Season 1
13 episodes · Oct 30, 1995
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- S1E1
Family Val's
Oct 30, 199530mEllie's (Jean Smart) book tour is sidetracked by her college nemesis, Val (Faith Prince), who comes between Ellie and her publisher, best friend Dott Emerson (Mary McDonnell).
- S1E2
Who's Son is It Anyway?
Nov 6, 199530mWorried that her son is spending too much time with Val, Dott enlists Ellie's help in winning back her son's devotion by cooking him a meal. Meanwhile, Ellie and Stephano compete for the affections of Ellie's new bodyguard Wolf.
- S1E3
Sleeping with the Enemy
Nov 13, 199530mEllie's scheme to get Val out of her hair backfires when Val's estranged husband (Robert Clohessy) arrives to sweet-talk his wife back to New Jersy -- and ends up making a pass at Ellie.
- S1E4
Dolce & G'bye Now
Nov 20, 199530mStephano quits after a fight with Ellie, and a desperate Dott hires Val as his replacement.
- S1E6
The Naked and the Deadline
Dec 4, 199530mEllie is suffering from writer's block as the deadline for her latest novel passes, and Dott goes all out to break her out of it.
- S1E7
Finnigan's Rainbow
Dec 11, 199530mDott falls headlong for a motivational speaker, and Ellie goes to extremes to get her name in the tabloids.
- S1E8
We Ought to be in Pictures
Dec 18, 199530mA big-time TV producer (Jon Polito) sets out to make a miniseries from Ellie's latest novel, ""High Sierra Streetwalker."" Donna Mills plays the tempermental, hitrionic star signed for the lead.
- S1E9
Nip and Tuck
Jan 15, 199630mThe Prosepect of posing for a famous photographer has Dott and Ellie each considering a change of face by a famous plastic surgeon (Bronson Pinchot).
- S1E10
Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore
Jan 22, 199630mAfter suffering a heart attack during a sexual encounter with the doorman, Alice (Jayne Meadows) is forced to convalesce at her doting daughter Dott's.
- S1E11
Touching up Your Roots
Feb 5, 199630mA publicity campaign launching Ellie's new novel brings surprises gallore: a visit from her estranged, contrified parents -- and news that she is adopted.
- S1E12
I Found My Thrill on Nancy Garvey Hill
Feb 12, 199630mDott and Peter try to prevent Ellie from finding out they are meeting with her professional rival, romance novelist Nancy Garver Hill. Things become complicated when Dott finds out Nancy Garver Hill is actually a beer distributor named Chuck Rooney, and a confidentiality agreement prevents her from telling Ellie -- who has just begun an affair with Chuck.
- S1E13
The Family Jewels
Feb 26, 199630mHaving witnessed Dott's bond with Brendan during a robbery, Ellie decides to have a baby and begins interviewing prospective fathers.