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| Episode 1 - [Paul Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest] |
| Details : While acting as the Mayor's divorce lawyer Michael is attracted to his opponent Laurie Parres. Meanwhile the press thinks Paul has suffered a nervous breakdown so Michael enlists a psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin to pronounce Paul sane. But his plans go awry when Dr. Benjamin unexpectedly commits Paul to an institution. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mark Linn-Baker | Paula Marshall | Writer : Bill Lawrence | |
| Air Date : Sep. 24, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Porn In The U s a] |
| Details : When Mike's new girlfriend Laurie bonds with Nikki Mike must compete with his own staffer for Laurie's attention and free time. Meanwhile Paul's bombshell mom dazzles his coworkers when she visits the office and the Mayor is in a mess over an X-rated video. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Jacobson | Paula Marshall | Raquel Welch | |
| Air Date : Oct. 01, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Wonder Woman] |
| Details : Mike finds out that his new girlfriend Laurie isn't looking for commitment which he thinks is great-- at first. Meanwhile James has a mysterious new hobby which Stuart and Carter are determined to uncover. And Janelle asks for a raise with surprising results. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Linda Stephens | Paula Marshall | |
| Air Date : Oct. 08, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [The Goodbye Girl] |
| Details : Michael tries to dissuade the Mayor from a relationship with Jennifer a much younger woman. However as Mike deals with his own relationship troubles Jennifer makes a pass at him. Meanwhile Paul is acting as Michael's assistant and enjoying it so much that he can't bring himself to hire the best candidate for the job Stacy Paterno. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Maples | Paula Marshall | Jennifer Esposito | Writer : Gayle Abrams | |
| Air Date : Oct. 15, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [In The Heat Of The Day] |
| Details : While jogging in the park to support the Mayor's fitness initiative Carter is apprehended by the police who mistake him for a mugger. To Carter's chagrin Michael wants to downplay the incident for political reasons while Carter wants to publicize his own outrage. Meanwhile Paul becomes paranoid that he himself is a racist; and James struggles to pull off a successful date with the new supply girl Katie. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Raúl Esparza | Jennifer Esposito | |
| Air Date : Oct. 22, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Radio Daze] |
| Details : The Mayor agrees to a mock election with a popular disc jockey. Meanwhile the women in the office compete for the affections of the water delivery man. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brian Van Holt | Kathie Lee Gifford | Jennifer Esposito | Regis Philbin | |
| Air Date : Oct. 29, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [The Thirty Year Itch] |
| Details : As Mike's 30th birthday approaches he is reminded of a promise he made to his high-school sweetheart Renee Miller long ago: If they were both still single by the time Mike turned 30 they'd reunite at the top of the Empire State Building on his birthday. Both of them keep their promise with surprising results. Meanwhile the Mayor wonders if his nephew is gay. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Geneva Carr | Jennifer Esposito | Tracy Pollan | |
| Air Date : Nov. 05, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [My Life Is A Soap Opera] |
| Details : When Mike begins dating Lisa a writer from the soap opera All My Children he starts to see their dating life echoed on episodes of the popular serial: A new hunk named Mick Flannery joins All My Children and woos the resident vixen Gillian--until she reveals their bedroom secrets to Edmund. Meanwhile Stuart plays gay in order to get dates with beautiful women. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Susan Floyd | Esta TerBlanche | Jennifer Esposito | John Callahan | Kim Raver | |
| Air Date : Nov. 12, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Family Affair Part 1] |
| Details : Mike's mom Macy is visiting for a week and she and the Mayor hit it off better than Mike ever imagined or feared. Meanwhile Nikki dates Steve a ventriloquist whose dummy Mr. Bungle is more romantic (and talkative) than Steve. And Stacy and Stuart scheme to get Hank an elderly security guard his job back after he accidentally shoots Paul. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meredith Baxter | Jennifer Esposito | Writer : Brian Buckner | |
| Air Date : Nov. 19, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Family Affair Part 2] |
| Details : Mike must choose between protecting his mom Macy and protecting the Mayor when he tries to spin the Mayor out of a new scandal--His Honor's alibi would reveal that he spent the night with Macy instead of a prostitute. Meanwhile Paul is sued and goes to The People's Court to defend his case. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meredith Baxter | Ed Koch | David Aaron Baker | Jay Russell | |
| Air Date : Nov. 26, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [They Shoot Horses Don't They] |
| Details : The Mayor's free-thinking daughter Meg with whom he has a somewhat strained relationship puts the bare in bareback when she disrupts a rally with hansom-carriage drivers in Central Park to draw attention to her animal rights stance--and not coincidentally herself. Meantime the gang tries to reunite a needy Paul with ex-girlfriend Claudia but he's smitten with his new pen-pal. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Alyssa Milano | Writer : Laurie Parres | |
| Air Date : Dec. 10, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Miracle Near 34th Street] |
| Details : Mike struggles to make the children of New York believe again after the Mayor tells them that there is no Santa. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Harrington Bland | Writer : Gayle Abrams | |
