but then struggles to gain access to the club; Mylene, already inside, attracts the attention of Cadillac, a gangster and son of the club's owner, who asks Mylene to dance with him during the dance-off. When Shao sees Zeke outside the club, the two discuss why they both need the record. Impressed by Zeke's wordsmithing, Shao agrees to get Zeke into the club with the condition that Shao gets the record by the end of the night. As Zeke and Mylene dance and kiss, a gang shootout breaks out inside the club, killing the DJ and several others; Zeke, Mylene, and her friends barely escape. Zeke confesses his love for Mylene as he brings her home, but despite her feelings for him, she believes his reluctance to fulfill his life will stop her from leaving the Bronx if they were to fall in love. Zeke then hands over the record to Shao, who explains that he needs it for a DJing technique called "the get down". Shao takes the record with Zeke and his friends to a local club and gives it to Grandmaster Flash, who uses it to create a consistent, never-ending beat with a second record that's never been done before. Shao and Zeke then impress the entire club with Shao's dancing and Zeke's freestyle rapping abilities. Meanwhile, Mylene has run away after being beaten by her father; she goes to stay with her uncle, Papa Fuerte, a political figure hoping to improve the neighborhoods. At Shao's home, Zeke and Shao discuss their future, the two hoping to team up and use their music to take the city by storm.

2
"Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames"
Ed Bianchi
Sam Bromell & Sinead Daly & Jacqui Rivera
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

Grandmaster Flash begins his training of Shaolin Fantastic. He begins by giving Shao a crayon that he refers to as the "key", and twenty-four hours to figure out its use. While the other boys give up and leave, Shao and Zeke stay overnight and realize the crayon is used to mark the "get down" point on the records. After further explanations, Grandmaster instructs Shao to perfect one record using his techniques. After working for a while, the boys take a break and return to discover that Shao's home has been set on fire, destroying his records and turntables. Meanwhile, Mylene's uncle Papa Fuerte arranges for a music producer to listen to her sing in church. Just before the service begins, however, Mylene's father tells her she will no longer sing solos due to her recent actions and foray into disco music. As the choir sings, the producer starts to leave, so Mylene defies her father's wishes and sings to stop him from leaving. The episode ends with Cadillac investigating who ordered the shootout at Les Inferno, during which he shoots a young boy from a rival gang.

3
"Darkness Is Your Candle"
Andrew Bernstein
T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper & Stephen Adly Guirgis
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

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This episode is set in July during a citywide blackout. Mylene's father kicks her out after her performance at the church, and she stays with the Kipling family. Her uncle continues to help her reach her dreams but he is visited by her mother, Lydia, who explains how her family is breaking apart. Moreno, the producer who saw Mylene in church, talks Papa Fuerte into independently recording a demo before taking it to a big record company. Moreno and Mylene struggle to agree on a song for her to sing, but after opening up to each other, he agrees to write a new song for her. Shao, having lost all of his possessions in the fire, returns to Fat Annie in order to make money. She invites him into her family, which doesn't sit well with her son Cadillac; he instructs Shao to dispose of his car. Zeke and the other boys look for jobs in order to help Shao raise money for new turntables. When the Kipling parents leave for a family funeral, the kids throw a party (and charge for entry), playing a mix-tape of Grandmaster's work that they purchase from a local store. Playing his music breaks the "no biting" rule, which prompts the arrival of gangsters to break up the party and trash the salon. Afterward, Shao, Zeke, and the boys discover the body of the boy Cadillac shot in the trunk of his car. After dumping the body in a lake, the boys commit to taking care of each other as "the Get Down" brothers and vow to stop Cadillac and his violent ways. The episode ends with Zeke and Mylene meeting to discuss recent events, which results in the two sleeping together.

4
"Forget Safety, Be Notorious"
Ed Bianchi
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

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Following the vandalism and looting that occurred during the blackout, Mayor Beame informs Papa Fuerte he can no longer provide him the $10 million needed for his restoration and housing plans. In response, Fuerte takes back his promise to ensure Beame enough votes to win during the upcoming mayoral election. Fuerte is then approached by Ed Koch, another mayoral hopeful, who offers the same deal as Beame on condition that Fuerte publicly denounces graffiti. Ms. Green, Zeke's English teacher, meets with Zeke's aunt to support his academic and creative abilities; the two women decide that Zeke should take up an internship. Zeke agrees to take one with Fuerte, which also pleases Mylene. Shao and Mylene continue to disagree about the other's influence on Zeke, forcing him to choose between helping Mylene track down Moreno and fixing Shao's relationship with Grandmaster, who has banned Shao from mixing following the bootlegged mix-tape incident. Zeke decides to help Shao, which leads them into Herculoid territory and an ambush. After falling unconscious due to an overdose, Moreno is revived by Mylene and her friends; they take him to Fuerte, who isn't happy that he has wasted his money, meant for Mylene's demo, on drugs. Dizzee bonds with Thor, a fellow graffiti artist, and it is revealed that Regina is in an abusive relationship with a dealer named Little Wolf.

5
"You Have Wings, Learn to Fly"
Michael Dinner
Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

Whilst hunting down the person responsible for the bootlegged tapes, the Get Down Brothers run into DJ Kool Herc but manage to prove it was one of his own men. He challenges the boys to a DJ battle against the Notorious Three. Grandmaster lifts Shao's ban so he can compete. Meanwhile Pastor Cruz confronts Papa Fuerte and is shocked to see Mylene there. Fuerte reminds Cruz of his past sins before Moreno, trying to defuse the situations, explains he wants Mylene to record a hymn with a disco twist in his church. Cruz agrees and makes peace with his daughter when he hears the final song. Zeke is late to his interview but after some hard truths from Ms. Green goes back and fights for his internship with Gunn. At the same time he works with Shao and the Kipling brothers to prepare for the upcoming battle discovering they each have different musical skills. When Mylene comes to play her record to Zeke, Shao realizes a beat in her record is the missing link for their performance and forcibly takes a copy causing an argument between Glendale and Shao. The episode ends with the Get Down brothers finding the brother of the boy killed by Cadillac on their roof.

6
"Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice"
Ed Bianchi
Seth Zvi Rosenfeld & Sam Bromell
August 12, 2016 (2016-08-12)

Part 2 (1978)

7
"Unfold Your Own Myth"
Lawrence Trilling
Stephen Adly Guirgis
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

8
"The Beat Says, This Is the Way"
Ed Bianchi
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

9
"One by One, Into the Dark"
Clark Johnson
Nelson George
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

10
"Gamble Everything"
Ed Bianchi
Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

11
"Only from Exile Can We Come Home"
Ed Bianchi
Sam Bromell & Jacqui Rivera
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

text: Production[edit]

text: The series was announced in February 2015, after Luhrmann had spent over ten years developing the concept. The series is described as "a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco".[17] The Sony Pictures Television show takes place in Bronx tenements, the SoHo art scene, CBGB, Studio 54 and the just-built World Trade Center.[18] On April 9, 2015, it was announced that Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks, Jaden Smith, and newcomer Tremaine (TJ) Brown Jr. would play the show's lead male roles.[19] On April 16, 2015 it was announced that newcomer Herizen F. Guardiola would play the show's female lead.[20]

text: Rap legends Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow and Nas hosted a Hip-Hop boot camp to educate the young actors.[21] The production crew used the Eisner Award-winning comic series Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor as a reference point.[22][23]

text: The trailer for part two was released in February 2017, with episodes being made available on Netflix on April 7, 2017. The series picked up a year later in 1978.[24] The accompanying soundtrack was released on April 21, 2017.[25]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Part One has been positively reviewed with a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the critic consensus reading "The Get Down's vibrant music and energetic young cast help to elevate its meandering narrative." The show has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 31 reviews on Metacritic which is classified as "generally favorable reviews".[26][27]

text: The uptempo musical numbers and soundtrack were generally praised as well as the performances from the main cast and cinematography of the show.[citation needed] However, the overly dramatic love story and sometimes "cartoonish" violence have been criticized, saying it detracts from the darker, authentic feel of the show and its setting.[citation needed] Reviews improved with later episodes as critics felt that the series had toned down its more outlandish and over the top elements in favor of a more cohesive and balanced episode structure.[28][29][30]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref.

2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Best Outstanding Music Supervision – Television
Stephanie Diaz-Matos
Nominated

[31][32]

2017 MPSE Golden Reel Awards

Best Music Editor – Television Short Form
Jamieson Shaw
Won

Best Music Editor – Television Long Form
Jamieson Shaw
Nominated


document_title: Man with a Plan (TV series)

question_text: who plays adam on man with a plan

question_tokens: who plays adam on man with a plan

text: Man with a Plan (TV series)

text: Summary[edit]

text: An old-school father encounters the modern challenges of parenting three school-aged children, marriage and running a general contracting business with his brother after his supportive wife returns to work. He also has to deal with his overbearing parents.[9] The series is set in suburban Pittsburgh.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Matt LeBlanc as Adam Burns:
The patriarch of the Burns household. Along with his brother, Don, he owns Burns Brothers Construction.
Liza Snyder as Andi Burns:
The matriarch of the Burns household. As the series started, Andi went back to work as a medical lab technician.
Grace Kaufman as Kate Burns:
The eldest Burns child. At the start of the series, Kate is 13-years-old. She is the sassy, rebellious child, who is often embarrassed by her parents. She’s now 15 in season 2.
Hala Finley as Emme Burns:
The youngest child in the Burns family, who is 5-years-old at the start of the series. Emme is the younger, innocent child, who often knows her parents will never let her get away with a lot. She is 6-years old as of season 2.
Matthew McCann as Teddy Burns:
The middle child in the Burns family, who is 12-years-old at the start of the series. Teddy is a very dimwitted child, whose intelligence is often ridiculed by the other characters, including his parents. Adam states that Teddy has his Uncle Don’s intelligence.
Jessica Chaffin as Marie Faldonado (episodes 1–13):
One of Adam's fellow room parents, who is a promiscuous divorcee with children in both Emme and Kate's classes. After episode thirteen, Marie is never seen or mentioned again.
Matt Cook as Lowell:
The other room parent and the Burns' friend. Lowell is a stay-at-home dad who relies on statistics and experts to help parent his children. In "The Three Amigos", he begins working with Adam and Don as their tech specialist after helping them land a lucrative job with a video presentation he created.
Diana-Maria Riva as Mrs. Rodriguez (season 1):
Emme's kindergarten teacher and Adam's enemy.
Kevin Nealon as Don Burns:
Adam's older brother, who co-owns Burns Brothers Construction alongside Adam. It is mentioned in "The Three Amigos" that Don handles sales for the business. He is very dim-witted like his nephew Teddy. He is married to Marcy, and together they have a son, Mikey, who is an ex-convict.
Stacy Keach as Joe Burns (season 2–present; recurring season 1):
Adam and Don's father, who moved his camper into Adam and Andi's driveway.

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Kali Rocha as Marcy Burns, Don's wife.
Swoosie Kurtz as Beverly Burns, Adam and Don's mother.
Christine Woods as Lisa McCaffrey, Adam and Don's main client on a mall construction project.
Sherri Shepherd as Joy, the Burns' neighbor who is also the building inspector on Adam's job site.
Tim Meadows as Rudy, the Burns' neighbor and Joy's husband.

text: Production[edit]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On May 13, 2016, it was reported that Jenna Fischer, who was originally cast to play the female lead opposite LeBlanc in the series, had exited and her role would be recast.[10] On August 1, it was announced Liza Snyder would replace Fischer in the role.[11]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
22
October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)

2
21
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)

text: Season 1 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Pilot"
James Burrows
Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo
October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
7.42[12]

When her youngest child Emme starts kindergarten, Andi Burns goes back to work, forcing Adam, her contractor husband, to spend more time at home taking care of their three kids. Adam is clearly out of his element, while the kids want their mom back after spending only one day with their father.

2
2
"Two Tickets to Paradise"
James Burrows
Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo
October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)
5.95[13]

When a vendor gives Adam two tickets to a Pittsburgh Steelers game, he offers to take his brother and business partner Don as a thank-you for Don covering him at work while he tends to the kids. Andi later sees the tickets and assumes Adam is taking her to celebrate the anniversary of their first date, which was also at a Steelers game, causing Adam to have to decide whom to disappoint.

3
3
"The Puppet Theater"
James Burrows
Alex Herschlag
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)
6.26[14]

When Mrs. Rodriguez accuses Adam of slacking in his role as Room Parent because he doesn't have time to make puppets for Teacher Appreciation Day, Adam threatens to transfer Emme into the other kindergarten class. This doesn't sit well with Andi, who considers Mrs. Rodriguez a superior teacher and says she had to do a lot of "butt kissing" to get Emme into her class.

4
4
"Un-Dressed"
Pamela Fryman
Jordan Reddout & Gus Hickey
November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
6.18[15]

After repeatedly being forced out of the house by Andi and the kids, Adam and Don want to turn the garage into a "man cave", but there's a problem – boxes and boxes of junk that Andi refuses to get rid of because they represent family memories.

5
5
"Thanksgiving"
James Burrows
Mark Gross
November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
5.98[16]

Adam brings Emme's lunch to school and catches Andi secretly meeting with Mrs. Rodriguez about an upcoming Thanksgiving meal for 30 at the school. Andi tells Adam she didn't think he could handle this task, which hurts Adam enough that he wants to prove her wrong.

6
6
"Holey War"
James Burrows
Tommy Johnagin
December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)
6.18[17]

When the kids put a hole in the wall with their rowdy play, Adam's and Andi's different approaches to parenting are put to the test. Each tries to get the kids to turn on each other and identify the culprit, but the resolve of their children is surprisingly strong.

7
7
"Winter Has Come"
James Burrows
Farhan Arshad
December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
6.62[18]

To get out of his usual Christmas chores, Adam convinces Andi's parents to host a family Christmas at their home in Virginia Beach. He orders all of the kids' gifts online and has them delivered to Virginia Beach, but his plan backfires when they get snowed in on the day of their trip. Forced to improvise, Adam has to pull off a "Christmas miracle" to avoid disappointing the kids and angering Andi.

8
8
"Adam Steps Up"
Pamela Fryman
Gregg Mettler
December 19, 2016 (2016-12-19)
6.17[19]

Andi tries to take Emme and Teddy to the zoo, but gets stuck in traffic for hours. This causes Adam to have to deal with Kate getting her first period without Andi's help.

9
9
"What About Bob?"
Pamela Fryman
Tommy Johnagin
January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)
6.55[20]

After Andi confesses that one of her new work friends is a man named Bob (Gary Anthony Williams), she is surprised and a little hurt when Adam doesn't exhibit his usual jealousy. She then tells fake stories to enhance Bob's charm and talents, not knowing that Adam was jealous all along and was just trying to hide it.

10
10
"A Dinner Gone Wrong"
Pamela Fryman
Mark Gross
January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)
7.70[21]

The Burns' plans for a couples trip to Las Vegas with Don and Marcy are put in jeopardy when Andi realizes that Marcy is the girl who teased her and gave her an unflattering nickname back in high school. Meanwhile, Teddy stops hanging out with the few friends he has in school to spend all of his free time with his online gaming buddies, making his parents concerned.

11
11
"The Talk"
Pamela Fryman
Alex Herschlag
January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
7.69[22]

When Andi and Adam find a topless woman's photo on Teddy's tablet, Andi makes Adam have "the talk" with his son, saying she took care of it with Kate. After an uncomfortable talk that shocks Teddy, Adam learns that the newly body-conscious Kate was the one looking at the topless photo out of curiosity, and that Kate learned about sex from a school health class, not from Andi.

12
12
"The Three Amigos"
Phill Lewis
Jordan Reddout & Gus Hickey
February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)
7.25[23]

Adam is less than thrilled when Andi invites Lowell over to watch the hockey game with him and Don, but Adam's attitude changes when he learns Lowell can make a killer multimedia presentation for a construction client the Burns Brothers are trying to woo. Don takes this as a slap in the face, given that he's always handled sales his own way. Elsewhere, Mrs. Rodriguez confesses to Andi that she had an erotic dream about Adam.

13
13
"Valentine's Day"
James Burrows
Gregg Mettler
February 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)
7.20[24]

Adam has every detail for a fancy Valentine's Day dinner with Andi planned out, except getting a babysitter. After striking out with Marie and Lowell, Kate reminds her dad that she's 13 and can babysit. This pleases Adam, but Andi isn't so sure that Kate is ready. After Andi reluctantly agrees, she and Adam go to the restaurant and find that Don has stolen Adam's reservation.

14
14
"Kate's First Date"
Pamela Fryman
Farhan Arshad
February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)
6.75[25]

Kate is excited about going on her first date with a classmate named Royce, something that Andi approved without consulting Adam. After Adam checks Royce's Instagram page and sees that he may be a bit of a "player", he tries to scare the boy away. Meanwhile, Don can't think of a good gift for Marcy's birthday, so he seeks help from Lowell.

15
15
"Assisted Living"
Pamela Fryman
Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
6.61[26]

Adam's parents, Joe (Stacy Keach) and Bev (Swoosie Kurtz), stop by in their motor home for a visit. After Joe learns that Adam is now taking care of the kids, he and Bev propose they stay to help, and they begin to live in the Burns' driveway.

16
16
"The A Team"
Pamela Fryman
Alex Herschlag
March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13)
6.34[27]

Andi and Adam have Lowell and his wife Jen over for dinner, fully expecting Jen to be as lame as Lowell is, but Jen (Jenna Dewan Tatum) turns out to be pretty and interesting. Later, after Jen and Lowell appear to make up an excuse to leave, Andi and Adam start to think it is themselves who have become the lame couple.

17
17
"Doctor No"
Pamela Fryman
Gregg Mettler
March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20)
5.32[28]

When Adam discovers that Joe hasn't been to the doctor in almost ten years, he urges his father to make an appointment. Andi soon also discovers that the doctor Adam says he's been going to annually retired five years ago. Joe, Adam and Don all get checkups with a new doctor, and the result is that Joe needs a colonoscopy. Meanwhile, Bev takes advantage of Lowell's kind nature by asking him to drive her everywhere.

18
18
"The Blame Game"
James Burrows
Tommy Johnagin
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
5.33[29]

Adam and Don learn their wives don't get as mad at their screw-ups if they simply blame them on each other. Things take a turn for the worse for Adam when Andi finds out their scheme, especially because it dredges up baggage from their past.

19
19
"Spring Fling"
Pamela Fryman
Story by: Mark Gross
April 17, 2017 (2017-04-17)
5.42[30]

A problem arises when Lisa (Christine Woods), the mall construction client, tells Adam that Don isn't professional enough to attend an upcoming meeting with HR and executives, causing Adam to try to find a way to let his brother down easy. With Adam busy, Andi offers to take some time off and be room parent for a while, mainly because she wants to schmooze Mrs. Rodriguez into recommending Emme for the "good" first grade class. Andi regrets this when Mrs. Rodriguez asks her to organize the entire Spring Fling for the kindergarteners.

