About this season
Double Rush is an American CBS television comedy that lasted only one season in 1995. Robert Pastorelli played Johnny Verona, manager of a bicycle delivery service in New York City. Verona must keep his business on its feet in the face of competition from the increased use of fax machines and the internet. The show premiered 4 January 1995 and ended with the twelfth episode on 12 April of that year. The reason for its cancellation might be because of the title of the seventh episode 'The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were Going on Opposite Roseanne'. Apparently, "even the most smart-mouthed, wise-cracking New York working stiffs couldn't compete with Roseanne for ratings."
Episodes (13)
1. The Episode Formerly Known as Prince
Aired 4 January 1995 • 30 min
Johnny Verona gets a chance to sell his bicycle messenger service, but turns it down when he finds out his people won't be included with the deal, the same thing that kept him from being a big rock star. A competition is held against Foley's company to secure a contract with a new advertising company; meanwhile, an unemployed Harvard graduate stops by the office to get a proposal delivered and winds up getting a job biking and keeping the books.
2. I Left My Socks in San Antonio
Aired 11 January 1995 • 30 min
Johnny has a bet on the Spurs beating the Knicks and sends Hunter to deliver Dennis Rodman's socks to the Garden, but he brings the gym bag back to the office instead. Zoe tries to organize the office and throw the socks away, so Barkley makes fake ones.
3. Comings and Goings
Aired 18 January 1995 • 30 min
When a small profit of $500 is discovered, Johnny wants to buy a $250 chair and a competition is held, $250 dollars to whomever makes the most runs. Marlon delivers precious gems to wealthy white people; Leo must talk a CBS TV comedy executive out of committing suicide; Zoe must deliver sperm to an ovulating wife; however, Hunter hits a pedestrian, whom hangs out at the Blue Shamrock, and threat of a lawsuit may put the profit in jeopardy.
4. They Shoot Guns, Don't They?
Aired 25 January 1995 • 30 min
The gang pressures Johnny to get a gun after Double Rush is robbed. The gun is used once but not for the second robbery.
5. Johnny and the Pacemakers
Aired 1 February 1995 • 30 min
Johnny reunites with his old band and their gig goes great. Later, when he wants to experience everything that he missed out on, he finds time has caught up with them all.
6. Snowings and Goings
Aired 6 March 1995 • 30 min
In the midst of a blizzard, Leo and Zoe wind up in the back seat of a car together, ""the Kid"" fills in as a talk show guest, Hunter is trapped by an elderly woman whom thinks he is her son and Johnny must lookout for a rock star, whose bound to miss his gig.
7. The Show We Wrote The Day We Found Out We Were Going On Opposite Roseanne
Aired 8 March 1995 • 30 min
Leo loses a big account, so Johnny fires him. Leo finds a new job with a couple of ""wiseguys"" he once served time with.
8. Lower East Side Story
Aired 15 March 1995 • 30 min
Though Double Rush wages war against Ed Foley's courier company, Hunter begins dating Ed's daughter.
9. Hell's Angel
Aired 22 March 1995 • 30 min
A guy who Johnny grew up with was ""nothing but trouble""; however, now he is a priest, but things haven't really changed, when he bounces a bad check.
10. Love Letters
Aired 29 March 1995 • 30 min
Hunter's back and forth rush delivery of ""love"" letters between a young couple, affects the rest of the staff.
11. Slamming Into a Car Isn't Good
Aired 5 April 1995 • 30 min
Brubeck tries to find out about the mysterious Barkley. Marlon wins the debate about who should get a rush job, but is hospitalized after hitting a cab. The gang spends some time at the hospital trying to find him.
12. The Documentary
Aired 12 April 1995 • 30 min
PBS comes to Double Rush for part of their documentary on bicycle messengers. During the shoot a big account is lost and Johnny must decide who to let go.
13. Crimes and Mrs. DeMotto
No synopsis available.