List of Dream On episodes

Dream On, an adult-themed sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, aired on HBO from July 8, 1990, to March 27, 1996. The series aired for a total of six seasons, consisting of 120 episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	14		November 6, 1990	May 7, 1991
	2	15		July 7, 1991	October 6, 1991
	3	26		June 6, 1992	November 21, 1992
	4	25		June 2, 1993	March 30, 1994
	5	13		June 22, 1994	September 14, 1994
	6	27		July 19, 1995	March 27, 1996

Episodes

Season 1 (1990–91)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The First Episode"	John Landis	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	November 6, 1990
2	2	"Death Takes a Coffee Break"	Betty Thomas	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	November 13, 1990
3	3	"Sex and the Single Father"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	November 20, 1990
4	4	"Sole Sister"	Arlene Sanford	Bernie Keating	November 27, 1990
5	5	"Angst for the Memories"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	December 3, 1990
6	6	"...And Sheep Are Nervous"	Betty Thomas	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	December 10, 1990
7	7	"Over Your Dead Body"	Betty Thomas	Dava Savel	December 17, 1990
8	8	"Martin Gets Lucky"	Jonathan Kaufer	Jonathan Kaufer	December 24, 1990
9	9	"Three Coins in the Dryer"	Betty Thomas	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	January 1, 1991
10	10	"The Trojan War"	Betty Thomas	Dava Savel	January 8, 1991
11	11	"Up the River"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	January 15, 1991
12	12	"555-HELL"	Betty Thomas	Bernie Keating	January 22, 1991
13	13	"Doing the Bossa Nova"	Arlene Sanford	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	January 29, 1991
14	14	"Premarital Ex"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	May 7, 1991

Season 2 (1991)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
15	1	"The Second Greatest Story Ever Told, Part 1"	John Landis	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	July 7, 1991
16	2	"The Second Greatest Story Ever Told, Part 2"	John Landis	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	July 7, 1991
17	3	"And Your Little Dog, Too"	Catherine O'Hara	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	July 14, 1991
18	4	"The 37-Year Itch"	Betty Thomas	Dava Savel	July 21, 1991
19	5	"Calling the Kettle Black"	Peter Baldwin	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	July 28, 1991
20	6	"Futile Attraction"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	August 4, 1991
Martin starts dating a patient of Judith, not realizing that he is putting himself in danger.
21	7	"No, I'm Just Happy to See You"	Arlene Sanford	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	August 11, 1991
After getting mugged, Martin decides to buy a gun and has a most unusual confrontation with a burglar.
22	8	"What I Did for Lust"	Bethany Rooney	Theresa Rebeck	August 18, 1991
23	9	"Play Melville for Me"	Arlene Sanford	Craig Hoffman	August 25, 1991
24	10	"To Have and Have and Have and Have Not"	John Axness	Craig Hoffman	September 1, 1991
25	11	"Pants on Fire"	Arlene Sanford	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	September 8, 1991
26	12	"The Charlotte Letter"	Peter Baldwin	Tom Leopold	September 15, 1991
Martin discovers the new love of his life used to be a porn actress.
27	13	"The Name of the Game Is Five-Card Stud"	Rob Thompson	Theresa Rebeck	September 22, 1991
28	14	"So Funny I Forgot to Laugh"	Betty Thomas	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	September 29, 1991
Martin is unnerved when his stand-up comic girlfriend uses material about him in her act.
29	15	"Toby or Not Toby"	Bethany Rooney	Elaine Aronson	October 6, 1991

Season 3 (1992)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
30	1	"And Bimbo Was His Name-O, Part 1"	Eric Laneuville	David Crane	June 6, 1992
31	2	"And Bimbo Was His Name-O, Part 2"	Eric Laneuville	David Crane	June 6, 1992
32	3	"Nightmare on Bleecker Street"	John Landis	Stephen Engel	June 13, 1992
Toby is having nightmares in which she murders Martin.
33	4	"For Peter's Sake"	Betty Thomas	Marta Kauffman & David Crane	June 20, 1992
Note- In 1993 this episode won the Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.[1]
34	5	"Terms of Employment"	Bethany Rooney	Stephen Engel	June 27, 1992
Martin is on top of the world after editing a best selling book and on top of a gorgeous blonde actress he is in a relationship with. Gibby tries to force Martin to take a pay cut and Martin quits instead, leaving himself unemployed.
35	6	"For Richard or for Poorer"	Peter Baldwin	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	July 4, 1992
Martin coughs up a kidney for Richard.. for Judith.
36	7	"Bad Girls"	Betty Thomas	Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins	July 11, 1992
Martin disapproves of Jeremy's juvenile delinquent girlfriend but nevertheless ends up getting involved with her similarly-inclined mother (Adrienne Barbeau).
37	8	"Here Comes the Bribe"	Betty Thomas	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	July 18, 1992
While having sex, Martin gets the inspiration for a great idea for a book. He goes to Gibby with the idea, but wants Marin to help him. In order to avoid being deported, Gibby has to get married to Toby, at a high price.
38	9	"May Divorce Be with You"	Bethany Rooney	Martha Kauffman & David Crane	July 25, 1992
Martin has difficulty coping with the divorce of his parents.
39	10	"Come and Knock on Our Door..."	John Landis	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	August 1, 1992
Martin and Eddie are both interested in a network executive (Courteney Cox), and she proposes that they have a threesome.
40	11	"B.S. Elliot"	Michael McKean	Theresa Rebeck	August 8, 1992
When "editing" the manuscript of a famous but difficult author, Martin learns what it truly means to be a writer.
41	12	"What Women Want"	Bethany Rooney	Theresa Rebeck	August 15, 1992
Martin competes for the affections of his new girlfriend with her former lesbian lover (Jennifer Tilly).
42	13	"Red All Over"	Bethany Rooney	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	August 22, 1992
Martin begins dating an African-American woman who ends up being more interested in Eddie.
43	14	"The Rocky Marriage Picture Show"	Bethany Rooney	Howard J. Morris	August 29, 1992
Martin and Judith decide to divide their old photographs, and in the process they recall old memories.
44	15	"Martin Over Medium"	Bethany Rooney	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	September 5, 1992
After a co-worker dies, Martin visits a medium. Features John Landis trademark line "I'll see you next Wednesday"
45	16	"Theory of Relativity"	Art Wolff	Howard J. Morris	September 12, 1992
46	17	"Up All Night"	Paul Miller	Michael Curtis & Greg Malins	September 19, 1992
A meek author's manuscript is shredded by his vengeful wife, so he, Martin and Toby have to stay up all night to reassemble it to meet the deadline.
47	18	"The Guilty Party"	John Axness	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	September 26, 1992
A bachelor party for Eddie takes an unexpected turn when deep, dark secrets are revealed.
48	19	"The Son Also Rises"	Betty Thomas	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	October 3, 1992
Martin finds his condemns missing when he is having sex, and then realized that only one person could have taken them. His son, Jeremy.
49	20	"Domestic Bliss"	Arlene Sanford	Jeffrey Klarik & Greg Cope	October 10, 1992
Martin falls for Judith's beautiful Mexican maid (Salma Hayek) and then feels uncomfortable that she is "just" a maid.
50	21	"It Came from Beneath the Sink"	John Landis	TBA	October 17, 1992
Martin battles a giant rat that has invaded his apartment, which interferes in a very promising relationship with a co-worker he dreams about.
51	22	"No Deposit, No Return"	Paul Lazarus	Stephen Engel	October 24, 1992
Martin is asked by one of his clients to be a sperm donor so she can have a baby.
52	23	"To the Moon, Alex!"	Kevin Bright	Craig Hoffman	October 31, 1992
Martin and Toby face underhanded competition from back-stabbing new editor Alex (Matthew Perry) and his scheming secretary Skylar.
53	24	"The Undergraduate"	John Axness	Stephen Engel	November 7, 1992
Martin begins dating the college student who delivers bagels to his office. Martin ends up giving her multiple orgasms when they have sex. Martin meets her mother, and begins to fall for her.
54	25	"Dance Ten, Sex Three"	Nick Marck	Howard J. Morris	November 14, 1992
Martin convinces the mother of the college student to go on a date with him. They hit it off but have below average sex. They almost break up because of it, just before having an epic session which keeps the relationship alive.
55	26	"Key for Two"	Betty Thomas	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	November 21, 1992

Season 4 (1993–94)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
56	1	"Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape"	John Landis	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	June 2, 1993
57	2	"The French Conception"	Eric Laneuville	Stephen Engel	June 9, 1993
58	3	"Depth Be Not Proud"	Peter Baldwin	Stephen Engel	June 16, 1993
59	4	"Pop Secret"	Betty Thomas	Andrew Gordon & Eileen Conn	June 23, 1993
60	5	"Reach Out and Touch Yourself"	Nick Marck	Stephen Engel	June 30, 1993
Toby convinces Martin to invest in her stock advice hotline, which ends up turning into a phone sex line.
61	6	"Home Sweet Homeboy"	Debra Hill	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	July 7, 1993
An African-American client of Martin guests on Eddie's show and accuses him of not being "black enough".
62	7	"A Midsummer Night´s Dream On"	Betty Thomas	Leslie Gaveny	July 14, 1993
63	8	"The Book, the Thief, Her Boss and His Lover"	Kevin S. Bright	Jeffrey Klarik	July 21, 1993
Toby's mother makes her feel really bad about her life. A beautiful widow has a book written by her husband who was a famous author, however she doesn't want her husbands name on the book due to the content. Toby blackmails Martin into putting her name on the book, Martin takes the widow as his lover (Gates McFadden).
64	9	"Super Freak"	Paul Lazarus	Mindy Schneider	July 28, 1993
65	10	"One Ball, Two Strikes"	Michael Engler	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	August 4, 1993
Martin has an affair with Gibby's girlfriend. Gibby confesses an intimate inadequacy to Martin.
66	11	"Portrait by the Artist on the Young Man"	John Landis	Mindy Schneider	August 11, 1993
Jeremy gets a tattoo and Martin's not happy about it.
67	12	"And Bobby Makes Three"	Rina Sternfeld Allon	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	August 18, 1993
While Richard is away in Estonia, Martin accompanies Judith to birthing class where he meets an old high school sweetheart.
68	13	"Silent Night, Holy Cow, Part 1"	Betty Thomas	David Crane & Marta Kauffman	December 18, 1993
It's Christmas and a very pregnant Judith goes on a trip with Martin to receive a present for Richard, who's visiting the Pope. Jeremy has his first sexual experience and Eddie has two dates on the same evening. Toby has a vision of the Virgin Mary in the broken glass of Martin's door.
69	14	"Silent Night, Holy Cow, Part 2"	Betty Thomas	David Crane & Marta Kauffman	December 18, 1993
Eddie has a fight with Santa Claus while Toby considers joining a convent. Judith goes into labor with only Martin there to help deliver the baby, in a barn near the town of Bethlehem. Jeremy gains more sexual experiences with Marybeth (Robin Tunney), an 'older' woman.
70	15	"Brother of the Bride"	Peter Baldwin	Jeffrey Klarik	January 19, 1994
Martin's sister Susan wants to get married in a small ceremony without the family knowing. Nevertheless, the whole family ends up getting involved, planning a big wedding party.
71	16	"Blinded by the Cheese"	Kevin S. Bright	Stephen Engel	January 26, 1994
A cheese fondue accident leaves Martin temporarily blinded and in hospital. Unable to see, he still manages to meet a cute nurse, who, he discovers later on, is slightly older than his usual conquests.
72	17	"Hey, Nanny Nanny"	Ron Wolotzky	Brian Herskowitz	February 2, 1994
Martin convinces Judith to hire his out-of-work-actress girlfriend as a nanny for the new baby.
73	18	"The Second Coming"	Jonathan Prince	Linda Mathious & Heather MacGillvray	February 9, 1994
Martin organises a surprise birthday party for Judith while Toby discovers what type of man she is dating.
74	19	"Martin Tupper in 'Magnum Farce'"	John Landis	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	February 16, 1994
While Martin is dating a co-worker, a husband-and-wife author team have marital problems affecting their writing despite an immiment deadline. He refers them to Judith, who advises them to focus on the relationship instead of on the book. Martin becomes the center of drama and revenge sex.
75	20	"Where There's Smoke, You're Fired"	Mary Kay Place	Bob Kushell	February 23, 1994
During Gibby's holiday, Martin's in charge of the company but he receives instructions to fire one of the editors. Judith is experiencing a professional crisis.
76	21	"Blame it on Reo"	Michael Engler	Eileen Conn & Andrew Gordon	March 2, 1994
Jeremy has a date with a kinky young actress and Martin discovers Jeremy has had sex even before that date.
77	22	"From Here to Paternity"	Mel Smith	Bob Kushell	March 9, 1994
Eddie finds out the consequences of sleeping with Martin's girlfriend (Pam Dawber) back when they were in high school.
78	23	"A Face Worse Than Death"	Ron Wolotzky	Jeffrey Klarik	March 16, 1994
Martin's mom decides to have a face-lift, but doesn't want to tell her current boyfriend.
79	24	"Felines... Nothing More Than Felines"	Michael McKean	Jeffrey Klarik	March 23, 1994
Toby has to deal with the loss of her beloved cat, Mr. Snuffles, while Martin and Gibby try to convince Kitty Kelley to become a client.
80	25	"Stone Cold"	Peter Baldwin	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	March 30, 1994
Richard, Judith, Jeremy and the baby are moving to Washington D.C. Martin is despondent, but events take an unexpected turn.

