All Episodes of Pretend It's a City

Season 1

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  8.2/10309 votes

  Library Services

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/8/2021

  Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/10317 votes

  Department of Sports & Health

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/8/2021

  Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/10366 votes

  Cultural Affairs

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2021

  The mysteries of talent are scrutinized as Fran looks at the peril of writing, the joy of Motown and the time Charles Mingus chased her on the street.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10433 votes

  Pretend It's a City

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2021

  Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

  Director: Martin Scorsese

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10336 votes

  Metropolitan Transit

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/2021

  Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10300 votes

  Hall of Records

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2021

  Fran's all about fun — guilty pleasures, not so much. Just give her a party, a movie, a small child or a luminous Cary Grant. You can keep technology.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/10312 votes

  Board of Estimate

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/2021

  It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other option.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown