Flight of the Conchords is a TV series starring Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, and Rhys Darby. Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.
Release Date: June 2007
10. Bret Gives Up the Dream
Air Date: 2 Oct. 2007Season 1, Episode 2
Desperate for cash, Bret and Jemaine decide to get jobs. Only Bret is successful–he gets a job holding up signs. When Murray books them a show, Bret can’t get off work, so Jemaine is forced to play with a replacement: a recording of Bret.
9. Girlfriends
Air Date: 13 Nov. 2007Season 1, Episode 8
Brett and Jemaine encounter girlfriend problems in the USA.
8. Prime Minister
Air Date: 1 Mar. 2009Season 2, Episode 7
Foiled by the White House, Murray arranges a presidential meeting for the visiting Prime Minister of New Zealand; a tribute gig ends with Jemaine getting mixed up with an Art Garfunkel fanatic.
7. Evicted
Air Date: 22 Mar. 2009Season 2, Episode 10
Season Two finale. Unable to pay off their back rent, Bret and Jermaine move in with Mel and Doug; Murray looks to cash in on a stage play about the Conchords’ travails.
6. New Fans
Air Date: 19 Aug. 2007Season 1, Episode 10
The Conchords triple their fan base after playing a local world music jam, but Mel is suspicious of the two new fans’ motives.
5. Yoko
Air Date: 16 Oct. 2007Season 1, Episode 4
Murray is perturbed when Bret cancels a band tour to be with his girlfriend Coco. Jemaine’s dismay, coupled with the betrayal felt by lone fan Mel (who has a crush on Bret), threatens the band’s future.
4. Sally Returns
Air Date: 23 Oct. 2007Season 1, Episode 5
A lonely Jemaine runs into Sally, who dumped him (and Bret) earlier in the year. Envisioning a new life with Sally, Jemaine’s dreams take a detour when he learns she won’t spend time with him until he gets his own place.
3. Sally
Air Date: 25 Sep. 2007Season 1, Episode 1
Transplanted New Zealanders Bret and Jemaine–a.k.a. Flight of the Conchords–search for romance and gigs in New York City. At a bohemian party, Jemaine falls for Sally (who used to date Bret), but Bret spoils the moment back at their apartment.
2. The Actor
Air Date: 26 Aug. 2007Season 1, Episode 11
Bret and Jemaine enlist a semi-pro actor to cheer up Murray after a disappointing gig. Asked to place a good-hearted rejection call, the actor gets carried away, offering Murray and the Conchords a recording deal that’s too good to be true.
1. Mugged
Air Date: 9 Oct. 2007Season 1, Episode 3
Bret loses Jemaine’s trust by abandoning him to a ‘gang’ of two, and fears the worst when Jemaine doesn’t come home.