20
20
"Dirty Money"
James Burrows
Story by: Farhan Arshad
Teleplay by: Jordan Reddout & Gus Hickey
May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)
5.36[31]

Adam and Andi regret accepting a loan from Joe after he uses it as an excuse to insert himself into their lives. Bev and Marcy battle over who should host Don's birthday party. Meanwhile, Don panics when he learns from Lowell that Marcy donated his old laptop to the library.

21
21
"Operation False Freedom"
Gail Mancuso
Story by: Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo
May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)
5.16[32]

Convinced that Kate lied to them about going to the library, but unable to prove it, Adam and Andi activate the GPS tracker on her phone. Kate discovers their ploy and throws them off her trail by planting the phone in Don's pocket. Andi and Adam find Kate innocently hanging out with friends at a coffee shop. While still mad that she deceived them, the two agree that Kate should have more freedom now that she's turned 14.

22
22
"Buzzer Beater"
Gail Mancuso
Story by: Gregg Mettler
May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)
5.73[33]

Upon seeing Don and Marcy with their new granddaughter, Andi gets the itch to have another child. Adam insists they are too old, but after Emme refuses to kiss him when he drops her off at kindergarten, he also gets on board. When they later see Don and Marcy completely frazzled from spending a couple days with an infant, Adam and Andi regret their decision and have to sweat out the results of a pregnancy test.

text: Season 2 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

23
1
"The Silver Fox"
Andy Cadiff
Mark Gross
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
5.38[34]

To give Kate a break from babysitting, Andi hires a young volunteer from her hospital named Sophia (Victoria Justice) to watch the kids. While Adam worries that Sophia will become attracted to a "silver fox" like himself, Andi is more jealous that Kate goes to Sophia for advice. Sophia later tells Adam she has the hots for him, but when he tells Andi, she doesn't believe him.

24
2
"Andi's Boyfriend"
Andy Cadiff
Tommy Johnagin
November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)
5.44[35]

Adam gets a visit from Pastor Carl (Jonathan Adams), who is making amends for a past gambling addiction. Pastor Carl says he gambled away money that he was supposed to use to renew his license to wed people, meaning Adam and Andi are not legally married. Making matters worse, Pastor Carl was not Andi's first choice, but the frugal Adam hired him because he was cheaper. Adam tries to set up a renewal of vows with a licensed official, without telling Andi about Carl.

25
3
"The Parents Strike Back"
Andy Cadiff
Rob Des Hotel
November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)
5.70[36]

Frustrated by the messes in their kids' bedrooms, Adam and Andi decide to withhold allowances until the rooms are cleaner. Kate convinces her younger siblings they can break their parents by just letting the filth build up even more, so the kids tell mom and dad they are on strike. Taking a tip from Joe, Adam and Andi decide to retaliate by making things as miserable as possible for their children.

26
4
"Into the Weeds"
Gail Mancuso
Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo
December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)
6.42[37]

When Adam finds out that a boy Kate is dating was caught by his mother possessing marijuana, he wants to be strict with Kate while Andi opts for a more relaxed approach. Adam learns that Joe, who was always strict with him and Don about drugs, has a pot prescription for his arthritis. Things get interesting when Adam unknowingly eats some of Joe's "special" gummy candy.

27
5
"Battle of the Sexists"
Andy Cadiff
Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner
December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11)
5.70[38]

Andi accuses Adam and Don of being sexist when they only interview male candidates for a shop foreman position on the mall project. Adam soon hires a female named Zara (Lilah Richcreek), partly to please Andi but also because she is the most qualified for the job. Andi regrets her accusation against Adam when Don recognizes the pretty new shop foreman as a former dancer at a strip club. Meanwhile, Adam and Andi fight the school to allow Kate to play on the boys soccer team.

28
6
"Adam Gets Neighborly"
Victor Gonzalez
Tommy Johnagin & Farhan Arshad
December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)
5.61[39]

After Adam has alienated most of the neighbors, Andi suggests they start fresh with new neighbors Joy (Sherri Shepherd) and Rudy (Tim Meadows), who have just moved in. But there's a problem: Adam has already gotten on the bad side of Joy, a building inspector, when she visited his job site.

29
7
"We Can Be Heroes"
Victor Gonzalez
Gregg Mettler
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
6.68[40]

Adam and Andi experience money problems with Teddy needing glasses and Kate needing braces. The two make a budget and decide to give up some luxuries, mainly Adam's cable sports subscription, which has Don, Joe and Lowell upset because they are always at the house watching games. Adam later forces Andi to give up her expensive hairdresser, after Joe discovers she had it listed as a necessity, not a luxury.

30
8
"Lice Lice Baby"
Gail Mancuso
Farhan Arshad
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
6.74[41]

Adam worries about how Lisa, his boss at the mall job site, will react when he has to bring Teddy and Emme to work. He gets even more worried when the Burns kids are diagnosed with lice, and he later sees Lisa scratching her head at an awards banquet. Meanwhile, Andi realizes how distant she's become from her kids when she is the only family member to not catch lice from them.

31
9
"The Gunfight"
Andy Cardiff
Gregg Mettler
January 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)
6.64[42]

Joe and Beverly prepare to watch the kids for a few days so that Adam and Andi can take a much-needed trip to Las Vegas. Andi worries a bit when Joe says he plans to teach Teddy to shoot Adam's old BB gun, then wants to pull the plug on the vacation when she learns that Joe also has real guns in the house. Joe and Adam take Andi to a shooting range to show her that guns are okay in responsible hands, but then it's Adam who worries when he sees Joe mistake his gun for his cellphone. Elsewhere, Don brings the BB gun to Lowell's house to help eradicate the woodchuck that is eating Lowell's tomatoes, but he ends up shooting Lowell.

32
10
"Adam's Turtle-y Awesome Valentine's Day"
Gail Mancuso
Jessica Runck
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
6.46[43]

When Andi convinces Adam that she does not want to exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day, Adam takes the gold necklace with pictures of their three children that he’d already bought for Andi and gives it to Beverly. Unknown to Adam, Andi had just discovered the hidden necklace moments before Adam’s decision, and she is now looking forward to receiving it. Beverly is so giddy about the necklace that Adam is stuck with a difficult decision.

33
11
"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner"
Victor Gonzalez
Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)
5.92[44]

When Adam gets tired of constantly having to accompany Beverly at bingo, he suggests to Andi that she get his mom a job as a hospital volunteer. Beverly loves the job, only to make Joe feel lonely. To compensate for his loneliness, Joe starts spending his time with Adam and Andi and expects them to wait on him like Beverly used to do.

34
12
"Everybody's a Winner"
Joanna Kerns
Mark Gross
March 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)
5.90[45]

When a senior asks Kate to the spring dance at school, Adam is staunchly against it while Andi says Kate is mature enough to let her go. While discussing the issue with Joe, Lowell and Don, Adam learns Joe's "silent negotiation" technique. Adam tries it on Andi and, sure enough, she talks herself into realizing it's a bad idea to let Kate go on the date. But neighbor Joy soon tips off Andi to what Adam did, because her husband uses it on her, and she gives Andi a way to fight back.

35
13
"The Party Planner"
Ben Weiss
Rob DesHotel
March 12, 2018 (2018-03-12)
6.35[46]

Following several years of failed, uninspired gifts for Andi's birthday, Adam decides to throw her a party with their family members, as well as Lowell and his wife Jen. When Don and Marcy pass on the party because of Marcy's previous engagement, Adam replaces them with Joy and Rudy, despite Andi's protest that they should reschedule. While Adam insists that he can handle planning the party, Don and Marcy meet Joy and Rudy at a grocery store, throwing a wrench into Adam's scheme.

36
14
"March Madness"
Victor Gonzalez
Tommy Johnagin
March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19)
5.45[47]

When their schedules don't line up and they realize the kids will be alone for two hours after school, Adam and Andi hire Rudy to install security cameras inside and outside the house. Adam and Andi inadvertently make a sex tape, which inspires them to make another. The two then go on a wild chase for the tablet that has the footage when Beverly borrows it because hers broke down, then gives it to Don to give back to Adam. The tablet is subsequently picked up by Lowell, who mistook it for his own when he was at Don's house.

37
15
"Out With The In-Laws"
Victor Gonzalez
Jackie Filgo & Jeff Filgo
March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26)
5.44[48]

Adam and Andi think they can finally be happily alone for a holiday when their feuding parents each back out of coming to the house on Easter Sunday because the other set of parents will be there. But the plans are threatened when Joe and Bev scheme to take the kids to Disney World for the holiday, while Andi's parents (Dan Lauria and Nancy Lenehan) arrive a day early to claim "Easter Eve" for themselves.

38
16
"April Fools"
Pamela Fryman
Ethan Sandler & Adrian Wenner
April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)
5.48[49]

While Adam, the kids, Don and Joe all enjoy pulling April Fool's pranks, Andi reminds Adam that she hates pranks due to a traumatic experience with one when she was seven years old. Adam is sure that an unscary, funny prank will change Andi's mind, but his attempts fail. Adam would have done better to be on his guard, because Andi has a surprise up her sleeve.

39
17
"King for a Day"
Victor Gonzalez
Jessica Runck
April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16)
5.06[50]

After Andi discourages Adam from giving Emme a princess gown because it reinforces undesired female stereotypes, she mentions a lie she told Kate years ago for the same reason. Andi then defends her practice of protecting her children through little white lies, which she calls "love bubbles". Adam seems to accept her explanation, until he realizes that Andi does the same to him, particularly with regard to a recliner he wanted to buy that she said was unsafe.

40
18
"The Burns System"
Victor Gonzalez
Farhan Arshad
April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)
4.79[51]

Adam is excited when Joe needs a new car and takes him along to learn the "Burns System" at the dealership, given that Joe has always had Don accompany him before. But when they get there, Adam is upset to learn that Joe asked Don to arrive at the last minute and be the "closer". Elsewhere, Andi and Marcy try to get rid of a pet snake that Emme brought home.

41
19
"We Hate Money"
Victor Gonzalez
Rob Des Hotel
May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07)
4.91[52]

Mall client Lisa tells Adam and Don that she has to go away to work on herself, and that her replacement wants a different contractor to take over for Burns Brothers. With no other prospects, Adam and Don decide they need to make a commercial, with Lowell's help. When the filming starts, Don is fine but Adam freezes on camera, leading to his part having to be played by local actor Leif Forrest (Geoff Stults). Meanwhile, as the only current breadwinner, Andi is determined to ask for a raise at her job, only to learn that her department is being gutted and she's getting laid off.

42
20
"We Got a Girl"
Pamela Fryman
Mark Gross
May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)
5.46[53]

After Adam and Andi determine that Lisa's issues stem from her being lonely, they enlist help from Don, Marcy and Lowell to find a man for her in hopes of getting Adam back to work. They ultimately decide to set up Lisa with Leif Forrest, who helped on the Burns Brothers commercial, only to later learn that Leif is Lisa's ex-husband.

43
21
"Family Business"
Victor Gonzalez
Gregg Mettler
May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)
5.69[54]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Man with a Plan has received generally negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 21%, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Man with a Plan's flawed, unimaginative writing fails to properly showcase the charm of its unfortunately underperforming lead."[55] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the series has a score 36 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[56]

text: Seasonal ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
TV season
Rank
Avg. viewers
(millions)
18–49 rating
(average)

Date
Viewers
(millions)
Date
Viewers
(millions)

1
Monday 8:30 pm
22
October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
7.42[12]
May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)
5.73[33]
2016–17
47
7.41
1.5[57]

2
21
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
5.38[34]
May 21, 2018 (2018-05-21)
5.69[54]
2017–18
61
6.78
1.2[58]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Season 1 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)

1
"Pilot"
October 24, 2016
1.6/5
7.42[12]

2
"Two Tickets to Paradise"
October 31, 2016
1.3/5
5.95[13]

3
"The Puppet Theatre"
November 7, 2016
1.4/4
6.26[14]

4
"Un-Dressed"
November 14, 2016
1.3/5
5.18[15]

5
"Thanksgiving"
November 21, 2016
1.3/5
5.98[16]

6
"Holey War"
December 5, 2016
1.2/4
6.18[17]

7
"Winter Has Come"
December 12, 2016
1.2/4
6.62[18]

8
"Adam Steps Up"
December 19, 2016
1.1/4
6.17[19]

9
"What About Bob?"
January 2, 2017
1.2/4
6.55[20]

10
"A Dinner Gone Wrong"
January 16, 2017
1.5/5
7.70[21]

11
"The Talk"
January 23, 2017
1.6/5
7.69[22]

12
"The Three Amigos"
February 6, 2017
1.4/5
7.25[23]

13
"Valentine's Day"
February 13, 2017
1.4/5
7.20[24]

14
"Kate's First Date"
February 20, 2017
1.3/5
6.75[25]

15
"Assisted Living"
February 27, 2017
1.2/4
6.62[26]

16
"The A Team"
March 13, 2017
1.1/4
6.34[27]

17
"Doctor No"
March 20, 2017
1.0/4
5.32[28]

18
"The Blame Game"
April 10, 2017
1.0/4
5.33[29]

19
"Spring Fling"
April 17, 2017
1.0/4
5.42[30]

20
"Dirty Money"
May 1, 2017
1.0/4
5.36[31]

21
"Operation False Freedom"
May 8, 2017
1.0/4
5.16[32]

22
"Buzzer Beater"
May 15, 2017
1.1/4
5.73[33]

text: Season 2 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)

1
"The Silver Fox"
November 13, 2017
1.0/4
5.38[34]

2
"Andi's Boyfriend"
November 20, 2017
1.0/4
5.44[35]

3
"The Parents Strike Back"
November 27, 2017
1.1/4
5.70[36]

4
"Into the Weeds"
December 4, 2017
1.1/4
6.42[37]

5
"Battle of the Sexists"
December 11, 2017
1.0/4
5.70[38]

6
"Adam Gets Neighborly"
December 18, 2017
0.9/3
5.61[39]

7
"We Can Be Heroes"
January 15, 2018
1.2/5
6.68[40]

8
"Lice Lice Baby"
January 22, 2018
1.2/4
6.74[41]

9
"The Gunfight"
January 29, 2018
1.1/4
6.64[42]

10
"Adam's Turtle-y Awesome Valentine's Day"
February 5, 2018
1.1/4
6.46[43]

11
"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner"
February 26, 2018
1.0/4
5.92[44]

12
"Everybody's a Winner"
March 5, 2018
1.0/4
5.90[45]

13
"The Party Planner"
March 12, 2018
1.0/4
6.35[46]

14
"March Madness"
March 19, 2018
0.9/4
5.45[47]

15
"Out With the In-Laws"
March 26, 2018
0.9/4
5.44[48]

16
"April Fools"
April 9, 2018
0.9/4
5.48[49]

17
"King for a Day"
April 16, 2018
0.8/3
5.06[50]

18
"The Burns System"
April 30, 2018
0.8/3
4.79[51]

19
"We Hate Money"
May 7, 2018
0.9/4
4.91[52]

20
"We Got a Girl"
May 14, 2018
1.0/4
5.46[53]

21
"Family Business"
May 21, 2018
1.0/4
5.69[54]

text: Trivia[edit]

text:
Andi's parents are named Frank and Alice, which were also the names of Phoebe's brother and his wife on Friends (1994-2004), starring LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani.
Many fans have noted the similarities between Adam and Joey. Both characters are comically clueless, love to eat, enjoy watching sports, have a high sex drive, and have other traditionally masculine characteristics.


document_title: List of countries by homeless population

question_text: what country has the lowest rate of homelessness

text: A United Nations global survey in 2005 found that an estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide. Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2015 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter".[1]

text: List[edit]

text:
Country
Homeless population
Data year
Homeless ratio
Main Article

 Australia
105,237
2012[2]
0.43%
Homelessness in Australia

 Austria
14,603
2014[3]
0.17%

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
143,000
2010[4]
3.73%

 Canada
200,000
2013[5]
0.5%

 Chile
12,000
2014[6]
0.07%

 China
2,579,000
2011[7]
0.18%

 Croatia
10,000
2015[8]
0.23%

 Czech Republic
65,800
2015[9]
0.65%

 Denmark
6,138
2015[10]
0.11%
Homelessness in Denmark

 Egypt

2013[11]
18.28%
Homelessness in Egypt

 England

2014[12]
0.20%
Homelessness in England

 Estonia
864
2011[13]
0.06%

 Finland
7200
2015[14]
0.13%

 France
141,500
2012[15]
0.21%
Homelessness in France

 Germany
335,000
2014[16]
0.42%
Homelessness in Germany

 Greece
20,000
2013[17]
0.18%
Homelessness in Greece

 Grenada
60,000
2004[18]
56.44%

 Guatemala
475,000
2012[19]
3.15%

 Guinea

2012[20]
68.5%

 Haiti
2,300,000
2010
23.24%

 Honduras
1,000,000
2013[21]
12.35%

 Hong Kong
1,400
2014[22]
0.02%

 Hungary
10,068
2014[23]
0.10%

 India
1,770,000
2011[24]
0.15%
Homelessness in India

 Indonesia
3,000,000
2004[25]
1.36%

 Ireland
8,270
2017[26]
0.17%
Homelessness in Ireland

 Israel
1,831
2014[27]
0.02%
Homelessness in Israel

 Italy
48,000
2014[28]
0.08%

 Ivory Coast

2014[29]
68%

 Japan
6,235
2015[30]
0.00%
Homelessness in Japan

 Latvia
2,342
2011[31]
0.11%

 Lithuania
5,000
2014
0.16%

 Luxembourg
1,533
2013[32]
0.28%

 Malawi

2012[33]
90%

 Mali

2012[34]
80%

 Mexico
40,911
2010[35]
0.04%

 Netherlands
31,000
2015[36]
0.19%
Homelessness in the Netherlands

 New Zealand
41,207
2015[37]
0.94%
Homelessness in New Zealand

 Nigeria
24,400,000
2007[38]
16.58%

 Norway
6,259
2012[39]
0.14%

 Peru

2011[40]
5.6%

 Poland
33,400
2017[41]
0.08%

 Portugal
3,000
2012
0.03%

 Romania
15,000
2004[42]
0.07%

 Russia
5,000,000
2014[43]
3.5%
Homelessness in Russia

 Slovenia
2,700
2015[44]
0.13%

 South Africa
7,000,000
2007[45]
14.31%
Homelessness in South Africa

 South Korea
4,921
2012[46][47][48]
0.01%

 Spain
40,000
2012[49]
0.09%
Homelessness in Spain

 Sweden
34,000
2011[50]
0.36%
Homelessness in Sweden

  Switzerland
1,500
2013[51]
0.02%
Homelessness in Switzerland

 Togo
100,000
1999[52]
2.11%

 Uganda
500,000
2014[53]
1.43%

 Ukraine
1,000,000
2015[54]
2.35%

 United Kingdom
250,000
2016[55]
0.38%
Homelessness in the United Kingdom

 United States
564,708
2015[56][57]
0.18%
Homelessness in the United States

 Venezuela
2,000,000
2012[58]
6.68%

 Wales
15,000
2011[59]
0.05%

 Zambia

2008[60]
80%

 Zimbabwe
1,200,000
2013[61]
8.48%