Season 1

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  7.6/1013 votes

  Family Val's

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/1995

  Ellie's (Jean Smart) book tour is sidetracked by her college nemesis, Val (Faith Prince), who comes between Ellie and her publisher, best friend Dott Emerson (Mary McDonnell).

  Director: Michael Lembeck

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/1010 votes

  Who's Son is It Anyway?

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/1995

  Worried that her son is spending too much time with Val, Dott enlists Ellie's help in winning back her son's devotion by cooking him a meal. Meanwhile, Ellie and Stephano compete for the affections of Ellie's new bodyguard Wolf.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/109 votes

  Sleeping with the Enemy

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/1995

  Ellie's scheme to get Val out of her hair backfires when Val's estranged husband (Robert Clohessy) arrives to sweet-talk his wife back to New Jersy -- and ends up making a pass at Ellie.

  Director: Stan Daniels

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/107 votes

  Dolce & G'bye Now

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/1995

  Stephano quits after a fight with Ellie, and a desperate Dott hires Val as his replacement.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  9.0/1011 votes

  Tomb with a View

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/1995

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  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Lisa Albert

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  7.7/1010 votes

  The Naked and the Deadline

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/1995

  Ellie is suffering from writer's block as the deadline for her latest novel passes, and Dott goes all out to break her out of it.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1010 votes

  Finnigan's Rainbow

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/1995

  Dott falls headlong for a motivational speaker, and Ellie goes to extremes to get her name in the tabloids.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/109 votes

  We Ought to be in Pictures

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1995

  A big-time TV producer (Jon Polito) sets out to make a miniseries from Ellie's latest novel, ""High Sierra Streetwalker."" Donna Mills plays the tempermental, hitrionic star signed for the lead.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.9/1010 votes

  Nip and Tuck

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1996

  The Prosepect of posing for a famous photographer has Dott and Ellie each considering a change of face by a famous plastic surgeon (Bronson Pinchot).

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Lisa Albert

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  9.3/109 votes

  Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1996

  After suffering a heart attack during a sexual encounter with the doorman, Alice (Jayne Meadows) is forced to convalesce at her doting daughter Dott's.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  9.3/107 votes

  Touching up Your Roots

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/1996

  A publicity campaign launching Ellie's new novel brings surprises gallore: a visit from her estranged, contrified parents -- and news that she is adopted.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  9.1/1011 votes

  I Found My Thrill on Nancy Garvey Hill

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/1996

  Dott and Peter try to prevent Ellie from finding out they are meeting with her professional rival, romance novelist Nancy Garver Hill. Things become complicated when Dott finds out Nancy Garver Hill is actually a beer distributor named Chuck Rooney, and a confidentiality agreement prevents her from telling Ellie -- who has just begun an affair with Chuck.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Lisa Albert

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  9.0/1013 votes

  The Family Jewels

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1996

  Having witnessed Dott's bond with Brendan during a robbery, Ellie decides to have a baby and begins interviewing prospective fathers.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown