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Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Year: 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: The First Episode

8 July 1990
Book editor Martin Tupper doesn't want to admit his marriage is over.

Season 1, Episode 2: Death Takes a Coffee Break

15 July 1990
Can book editor Martin Tupper's day get any worse? It starts with a dose from an exterminator at 6:30AM, then losing his coat in a cab door, and progresses to being assaulted by a zoftig female author whose book he rejected. His pal Eddie fixes him up with a amorous 20 year old, but movie-mad Martin ends up in an ER.

Season 1, Episode 3: Sex and the Single Father

22 July 1990

Season 1, Episode 4: Sole Sister

29 July 1990

Season 1, Episode 5: Angst for the Memories

5 August 1990

Season 1, Episode 6: ...And Sheep Are Nervous

12 August 1990

Season 1, Episode 7: Over Your Dead Body

19 August 1990

Season 1, Episode 8: Martin Gets Lucky

26 August 1990

Season 1, Episode 9: Three Coins in the Dryer

2 September 1990

Season 1, Episode 10: The Trojan War

9 September 1990

Season 1, Episode 11: Up the River

16 September 1990

Season 1, Episode 12: 555-HELL

23 September 1990
Bored after breaking up with Nina, Martin is phoning anybody and everybody, when he accidentally takes a call meant for the suicide helpline. The caller is Irma, who he somehow persuades not to 'do the deed', while his apartment is filling up with his associates. Then they leave! This may not be the most entertaining plot summary in the world but it IS what happens.

Season 1, Episode 13: Doing the Bossa Nova

30 September 1990

Season 1, Episode 14: Premarital Ex

7 October 1990

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told

7 July 1991

Season 2, Episode 2: And Your Little Dog, Too

14 July 1991

Season 2, Episode 3: The 37-Year Itch

21 July 1991

Season 2, Episode 4: Calling the Kettle Black

28 July 1991

Season 2, Episode 5: Futile Attraction

4 August 1991

Season 2, Episode 6: No, I'm Just Happy to See You

11 August 1991

Season 2, Episode 7: What I Did for Lust

18 August 1991

Season 2, Episode 8: Play Melville for Me

25 August 1991

Season 2, Episode 9: To Have and Have and Have and Have Not

1 September 1991

Season 2, Episode 10: Pants on Fire

8 September 1991

Season 2, Episode 11: The Charlotte Letter

15 September 1991

Season 2, Episode 12: The Name of the Game Is Five-Card Stud

22 September 1991

Season 2, Episode 13: So Funny I Forgot to Laugh

29 September 1991

Season 2, Episode 14: Toby or Not Toby

6 October 1991

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: And Bimbo Was His Name-O Part I

6 June 1992

Season 3, Episode 2: And Bimbo Was His Name-O Part II

6 June 1992

Season 3, Episode 3: Nightmare on Bleecker Street

13 June 1992

Season 3, Episode 4: For Peter's Sake

20 June 1992

Season 3, Episode 5: Terms of Employment

27 June 1992

Season 3, Episode 6: For Richard or for Poorer

4 July 1992
Martin coughs up a kidney for Richard.. for Judith.

Season 3, Episode 7: Bad Girls

11 July 1992

Season 3, Episode 8: Here Comes the Bribe

18 July 1992

Season 3, Episode 9: May Divorce Be with You

25 July 1992

Season 3, Episode 10: Come and Knock on Our Door...

1 August 1992

Season 3, Episode 11: B.S. Elliot

8 August 1992

Season 3, Episode 12: What Women Want

15 August 1992

Season 3, Episode 13: Red All Over

22 August 1992

Season 3, Episode 14: The Rocky Marriage Picture Show

29 August 1992

Season 3, Episode 15: Martin Over Medium

5 September 1992
Martin worries when a young coworker dies. He goes to a psychic to get a prediction of his death. While under hypnosis he has a vision of a previous life where he was a woman and worried her husband was going to die. He sees himself as a man on death row. He keeps going back to the psychic until he sees a vision of himself living.

Season 3, Episode 16: Theory of Relativity

12 September 1992
Martin sees his baby cousin for the first time in years and she's all grown up. Their elderly aunt catches them kissing and has a mild heart attack. She tells them she had similar feelings and reminds the kids to not act on them.

Season 3, Episode 17: Up All Night

19 September 1992
Martin is ready to leave the office on Friday afternoon when he finds out a writes wife has shredded a book, due at the printers on Monday morning. He, the writer, and Toby spend all weekend putting it back together, and get on each others nerves in the process. The writer stands up to his abusive wife and falls for Toby as well. Martin gives up a date with a gorgeous Swedish blonde and fantasizes about her the whole time. When the wife catches all of them at work she destroys the book again. Martin contemplates suicide.

Season 3, Episode 18: The Guilty Party

26 September 1992
Martin insists on throwing Eddie a bachelor party, despite the protests of Eddie himself and most everyone else. It goes poorly with everyone not drinking or enjoying themselves, until the stripper arrives. Then it gets even worse.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Son Also Rises

3 October 1992
Martin is missing condoms and learns Jeremy is starting to grow up. Judith seems calm until it finally strikes home he might actually have sex.

Season 3, Episode 20: Domestic Bliss

10 October 1992

Season 3, Episode 21: It Came from Beneath the Sink

17 October 1992

Season 3, Episode 22: No Deposit, No Return

24 October 1992
An old friend asks Martin for his sperm so she can have a baby. When he starts to develop feelings for the baby she has to remind him what his place is.

Season 3, Episode 23: To the Moon, Alex!

31 October 1992
A new guy at the publishing house threatens to destroy Martin with underhanded moves, until he enlists friends to fight back.

Season 3, Episode 24: The Undergraduate

7 November 1992

Season 3, Episode 25: Dance Ten, Sex Three

14 November 1992

Season 3, Episode 26: Key for Two

21 November 1992

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape

2 June 1993
While filming his son out on the streets Martin accidentally catches a beloved child entertainer receiving services from a street walker. He confronts the star in his dressing room in an effort to get him to clean up his act. The man offers his penis instead. In anger, Martin sells the tape to his pal Eddie to run on his show. Once the hooker incident is made public, the entertainer throws himself off a building. Martin meets the daughter in an effort to console her pain. He confesses his role in the expose, and she sues him. They go to trial where all of Martins mis-deeds are put under the public eye. He settles only to find out the daughter always knew that a hit man had actually killed her father.

Season 4, Episode 2: The French Conception

9 June 1993
Martins old girlfriend Julie comes to him looking for payment for an abortion. Martin is trying to sell his old apartment, now that he's living with Julies mom.

Season 4, Episode 3: Depth Be Not Proud

16 June 1993
Eddie loses his job as a talk show host. Martin tries to cheer him up by offering to start a magazine together. Martin works too hard on the project and when Gibby calls him on it, they fight and Martin quits. Eddie gets a job as a morning talk show host and quits on the magazine. Martin goes crawling back for his job.

Season 4, Episode 4: Pop Secret

23 June 1993
Martins dad visits New York after his divorce. He goes on a date with Toby's mom but nothing happens. Martin is suspicious and goes to see him at Rogers house. While there he notices the lack of space for two people and begins to wonder if his dad is gay. He eventually confronts his father and learns the truth.

Season 4, Episode 5: Reach Out and Touch Yourself

30 June 1993
When Martin finds some old savings bonds he decides to reinvest the money. Toby convinces him to start her phone stock tips business but it does poorly. She gets inspiration to change it to a phone sex line, of which Martin disapproves.

Season 4, Episode 6: Home Sweet Homeboy

7 July 1993
Eddie tries to get in touch with his black roots after an incident on his talk show. Martin tries to support him but finds it a little annoying.

Season 4, Episode 7: A Midsummer Night's Dream On

14 July 1993
Martin, Eddie and Judith spend a weekend at a cabin with their old college friends. Passions spark and secrets are revealed. Martin fusses over a 20 year old misdeed.

Season 4, Episode 8: The Book, the Thief, Her Boss and His Lover

21 July 1993

Season 4, Episode 9: Super Freak

28 July 1993
Martin falls for his sexy superintendent during a New York heat wave. When the passion fizzles he tries to dump her, with disastrous results to his utilities.

Season 4, Episode 10: One Ball, Two Strikes

4 August 1993
Martin is irritated about having to attend a crummy office party. He meets a gorgeous blonde and she jumps his bones. Later that night he learns its actually Gibby's girlfriend. The next morning Gibby tells Martin he suspects the girlfriend of cheating on him and confesses it may be due to his missing testicle. When Gibby eventually learns its because he's a great big jerk he no longer has a problem with it.

Season 4, Episode 11: Portrait by the Artist on the Young Man

11 August 1993
Jeremy shows up with a tattoo on his arm. Martin disapproves angrily while Judith displays a more rational response. The two men fight and eventually Judith gives in to the suggestion of having it removed.

Season 4, Episode 12: And Bobby Makes Three

18 August 1993
While helping Judith attend a lamas class, Martin sees an old girlfriend and starts up a new relationship. Things seem to be going well until her babies daddy shows up at the door.

Season 4, Episode 13: Silent Night, Holy Cow Part I

18 December 1993
Martin gets roped into taking Judith around on Christmas while her husband is in Rome. Toby sees the Virgin Mary in his broken glass. Eddie tries to juggle multiple girlfriends and spends Christmas alone. Jeremy has sex for the first time and it doesn't go so well. Martin and Judith cant get a room in town and end up stuck in the snow when her water breaks.

Season 4, Episode 14: Silent Night, Holy Cow Part II

18 December 1993

Season 4, Episode 15: Brother of the Bride

19 January 1994
Martins sister Susan calls up to announce she's eloping and she wants him (and only him) at the wedding. Martin spills the beans to his curmudgeonly, gay father, who somehow gets the word around town to his mom. Eventually they get all their friends and family to attend, much to Susans dismay.

Season 4, Episode 16: Blinded by the Cheese

26 January 1994
Martin gets blinded by hot cheese fondue and ends up in the hospital. A sexy nurse takes pity on him and eventually they have an affair. When his bandages are removed he is surprised to find she's considerably older than he is. They try dating but Martin cant get images of grandma out of his mind. She dumps him when he is caught checking out young gals at the gym.

Season 4, Episode 17: Hey, Nanny Nanny

2 February 1994

Season 4, Episode 18: The Second Coming

9 February 1994

Season 4, Episode 19: Martin Tupper in 'Magnum Farce'

16 February 1994

Season 4, Episode 20: Where There's Smoke, You're Fired

23 February 1994

Season 4, Episode 21: Blame It on Reo

2 March 1994

Season 4, Episode 22: From Here to Paternity

9 March 1994

Season 4, Episode 23: A Face Worse Than Death

16 March 1994

Season 4, Episode 24: Felines... Nothing More Than Felines

23 March 1994

Season 4, Episode 25: Stone Cold

30 March 1994

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: The Taking of Pablum 1-2-3: Part I

22 June 1994

Season 5, Episode 2: The Taking of Pablum 1-2-3: Part II

29 June 1994

Season 5, Episode 3: 'Tis Pity She's a Neighbor

6 July 1994
Martin's new neighbor makes an awful lot of noise in bed. One night when he's had enough he goes over to complain and finds a gorgeous brunette at the door. She claims the noise is her roommate. Martin asks her over to his place for coffee and they end up having wild passionate sex. In the morning Martin learns the horrible truth.

