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Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

  • Air date:1989-09-27
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  • Number of episodes:22

List of Episodes

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S2E1
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Air date: 1989-09-27

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah returns from a vacation to find that the magazine has been bought by a corporation and the hip new editor comes in and begins to stir things up, especially Marty who considers resigning. Hannah becomes a writer, the magazine is changed to a weekly format and is renamed The Chicago Weekly and an English book and theater critic is brought into review television.

Those Lips, Those Thais
S2E2
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Air date: 1989-03-07

Runtime: 24 min

If he doesn't already feel guilty enough about everything, Marty really feels guilty when his Thailanese foster daughter comes to attend college in Chicago and he is really attracted to her.

It's My Party and I'll Schvitz If I Want To
S2E3
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Air date: 1989-10-11

Runtime: 24 min

An unexpected heat wave puts a damper on a party Hannah tries throwing because she wants to warm up her relationship with Catherine.

Scared Straight
S2E4
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Air date: 1989-10-18

Runtime: 24 min

Marty and Hannah trade bylines to prove that Catherine is using favoritism in choosing articles for publication, and Marty winds up jail protecting ""his"" source.

Mr. Mom
S2E5
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Air date: 1990-10-25

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah finds out that her mother had her heart donated. She finds the new owner is a depressed man, who is not living his prolonged life to its fullest, the way Hannah envisioned the recipient would.

Just the Facts, Ma'am
S2E6
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Air date: 1989-11-01

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah sweet-talks Bradley, a fact checker, into letting a libelous quotation into her article, this all leads to a 10 million dollar libel suit and Hannah having to fire him.

Bang You're Dead
S2E7
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Air date: 1989-11-08

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah loves Marty's psychiatrist to death and Marty finds it difficult to cope with being shrinkless. Marty has a final session with his shrink casket-side.

Truth or Consequences
S2E8
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Air date: 1989-11-15

Runtime: 24 min

Catherine makes everyone take a lie detector test when she suspects someone on the staff is leaking gossip about her to an underground rag.

It's Better to Have Loved and Flossed
S2E9
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Air date: 1989-11-22

Runtime: 24 min

A trip to the dentist for Marty also includes making a date with Robin and she is more than ready for a relationship and proves it by overreacting to a little kiss.

Hearts and Bones
S2E10
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Air date: 1989-11-29

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah insists she's not jealous of Marty's new girlfriend and invites them to dinner to prove it. When his date appears to be choking, Hannah delivers the Heimleich maneuver and breaks a rib, but she's not jealous.

Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
S2E11
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Air date: 1989-12-06

Runtime: 24 min

Catherine's decides to become ""ordinary,"" after being snubbed of a mention in pop-culture legend's recently published diaries, and leaves Marty in charge of the magazine. The ""Squaddies"" protest Brian's review of the latest Star Squad movie and storm the newsroom to make Brian come to their convention.

Breast of Friends
S2E12
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Air date: 1989-12-13

Runtime: 24 min

Marty nurses a bruised ego when he sings show tunes on a news talk show and Hannah makes a celebrity out of a woman who was thrown out of a restaurant for nursing her baby.

Hotel of the Damned
S2E13
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Air date: 1990-01-10

Runtime: 24 min

When the magazine needs a new cover story in less than 20 hours, Hannah & Marty must go to a hotel to write the story. While searching for an angle on the story, Hannah decides the mood may be just right to check out the bed with Marty.

All About Allison
S2E14
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Air date: 1990-01-17

Runtime: 24 min

Marty is the unwitting weapon used by an aspiring young journalist against Hannah, after Hannah helped her get a chance to work for the magazine.

Proof It All Night
S2E15
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Air date: 1990-01-24

Runtime: 24 min

When the staff is gearing up for an all-niter to get out their election issue, Hannah gets excited; however Marty is less than enthusiastic, especially when the election is close, the night is long and the candidate he thought was a lock, loses and he has no material.

Three Men on a Match
S2E16
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Air date: 1990-02-07

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah and Marty go out to dinner with Robin to help her celebrate her un-anniversary. After seeing Robin's ex-husband there, each has a different perspective on how the restaurant caught fire. Everyone turned their heads when they walked across the room.

Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow
S2E17
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Air date: 1990-02-14

Runtime: 24 min

Marty's girlfriend plans a surprise birthday party for him, but he surprises her and everyone else by breaking up with her, before everybody yells surprise.

The Icewoman Cometh
S2E18
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Air date: 1990-02-28

Runtime: 24 min

Marty may become editor after a corporate trouble-shooter comes in, evaluates the magazine and decides Catherine is out and he is in, never mind that Marty slept with her. A little corporate blackmail may work wonders to save Catherine's job, using Marty as the tool.

Hooray for Hollywood
S2E19
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Air date: 1990-03-07

Runtime: 24 min

A friend of Marty's, a Hollywood producer, decides to ""do lunch"" with Hannah when he wants to make a movie about one of her stories, something Marty has rejected for a long time.

Robin Q. Public
S2E20
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Air date: 1990-03-14

Runtime: 24 min

When Catherine gets the impression that the magazine may have become too high brow, she searches out the everyman's opinion. When she hears Robin's thoughts, she is impressed and takes her on as a consultant and the entire staff becomes on edge.

The Days of Whine and...
S2E21
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Air date: 1990-03-21

Runtime: 24 min

A woman arrives and threatens to make Brian's life a living hell, by threatening to get back at him for the bad review he gave that caused her husband to die. Hannah meets Marty's ex-fiancee at his family's Seder and sees that the old flame may still be lit.

Thirty... Something
S2E22
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Air date: 1990-03-28

Runtime: 24 min

Hannah's 30th birthday is no party for her when she takes time to reflect on her life and love. Hannah's little voice inside her head tells her that what's missing is Marty.

Top Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

Hannah Miller

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis

Marty Gold

Richard Frank

Richard Frank

Jules Kramer

Holly Fulger

Holly Fulger

Robin Dulitski

Ann Magnuson

Ann Magnuson

Catherine Hughes

Bruce Weitz

Bruce Weitz

Mike Urbanek

Joseph Maher

Joseph Maher

Brian Allquist

Billy Van Zandt

Billy Van Zandt

Harold

Jane Milmore

Jane Milmore

Kelly

Sandy Faison

Sandy Faison

Pamela Payton-Finch

Louis Giambalvo

Louis Giambalvo

Norman Keil

Bruce Kirby

Bruce Kirby

Leo

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