| Air Date : Dec. 17, 1997 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Same Time Next Year] |
| Details : A champagne filled New Year's celebration at the Mayor's mansion gets out of control resulting in more than a little embarrassment the next day especially for Mike and Nikki. On the big night Nikki's date Jay two-times her and a protective Mike not only gets even--he gets Nikki. Meanwhile Stuart is undone over the death of his family cat and Stacy makes James question his own virility. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Bryce | |
| Air Date : Jan. 07, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [The Paul Lassiter Story] |
| Details : The usually indomitable Mike can't cope at the office because of upsetting news he's unwilling to share--his doctor suspects Mike has prostate cancer. The timing couldn't be worse since the Mayor needs Mike to help write his newest book so Mike brings in best-selling author Donald Trump to advise the Mayor on writing. Meanwhile a chair-snatching bureaucrat is terrorizing the staffers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sam Lloyd | Donald Trump | Jennifer Van Dyck | Stephen Kunken | Writer : Bill Lawrence | |
| Air Date : Jan. 21, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Gentleman's Agreement] |
| Details : Mike tries to dissuade the Mayor from joining a club for males only. Stuart joins the City Hall all-female reading group. Paul schools James in playing three-card monty. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Yasiin Bey | Josh Stamberg | Writer : Tim Hobert | |
| Air Date : Jan. 28, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Deaf Man Walking] |
| Details : Stacey's grandmother puts a curse on Mike after he convinces her to move out into Manhattan. The Mayor is concerned he's losing his hearing. And there's a void in Stuart's life after he is moved upstairs and is not allowed to make sarcastic comments anymore. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Adam Graves | John Harrington Bland | Dan Cloutier | Pat LaFontaine | Richard Portnow | Maria Tucci | |
| Air Date : Feb. 25, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [The Marrying Men Part 1] |
| Details : Faced with the prospect of spending Valentine's Day alone for the first time in eighteen years Mike is thrilled when old flame Laurie steps back into his life. But he doesn't know what to do when she discovers a ring Mike was holding for Paul and assumes it's for her. Meanwhile Paul plans to propose to Claudia. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jimmy Fallon | Paula Marshall | |
| Air Date : Mar. 04, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [One Wedding And A Funeral Part 2] |
| Details : When Laurie accepts Mike's proposal he begins to worry that they are too different. Meanwhile Paul struggles to get the courage to propose to Claudia and various staff members fantasize about what their life would be like if they married Mike. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Paula Marshall | |
| Air Date : Mar. 11, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [A River Runs Through Me] |
| Details : Mike suggests the staff undergo drug testing to demonstrate the mayor's new anti-drug campaign. But after he accidentally gets high while visiting some Native Americans he risks failing the drug test that he initiated. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ned Romero | Raquel Welch | Writer : Laurie Parres | |
| Air Date : Mar. 18, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [The Pope Of Gracie Mansion] |
| Details : The Pope is visiting New York City leading to spiritual revitalizations for Mike and the mayor. Carter fixes Nikki up with a friend of his. And Paul's turtle is loose in City Hall. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Ryan | |
| Air Date : Apr. 01, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Bye Bye Birdie] |
| Details : The staff prepares for Paul and Claudia's bachelor and bachelorette parties as the city prepares to unveil a new statue that it commissioned. The girls play I Never..... Paul's party is in the office because the Mayor can't go to strip clubs. The new statue called The Bird is you guessed it.... The girls think a visiting priest is a stripper because of a prank pulled by Stuart. James and Carter go to the hardware store and it is robbed with them in it. Mike is trapped in the store too after he goes checking for James and Carter. Stacy sends the guys the male stripper Stuart canceled for the girls. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anthony Mangano | David Lee Russek | Writer : Brian Buckner | |
| Air Date : Apr. 29, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [The Lady Or The Tiger] |
| Details : A female magician performs at City Hall and Mike asks her out. Stuart and Carter purchase a bar. After sleeping together and telling him she's not interested in a long-term relationship the magician says I love you to Mike. Stuart wants to make the bar a gay bar. Mike has trouble breaking up with his girlfriend. The bar is closed because it was missing a permit leaving Stuart and Carter penniless. Mike finally tells his girlfriend how he feels and they break up. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Noelle Beck | Writer : Gayle Abrams | |
| Air Date : May. 06, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [Single White Male] |
| Details : Stuart lobbies to become Carter's roommate. After Carter's apartment is robbed he must let Stuart stay. A rat on the loose in City Hall wreaks havoc on the staff and Paul's cat. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Amy Poehler | John Harrington Bland | Jonathan Walker | |
| Air Date : May. 06, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 24 - [The Paul-Bearer] |
| Details : The Mayor has a stuttering problem. And Mike has a big problem when he promises to coordinate Paul and Claudia's wedding but discovers that the church is also booked for a funeral at the same time. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Milo O’Shea | Karen Shallo | Writer : Tim Hobert | |
| Air Date : May. 20, 1998 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |