Easy to Assemble

Easy to Assemble

2008 4 Seasons 51 Episodes ⭐ 5.0 Comedy

Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA. Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon finds she cannot leave Hollywood behind when fellow actress Justine Bateman starts an internet talk show called "40 and Bitter" on the floor of IKEA. The series has had several notable guest stars, including Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Jane Lynch, Justine Bateman, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Pollak, Fred Willard, Daryl Sabara, Ricki Lake, David Henrie, Patricia Heaton, and Eric Lange.

Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA. Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon finds she cannot leave Hollywood behind when fellow actress Justine Bateman starts an internet talk show called "40 and Bitter" on the floor of IKEA. The series has had several notable guest stars, including Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Jane Lynch, Justine Bateman, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Pollak, Fred Willard, Daryl Sabara, Ricki Lake, David Henrie, Patricia Heaton, and Eric Lange.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Training Day

Illeana's first day working at at the Burbank IKEA.

EP 2

Actors Anonymous

To cope with being out of the Hollywood spotlight, guest star Kevin Pollack decides to start the Actors Anonymous suppor

EP 3

Gotcha!

Following an emotionally exhausting Adam Sandler premiere, gossip blogger Spazzy Sheraton discovers the Burbank IKEA is

EP 4

Co-mingling

Jeff Goldblum shows up to be a guest on The Justine Bateman Show, IKEA's latest celebrity talk-show. As word gets out th

EP 5

The Justine Bateman Show

Justine Bateman holds her talk show at IKEA and Jeff Goldblum is the first guest along with Allison Janney....I mean, Il

EP 6

Personal Shopper

Illeana becomes a 'personal shopper' and discovers that Craig Bierko is actually living at IKEA.

EP 7

How Swede It Is

Illeana's manager appears at IKEA with his new starlet and, to make matters worse, Illeana gets fired.

EP 8

You Can't Be Somebody Else

Ever seen a choreographed dance number at IKEA? Illeana falls asleep and dreams of dancing blondes.

EP 9

Celebrity Bull Riding

Illeana's agent wants her back. Will Illeana betray herself and accept a role in the new TV show "Celebrity Bull Riding"

EP 10

Art Is Where You Make It

In the Season 1 finale of Easy To Assemble, Ed Begley makes Illeana realize that "art is where you make it."

EP 1

What's in Store?

Illeana and Tom Arnold realize a fake relationship works better for them than the real thing. Erik urges Illeana and Jus

EP 2

The Team Building Event

SNLs Tim Meadows stops by to interview for a job at IKEA, while Illeana creates a team building event for her fellow IKE

EP 3

Bitter is Better

Illeana gets pinched for shoplifting by Lance and her slimy ex-agent, Ben (Greg Proops) when she forgets to pay for snac

EP 4

Taking Stock

In the wake of her embarrassing 'celebrity shoplifter' incident, Erik re-assigns Illeana to the IKEA warehouse. Desperat

EP 5

Celebrity Intervention

In search of ratings (and votes for Co-Worker of the Year), Justine ambushes Illeana with a live 'celebrity shoplifting

EP 6

People Skills

Illeana fears she will never win 'Co-worker of the Year' after Spazzy Sheraton gets a copy of the very private tape she

EP 7

Meet Sparhusen

Illeana thinks she can win IKEA's Co-worker of the Year by reuniting Erik's favorite band: SPARHUSEN!

EP 8

Gotcha! Covered

Spazzy Sheraton learns of IKEAs Co-Worker of the Year competition and will do anything to make his friend Justine the ul

EP 9

S. Erland Husen 76

Illeana inches closer to the winner's circle and the arms of work crush Paul (Rob Mailhouse) when she debuts her re-crea

EP 10

Co-Worker of the Year

While awaiting Manager Erik's decision on which one of them will win the title of IKEA's 'Co-worker of the Year,' Illean

EP 11

Flying Solo (Part 1)

The winner of IKEA's coveted 'Co-Worker of the Year' is revealed, but that's only the beginning. Illeana, Justine and th

EP 12

Flying Solo (Part 2)

Illeana realizes who her real friends are, while Store Manager Erik (Eric Lange) makes a possible love connection with S

EP 13

Flying Solo (Part 3)

The special Flying Solo miniseries concludes with what else? A groovy disco dance number. Shake your groove plane and bo

