The John Larroquette Show (1993)
The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.
The John Larroquette Show: Season 1 - 24 Episode s
1x1 - Pilot
September 2, 1993
Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.
1x2 - Thirty Day Chip
September 7, 1993
John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.
1x3 - Celibate!
September 14, 1993
John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.
1x4 - This is Not a Step
September 21, 1993
John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of credit card slips goes missing from the bus station.
1x5 - The Unforgiven
September 28, 1993
John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.
1x6 - Pros and Cons
October 5, 1993
A fellow con artist from John's drinking days offers to cut him in on a lucrative real-estate scam; a bounty hunter is taking an incredibly naive Mississippi teenager to face a ten-year sentence.
1x7 - Jumping Off the Wagon
October 12, 1993
Badgered by an extortionist, bedeviled by a work slowdown and befuddled by his sponsor's drinking, John feels like he's teetering on a ""tightrope of sobriety.""
1x8 - The Past Comes Back
October 26, 1993
A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing for seducing him.
1x9 - There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You
November 2, 1993
John's given food for thought when an old writer friend bases his first book on John's bacchanalian past, a neo-Nazi named Steve Hitler demands to charter a bus, with support from the ACLU, and a sleazy health inspector threatens Dexter with blackmail.
1x10 - Amends
November 23, 1993
John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.
1x11 - Newcomer
December 7, 1993
John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.
1x12 - My Hero
December 14, 1993
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 who taught him to drink.
1x13 - God
December 21, 1993
John gets hooked into a crap game and finds himself being forced to pray at gunpoint by Mahalia; Dexter discovers that his new girlfriend is a hooker.
1x14 - The Big Slip
January 4, 1994
John's order to train his boss's harebrained nephew, who been in AA for a year but is still a basketcase.
1x15 - Death and Dishonor
January 11, 1994
John's son tries to form a father-son relationship; Chester disappears and is found dead; John must deal with a battle to the death between Mahalia and her sister Linda, who stole Mahalia's first husband.
1x16 - Don't Drink and Drive Nuclear Waste
January 18, 1994
Entrusted for a few moments with the official United State inch, John can't resist peeking -- and damages it; meanwhile, he worries over a bus driver who drinks but denies it.
1x17 - Eggs
January 30, 1994
Hemingway and Dexter get stuck together in a crummy motel with a cage full of chickens; when a baby is abandoned in the station dumpster, Officer Eggers kidnaps it.
1x18 - Another Average Night
February 1, 1994
John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arrives.
1x19 - Dirty Deeds
February 1, 1994
At a drag show, John runs into his old college roommate, who's playing Marlene Dietrich; Mahalia is targeted anew by a blackmailer she thought she'd paid off.
1x20 - John and Carol
February 8, 1994
Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.
1x21 - Grit
March 15, 1994
Officer Eggers develops a crush on John after he rescues her from a gunman; Dexter's business languishes after a customer puts a curse on the diner.
1x22 - Date Night
March 22, 1994
Dexter is outraged when his sister strikes up a friendship with Hemingway, Mahalia is overjoyed to hear her first boyfriend is coming to visit, Carly reports to Hemingway that she was sent out on a house call -- to his son.
1x23 - Wasted Lives
March 29, 1994
John accidentally gets high on marijuana brownies, Hampton gets an unusual request from his long-estranged father, actor Joe Pesci studies a homeless man living at the bus station as research for a role.
1x24 - A Dark and Stormy Night
April 12, 1994
Hemingway is feeling suicidal on his birthday, but discovers new meaning when the entire bus station is held host age by a gun-toting lunatic.
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