Season 1 (1993)

Pilot
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September 2, 1993 • 30m

Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test ...Read more

Thirty Day Chip
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September 7, 1993 • 30m

John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.

Celibate!
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September 14, 1993 • 30m

John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.

This is Not a Step
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September 21, 1993 • 30m

John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of cr...Read more

The Unforgiven
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September 28, 1993 • 30m

John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.

Pros and Cons
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October 5, 1993 • 30m

A fellow con artist from John's drinking days offers to cut him in on a lucrative real-estate scam; a bounty hunter is taking an i...Read more

Jumping Off the Wagon
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October 12, 1993 • 30m

Badgered by an extortionist, bedeviled by a work slowdown and befuddled by his sponsor's drinking, John feels like he's teetering ...Read more

The Past Comes Back
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October 26, 1993 • 30m

A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing for seducing him.

There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You
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November 2, 1993 • 30m

John's given food for thought when an old writer friend bases his first book on John's bacchanalian past, a neo-Nazi named Steve H...Read more

Amends
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November 23, 1993 • 30m

John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.

Newcomer
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December 7, 1993 • 30m

John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.

My Hero
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December 14, 1993 • 30m

John's nephew Bobby learns the meaning of tough love when he shows up at the bus station for a wild evening with the man who taught him to drink.

God
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December 21, 1993 • 30m

John gets hooked into a crap game and finds himself being forced to pray at gunpoint by Mahalia; Dexter discovers that his new girlfriend is a hooker.

The Big Slip
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January 4, 1994 • 30m

John's order to train his boss's harebrained nephew, who been in AA for a year but is still a basketcase.

Death and Dishonor
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January 11, 1994 • 30m

John's son tries to form a father-son relationship; Chester disappears and is found dead; John must deal with a battle to the deat...Read more

Don't Drink and Drive Nuclear Waste
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January 18, 1994 • 30m

Entrusted for a few moments with the official United State inch, John can't resist peeking -- and damages it; meanwhile, he worrie...Read more

Eggs
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January 30, 1994 • 30m

Hemingway and Dexter get stuck together in a crummy motel with a cage full of chickens; when a baby is abandoned in the station du...Read more

Another Average Night
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February 1, 1994 • 30m

John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arrives.

Dirty Deeds
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February 1, 1994 • 30m

At a drag show, John runs into his old college roommate, who's playing Marlene Dietrich; Mahalia is targeted anew by a blackmailer...Read more

John and Carol
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February 8, 1994 • 30m

Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.

Grit
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March 15, 1994 • 30m

Officer Eggers develops a crush on John after he rescues her from a gunman; Dexter's business languishes after a customer puts a curse on the diner.

Date Night
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March 22, 1994 • 30m

Dexter is outraged when his sister strikes up a friendship with Hemingway, Mahalia is overjoyed to hear her first boyfriend is com...Read more

Wasted Lives
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March 29, 1994 • 30m

John accidentally gets high on marijuana brownies, Hampton gets an unusual request from his long-estranged father, actor Joe Pesci...Read more

A Dark and Stormy Night
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April 12, 1994 • 30m

Hemingway is feeling suicidal on his birthday, but discovers new meaning when the entire bus station is held host age by a gun-toting lunatic.