EP 1

We're in Swedenland

The IKEA coworkers have arrived on their mystical adventure in Sweden, and while some are tucked away in their hotel roo

EP 2

Good Morning Stockholm

Lance and Illeana have left on their journey to Uppsala and Paul disappoints Pete when he tells him he's going to skip I

EP 3

The Third Bateman

Justine sends her assistant home to America because she left her dream catcher on her bureau and retains a Swedish assis

EP 4

Road To Uppsala

Illeana and Lance take a wrong turn and meet up with a group of Swedish birdwatchers in the forest and are persuaded to

EP 5

Almost Happy

Illeana entertains the Swedish Birdwatchers but when she boasts about her Hussen invention, The Meatball Delivery System

EP 6

48 Hours of Daylight

IKEA coworkers Ethan and Wayne try to impress their new Swedish girl friends Ebbe and Signe with their knowledge of Swed

EP 7

Chasing Windmills

The sun is setting and deep in the woods of Uppsala Illeana's journey takes an awe-inspiring turn when a mysterious man,

EP 8

A Very Heavy Package

At the 40 and Bitter set in Stockholm, Justine's Swedish assistant, Abby, arrives backstage and greets a nervous Directo

EP 9

Scorpio Rising

At the Gothenburg Opera House, Karin and John sneak in to watch as Bjorn Epstein works on his rock opera, Scorpio Rising

EP 10

Taxi To Trosa

Manager Erik's journey changes forever when Sam reveals she may want to be more than Erik's "super good friend." Erik is

EP 11

Mrs. Hullestaad

Coworkers Ethan and Wayne educate director Stig Martinsson and Monika on how to make an American buddy cop movie but Eth

EP 12

You're Never Alone

Over dinner at the family's restaurant," Asia Tiska", a secret Sam has been keeping may not escape mamma Hullestaad as s

EP 13

Co-Worker of the Year

Illeana hitches a ride to the IKEA in Uppsala with friend and ghost S.Erland Hussen to collect her Coworker of the Year

EP 14

Sammy Salt

Lance, Pete and a heartbroken Paul discuss the best way to tell manager Erik they may have lost coworker Illeana in Swed

EP 15

Now I'm Blackmailing You

Co-workers Lance, Pete, and Paul are reunited with a "reborn" Illeana but need to get back to Stockholm in time for Just

EP 16

Bjorn Borg is not a Celebrity in America

While the audience of "40 and Bitter" impatiently wait for the arrival of Justine Bateman backstage, Jebedehia Bateman m

EP 17

I am Literally Out of Material

In the season finale, manager Erik calls upon Co-Worker of the Year, Illeana, to decide, once and for all, which road sh

EP 1

Bossy Lady

Returning from Sweden, and determined to get past the her breakup with Paul, Illeana prepares for her first day back at

EP 2

IKEA's Got Talent

Illeana's first day back to work is turned upside down when she finds out she's going to have to work with a "profession

EP 3

You're My Producer?

Illeana's new talk show seems doomed after meeting her new producer, Howard Friske (Roger Bart). The two have nothing in

EP 4

Married to My Work

A broken-hearted Illeana, still wounded from her breakup with Paul, learns that she and her "producer" Howard Friske hav

EP 5

The Friske Touch

Desperate to keep this job, Howard Friske pleads with Illeana to trust him. She relents and the two begin to build a fra

EP 6

Good With Names

Manager Erik, on forced paternity leave, writes a very popular Daddy Blog. He gets so distracted by his new internet suc

EP 7

The All Nighter

Howard and Illeana are going to have to pull an all-nighter to complete the "This Side Up" monologue forcing a showdown

EP 8

We're Finished

Illeana gets the "Friske Touch". An unlikely partnership between Howard and Illeana is forged that could be romantic but

EP 9

Will You Be My Partner?

Illeana begins to see a real future with Howard , both in work and in love may be possible. Judging by the winking and k

EP 10

I'm Gonna Love You Through This

Illeana starts her talk show "This Side Up" live from IKEA and gets some unexpected career advise from her first guest.

EP 11

What's Happening?

Tom Arnold begins his judging duties on IKEA'S GOT TALENT much to the delight of Illeana and fellow judges Manager Marcu

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