8.4/1049 votesLoading...#1 - Oral Sex, Lies, and Video Tape
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/1993
Martin gets a new video camera and inadvertently videotapes children's television celebrity Uncle Bouncy committing a sex act with a prostitute in a public alleyway. Martin opts to caution Bouncy himself about his behavior in person before turning the tape over to him. But, Bouncy's abusive and intransigent attitude convinces him to sell the offending footage to Eddie for broadcast on his show.
Director: John Landis
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
8.2/1024 votesLoading...#2 - And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/6/1992
Martin decides to date Sandra regardless of the consequences.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
8.1/1040 votesLoading...#3 - For Peter's Sake
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/20/1992
Gibby convinces a reluctant Martin that the big Xmas book should be the memoirs of a gay man dying of AIDS.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
8.0/1047 votesLoading...#4 - The Name of the Game Is Five-Card Stud
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/22/1991
Gibby informs the crew that they are all fired, just to soften the blow that there will not be bonuses (not really fired). Martin is talked into a nickel and dime porker game with his co-workers. They play in Martin's apartment. Expecting pizza, Martin finds Gibby at the door. Carter, the brown nose, had told Gibby about the game. Gibby lays down a large pile of $100s (the firm is doing financially badly, not him). All but Martin want to play high stakes, until Martin sees his cards. After losing big ($12,000), Gibby starts betting vacation days. Eventually clothing and household appliances get bet.
Director: Rob Thompson
Writer: Theresa Rebeck
7.9/1051 votesLoading...#5 - Calling the Kettle Black
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/1991
Martin, while putting away Jeremy's laundry, comes across an adult magazine and a joint. Martin informs Judith, and they agree that Martin will have a talk with Jeremy. Jeremy agrees to not smoke pot, and Martin admits that he used to smoke pot a long time ago. After Martin discusses the matter with Eddie on the basketball court, they return to Martin's apartment. Eddie spots the joint and lights up. Martin joins him.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
7.8/1073 votesLoading...#6 - The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1991
During the filming of a movie about Judith's husband, Martin falls for the actress playing Judith, and Judith falls for the actor playing Richard.
Director: John Landis
Writer: David Crane
7.8/1045 votesLoading...#7 - What I Did for Lust
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/18/1991
Eddie pushes an ""ugly"" sister onto Martin to score points with Marsha. The ""ugly"" sister (Chloe) has a book (""The Feminist Manifesto"") she wants Martin to read. Martin likes Chloe (who isn't actually ugly), but hates the book. Reluctant to reveal his true feelings, and hoping his publisher with reject the book, Martin passes the book to Gibby. Gibby really likes the books market potential.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Theresa Rebeck
7.8/1037 votesLoading...#8 - And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/1992
Martin's romance with Sandra comes to an abrupt halt when he learns that she is the wife of a candidate for the Senate.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.7/1024 votesLoading...#9 - To the Moon, Alex!
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 10/31/1992
Gibby foists his possibly illegitimate son and Whitestone's newest editor upon Martin - Alex Farmer. Toby takes an immediate dislike to Alex and his secretary Skylar.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: N/A
7.6/1040 votesLoading...#10 - And Your Little Dog, Too
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/1991
Australians have bought Whitestone, and great change is in the air. Gibby Fiske makes his first appearance as the new boss at Whitestone, and he doesn't want to publish literature. Gibby calls Whitestone employees into his office, one at a time. Most of Whitestone's employees suddenly find themselves ex-employees. At his meeting with Gibby, Martin mentions many books, but all are too literary, not sleazy enough. Finally, and desperately, Martin states that he can get the autobiography of the host of the sleazy Eddie Charles Show. Martin begs Eddie and Eddie admits that if he did write an autobiography, he would go to a larger publisher. After more begging, Eddie eventually agrees to allow Whitestone to publish his life story. Conflict erupts when Martin seems to be leaning towards the more scandalous stories.
Director: Catherine O'Hara
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.6/1036 votesLoading...#11 - The Charlotte Letter
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/1991
Martin's new girlfriend of three weeks, Charlotte, has a porn star past. Martin learns from Eddie. Charlotte reveals that her biggest secret is that she cannot drive. Martin begs to differ, and Charlotte admits to appearing in six porn videos to pay for college and is not ashamed. Martin and Charlotte try to continue their relationship despite this conflict. Martin tries to continue dating Charlotte, even though he keeps seeing her in porn star roles and settings.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Tom Leopold
7.6/1027 votesLoading...#12 - The Son Also Rises
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 10/3/1992
Martin overreacts when he suspects that Jeremy has begun to have sex.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
7.6/1022 votesLoading...#13 - The Undergraduate
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 11/7/1992
Martin is dating the office's college student bagel girl Julie, even though she seems to have more in common with Jeremy. But, Martin breaks up with her in order to pursue a relationship with her mother Kate who he becomes infatuated with after a chance meeting. The only problem is that Kate isn't thrilled about the idea of dating a guy who takes advantage of college girls. The simple fact that she hates Martin doesn't dent his persistence, though, and he tries every trick he knows, including a surprise night-time candle-lit dinner in the back of her apartment to the strains of ‘Strangers in the Night', to win her over, apparently to no avail…
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Engel
7.6/1025 votesLoading...#14 - The Courtship of Martin's Father
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 9/14/1994
Mickey (Martin's father) moves into Martin's place.
