Dream On

Martin's romance with Sandra comes to an abrupt halt when he learns that she is the wife of a candidate for the Senate.

Martin decides to date Sandra regardless of the consequences.

Toby is plagued by nightmares in which she murders Martin in gruesome scenes of violence.

Gibby convinces a reluctant Martin that the big Xmas book should be the memoirs of a gay man dying of AIDS.

Martin is told he will have to take a pay cut, so he quits his job, only to find things are even worse elsewhere.

When Richard misses his and Judith's second anniversary, she confides to Martin that all is not well in their marriage.

Martin decides that Jeremy's tough and sarcastic new girlfriend Clair is a bad influence and forbids him from seeing her.

Martin convinces Toby to marry Gibby so that he can get his green card, but becomes annoyed when the wedding plans disrupt her work.

When Martin's parents arrive for Jeremy's thirteenth birthday, they announce they are getting a divorce.

Eddie invites Martin to a Talk Show Digest awards night, where they are both approached by a beautiful woman called Alisha.

Martin runs into his hero, author Elliot Sterns (Patrick MacNee) and manages to spoil a romantic evening out.

Martin's new girlfriend has just come out of a bad relationship. She and her former lover, Ryan, had many problems before their breakup. But now Ryan is trying to rekindle their relationship despite her new relationship with Martin. Now Martin finds himself competing against her former lover, and Ryan has qualities that may be more than Martin can compete with.

Martin has a great date with Jeanette, a writer's agent who happens to be black.

When Judith convinces Martin its time to split up their photographs, they take a trip down memory lane.

After having had lunch with a fellow editor, Martin is shocked to find him dead at his desk.

A Blumberg family reunion has everyone's nerves on edge.

Martin plans for a weekend break are dashed.

Martin courts disaster when he throws a raucous bachelor party.

Martin overreacts when he suspects that Jeremy has begun to have sex.

Martin falls for Judith's new housekeeper (Salma Hyack).

Martin does battle with a rat.

Ellen, a beautiful writer of Martin's, asks him to her apartment, with an unusual request that he conceive a child with her. After talking it over with Jude, he accepts under the impression that he'll get to make love to her, but she only wants him to donate semen.

Gibby foists his possibly illegitimate son and Whitestone's newest editor upon Martin - Alex Farmer. Toby takes an immediate dislike to Alex and his secretary Skylar.

Martin is dating the office's college student bagel girl Julie, even though she seems to have more in common with Jeremy. But, Martin breaks up with her in order to pursue a relationship with her mother Kate who he becomes infatuated with after a chance meeting. The only problem is that Kate isn't thrilled about the idea of dating a guy who takes advantage of college girls. The simple fact that she hates Martin doesn't dent his persistence, though, and he tries every trick he knows, including a surprise night-time candle-lit dinner in the back of her apartment to the strains of ‘Strangers in the Night', to win her over, apparently to no avail…

Following directly from the previous episode, all of Martin's hopes seem shattered when Kate appears unimpressed, but, touched by his clumsy attempt at romance, she finally accepts his offer of a date . . .

Everything seems to be going great in one of Martin's relationships. He and Kate couldn't be happier, and they plan on living together at Martin's apartment.