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s03e10 · 2013-08-22 · 02:00
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Necessary Roughness focuses on tough sexy Long Island divorcee Dani who re-energizes her life and career when she becomes a therapist for a professional football team. Underestimated at every turn, she succeeds beyond all expectations and soon finds herself the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, musicians, politicians and others living in the spotlight - all in a moment of crisis - clamor for her unique brand of tough love therapy. As a newly single mom raising two teenagers, her start-up practice wreaks havoc on her life. But recognizing that she's changing people's lives for the better, she is determined to make her new career work by striking a balance between her personal and professional worlds.
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12 this season · 38 totals01e01 Pilot 2011-06-30 02:00
Pilot
Recently divorced, Dr. Dani Santino is assigned to be the new team therapist for the local pro football franchise, the New York Hawks.
s01e02 Anchor Management 2011-07-07 02:00
Anchor Management
Dani works with a newsanchor whose career is in jeopardy following an on-air gaffe. Elsewhere, Matt refuses to clear T.K. to play a game; and Lindsay dates a guy who seems too perfect.
s01e03 Spinning Out 2011-07-14 02:00
Spinning Out
A NASCAR driver needs help getting back behind the wheel after a crash. Elsewhere, T.K. clashes with a rookie wide receiver; and Lindsay and R.J. lose control of a party they're throwing.
s01e04 Habit Forming 2011-07-21 02:00
Habit Forming
Dani works with rookie Randall Boozler (James Earl), who continues to skip practices.
s01e05 Poker Face 2011-07-28 02:00
Poker Face
A poker pro wants Dani to identify his "tell," which is damaging his career, but Dani thinks there is more behind his problems.
s01e06 Dream On 2011-08-04 02:00
Dream On
Tyler Paxton -- an extreme sports star and entrepreneur -- appears fearless, but recurrent nightmares are starting to threaten his success.
s01e07 Whose Team Are You On? 2011-08-11 02:00
Whose Team Are You On?
Dani is forced to step in when conflicts between the players' wives and girlfriends hit the Web. Elsewhere, T.K.'s relationship with Dani is tested; Nico tries to stop damaging footage from reaching the press.
s01e08 Losing Your Swing 2011-08-18 02:00
Losing Your Swing
An up-and-coming golf star develops a case of the yips and needs Dani's help. Elsewhere, T.K. works with a new therapist; and Dani takes an interest in her former professor.
s01e09 Forget Me Not 2011-08-25 02:00
Forget Me Not
Dani takes on a successful female boxer who is inexplicably losing fights and her memory. Meanwhile, Laz takes TK's therapy to the next level, and Matt receives an enticing offer, just not from Laura.
s01e10 A Wing and a Player 2011-09-01 02:00
A Wing and a Player
Dani tackles a playoff curse that's plagued the Hawks for years and also turns her attention to their self-destructive mascot. Elsewhere, T.K. meets his match; and Dani's relationship with J.D. progresses.
s01e11 Baggage Claim 2011-09-08 02:00
Baggage Claim
A lifestyle media mogul's own lifestyle threatens her empire. Dani faces her first anniversary since the divorce. TK tries to figure out what he really wants in his love life.
s01e12 Goal Line 2011-09-15 02:00
Goal Line
T.K. faces his rival (Terrell Owens) as the Hawks enter the playoffs in the Season 1 finale. Elsewhere, Dani takes on a new client, and Nico must determine where his loyalties lie.