Seasons & Episodes
Pilot
Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing
Thirty Day Chip
John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him
Celibate!
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
John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a b
The Unforgiven
John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.
Pros and Cons
A fellow con artist from John's drinking days offers to cut him in on a lucrative real-estate scam; a bounty hunter is t
Jumping Off the Wagon
Badgered by an extortionist, bedeviled by a work slowdown and befuddled by his sponsor's drinking, John feels like he's
The Past Comes Back
A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing fo
There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You
John's given food for thought when an old writer friend bases his first book on John's bacchanalian past, a neo-Nazi nam
Amends
John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.
Newcomer
John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.
My Hero
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
God
John gets hooked into a crap game and finds himself being forced to pray at gunpoint by Mahalia; Dexter discovers that h
The Big Slip
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
John's son tries to form a father-son relationship; Chester disappears and is found dead; John must deal with a battle t
Don't Drink and Drive Nuclear Waste
Entrusted for a few moments with the official United State inch, John can't resist peeking -- and damages it; meanwhile,
Eggs
Hemingway and Dexter get stuck together in a crummy motel with a cage full of chickens; when a baby is abandoned in the
Another Average Night
John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arr
Dirty Deeds
At a drag show, John runs into his old college roommate, who's playing Marlene Dietrich; Mahalia is targeted anew by a b
John and Carol
Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.
Grit
Officer Eggers develops a crush on John after he rescues her from a gunman; Dexter's business languishes after a custome
Date Night
Dexter is outraged when his sister strikes up a friendship with Hemingway, Mahalia is overjoyed to hear her first boyfri
Wasted Lives
John accidentally gets high on marijuana brownies, Hampton gets an unusual request from his long-estranged father, actor
A Dark and Stormy Night
Hemingway is feeling suicidal on his birthday, but discovers new meaning when the entire bus station is held host age by
Changes
John moves into a more upscale apartment and is immediately attracted to his new neighbour, a nurse on the night shift.
Hiding Out
Dexter hides from an angry girlfriend in John's apartment, foiling John's amorous intent with his new neighbour.
A Bird in the Hand
Carly asks John if he wants to have a serious relationship with her -- just after Catherine has indicated that she is in
Good News/Bad News
John takes a company physical and is assured not to worry about his high cholesterol level, then the doctor drops dead,
The Tutor
John and Catherine can't seem to get together for a date because of John's problems with others: Dexter needs him to pla
Acting Alone
The guys gather at John's apartment to view what they think is a vintage porn film, but instead find themselves viewing
Vacation
With Dexter's help, John practices driving so he can renew his license for a vacation with Catehrine; meanwhile, Boyz II
The Book of Rachel
A young woman informs John that he's one of three men who could be her biological father.
Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose, But Then So's Desperate
Catherine gets the wrong idea when she spies John dancing with Carly, Mahalia is cheered by a passenger passing through.
Just Like a Woman
Dexter dates a beautiful woman who shares John's name, and when Dexter kisses her, he can only see John's face.
A Cult to the System
John is upset when his son joins a religious cult, and enlists Dexter's help; Egger's embarassing parents visit.
The Job
John, Mahalia, Dexter and Heavy Gene apply for a better playing job at a New Orleans bus station.
Faith
Good fortune follows the appearance of a faint image of Christ on the bus station's wall.
The Defiant One
John's mouthing off to the police lands him in jail with musician-author Kinky Friedman, Catherine learns about Carly's
Wrestling Matches
John tries to help a famed '70s poet (Cassidy) onto the wagon, while attempting to get his second ex-wife pay his first
Whipping Post
Carly's 21-year-old brother has eyes for Catherine, but his age -- and John -- aren't the only obstacles to winning her
Bad Pennies
Catherine has two house guests: a seven-year-old niece, who invests in Dexter's nine-ball skills, and her jazz musician
Time Out
Old flames resurface after John and Catherine agree to take a break to assess the direction of their relationship.
In the Pink
Mahalia's crash diet lands her in the hospital on the night John must attend Carly's fundraising party, so Dexter must m
You Bet Your Life
A canine is the centerpiece of the bus station's new security system, Catherine and John try living together, and John's
Rachel Redux
John's daughter appears topless in a skin magazine, Officer Eggers holds an attractive stranger hostage unless he agrees
Several Unusual Love Stories
Catherine breaks up with John because ""things are too good"", Dexter discovers that his new love Annie has a surprising
The Wedding
Heavy Gene and Sarah plan to wed.
And the Heat Goes On
John searches for a lost package and Carly mulls a marriage proposal.
