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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 and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.

Genre:Comedy
Network:HBO

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Dream On" is "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by John Landis and written by David Crane. "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)" aired on 7/7/1991 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Springtime for Tupper".

  • The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #1 - The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/7/1991

    Conclusion. Things heat up on the set of the Richard Stone biography, as the stars fall for each other.

    Director: John Landis

    Writer: David Crane

  • Springtime for Tupper
    4.8/10 14 votes

    #2 - Springtime for Tupper

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1996

    At a Salary Review Meeting, Gibby has some good news for Martin; Martin's to be put in charge of his own division at Whitestone, a quality publishing imprint called Camelot New Press. Things get off to a bad start however when the first round of author interviews yield nothing. Through a quirk of fate, Martin remembers an old manuscript he admired, ‘The Barrel Maker' by Julian Keppel and stays up all night reading it. He contacts the emotionally fragile author and promises to make it Whitestone's next bestseller.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tenants, Anyone?
    5.0/10 18 votes

    #3 - Tenants, Anyone?

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 3/13/1996

    Martin's old apartment is becoming a huge money pit, costing him exorbitant maintenance fees and so he resolves to get rid of it. He has a meeting with Irwin Bader who isn't optimistic of getting much over $1,500, even though he sold it to Martin for $2,400. Libby expresses an interest on behalf of her son, but Martin passes on the idea.

    Director: Mary Kay Place

    Writer: Bill Prady

  • Flight of the Pedalbee
    5.1/10 15 votes

    #4 - Flight of the Pedalbee

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 10/11/1995

    Toby is in a rut. Uses self-help book.

    Director: William Malone

    Writer: N/A

  • Martin Over Medium
    5.2/10 28 votes

    #5 - Martin Over Medium

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 9/5/1992

    After having had lunch with a fellow editor, Martin is shocked to find him dead at his desk.

    Director: Bethany Rooney

    Writer: N/A

  • The French Conception
    5.3/10 27 votes

    #6 - The French Conception

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/1993

    Martin needs to find a tenant for his empty apartment in a hurry when the other tenants renege on their agreement to move in. Meanwhile, Julie is pregnant by a French exchange student and she asks Martin to pay for an abortion. Kate confronts Martin when a bill comes from the gynecologist.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: Stephen Engel

  • Cupid Is as Cupid Does
    5.4/10 17 votes

    #7 - Cupid Is as Cupid Does

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/6/1996

    Judith plans a dinner party for their couple friends, so she suggests that Martin not invite currently single Eddie. When Eddie finds out, he makes Martin feel guilty until he invites him, but the evening doesn't go well. Eddie has nothing in common with the couples and so he storms out. Next day, Martin and Judith meet a recently separated friend, Rema, whom Martin invites to their apartment for dinner, planning to also invite Eddie and match them up. Eddie begins spending all his time with Rema and hardly sees Martin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick

  • Significant Author
    5.5/10 23 votes

    #8 - Significant Author

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 8/9/1995

    Under pressure from Gibby to get an elite writer, Martin attempts to lure the writer dating Toby (who coincidentally, is an award-winning author).

    Director: Victor Levin, Michael McKean

    Writer: N/A

  • Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport
    5.5/10 16 votes

    #9 - Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 9/27/1995

    Martin's building goes co-op, and to be able to afford purchasing his apartment/condo, he dates Gibby's insane sister.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Time Aground
    5.7/10 23 votes

    #10 - Second Time Aground

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1996

    With their relationship rekindled, Judith suggests that she and Martin join a support group for couples on their second time around.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Elin Hampton, David Fury

  • B.S. Elliot
    5.8/10 26 votes

    #11 - B.S. Elliot

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/8/1992

    Martin runs into his hero, author Elliot Sterns (Patrick MacNee) and manages to spoil a romantic evening out.

    Director: Michael McKean

    Writer: N/A

  • Reach out and Touch Yourself
    5.8/10 23 votes

    #12 - Reach out and Touch Yourself

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/1993

    Martin finds his bar mitzvah bonds in a closet and suddenly has extra cash. Toby encourages him to invest $5,000 in a fledgling business she is setting up offering stock tips over the phone, 555-TIPS. The business goes terribly, until a wrong number mistakes it for an S&M phone-sex chat line and stays on for hours. Seeing where the real money is, Toby employs the services of her family – Gina, Angie – in order to cover the phones.

    Director: Nick Marck

    Writer: Stephen Engel

  • Steinway to Heaven
    5.8/10 26 votes

    #13 - Steinway to Heaven

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/13/1994

    Martin's mother's will is read.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: N/A

  • Judy and the Beast
    5.8/10 19 votes

    #14 - Judy and the Beast

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/20/1994

    Martin is revolted when a fragile Judith falls into the arms of his hated boss Gibby Fiske.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Portrait by an Artist on the Young Man
    5.9/10 23 votes

    #15 - Portrait by an Artist on the Young Man

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 8/11/1993

    When Jeremy visits his dad's apartment to watch a movie, Martin isn't happy to discover he's had a tattoo of a skull done on his arm. Judith drops by with Jeremy's bag and Martin brings the tattoo to her attention, but she is slightly less vocal in her condemnation than Martin. Judith asks Martin to talk rationally with Jeremy, but Martin decides that punishment is a better response.

    Director: John Landis

    Writer: N/A

  • Stone Cold
    5.9/10 21 votes

    #16 - Stone Cold

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1994

    Richard, Judith, Jeremy and the baby are moving to Washington D.C. Martin is despondent, but events take an unexpected turn.

    Director: Peter Baldwin, Michael McKean

    Writer: Jeffrey Klarik

  • Off-Off Broadway Bound
    5.9/10 23 votes

    #17 - Off-Off Broadway Bound

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 8/24/1994

    Eddie plays the lead role in Martin's play.

    Director: John Landis, David Fury

    Writer: N/A

  • Bess You Is Not My Woman Now
    5.9/10 21 votes

    #18 - Bess You Is Not My Woman Now

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/26/1995

    Martin tries to seduce Judith's best friend from college, but she only has eyes for someone else…

    Director: Robert Ginty

    Writer: N/A

  • Long Distance Runaround
    5.9/10 19 votes

    #19 - Long Distance Runaround

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 8/2/1995

    Martin looks for a new best friend, after Eddie decides to move to LA to join a sitcom.

    Director: Jerry London

    Writer: N/A

  • Music in My Veins (2)
    5.9/10 21 votes

    #20 - Music in My Veins (2)

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 9/20/1995

    This picks up with Martin and Katrina struggling to write songs for the new Crevice album. Katrina suffers from a light writer's block, and ends up taking inspiration from Martin's college poetry. Crevice breaks up over the creative changes, and Katrina debuts her first single as a solo artist on Eddie's show. The fan's are not pleased.

    Director: Robert Ginty

    Writer: N/A

  • Home Is Where the Cart Is
    5.9/10 19 votes

    #21 - Home Is Where the Cart Is

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 11/1/1995

    Martin tries to get a homeless woman's memoirs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Way We War
    5.9/10 17 votes

    #22 - The Way We War

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1996

    Flashback episode: Martin's fortieth birthday is approaching fast and Eddie insists on throwing him a party. Unfortunately, Judith is planning a party of her own thus bringing them into conflict. Martin suggests compromise by urging them to plan the party together. As they argue over the details, they reminisce over their past disagreements.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rob Lotterstein

  • I Never Promised You Charoses, Martin
    6.0/10 22 votes

    #23 - I Never Promised You Charoses, Martin

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 9/7/1994

    Martin tries to get his son to convert to Judaism.

    Director: Victor Levin, John Landis

    Writer: N/A

  • Toby's Choice
    6.0/10 15 votes

    #24 - Toby's Choice

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 11/15/1995

    Martin's friend likes Toby.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Weekend at the College Didn't Turn Out Like They Planned
    6.0/10 18 votes

    #25 - The Weekend at the College Didn't Turn Out Like They Planned

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 11/22/1995

    Martin and Judith visit Jeremy at college. Sparks ignite.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeff Greenstein