About this season
Sydney J. Solomon is a family-court judge and a divorced mother of four who tries to juggle her home and professional lives.
Episodes (20)
1. Pilot
Aired 30 September 1995 • 30 min
Sydney's oldest son quits college.
2. The Cheesehead Stands Alone
Aired 7 October 1995 • 30 min
Sydney sentences a divorced football star to a weekend in jail for not visiting his son, but it soon appears she may have made a bad call.
3. Sleeping Dogs Lie
Aired 21 October 1995 • 30 min
Sydney peeks at an FBI file to find out why she was passed over for a spot on a White House committee—and finds out something startling about Neal.
4. In Cyberspace Everyone Can Hear You Scream
Aired 25 October 1995 • 30 min
Sydney confiscates Marshall's computer after she discovers he released onto the Internet a video of her giving birth to Ellis.
5. My Kind of Clown
Aired 4 November 1995 • 30 min
A Bozo the Clown show brings back a not-so-happy childhood memory for Greer involving a shiny new bike that Sydney proudly won on the show as a kid.
6. Time Flies
Aired 2 December 1995 • 30 min
With the minutes of her life ""ticking away."" Sydney grows desperate for a romantic relationship.
7. The Sydney That Works
Aired 9 December 1995 • 30 min
Neal is itching to get into an elite private school, but when she's put on the waiting list, Sydney has to start scratching a lot of backs to get her in.
8. Dog Day Afternoon
Aired 6 January 1996 • 30 min
The hapless new presiding judge, Walter Ragsdale, decides to make Sydney's life miserable after she insults him, and he reassigns her from family court to more onerous duties.
9. The Importance of Being Ernie
Aired 13 January 1996 • 30 min
Judge Ragsdale wants to steal Ernie away from Sydney; and, given the way Sydney treats him, Ernie's tempted to make the move.
10. Laborer of Love
Aired 20 January 1996 • 30 min
A wealthy and attractive divorcee gives Mia a gig as her gofer, but Sydney fears he's just going to be a gigolo.
11. Touched by an Anger
Aired 3 February 1996 • 30 min
Sydney roughs up a mugger during an attempted purse snatching, and the court orders her to attend an anger-management workshop, where she finds the sources of her displaced hostility: her ex-husband Jeffrey.
12. An Exercise in Fertility
Aired 10 February 1996 • 30 min
13. The Great Chicago Fireman
Aired 2 March 1996 • 30 min
Sydney may have found the perfect man when she begins dating a hunky fireman who rescued her from a locked bathroom, but his penchant for gourmet cooking, meticulous housekeeping -- and weeping over sensitive ""chick flicks"" -- leaves Sydney feeling a bit smothered.
14. Between a Shamrock and a Hard Place
Aired 16 March 1996 • 30 min
St. Patrick's Day gets a wee bit out of hand for Sydney, who's held hostage in her courtroom by 9-year-old Patrick who wants her to stop Chicago's annual parade because he is ashamed of his diminutive father's participation as a leprechaun. Elsewhere, a giddy Greer tries to entice Neal to join her on a suitably goofy float.
15. True Lies
Aired 23 March 1996 • 30 min
Sydney gets Mike a job working with Leo, the courthouse maintenance man who has a thing for Sydney.
16. Bad Boys
Aired 30 March 1996 • 30 min
When Neal wants to date a young car thief she meets, Sydney is reminded of her own youthful fling with a bad boy who stole her heart.
17. Mike Solomon: Unplugged
Aired 6 April 1996 • 30 min
Mike takes Sydney's advice and bails out on his floundering rock band -- just before they finally hit the big time.
18. Dad
Aired 13 April 1996 • 30 min
Sydney's widowed dad Karl arrives in Chicago with a fiancé, and he can't wait to consummate their marriage; but his bride-to-be can wait -- forever.
19. Love, Death & Soda
Aired 20 April 1996 • 30 min
Marshall is stricken with guilt after he makes out with a girl during a relative's funeral.
20. Syd and Sensibility
Aired 22 June 1996 • 30 min