More Changes
John finally proposes to Catherine, she accepts, and everyone shows up for the wedding -- except the bride and groom. Jo
Even More Changes
John reconciles with Catherine, who takes on a new enterprise by buying the bus bar from Carly and turning it into a jaz
Rachel and Tony
John's daughter and son hit town at the same time, and John decides to tell each of them about the other's existence. Jo
A Moveable Feast
After he discovers a collection of short stories he wrote as a young man, earnest John Hemingway enters a writing contes
Johns
Catherine accepts a date with a stranger -- who thinks she's plying Carly's former trade. Meanwhile, the crew from TV's
Night Moves
After a burglary in the apartment building where John and Catherine live, he seizes the chance to play on her vulnerabil
An Odd Cup of Tea
Dexter accompanies John on a visit to his boyhood home in Chicago -- where John learns his departed father never departe
Love on the Line
John tells Catherine that she would love him if she could forget about their past together. Later, he logs onto an compu
Master Class
Dexter joins John for a writing class, where another student entrances John -- until she writes a cruel character study
Ring of Fire
John assures Mahalia that he'll talk to her younger sister Venus about her overly seductive behavior and reckless living
John's Lucky Day
On his ""lucky day,"" John attends the wedding of Mahali'a ex and bets Catherine's IRS payment money on a horse instead
Black and White and Red All Over
After John writes a scathing negative newspaper review of performance artist Amanda Cox, she professes respect for his c
The Housewarming
Mahalia starts a second career selling real estate, and Carly's millionaire boyfriend Karl is one of her first clients,
Cosmetic Perjury
When Eggers consults a plastic surgeon for a breast reduction, John considers a nip-and-tuck when he fears he looks olde
The Train Wreck
Is it destiny that hooks up John with a pretty yoga instructor for a health spa vacation that he planned with Catherine?
Some Call Them Beasts
John makes a bad impression upon meeting his favorite author Jackson Bishop, but Dexter's friendship with the writer lea
Here We Go Again
A parody of Sunset Boulevard, with Betty White as the Norma Desmond of TV who has written ""Golden Girls: The Musical""
The Dance
John gives Catherine dancing lessons, but she won't let him lead; Mahalia and Carly gives Eggers a makeover to prepare h
A Night to Remember
It happened one night, nearly a decade ago. Or so says John, who recalls a visit he made to the bus station in 1987, whe
Independence Day
Mahalia accidentally gets the byline for John's article on racial equality, but when the piece wins a prize of an electr
Hello, Baby, Hello
John eagerly accepts when Catherine asks him to father her child, but it's a problematic plan. Meanwhile, Dexter is a ho
Intern Writer
Fancying himself a newspaperman, John gets an apprenticeship as an intern at a major St. Louis daily, where he thinks he
Running for Carly
John reluctantly agrees to help Carly's rich, moronic boyfriend Karl campaign for the state senate, but after learning t
Happy Endings
Now that they're both free and clear, Carly and John agree to a date, but advice from Dexter keeps them apart -- at firs
Untying the Knot
Picking up from last season's cliffhanger, this season's premiere polishes off the nuptials between John and Carly. In s
Mother of the Year
Thanks to John's contest-winning, double-edged essay, Mahalia is named Mother of the Year and faces a custody battle for
Bathing with Ernest Hemingway
Attempting to share John's love of literature, Carly signs up for a course on Ernest Hemingway. In exchange, John agrees
The Blues Traveller
Ray Charles has agreed to perform at Catherine's bar, and John must pick him up at the airport. Meanwhile, after Carly b
Copies
Dexter's estranged father comes to see John's autobiographical play about father-son issues, continually rewritten after
Isosceles Love Triangle
After John gives Eggers advice on how to get the man of her dreams, she uses the opportunity to get him to agree to be h
Napping to Success
New policies eliminate hugs and napping in the workplace. John's son gets thrown out of Yale after feigning insanity, bu
Cheeses H. Taste
John wants to dictate his screenplay, so he buys a tape recorder from a disreputable electronics retailer. It is ruined
When Yussel Learned to Yodel
John decides to relive his old New Orleans radio days by becoming ""The Night Hawk"" and hosts a local late night radio
Humble Pi
Employees of the bus station must take physicals and a general knowledge test to get reduced insurance rates. John disco
Friends
John needs a buddy relationship and goes hunting with Hampton. It becomes an adventure when the truck won't start and th
Pandora's Box
Carly's past intimidates John during their honeymoon. Dexter accepts $10,000 to rename his lunch counter.
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