Season 5, Episode 4: Steinway to Heaven

13 July 1994
When Martins mother passes away unexpectedly he finds himself with a beat up old piano and a quest to fulfill her last wishes.

Season 5, Episode 5: Judy and the Beast

20 July 1994

Season 5, Episode 6: The Homecoming Queen

27 July 1994

Season 5, Episode 7: I'm with Stupid

3 August 1994
Martin isn't happy with his current girlfriends brain, so he finds a new one smarter than him, which proves to be even more stressful and intimidating.

Season 5, Episode 8: Attack of the 59-Inch Woman

10 August 1994

Season 5, Episode 9: Those Who Can't, Edit

17 August 1994

Season 5, Episode 10: Off-Off Broadway Bound

24 August 1994

Season 5, Episode 11: Hack Like Me

31 August 1994

Season 5, Episode 12: I Never Promised You Charoses, Martin

7 September 1994
Jeremy decides to embrace Christianity much to Martins distress. He tries to introduce him to Judaism at Judith's dinner party but it ends up causing a family feud.

Season 5, Episode 13: The Courtship of Martin's Father

14 September 1994
Martins dad breaks up with his old boyfriend and decides to move in with Martin. The stress of living with is father prompts Martin to take him to a gay bar and find some companionship. Martins father meets Martins current book author and the two hit it off, forcing Martin to intervene when gay overtones threaten to take over the book.

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Season 6

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Season 6, Episode 1: Try Not to Remember

19 July 1995
Martin has difficulty in bed and goes to a psychiatrist to learn he was molested as a child.

Season 6, Episode 2: Bess You Is Not My Woman Now

11 October 1995
An old friend comes back to New York and Martin thinks she's interested in him. What he doesnt know is she actually wants to meet Judith.

Season 6, Episode 3: Long Distance Runaround

2 August 1995
Eddie moves to Hollywood for work and Martin realizes they cant be long distance friends. He finds another buddy back in New York right around the time Eddie gets fired.

Season 6, Episode 4: Significant Author

9 August 1995
Desperate for a hit book, Martin signs up a well known author only to find out the mans next work is Toby Pedalbee.

Season 6, Episode 5: 9 1/2 Days

16 August 1995
One of Martins seemingly uptight writers turns out to be a closet sex addict. Things get strange for him when she asks to have another woman join them.

Season 6, Episode 6: Beam Me Up, Dr. Spock

23 August 1995

Season 6, Episode 7: Take Two Tablets, and Get Me to Mt. Sinai

30 August 1995

Season 6, Episode 8: Music in My Veins: Part I

13 September 1995

Season 6, Episode 9: Music in My Veins: Part II

20 September 1995

Season 6, Episode 10: Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport

27 September 1995

Season 6, Episode 11: She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will

4 October 1995

Season 6, Episode 12: Flight of the Pedalbee

11 October 1995

Season 6, Episode 13: Am I Blue

18 October 1995

Season 6, Episode 14: Home Is Where the Cart Is

1 November 1995

Season 6, Episode 15: Little Orphan Eddie

8 November 1995

Season 6, Episode 16: Toby's Choice

15 November 1995

Season 6, Episode 17: The Weekend at the College Didn't Turn Out Like They Planned

22 November 1995

Season 6, Episode 18: Second Time Aground

24 January 1996

Season 6, Episode 19: The Spirit of 76th & Park

31 January 1996

Season 6, Episode 20: All About Louie

7 February 1996

Season 6, Episode 21: The Way We War

14 February 1996

Season 6, Episode 22: Springtime for Tupper

21 February 1996

Season 6, Episode 23: Hey Diddle Diddle

28 February 1996

Season 6, Episode 24: Cupid Is as Cupid Does

6 March 1996

Season 6, Episode 25: Tenants, Anyone?

13 March 1996

Season 6, Episode 26: Finale - Part One

20 March 1996

Season 6, Episode 27: Finale with a Vengeance

27 March 1996