Season 1

Complete listed story — includes the ending

1. Pilot

Drake Parker ( Drake Bell ) and Josh Nichols ( Josh Peck ) are two teenagers who attend the same high school in their hometown of San Diego, California. Drake, an aspiring musician, is a very popular teenager amongst their classmates, while Josh is more of a nerdy teenager, whom Drake wants nothing to do with and describes as "unusual". On top of this, Drake's mom, Audrey ( Nancy Sullivan ), and Josh's dad, Walter ( Jonathan Goldstein ), have recently begun dating. One day, Walter and Audrey formally announce to both Drake and Josh, as well as Drake's little sister, Megan ( Miranda Cosgrove ), that they are getting married. Josh is instantly thrilled about having a new stepbrother, however Drake is horrified at the thought. Drake becomes even more horrified when he learns that Josh is "Miss Nancy", the anonymous advice columnist for their school's newspaper, and that Josh believes he must dress like a woman in order to give adequate advice. Drake then decides to use this information to his advantage in order to secure a date with Tiffany Margolis ( Julie Gonzalo ), who wrote to Miss Nancy seeking relationship advice. Drake even threatens to reveal Josh's secret to the entire school unless Josh helps him. Unfortunately, it's Josh who winds up in trouble after Tiffany's angered boyfriend, Buck (Joey Mendicino), believes that Tiffany is on a date with Josh instead, challenging him to a fight. On the advice of Drake, Josh then trains under a local karate instructor, but is still knocked out with one punch during the fight. Now feeling guilty over the whole situation, Drake apologizes and helps Josh realize that he can give good advice without wearing his "Miss Nancy" attire. The boys then make up and finally begin to accept each other as stepbrothers.

2. Dune Buggy

Drake and Josh receive a dune buggy from Drake's friend Trevor ( Taran Killam ), only to be disappointed when they find out that the buggy is in dire need of repair. Meanwhile, Drake convinces Josh to lie after Josh accidentally breaks the TV. However, this only leads to Josh being grounded for doing so. Drake and Josh then fully repair the dune buggy, to the surprise of Walter and Audrey, who then forbid them from driving it. Drake decides to defy their orders and secretly drives the buggy with Trevor anyway, crashing in the process. Drake then attempts to conceal his bruises and wounds, as well as the damage to the dune buggy. However, Josh eventually finds out what happened when he receives a call from the emergency room. Josh then angrily confronts Drake about the incident, calling Drake out for keeping the accident and his injuries a secret from their parents. Racked with guilt, Drake then confesses to Walter and Audrey, and they ground Drake for two weeks, much to Josh's delight. However, due to Drake's injuries, his "punishment" is simply staying home from school and resting, while Josh waits on him hand and foot. Note: This episode received 3.35 million viewers in its first airing.

3. Believe Me, Brother

Drake and Josh are tasked with creating a video for a class project, so the brothers decide to shoot a music video featuring Drake and his band performing their new song, directed by Josh. Meanwhile, Drake's latest girlfriend, Susan ( Ashley Drane ), begins constantly flirting with Josh behind Drake's back. When Josh eventually tries to explain the situation, Drake refuses to entertain the thought and laughs it off. However, Drake then becomes angry when he catches Susan kissing Josh, wherein Susan convinces Drake that Josh made a move on her first. Josh tries to explain his innocence to Drake to no avail, leading the two brothers to become increasingly distant. However, when Megan secretly inserts a clip of Susan flirting with Josh (along with a few other embarrassing clips) into their music video as an intended prank, Drake learns that Josh was telling the truth the entire time, leading to Drake dumping Susan. The two brothers then thank Megan for her prank and retaliate against Susan by putting purple paint in her locker.

4. Two Idiots and a Baby

Audrey and Walter go out to dinner with Walter's boss, Mr. Galloway, and his wife. Josh has offered to babysit their infant son, Max, much to Drake's chagrin. After Drake and Josh struggle to get Max changed and then put to sleep, Drake leaves to play at a concert, to which Josh angrily chastises him for it. Josh then panics when Max suddenly disappears, leading to Josh frantically attempting to call Drake for help, and eventually becoming stuck on the roof while looking for Max. Meanwhile, at the concert, Drake receives Josh's voicemail and, now racked with guilt, returns home to help Josh find Max. The boys then find Megan in the living room holding a sleeping Max just before Audrey, Walter, and Mr. and Mrs. Galloway return.

5. First Crush

Josh develops his first real crush on a classmate named Kathy ( Erin Chambers ). However, Josh is incapable of approaching her without making things awkward and embarrassing himself. While trying to impress her, Josh accidentally claims he can play the guitar, which he cannot. Upon hearing this, Kathy then invites Josh to her birthday party at the coffee shop, The Brew Note (ran by Josh's former karate teacher), wherein Kathy asks Josh to play her a song, which Josh reluctantly agrees to. Meanwhile, Drake and his band audition for a gig at The Brew Note, which leads to Drake being banned from the shop for life after Megan's pet snake (which she snuck into Drake's backpack as a prank) escapes and scares everyone away. Later, a panicked Josh begs Drake to help him impress Kathy. After several failed attempts at teaching Josh how to actually play guitar, Drake devises a plan which involves Drake playing the guitar in Josh's place at Kathy's party without anyone knowing. However, on the day of the party, their plan only succeeds in making everything worse when they are busted by both Kathy and the shop owner. The next day at school, Josh apologizes to Kathy for lying to her. Kathy accepts Josh's apology, but declines to be his friend. Kathy then finds a framed painting of her from Josh inside her locker, which (unbeknownst to Josh) was placed there by Drake. As the episode ends, Josh makes a future date with Kathy, and she agrees to convince the coffee shop owner to give Drake and his band another audition.

6. Grammy

Megan, Audrey, and Walter leave the house for the weekend. Drake and Josh's dreams of a parent-free weekend are then quickly dashed when Josh's grandmother ( Randee Heller ), whom he affectionately calls Grammy, comes to babysit. Josh is delighted to have Grammy around, however, Drake does not like her, with Grammy not being fond of Drake either. Drake then plans to attend a concert with his friends, but Grammy forbids him from going on the order of Walter and Audrey. Later, Drake finds out from his friends that the concert tickets are officially sold out, dashing their hopes of even attending the concert in the first place. However, Grammy makes a deal in which Drake can spend time with his friends if he beats her in a basketball game, so long as he does not attend the concert. Drake wins the game, but is forced to break his promise out of peer pressure when his friends suddenly manage to obtain tickets to the concert. Once there, Drake and his friends discover that their tickets have been photocopied and are therefore counterfeit, leading the kids to be detained at the venue until Grammy pays a $200 fine to release them. After an argument then ensues between them, Grammy reveals that she intentionally let Drake win their basketball game so that he could spend time with his friends. Drake does not believe her and challenges Grammy to another game, under the condition that if he wins, no one will tell Walter and Audrey about the concert incident. Grammy agrees on the condition that if Drake loses, he will personally tell his parents about the concert. Drake loses the game and prepares to tell his parents what happened. However, when Audrey and Walter come home, Grammy steps in and stops Drake from telling them. Grammy then explains that since Drake paid her back the $200 and was willing to tell his parents, that was a good enough punishment for her (Grammy instead tells Audrey and Walter that she beat Drake at basketball, leading to ridicule from Walter and Audrey towards him). Drake finally accepts Grammy as family, and they hug each other goodbye. Grammy then secretly sticks an envelope onto Drake's back, paying him back the $200 he gave her.