Season 1

Episodes • 1995

Jonathan Silverman
Jessica Hecht
Mark Moses
Joey Slotnick
Ming-Na Wen
Ernest Borgnine
Pilot

1. Pilot

min

Jonathan endures a setup at Matt and Janeane's with a hideous girl, while missing the heavyweight fight on pay-per-view.

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Tennis

2. Tennis

min

Sam fixes Jonathan up with Christie, an expert at all sports. Jonathan's macho competitive streak risks a great relationship. Sam takes secret tennis lessons so he can beat Matt.

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Gift

3. Gift

min

Jonathan is forced to scramble when he promises to take his girlfriend to an exclusive French restaurant in a rare 1962 car wth reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

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Babysitting

4. Babysitting

min

Jonathan discovers that women are attracted to a man with a baby when he babysits Sebastian.

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Charity

5. Charity

min

Jonathan is shocked when he learns that Matt does charity work. He wonders whether he's evil because he has no inclination to do likewise.

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Neighbors

6. Neighbors

min

Jonathan stays with his homosexual neighbors when his apartment requires extensive repairs. He and Janeane's friend Ross go to the theater together, each worried the other is gay.

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Mugging

7. Mugging

min

Jonathan dates 'Danger Girl', a woman who's only excited in dangerous situations. The gang is mugged, causing Janeane to consider moving to Connecticut.

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Sister

8. Sister

min

Jonathan takes up with Janeane's sister Paula who's visiting for Thanksgiving. Despite their mutual dislike of each other, they can't stay away.

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Attraction

9. Attraction

min

Jonathan meets the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, she works for his current girlfriend. A greatful client gives Garth Brooks' lucky cowboy hat to Sam, giving him confidence he never knew he had.

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Midnight

10. Midnight

min

Jonathan pines for Amanda on New Years Eve, after he spies her out with Broadway actor Jamie Barron.

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Communication

11. Communication

min

Jonathan falls for a TV commercial actress, the 'Butter Girl'. He gets an opportunity to meet her, only to find she only speaks French. Oddly enough she goes home with Jonathan, even though they don't understand a word the other says. Trudy throws Sam out when he tells a deeply embarrassing story about her.

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Nineteen

12. Nineteen

min

Jonathan dates a fabulous girl only to discover she's only 19-years-old. Janeane ventures to a tattoo parlor to prove she's still hip and 'with it'. Sam and Trudy house an 'artist' who steals objects and calls it art.

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Distance

13. Distance

min

Jonathan dates Janeane's sister Martha and revels in their no-strings-attached, NY/Washington D.C. relationship. Sam and Janeane decide they're perfect together so try a little matchmaking.

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Rival

14. Rival

min

Jonathan competes with an old college rival to get a famous author's quote on the jacket of his new book.

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Pudding

15. Pudding

min

Manny is fired when the tenant association votes to install a security system. Meanwhile Janeane and Matt's building fires their doorman for sloppy work. Sam borrows money from a fraternity to invest in a 'trapezoid scheme'

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Affair

16. Affair

min

Jonathan worries that Sam is having an affair with Paula Abdul.

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Wedding

17. Wedding

min

Jonathan attends the wedding of his college girlfriend. Manny sits on a jury.

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Poetry

18. Poetry

min

Jonathan confronts a columnist after she writes a scathing review of his book. Sam and Trudy try to beat a Three Card Monte dealer, Freaky Lou. Matt tries to write a poem for Janeane for their fifth anniversary.

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Lovenest

19. Lovenest

min

Jonathan pursues Charlie McCarthy, even following her to Seattle in the hopes of starting a relationship. Meanwhile, Sam, Trudy, Janeane, and Matt discover the sensuous powers of Jonathan's apartment.

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Kids

20. Kids

min

Sam and Trudy watch Sebastian, Matt and Janeane's child, for a night to see if they're ready for parenthood. Sam and Trudy impulsively take Sebastian to Madison Square Garden to see a boxing match and pay the price for their recklessness when they're trapped on the subway.

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Pop

21. Pop

min

Jonathan discovers that his dad's new fiancée is one of his old lovers. Meanwhile Sam discovers an old recording that he thinks is by the Beatles.

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Moving

22. Moving

min

Jonathan plays musical apartments when his building is temporarily closed for asbestos removal and he and Charlie can't bring themselves to move in together. Sam is down when he quits his job and finds out the $9,000 he invested with Matt has evaporated.

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