Season 5 (1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
81	1	"The Taking of Pablum 1-2-3 (Part 1)"	Ron Wolotzky	Stephen Engel	June 22, 1994
At Richard Stone's memorial service, Martin and baby Richard are kidnapped by two screenwriters. However, the police think Martin's the kidnapper.
82	2	"The Taking of Pablum 1-2-3 (Part 2)"	Ron Wolotzky	Stephen Engel	June 29, 1994
Martin makes a deal with the kidnappers, but it turns out he remains the unsung hero.
83	3	"’Tis Pity She’s A Neighbor"	Lisa Gottlieb	Bill Prady	July 6, 1994
When the neighbors keep Martin up all night with their sounds of love-making, he discovers they are prostitutes.
84	4	"Steinway To Heaven"	Eric Laneuville	Daryl Rowland & Lisa Debenedictis	July 13, 1994
Martin’s mom Doris dies during a visit to New York. In the process of distributing her belongings, Martin comes across a piano which leads him to find out a secret about his mother’s past.
85	5	"Judy And The Beast"	Nick Marck	Bill Prady	July 20, 1994
After Richard’s death, Martins wants to reconnect with Judith. Instead she connects with Gibby!
86	6	"The Homecoming Queen"	Nick Marck	Stephen Engel	July 27, 1994
Eddie talks Martin into going to a high-school reunion. Martin’s old flame shows up too …as does her psycho almost-ex-husband.
87	7	"I’m With Stupid"	Ron Wolotzky	Victor Levin	August 3, 1994
Martin is tired of dating women who are not smart, but when Judith sets him up with a member of her late husband’s think-tank, he gets more than he bargained for.
88	8	"Attack Of The 59-Inch Woman"	John Landis	Elin Hampton & David Furry	August 10, 1994
When Martin injures himself having sex, he has to work from home. Toby over-interprets her role as his secretary…
89	9	"Those Who Can’t, Edit"	Mary Kay Place	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	August 17, 1994
Martin feels sidelined when his Assistant Editor and girlfriend Kay (Catherine Bell) edits Jeremy’s sci-fi novel.
90	10	"Off-Off Broadway Bound"	John Landis	Elin Hampton & David Furry	August 24, 1994
Eddie agrees to finance Martin’s play, directed by yet another new girlfriend of Martin’s (Cynthia Stevenson). But there is one condition.
91	11	"Hack Like Me"	Ron Wolotzky	Daryl Rowland & Lisa Debenedictis	August 31, 1994
Gibby makes Toby an Associate Editor.
92	12	"I Never Promised You Charoses, Martin"	John Landis	Victor Levin	September 7, 1994
Much to Martin’s concern, Jeremy takes a Bible class. A religious battle between Martin and Judith ensues.
93	13	"The Courtship Of Martin’s Father"	John Landis	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	September 14, 1994
Martin decides to help his father find a new boyfriend.

