Working the Engels

Working the Engels

Working the Engels

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Working the Engels

2014- 2014

1 Seasons

12 Episodes

6.3(3 votes)

Canceled

Comedy

Family

Overview

A family of ne'er-do-wells must band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them a mountain of debt. The Engels must all go to work running Dad's storefront law firm, with one minor problem – daughter Jenna Engel is the only one who is qualified to practice law. Unfortunately for Jenna, this also means taking on her eccentric relatives as co-workers, including her self-involved mother Ceil, her pill-popping sister Sandy and her bad boy brother Jimmy. Jenna, the youngest sibling, becomes the unlikely family patriarch, running the law firm and keeping her crazy family together.

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Halfire Entertainment

Cast & Crew

4 members

Acting

Andrea Martin

Ceil Engel

Andrea Martin

Acting

Kacey Rohl

Jenna Engel

Kacey Rohl

Acting

Azura Skye

Sandy Engel-Karinsky

Azura Skye

Acting

Benjamin Arthur

Jimmy Engel

Benjamin Arthur

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