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Meanwhile, Ellie and Stephano each try to seduce Wolf, Ellie's hunky new bodyguard.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Faith Prince", "nm": 697650, "roles": [ { "char": "Val Brumberg", "ch": 414862 } ] }, { "name": "Timothy Elwell", "nm": 255872, "roles": [ { "char": "Wolf" } ] }, { "name": "Jayne Meadows", "nm": 5217, "roles": [ { "char": "Alice Morgan" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "Sleeping with the Enemy", "tt": 962370, "air_date": "1995-11-13", "description": "Val's estranged husband hits on Ellie, so she concocts an elaborate scheme to rat him out.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Faith Prince", "nm": 697650, "roles": [ { "char": "Val Brumberg", "ch": 414862 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Clohessy", "nm": 167024, "roles": [ { "char": "Mitchell Brumberg" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "Dolce & G'bye Now", "tt": 962369, "air_date": "1995-11-20", "description": "After being humiliated by Ellie, Stephano quits, so Dott reluctantly hires Val as his replacement.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Faith Prince", "nm": 697650, "roles": [ { "char": "Val Brumberg", "ch": 414862 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "Tomb with a View", "tt": 601233, "air_date": "1995-11-27", "description": "When Alice's neighbor dies, Ellie tries to get her apartment.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Faith Prince", "nm": 697650, "roles": [ { "char": "Val Brumberg", "ch": 414862 } ] }, { "name": "Jayne Meadows", "nm": 5217, "roles": [ { "char": "Alice Morgan" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Roat", "nm": 730140, "roles": [ { "char": "Tuttle" } ] }, { "name": "Constance Towers", "nm": 869927, "roles": [ { "char": "Boatie" } ] }, { "name": "Steve Vinovich", "nm": 899079, "roles": [ { "char": "Jock" } ] }, { "name": "Moose", "nm": 1189150, "roles": [ { "char": "Monte", "uncredited": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "The Naked and the Deadline", "tt": 601232, "air_date": "1995-12-04", "description": "Ellie confesses that she has writer's block, so Dott goes to great lengths to get her writing again. Meanwhile, Stephano frets over a pimple.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Faith Prince", "nm": 697650, "roles": [ { "char": "Val Brumberg", "ch": 414862 } ] }, { "name": "Chrysanthy Balis", "nm": 1877239, "roles": [ { "char": "Woman #3" } ] }, { "name": "Lisa Banes", "nm": 51862, "roles": [ { "char": "Tippi Von Schlaugger" } ] }, { "name": "Ping Wu", "nm": 943156, "roles": [ ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E07", "title": "Finnigan's Rainbow", "tt": 601228, "air_date": "1995-12-11", "description": "Dott falls for a motivational speaker.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Barry Bostwick", "nm": 960, "roles": [ { "char": "Mark Finnegan" } ] }, { "name": "Jayne Meadows", "nm": 5217, "roles": [ { "char": "Alice Morgan" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E08", "title": "We Ought to Be in Pictures", "tt": 601234, "air_date": "1995-12-18", "description": "When one of Ellie's novels is turned into a movie, she and Dott wreak havoc upon the set.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", 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face-lifts, they find themselves at the mercy of a manipulative doctor and a terrifying nurse.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "David Rasche", "nm": 711058, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Thomas", "ch": 173405 } ] }, { "name": "Luigi Amodeo", "nm": 25129, "roles": [ { "char": "Stephano", "ch": 173406 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Marisa Coughlan", "nm": 4846, "roles": [ { "char": "Dana" } ] }, { "name": "Blaine Gray", "nm": 1209831, "roles": [ { "char": "Doctor" } ] }, { "name": "Sally Kellerman", "nm": 1419, "roles": [ { "char": "Frederica" } ] }, { "name": "Jayne Meadows", "nm": 5217, "roles": [ { "char": "Alice Morgan" } ] }, { "name": "Bronson Pinchot", "nm": 1621, "roles": [ { "char": "Arthur Zipkin" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E10", "title": "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore", "tt": 601226, "air_date": "1996-01-22", "description": "After sustaining a heart attack, Alice is smothered with affection from Dott.", "cast": [ { "name": "Jean Smart", "nm": 5443, "roles": [ { "char": "Elinore 'Ellie' Walker", "ch": 414859 } ] }, { "name": "Mary McDonnell", "nm": 1521, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy 'Dott' Emerson", "ch": 414860 } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Donahue", "nm": 640702, "roles": [ { "char": "Brendan Emerson", "ch": 414861 } ] }, { "name": "Shannon Maureen Brown", "nm": 114656, "roles": [ { "char": "Carla" } ] }, { "name": "Erik Estrada", "nm": 261805, "roles": [ { "char": "Pedro" } ] }, { "name": "Jayne Meadows", "nm": 5217, "roles": [ { "char": "Alice Morgan" } ] }, { "name": "Gary Anthony Sturgis", "nm": 836365, "roles": [ { "char": "Paramedic" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E11", "title": "Touching Up Your Roots", "tt": 962371, "air_date": "1996-02-05", "description": "Ellie's parents shock her 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