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1. I'm Gregory Peck
Community Score
| 7.1 Good |
Kim is made executive producer of Blue Justice after the previous showrunner winds up in a mental institution. Meanwhile, she meets her true love, Mike, while on a blind date with someone else.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Cliff Levine (Maitre d') , Mark Harelik (Charles Kind), Mary Gordon Murray (Janet), Roxanne Beckford (Sheri), Dendrie Taylor (L.J.), Eileen Seeley (Lynne), Cameron Watson (Bartender), Thom Sharp (Tom Milner (uncredited))
2. Now, Where Were We?
Community Score
| 9.6 Superb |
Kim and Mike find it hard to schedule another date around both of their busy work schedules.
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Elizabeth Anne Smith (Piper), Walter Addison (Director)
3. A Dog Day Afternoon
Community Score
| 7.9 Good |
Kim is displeased to learn that Mike and his former girlfriend work together, and Gary is displeased that Kim is now his boss.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Talia Balsam (Jeannie Guthrie), Gretchen German (Lisa O'Malley), Elizabeth Anne Smith (Piper), Susan Beaubian (Woman #1), Carla Barnett (Woman #2)
4. My Way
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Kim and Mike both try to tell the other one how they should do their job.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Guest star: Mark Harelik (Charles Kind), Jon Tenney (Tony Madden)
5. Your Place or Mine? (a.k.a. Princess of the City)
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
Kim suspects Mike is cheating on her with another woman because he still hasn't invited her over to his place, but soon finds out the real, even more unflattering, reason why he hasn't when she finally does spend her first night there.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Guest star: Tyrees Allen (Line Producer)
6. You Like Me, You Really Like Me
Community Score
| 7.9 Good |
With Mike otherwise engaged, Kim has trouble finding a date to an awards ceremony for women, where she is being honored.
Director: Rob Schiller
Guest star: Talia Balsam (Jeannie Guthrie), Jon Tenney (Adams), Phyllis Timbes (Wendy Goldman), Victor Garber (Howard Guthrie), Maria Canals (Carmen)
7. The Ex-Files
Community Score
| 7.4 Good |
Kim runs into her ex, Paul Sterling, and, to Mike's chagrin, schedules a date with the man to lead him on after she mistakenly gets the impression that he still carries a torch for her.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , John Shea (Paul Sterling), Talia Balsam (Jeannie Guthrie), Kim Murphy (Heddy), Wayne Wilderson (Waiter)
8. The Lost Weekend (1)
Community Score
| 7.3 Good |
Thanksgiving at Kim's is nearly ruined when Mike discovers that Kim, Gary and Rob all make more than he does, while Gary and his significant other, Patty, have an argument over a prenup.
Director: Ken Levine
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , Kelly Mullis (Cindy)
9. The Lost Weekend (2)
Community Score
| 7.6 Good |
Kim and Mike try to find a way to get rid of Gary, and then wind up in their own lovers' spat over living arrangements.
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , Cherie Michan (Maggie), Ray Laska (Croupier), Lou Cutell (Shiny)
10. Presumed Impotent
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
Mike is humiliated when Kim takes a character on Blue Justice that he presumptuously told everyone she based on him, and makes him impotent.
Director: Kim Friedman
Guest star: Nike Doukas (Sheri Sadler), Scott Thompson Baker (MacMillan [Bob]), Lynnie Godfrey (Michelle), Larry Brandenburg (Judge [Andrew Vaupen]), Dru Mouser (Debby), Scott Williams (Director), John Pappas (Defendant), Peggy Mannix (Court Reporter), Eric Trules (Bailiff)
11. Love Hurts
Community Score
| 7.6 Good |
During their three-month anniversary, Kim puts Mike through hell after she hurts her neck while making out with him in the backseat of their car.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Guest star: Keith Sellon-Wright (Paramedic)
12. Risky Christmas
Community Score
| 7.9 Good |
Rob gets himself in the holiday spirit by eloping to Las Vegas with Mike's younger sister, Katy.
Director: David Lee
Guest star: Susan Egan (Katy Ryan), Lou Cutell (Shiny), Ray Laska (Croupier)
13. Mind Games
First aired: 1/14/1996 Production Code: 013Kim and Mike play mind games to get the other to call first, after they both agreed to spend some time apart without phone communication.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , Gretchen German (Lisa O'Malley), Leilani Jones-Wilmore (Officer Sanchez), Jonathan McMurtry (Homeless Man), Neal Kopit (Officer Reed), Terry Hoyos (Officer Escalante), Larina Adamson (Woman in Jail)
14. Overly Meditated
Community Score
| 7.5 Good |
An overworked Kim drags Mike along to a weekend getaway at a meditation resort.
