Achar! - Episode Guide

Stephanie Chang, from a Chinese family meets Ajay Chabria, from an Indian family; they have fallen in love and plan to marry. Their main problem—nosy, fussy, interfering parents.

Stephanie and Ajay return from their two week Hawaiian honeymoon expecting to begin their life together in a freshly redecorated apartment only to find that their parents interference has caused the contractor to quit.

As Stephanie and Ajay settle into their apartment the parents attempt to beg borrow or steal copies of the keys.

Uma insists on giving Stephanie lessons on Indian cooking. To save herself from the cooking lessons Stephanie begs her mother to teach teach Uma how to play Mahjong. Owen shows up very drunk when his new girlfriend dumps him.

Ajay and Stephanie discuss getting a pet. Eavesdropping Walter thinks Stephanie is pregnant and tells Vincent, Rosalind, and Uma. When the happy couple deny the pregnancy, their parents think an abortion is being planned. Walter starts an internet relationship with someone he believes is an older woman and sends her picture of Ajay. The woman in reality is an 11 year old girl whose parents report Ajay to the police.

Uma uses Stephanie's busy work schedule as an excuse to baby Ajay, who is trying to study for exams. Walter's overly attentive parents are driving him crazy since Stephanie moved out so he runs away—to Stephanie. Meanwhile Ajay has also run away—to Walter's parents.

It's their six-month anniversary but Owen forces Stephanie to work late on a new ad campaign. Walter feels that his parents are nagging him so he packs up his PlayStation and sneaks off to the Chabria's apartment. Ajay becomes addicted to PlayStation and convinces Walter to leave it with him. Stephanie comes home at 4 am and is furious to find Ajay playing video games.

Vincent is injured trying to change an light bulb, requiring physiotherapy from a cute young woman. Jealous Rosalind, accompanied by Uma, spy on his gymnasium session. Stephanie is driving Ajay mad with her obsessive reading of woman's magazine articles.

Uma calls a mysterious special family gathering. A bored and curious Stephanie sneaks upstairs. An accident occurs and Stephanie thinks that she has broken the object that the family has been called together to see (Lakshmi had dropped it earlier). While Stephanie and Lakshmi desperately attempt to repair the broken Chabria family treasure, Vincent tries to distract Uma by teaching her to play "Twenty Questions".

Attempting to know Vincent better, Ajay is continually causing him injury. Stephanie plays matchmaker between her boss and Uma.

Vincent is jealous of Rosalind's dance instructor and gets Uma to take dance lessons with him to keep an eye on Rosalind. Stephanie says no when Owen wants her to give a dinner party for a woman he is trying to impress, so he talks Ajay into hosting the party.

Ajay's wedding ring mysteriously disappears when his pushy ex-girlfriend, Priya, is visiting from India. Lakshmi's family sends her a suitor, so Uma decides to teach her how to become a proper Indian woman.

Walter is frustrated by girls rejecting him. At a family dinner Walter asks, "What is love?", and each family member recalls how they knew that they were in love.

While at their respective jobs, Stephanie and Ajay realize that they have forgotten their first wedding anniversary. They each appeal their parents to set up a special a evening and make it appear that it was all pre-planned.

Ajay wants to learn Mandarin to help him at work. Stephanie and Rosalind try to help him. Uma thinks that it is time for Stephanie to learn Hindi. Vincent takes over Walter's school assignment.

Ajay and Stephanie give Rosalind and Uma credit cards. The couple have been spending too much time focusing on work so much to Ajay's displeasure Stephanie decides that they will take up fencing.

Ajay has an very important bank client (with a weird sense of humor) over to dinner who is under the impression that Priya is Ajay's wife and that Stephanie is the maid. Walter is plagued by an prominent pimple that the adults will not allow him to pop.

Qwen has finally pushed Stephanie too far, she quits her job. Stephanie vows to become an housewife with the help of Uma and Lakshmi, while Ajay becomes a verbally abusive pig.

A pushy little girl who has been chasing Walter turns her obsessive behavior toward Ajay. Stephanie and Owen use an Uma look-a-like to sell cooking oil, making Uma wonder why people are asking her for her autograph. Vincent is worried about his hair.

Owen begs everyone to tell him how to find Priya. Rosalind purchases a pregnancy test kit.

Stephanie has come down with chicken pox, scaring Ajay out of their apartment. Rosalind and Uma take classes in Chinese Opera, scaring everyone. Owen continues to chase after Priya.

With Stephanie away on business, Ajay wants some alone time. He ends up accidentally insulting Uma who gets revenge by using Owen as a son-substitute; but Owen is using Uma to get Priya's attention.

Vincent comes out of retirement to take up his dream job, making Stephanie feel that she may be holding Ajay back from his ideals.

Ajay's female boss aggressively pursues him. Vincent has been hired as a substitute mathematics teacher and is harassed by the students. It appears that Priya may give in to Owen's relentless attention.

The bank offers Ajay his dream job; a two year posting in New York, but Stephanie does not want to go.