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The Single Guy
1995 - 1997 6.3 (3 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
NBC
Created By
Brad Hall

The Single Guy

Overview

The Single Guy is an American television sitcom

Top Cast

Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman

Jonathan Eliot

Joey Slotnick
Joey Slotnick

Sam Sloan

Ming-Na Wen
Ming-Na Wen

Trudy Sloan

Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine

Manny Cordoba

Shawn Michael Howard
Shawn Michael Howard

Russell

Olivia d'Abo
Olivia d'Abo

Marie Blake

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1995)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
1995-09-21

Jonathan endures a setup at Matt and Janeane's with a hideous girl, while missing the heavyweight fight on pay-per-view.

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Episode 2: Tennis
1995-09-28

Sam fixes Jonathan up with Christie, an expert at all sports. Jonathan's macho competitive streak risks a great relationship. Sam takes secret tennis lessons so he can beat Matt.

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Episode 3: Gift
1995-10-05

Jonathan is forced to scramble when he promises to take his girlfriend to an exclusive French restaurant in a rare 1962 car wth reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

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Episode 4: Babysitting
1995-10-12

Jonathan discovers that women are attracted to a man with a baby when he babysits Sebastian.

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Episode 5: Charity
1995-10-19

Jonathan is shocked when he learns that Matt does charity work. He wonders whether he's evil because he has no inclination to do likewise.

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Episode 6: Neighbors
1995-11-02

Jonathan stays with his homosexual neighbors when his apartment requires extensive repairs. He and Janeane's friend Ross go to the theater together, each worried the other is gay.

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Episode 7: Mugging
1995-11-09

Jonathan dates 'Danger Girl', a woman who's only excited in dangerous situations. The gang is mugged, causing Janeane to consider moving to Connecticut.

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Episode 8: Sister
1995-11-16

Jonathan takes up with Janeane's sister Paula who's visiting for Thanksgiving. Despite their mutual dislike of each other, they can't stay away.

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Episode 9: Attraction
1995-12-07

Jonathan meets the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, she works for his current girlfriend. A greatful client gives Garth Brooks' lucky cowboy hat to Sam, giving him confidence he never knew he had.

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Episode 10: Midnight
1995-12-14

Jonathan pines for Amanda on New Years Eve, after he spies her out with Broadway actor Jamie Barron.

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Episode 11: Communication
1996-01-04

Jonathan falls for a TV commercial actress, the 'Butter Girl'. He gets an opportunity to meet her, only to find she only speaks French. Oddly enough she goes home with Jonathan, even though they don't understand a word the other says. Trudy throws Sam out when he tells a deeply embarrassing story about her.

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Episode 12: Nineteen
1996-01-11

Jonathan dates a fabulous girl only to discover she's only 19-years-old. Janeane ventures to a tattoo parlor to prove she's still hip and 'with it'. Sam and Trudy house an 'artist' who steals objects and calls it art.

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Episode 13: Distance
1996-01-18

Jonathan dates Janeane's sister Martha and revels in their no-strings-attached, NY/Washington D.C. relationship. Sam and Janeane decide they're perfect together so try a little matchmaking.

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Episode 14: Rival
1996-02-01

Jonathan competes with an old college rival to get a famous author's quote on the jacket of his new book.

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Episode 15: Pudding
1996-02-08

Manny is fired when the tenant association votes to install a security system. Meanwhile Janeane and Matt's building fires their doorman for sloppy work. Sam borrows money from a fraternity to invest in a 'trapezoid scheme'

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Episode 16: Affair
1996-02-15

Jonathan worries that Sam is having an affair with Paula Abdul.

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Episode 17: Wedding
1996-02-22

Jonathan attends the wedding of his college girlfriend. Manny sits on a jury.

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Episode 18: Poetry
1996-03-07

Jonathan confronts a columnist after she writes a scathing review of his book. Sam and Trudy try to beat a Three Card Monte dealer, Freaky Lou. Matt tries to write a poem for Janeane for their fifth anniversary.

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Episode 19: Lovenest
1996-03-14

Jonathan pursues Charlie McCarthy, even following her to Seattle in the hopes of starting a relationship. Meanwhile, Sam, Trudy, Janeane, and Matt discover the sensuous powers of Jonathan's apartment.

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Episode 20: Kids
1996-05-02

Sam and Trudy watch Sebastian, Matt and Janeane's child, for a night to see if they're ready for parenthood. Sam and Trudy impulsively take Sebastian to Madison Square Garden to see a boxing match and pay the price for their recklessness when they're trapped on the subway.

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Episode 21: Pop
1996-05-09

Jonathan discovers that his dad's new fiancée is one of his old lovers. Meanwhile Sam discovers an old recording that he thinks is by the Beatles.

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Episode 22: Moving
1996-05-16

Jonathan plays musical apartments when his building is temporarily closed for asbestos removal and he and Charlie can't bring themselves to move in together. Sam is down when he quits his job and finds out the $9,000 he invested with Matt has evaporated.

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Season 2 (1996)

No overview available.

22 episodes

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Episode 1: Mounted Cop
1996-09-19

Jonathan fears he's the victim of a set-up when he breaks up with a woman with an overly protective family of cops. Trudy tries to buy an illegal Cuban bra.

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Episode 2: Best Man
1996-09-26

Jonathan is coerced into being the best man at the wedding of a man he hardly knows. The bride confides in Jonathan that she doesn't want to get married and asks Jonathan to tell the groom. Trudy throws out Sam's lucky sneakers.

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Episode 3: Good God
1996-10-03

Jonathan discovers everything falling into place in his life when he writes the Sunday sermons for a dull preacher. Sam suffers from back pain which is alleviated when he attends church. Trudy spends all her time at a firing range.

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Episode 4: Kept Man
1996-10-10

Jonathan is a 'kept man', running errands for his new girlfriend in exchange for presents and other perks. Sam obsesses when he finds out that Trudy makes more money than him.

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Episode 5: Strip Club
1996-10-17

Jonathan and Marie look for employment at a temp agency. Sam hides the truth from Trudy when he visits a strip club.

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Episode 6: Love Train
1996-10-31

While riding the subway on his way to a Halloween costume party, Jonathan meets the girl of his dreams dressed in a Cinderella costume. Jonathan places an ad in the newspaper and rides the subway to find her again. Russell studies for a law exam.

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Episode 7: The Virgin
1996-11-07

Trudy hires Jonathan to deliver an art exhibit, The Virgin, by Carl Gannon (ep #12). It turns out 'the virgin' is a beautiful woman. Jonathan desperately tries to make the delivery without damaging the goods. Sam and Marie make special effects for a B-movie.

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Episode 8: Double Date
1996-11-14

Jonathan takes Marie out on her wedding anniversary. Trudy's parents visit, giving Sam conniptions. Trudy has dinner with her first true love.

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Episode 9: Davy Jones
1996-11-21

Jonathan hosts a Thanksgiving party with special guest Davy Jones, who's considering Jonathan to co-write his biography. Marie tries to deal with surprise guest, ex-husband Ricky.

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Episode 10: Deepest Cut
1996-12-12

Jonathan accidentally stabs his mother with a kitchen knife, sending her to the hospital. Russell is obsessed with a big tipper.

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Episode 11: New Year
1997-01-09

Jonathan visits a therapist as part of his New Year's resolution. The therapist urges Jonathan to forsake women until he decides what he really wants with his life. Sam and Trudy agree to work on starting a family.

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Episode 12: Like Father...
1997-01-16

Jonathan is shocked when his father completely changes his personality on the eve of his wedding. Sam fears he and Trudy won't be able to adopt due to an incident in his past.

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Episode 13: Starting Over
1997-01-23

Jonathan gets an advertising job. Jonathan goes along with new neighbor Dan on an all-night binge against his better judgment.

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Episode 14: Just Friends?
1997-01-30

Dan decides to be 'just friends' with Marie. Manny sprains his ankle and moves in with the Sloans, teaching them what a child will be like. Jonathan dates the boss's daughter and has to accept her stupid idea for an advertising campaign.

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Episode 15: Macho Men
1997-02-06

Jonathan and Dan compete for the love of a woman, Bambi. Trudy forces Sam to throw out his junk.

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Episode 16: Mother Love
1997-02-13

Jonathan's mother dates his boss. Russell helps Marie rehearse for 'Romeo and Juliet', in the process discovering that they care for one another.

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Episode 17: Big Baby
1997-02-20

Trudy and Sam are disappointed when they find their adopted child isn't an infant. Sam's abrasive father visits.

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Episode 18: Grandfather Clause
1997-03-26

Jonathan thinks it is fate when he keeps running into the same woman, until he discovers it's Manny's engaged granddaughter. Jonathan tries to weasel out of it when she calls off her wedding, apparently to marry Jonathan. Dan and Marie have a cross-dressing contest.

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Episode 19: Jonathan Hollywood
1997-04-02

Jonathan is initially excited when a movie company that wants him to adapt his novel into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio approaches him; however, when it's converted to a movie starring Sinbad as identical twins; he's concerned about his artistic integrity. Sammy plays in a rock group, ""Fantastic Sam and the Toads"" and finds it difficult when Trudy intervenes.

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Episode 20: Au Pair
1997-04-09

Sam and Trudy hire an au pair to watch Teddy. They do everything they can to sabotage her dream of being a professional singer when it means losing their immaculate apartment. Dan sues Manny when a water pipe in his apartment bursts.

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Episode 21: Vegas Finale
1997-04-16

The gang travels to Las Vegas to watch Marie portray Cher in a lounge act. Trudy loses thousands of dollars, and Jonathan wakes up from a drunken stupor holding a marriage certificate and wearing a wedding ring.

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Episode 22: Pilot Redux

Charlie leaves Jonathan for Dennis Rodman. TV commercial singer Marie moves into Jonathan's old apartment. Sam has problems with a consultant at the studio.

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