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Alpha House
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  • Episode aired Nov 29, 2013
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  • 28m
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Brooke Bloom and Alicia Sable in Alpha House (2013)
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Tempers heat up as Gil John's wife Maddie (Julie White) arrives to help him prepare for his upcoming debate with Digger Mancusi. Meanwhile, Louis continues to recover in the hospital and Sen... Read allTempers heat up as Gil John's wife Maddie (Julie White) arrives to help him prepare for his upcoming debate with Digger Mancusi. Meanwhile, Louis continues to recover in the hospital and Senator Armiston (Cynthia Nixon) leads an ethics committee invesitgation against Robert.Tempers heat up as Gil John's wife Maddie (Julie White) arrives to help him prepare for his upcoming debate with Digger Mancusi. Meanwhile, Louis continues to recover in the hospital and Senator Armiston (Cynthia Nixon) leads an ethics committee invesitgation against Robert.

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    • Michael Mayer
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    • Garry Trudeau
  • Stars
    • John Goodman
    • Clark Johnson
    • Matt Malloy
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    • Director
      • Michael Mayer
    • Writer
      • Garry Trudeau
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      • John Goodman
      • Clark Johnson
      • Matt Malloy
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    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Senator Gil John Biggs
    Clark Johnson
    Clark Johnson
    • Senator Robert Bettencourt
    Matt Malloy
    Matt Malloy
    • Senator Louis Laffer, Jr.
    Mark Consuelos
    Mark Consuelos
    • Senator Andy Guzman
    Yara Martinez
    Yara Martinez
    • Adriana de Portago
    Amy Sedaris
    Amy Sedaris
    • Louise Laffer
    Wanda Sykes
    Wanda Sykes
    • Senator Rosalyn DuPeche
    Julie White
    Julie White
    • Maddie Biggs
    Haley Joel Osment
    Haley Joel Osment
    • Shelby Mellman
    Alicia Sable
    Alicia Sable
    • Tammy Stackhouse
    William Aukstik
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    Brooke Bloom
    Brooke Bloom
    • Julie Carrell
    Charles Bradley
    Charles Bradley
    • Charles Bradley
    Thomas Brenneck
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    Vincent Chiarito
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    Richard Cox
    Richard Cox
    • Graydon Talbot
    Frederick Deboe
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    • Trivia
      The sweeping of the Senate Ethics Committee hearing room for surveillance bugs is based on a real practice before each meeting of that committee, which meets in secret. In the real Senate, as in "Alpha House," there are six members of the committee, three from each party.
    • Goofs
      When Senator Laffer is video chatting with his daughter, on her wall is a cross, something a Mormon would never have.
    • Quotes

      Adriana: [Adriana answers the door. Gil John is drinking coffee nearby] Hi, you must be here about the housekeeping job.

      Maddie Biggs: [Indignant] I'm Mrs. Biggs.

      Adriana: Mrs. B... Oh, my God. ¿Que pena? I'm so embarrassed. Gil John, it's your wife.

      [Gil John approaches Adriana and Maddie]

      Adriana: I'm so sorry, I didn't have my contact lenses in so I didn't see the resemblance.

      Maddie Biggs: The what?

      Adriana: [Flustered, speaking really fast] Oh, my God, no, not the resemblance. You're not related. I mean, you are related, but you're not related. Well, you are related. I just...

      [Maddie sighs in frustration]

      Adriana: You're not relat... you're related.

      Maddie Biggs: Pssst!

      [Closes her hand to signal Adriana to stop talking]

    • Connections
      References Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
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      Alpha House Main Title
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      Written by Anton Sanko and Dave LeBolt

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    • Release date
      • November 29, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Pictures in a Row
      • Amazon Studios
      • Picrow
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      • 28m
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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