Season 6 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
94	1	"Try Not to Remember"	Robby Benson	Bill Prady	July 19, 1995
As Martin has problems reaching an orgasm, he starts seeing a psychologist. Once she suggests he was molested in his childhood by an uncle, he starts going nuts.
95	2	"Bess You Is Not My Woman Now"	Robert Ginty	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	July 26, 1995
Recently divorced, Judith’s old friend Bess (Annette O’Toole) comes to New York. Martin always believed there was a sexual tension between him and Bess and wants to release it …but Bess’s unreleased tension has a different target.
96	3	"Long Distance Runaround"	Jerry London	Rick Copp & David A. Goodman	August 2, 1995
Eddie moves to Los Angeles, leaving Martin lonely.
97	4	"Significant Author"	Michael McKean	Victor Levin	August 9, 1995
Gibby offers his editors an increased annual bonus which would be given just to one of the editors and will be deducted from the salaries of others. Toby puts up a personal ad, to which a famous writer, Maddox March (Ray Wise), responds.
98	5	"9½ Days"	Nick Marck	Andrew Gordon & Eileen Conn	August 16, 1995
Once more, Martin begins a relationship with an author of his, Phoebe (Barbara Alyn Woods), who is into all sorts of sexually challenging games. Phoebe is also an etiquette expert — but what exactly is the etiquette after a threesome?
99	6	"Beam Me Up, Dr Spock"	Iris Dugow	Bill Prady	August 23, 1995
Jeremy gets a bad grade in maths, gets a tutor 8 years his senior (Liz Vassey) and quickly starts dating her, which puts Martin’s and Judith’s diverging parenting approaches to a challenge.
100	7	"Take Two Tablets, And Get Me To Mount Sinai"	John Landis	Story by Stephen Engel Teleplay by Stephen Engel, Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	August 30, 1995
An episode based mainly on clips from earlier episodes. Martin chokes on a champagne cork and is being evaluated according to the Ten Commandments in order to decide where his final destination will be.
101	8	"Music In My Veins, Part I"	Robert Ginty	Stephen Engel	September 13, 1995
Martin starts dating a rock star (Shannon Kenny) who is addicted not only to sex and rock‘n’roll…
102	9	"Music In My Veins, Part II"	Robert Ginty	Stephen Engel	September 20, 1995
Struck by writer’s block, Katrina (Shannon Kenny) discovers some old poems of Martin’s and wants to use them as the lyrics for her band’s new album.
103	10	"Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport"	Ron Wolotzky	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	September 27, 1995
In order to prove he has what it takes to become vice president of Whitestone, Martin has to show Gibby’s sister from Australia’s Outback (Morwenna Banks) around New York.
104	11	"She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will"	John Landis	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	October 4, 1995
Martin starts seeing Judith’s younger sister Winnie (Andrea Parker) and has trouble telling Judith.
105	12	"Flight of the Pedalbee"	William Malone	Ellen Idelson & Rob Lottersten	October 11, 1995
Martin becomes involved with a self-help guru (Mary Crosby) whose book he is editing. He is only convinced of her methods when it comes to sex though…
106	13	"Am I Blue"	John Landis	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	October 18, 1995
Short of money for a down payment to buy his flat, Martin starts a secret career as a successful porn screenwriter.
107	14	"Home Is Where The Cart Is"	Ron Wolotzky	Story by Tammy Ader Teleplay by Julie Sherman	November 1, 1995
Martin falls in love with Lisbett (Stacy Travis) who lives in her car.
108	15	"Little Orphan Eddie"	John Landis	Christopher Vane	November 8, 1995
The surprise party Martin sets up for Eddie certainly is full of surprises.
109	16	"Toby’s Choice"	Ron Wolotzky	Stephen Engel	November 15, 1995
To get rid of his annoying old friend Pete (Curtis Armstrong), Martin sets him up with Toby.
110	17	"The Weekend At The College Didn’t Turn Out Like They Planned"	Ron Wolotzky	Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss	November 22, 1995
When Judith and Martin accompany Jeremy to visit the college he wants to enrol at, their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
111	18	"Second Time Aground"	Rina Sternfeld Allon	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	January 24, 1996
Judith talks Martin into group counselling for divorced couples who are back together.
112	19	"The Spirit Of 76th & Park"	John Landis	Elin Hampton & David Fury	January 31, 1996
Martin moves in at Judith’s but has some trouble getting used to her late husband Richard Stone’s computer-controlled appliances.
113	20	"All About Louie"	Michael McKean	Christopher Vane	February 7, 1996
When Gibby tells Martin to organise the Whitestone stand at the Chicago Book Fair, Toby hires her cousin Louie (Jon Polito) to assist him.
114	21	"The Way We War"	Scott White	Rob Lotterstein & Ellen Idelson	February 14, 1996
Old conflicts resurface when Judith and Eddie fight about who will organise Martin’s birthday party
115	22	"Springtime For Tupper"	Michael Amundson	Tom Maxwell & Don Woodard	February 21, 1996
Martin gets his own quality-literature division at Whitestone.
116	23	"Hey Diddle Diddle"	Betty Thomas	Stephen Engel	February 28, 1996
When Judith catches Martin masturbating, it leads to a talk about their sex life. And action.
117	24	"Cupid Is As Cupid Does"	Rina Sternfeld Allon	David Kohan & Max Mutchnick	March 6, 1996
Martin sets up Eddie with Judith’s friend Rema (Dawnn Lewis).
118	25	"Tenants, Anyone?"	Mary Kay Place	Bill Prady	March 13, 1996
Martin quickly regrets renting out his flat to Toby.
119	26	"Finale — Part One"	Ron Wolotzky	Stephen Engel	March 20, 1996
As Eddie’s best man, Martin starts asking himself whether he should re-marry Judith.
120	27	"Finale With A Vengeance"	Ron Wolotzky	Stephen Engel	March 27, 1996
On the verge of Judith and Martin’s wedding, plans to revive her late husband Richard Stone surface.

References

1. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1443. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

External links

• Dream On at the Internet Movie Database (Episode List)

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