Director: Jeff Melman
Guest star: Joseph Kell (Dr. Geoff), Erick Avari (Dave), Mary Jo Smith (Woman Making Love [voiceover] [uncredited])
15. El Pollo Loco
Community Score
| 7.8 Good |
Kim decides to take a vacation from the show so she can spend time at home cooking for Mike, but she soon learns there's more to good food than following the recipe. Meanwhile, Gary takes over for her and blows his first task -- literally.
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Tom Everett (Director), Nike Doukas (Sheri Sadler), Dorian Spencer (Assistant), Heidi L. Lotito (Lana), Michael Wajacs (Vargas)
16. Auto Neurotic
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
Kim, Gary, Neal and Rob seek revenge on antagonistic Hollywood producer Alex Thorpe after Kim accidentally dings his car.
Director: Jeff Melman
Guest star: Mary Jo Smith (Denise) , Tony Shalhoub (Alex Thorpe), Eileen Seeley (L.J.), Roxanne Beckford (Roxy), David Correia (Officer Suarez), Jeff Witzke (Waiter)
17. A Midseason Night's Sex Comedy
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
Kim throws a party for the Blue Justice crew, where she and Mike decide to fix up newly-single Rob and Gary.
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , Susan Egan (Katy Ryan), Cindy Katz (Julie [Freeman]), Leigh-Allyn Baker (Gina), Donald Willis (Co-worker)
18. Suites for the Sweet
Community Score
| 7.1 Good |
When Sheri is taken ill with the flu three days before an episode focusing on her is to be shot, and they don't have a backup script on hand, Kim has to rethink her weekend getaway with Mike. She ends up going, but little does Mike know that she's booked Gary, Rob and Neal in the suite across so the four can secretly pen a new script.
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Mary Jo Smith (Denise) , Craig Ferguson (Peter Church)
19. Being Fired Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Kim is riddled with guilt when she has to fire an incompetent assistant, Becky, and looks to make it up to her after the woman doesn't take it well and subsequently gets into an accident.
20. Lights, Camera, Mike?!
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Kim rewards Mike's decision to take a day off to support her on the set by giving him a featured extra role -- which she soon comes to regret.
Director: Jeff Melman
Guest star: Mary Jo Smith (Denise) , Nike Doukas (Sheri Sadler), Juan Garcia (Ricardo), James DiStefano (Snitch), Daniel Passer (Mike's Friend), Montae Russell (John), Denise Moses (Larinda), Steve Blackwood (Restaurant Patron)
21. The Hunted House
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
Kim and Gary find themselves competing for the deed to a house. Meanwhile, Mike wants to move in with Kim, but she's not sure if she wants to move in with him.
Director: Stan Daniels
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp) , Dee Dee Rescher (Micki [Schuster]), Mitzi McCall (Ronnie [Shutterman]), Layne Beamer (Bill Fletcher)
22. Moving In (1)
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
Shortly after Kim and Mike move into their new house, Mike's parents, Mary and Tom, arrive from Baltimore to check out their son's partner.
Director: Leonard R. Garner Jr.
Guest star: Sarah Ann Morris (Shannon) , Bonnie Franklin (Mary Ryan), Charles Hallahan (Tom Ryan), Traci Adell (Actress #1)
23. Moving In (2)
First aired: 4/15/1996 Production Code: 023Kim's numerous attempts to win over Mary don't work, especially after the two get trapped in an elevator together.
Director: Ken Levine
Guest star: Bonnie Franklin (Mary Ryan), Charles Hallahan (Tom Ryan), Christopher Michael Moore (Service Guy)
24. It's a Wrap!
First aired: 4/22/1996 Production Code: 024After the season wraps, Kim hears that Blue Justice is going to be cancelled, and uses her newfound unemployment to tell everybody off at the wrap party.
Director: Ken Levine
Guest star: Lisa Edelstein (Patty Karp), Sarah Ann Morris (Shannon), Mary Jo Smith (Denise), Cliff Levine (Maitre d') , Mark Harelik (Charles Kind), Tim Hopper (Tony Madden), Montae Russell (John), Stacey Brooks (Secretary), Mary Gordon Murray (Janet), Brian Gewirtz (Brian)
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