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Union Square

TV·1997–1998·1 season, 13 episodes·NBC·Comedy·Created by Fred Barron

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A lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City attempts to gain inspiration from a host of characters populating the fictitious Union Square cafe in Manhattan.

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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1997–98AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Hasta la Muerta, BabySeptember 25, 1997A would-be thespian from Texas comes to town and tries to land a part in Neil Simon's latest play. Losing out at her first audition, she fin
  2. S01E02The AuditionOctober 2, 1997Gaby asks Michael to write her an original monologue for a big audition, which leads to doubts about their respective talents. Jack gets inv
  3. S01E03Enjoy Your HaddockOctober 9, 1997
  4. S01E04A Stool with a ViewOctober 16, 1997Gaby is cast in a student film, but the scene requires her to kiss Jack.
  5. S01E05Michael's First StandOctober 30, 1997Michael tries to prove he can be shallow when it comes to his sex life after the others find out he has never had a one-night stand. Gaby wa
  6. S01E06HarrassedNovember 6, 1997A bookie's widow looks to collect a debt from Jack. Gaby is fired from her temp job after being sexually harassed and Michael wants her to s
  7. S01E07Get RustyNovember 13, 1997
  8. S01E08Jack Gets a Hot TipDecember 4, 1997Jack takes money from the tip jar and bets it on a horse race. Suzanne gives Santa Claus a pep talk before he appears in the Thanksgiving Da
  9. S01E09No Sex 'Til After HomeworkDecember 11, 1997Gaby is offered a kitchen job, but she claims to have an offer to join a production of South Pacific. Suzanne is pleasantly surprised when t
  10. S01E10The First Christmas ShowDecember 18, 1997The gang rally to lift Gaby's limping Christmas spirit when a series of misfortunes leaves her singing the blues; Albie rescues a red-nosed
  11. S01E11What Are Friends For?January 8, 1998The reappearance of her hunky former boyfriend from Texas unsettles Gaby. And the diner plays host to a bratty ten-year-old movie star.
  12. S01E12Out and InJanuary 15, 1998Carrie signs with a record label after performing in a lesbian club. Gaby tries to reunite an elderly man and his long-lost love.
  13. S01E13It Takes A ThiefJanuary 22, 1998Jack goes to great lengths to make it up to a woman whose car he once stole. At Albie's prompting, Carrie tries to be nicer to her customers

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