Director: John Landis
Writer: N/A
7.6/1025 votesLoading...#15 - Finale with a Vengeance (2)
Season 6 Episode 27 - Aired 3/27/1996
Martin and Judith learn Dr. Stone might be defrosted and revived.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Engel
7.5/1039 votesLoading...#16 - The 37-Year Itch
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/1991
Cousin Phil visits, and informs Martin that he has split up with his wife (shrew). While in Martin's office, Phil sees Toby for the first time, and is smitten. Phil begs, and Martin helps Phil pursue Toby.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Dava Savel
7.5/1045 votesLoading...#17 - Futile Attraction
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/1991
Martin has gone on many dates after Judith and Richard's wedding, but he can never seem to perform. After discussing the problem, reluctantly, with Judith, Martin decides to go see a shrink. While paying for the first session, Martin spots an attractive woman also paying her bill. They ride the elevator together, and after Martin saves her from choking, they hook up. Judith treats the woman, and runs into an ethical problem, as she knows that the woman has a problem with rage.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.5/1037 votesLoading...#18 - Pants on Fire
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/1991
Martin and Judith are audited by the IRS for the last year of their marriage. They go through old receipts together. An old receipt proves that Martin had an affair with Nicki Rosen, Judith's friend, while still married to Judith. Jeremy wants to go to a party that lacks parental supervision, but his parents won't allow him. Martin and Judith fight about the affair during audit at the IRS office. Jeremy uses the conflict to trick his parents so that he could go to the party. At the party, Jeremy plays spin the bottle.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.5/1032 votesLoading...#19 - What Women Want
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/15/1992
Martin's new girlfriend has just come out of a bad relationship. She and her former lover, Ryan, had many problems before their breakup. But now Ryan is trying to rekindle their relationship despite her new relationship with Martin. Now Martin finds himself competing against her former lover, and Ryan has qualities that may be more than Martin can compete with.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Theresa Rebeck
7.5/1034 votesLoading...#20 - Those Who Can't, Edit
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/1994
Gibby desires to publish Jeremy's novel.
Director: Mary Kay Place
Writer: N/A
7.4/1039 votesLoading...#21 - Play Melville for Me
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/25/1991
An old professor of Martin's offers Martin his own show, called ""Book Beat"", on public television. The show is run by college students for credit. After the first airing of the show, Martin is stalked by an over-enthusiastic fan (Nora) who sends him flowers and other things. Nora storms the set with a bomb.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.4/1041 votesLoading...#22 - So Funny I Forgot to Laugh (aka Stop It, You're Killing Me)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/1991
An old female friend of Martin's, Bonnie, returns to New York City from Cleveland to pursue a stand-up career. Bonnie's first performance as a stand-up bombs. Martin tries to encourage her by suggesting that she should use her past relationships in her act (which has more humor in it than her current act). Martin and Bonnie start to fall for each other and end up sleeping together. The whole gang shows up for Bonnie's second performance as a stand-up comic. Bonnie, following Martin's advice, discusses her relationships in her act. Unfortunately for Martin, Bonnie sticks to talking about her current relationship. The gang, and the audience, except for Martin, love the new act. Afterwards, the gang offer Bonnie funny stories about Martin. Alone together back at Martin's apartment, Martin almost starts to tell Bonnie about his reactions to her new act. A phone call interrupts. An HBO scout was in the audience and loved the act. Next Friday, Bonnie is informed, an HBO big-wig wil
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
7.4/1033 votesLoading...#23 - Come and Knock on Our Door...
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/1/1992
Eddie invites Martin to a Talk Show Digest awards night, where they are both approached by a beautiful woman called Alisha.
Director: John Landis
Writer: N/A
7.4/1021 votesLoading...#24 - Dance Ten, Sex Three
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 11/14/1992
Following directly from the previous episode, all of Martin's hopes seem shattered when Kate appears unimpressed, but, touched by his clumsy attempt at romance, she finally accepts his offer of a date . . .
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: N/A
7.4/1015 votesLoading...#25 - Silent Night, Holy Cow (2)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1993
Martin and Judith take a pre-Xmas drive and get stranded in a barn, Eddie is stood up by a girlfriend and spends Xmas in a bar with Santa Claus, Toby wants to become a nun and Jeremy's special Xmas present from his girlfriend doesn't quite go according to plan.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
The Best Episodes of Dream On
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The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black...
Genre:Comedy
Network:HBO
Best Episodes Summary
"Oral Sex, Lies, and Video Tape" is the best rated episode of "Dream On". It scored 8.4/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by John Landis and written by Jeff Greenstein, it aired on 6/2/1993. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)".