1. Pilot
Air date: 1996-09-17 · 30 min
In the pilot, New York's deputy mayor Michael Flaherty finds himself trying to keep the lid on an impending sanitation-workers strike and some politically incorrect remarks made by his boss.
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Season 1.
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2. The Great Pretender
Air date: 1996-09-24 · 30 min
After the public dubs him "the sexiest man in New York," Mike finds he has some trouble---in private---living up to his new title.
Open episode 2 ↗3. The Apartment
Air date: 1996-10-01 · 30 min
Mike's chances for quality time with Ashley are spoiled by his round-the-clock negotiations with the sanitation-workers union.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Pride and Prejudice
Air date: 1996-10-08 · 30 min
Mike puts his foot in his mouth during a TV interview by making offhand remarks about Ashley's reporting abilities.
Open episode 4 ↗5. The Rivals
Air date: 1996-10-15 · 30 min
A confrontation between Mayor Winston and a former mayor has grave results when the ex-official expires in the middle of the spat.
Open episode 5 ↗6. A Star Is Born
Air date: 1996-10-22 · 30 min
A plan to raise the mayor's approval rating goes up in smoke after one of his appointees is accused of having smoked marijuana in the '70s.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Grand Illusion
Air date: 1996-10-29 · 30 min
Carter vows to protest the mayor's stand on gay marriages by staging his own wedding---to Nikki.
Open episode 7 ↗8. The High and the Mighty
Air date: 1996-11-12 · 30 min
Mike's the toast of the office when he constructs a deal with a real-estate developer that benefits an ailing retirement home.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Meet Tommy Dugan
Air date: 1996-11-19 · 30 min
The mayor's office is at a loss for words when it's discovered that the winner of a student essay contest is a school janitor.
Open episode 9 ↗10. The Competition
Air date: 1996-11-26 · 30 min
There's fowl play afoot as the mayor's office and city council turn a Thanksgiving charity event into a competition.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Dog Day Afternoon
Air date: 1996-12-10 · 30 min
After the mayor is hounded for not showing the police department respect, Mike decides to have him deliver the eulogy for a police canine.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Criss Cross
Air date: 1996-12-17 · 30 min
When a head cold keeps the mayor from appearing on a debate show, Mike goes instead...and must face off against Ashley. Meanwhile, everyone tries to pick Carter's brain for relationship advice.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Bye Bye Love
Air date: 1997-01-07 · 30 min
After his relationship with Ashley abruptly ends over the holidays, Mike returns to work, brave face intact. But the gang worries that he's just masking his pain.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Starting Over
Air date: 1997-01-14 · 30 min
Mike's throwing himself into his work since his breakup, so his staff encourages him to start dating again.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Gabby's Song
Air date: 1997-01-28 · 30 min
Mike welcomes the city council's new chief of staff with open arms. But he's soon up in arms when he realizes that she'll be keeping him on his toes.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Kiss Me, Stupid
Air date: 1997-02-11 · 30 min
Carter's heart skips a beat on Valentine's Day when his former love sets him straight about a few things---like the fact that he's engaged to a woman.
Open episode 16 ↗17. An Affair to Remember
Air date: 1997-02-18 · 30 min
Mike wants the mayor's birthday gala to be an affair to remember, but rumors of another kind of affair may end the party before it begins.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Snowbound
Air date: 1997-02-25 · 30 min
In the middle of a snowstorm, Mike's dream girl from high school arrives and invites him to her hotel; and Paul unwittingly insults the mayor on live radio.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Striptease
Air date: 1997-03-04 · 30 min
Mike gets a surprise when he finds out that the law-school student he's been dating moonlights as an exotic dancer.
Open episode 19 ↗20. Deaf Becomes Her
Air date: 1997-03-18 · 30 min
Mike tries to keep a hearing-impaired activist from organizing a rally at City Hall after the Mayor's office is embarrassed twice by incidents involving deaf people.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Hot in the City
Air date: 1997-04-01 · 30 min
Mike and his girlfriend decide to break up, but Mike gets a surprise when he learns that she has frozen his sperm.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Bone Free
Air date: 1997-04-29 · 30 min
The mayor is in trouble again: this time because it appears that he refused to shake the hand of the new president of a women's caucus.
Open episode 22 ↗23. The Mayor Who Came to Dinner
Air date: 1997-05-06 · 30 min
The mayor moves in with Mike, following a blowup with his wife. Meanwhile, Carter takes up with designer Isaac Mizrahi, who's working on a fashion-show benefit.
Open episode 23 ↗24. Mayor Over Miami
Air date: 1997-05-13 · 30 min
The mayor's down in the dumps, and decides that a little adventure is in order, so he takes off for Miami with Paul---without telling anyone.
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