About this season
Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family.
Episodes (24)
1. The Dentist
Aired 21 September 1994 • 30 min
Paige refers Ellen to a handsome dentist and Ellen hopes the professional visit might lead to a personal relationship. However, her serious flirtations have unexpected results when a few whiffs of laughing gas unleash her primal instincts. Meanwhile, Adam can't seem to decide whether he wants to date a woman or not.
2. Saint Ellen
Aired 28 September 1994 • 30 min
When Ellen learns that the show-biz party she crashed was for charity, she tries to make amends by going on a volunteering binge.
3. The Thirty-Minute Man
Aired 5 October 1994 • 30 min
Ellen flips for a customer whose visits to the bookstore spice up her life, but her rising hopes for romance fall flat when she learns he's a pizza delivery man who savors his work.
4. The Note
Aired 12 October 1994 • 30 min
Stumbling upon evidence that someone in her reading group dislikes her, a downcast Ellen stoops to spying in order to root out and win over the malcontent.
5. The Fix-Up
Aired 19 October 1994 • 30 min
When Ellen's blind date, whom she remembers as a childhood weirdo, turns out to be a perfectly normal guy, she's eager to pursue the relationship, but a series of complications convinces him that she's the one who's strange.
6. So Funny
Aired 26 October 1994 • 30 min
Ellen feels threatened by Adam's visiting friend, Theresa, whose humor rivals her own. But when Ellen sees her own jealousy drive her comic competitor away, she literally flies to make amends.
7. The Toast
Aired 9 November 1994 • 30 min
When Ellen hosts the wedding rehearsal dinner for her brother and his bride-to-be, she unintentionally causes their breakup.
8. Adam's Birthday
Aired 16 November 1994 • 30 min
Convinced that Ellen is limiting his potential, Adam moves out, leaving Ellen with limitless possibilities as to what to do with his vacant room.
9. The Trainer
Aired 23 November 1994 • 30 min
To help Paige appease her demanding movie-producer boss, Ellen pretends to be his exercise trainer. But when the boss offers Ellen a development job, Paige has a fit.
10. Mrs. Koger
Aired 30 November 1994 • 30 min
Ellen speaks her mind to her cranky old neighbor who then dies. Meanwhile, she hires a pushy new bookstore manager with a history of mental problems.
11. Ellen's New Friend
Aired 7 December 1994 • 30 min
Ellen tries to make a new friend without offending Audrey, the person who introduced them. Meanwhile, Adam inherits historical family letters.
12. The Christmas Show
7.0Aired 14 December 1994 • 30 min
Ellen's holidays are bittersweet, thanks to an acerbic new employee and a sugarcoated suitor. Meanwhile, Paige agonizes over what to get her overly sensitive mother for Christmas.
13. Ellen's Improvement
Aired 4 January 1995 • 30 min
Ellen goes on a scholastic kick to expand her cultural horizons, and impresses an attractive college professor along the way. Meanwhile, unlikely lovebirds Joe and Stephanie move in together--at the bookstore.
14. The Apartment Hunt
Aired 11 January 1995 • 30 min
Ellen is determined to help Audrey find an apartment, as far away from hers as possible. Meanwhile, Paige dates an alternate juror for a high-profile Hollywood trial and Adam tries to catch a newspaper thief.
15. The Spa
Aired 25 January 1995 • 30 min
Paige persuades Ellen to relieve stress at a health spa, but the rigorous regime creates tension between them. Meanwhile, Adam tries to broaden his circle of friends, starting with Joe.
16. Ballet Class
Aired 8 February 1995 • 30 min
Determined to fulfill a childhood dream, Ellen takes ballet lessons and sets her sights on dancing the lead in her class recital.
17. Guns 'N Ellen
Aired 15 February 1995 • 30 min
After her apartment is robbed, Ellen goes on a safety spree, but her obsession with security makes her a model of insecurity.
18. The Sleep Clinic
Aired 22 February 1995 • 30 min
When Ellen starts losing sleep over her erotic dreams about Adam, she goes into therapy. However, Audrey is having fantasies about Adam also, vowing to make them reality.
19. Gladiators
Aired 1 March 1995 • 30 min
Ellen reluctantly becomes a contestant on American Gladiators, then becomes fighting mad when her female combatant, Ice, ruins her budding romance with gladiator Nitro.
20. $5,000
Aired 22 March 1995 • 30 min
Ellen feels like an angel when she donates her tax refund to charity, but she has a devil of a time recouping the cash when Uncle Sam demands it back.
21. Three Strikes
Aired 29 March 1995 • 30 min
Ellen joins an animal rights group, gets thrown in jail and winds up in the custody of her parents.
22. The Therapy Episode
Aired 3 May 1995 • 30 min
Ellen feels guilty about lying to her mother, but when her therapist prescribes a dose of total honesty, the truth proves to be more than the family bargained for.
23. Thirty Kilo Man (1)
Aired 10 May 1995 • 30 min
Ellen rekindles her romance with ex-boyfriend Dan, who returns from Rome with a brilliant new career. However, Ellen soon discovers that his venture involves a shady substance.
24. Thirty Kilo Man (2)
Aired 17 May 1995 • 30 min
Ellen's relationship with Dan heats up, Adam caves in to Audrey's burning desire, and Paige feels left out in the cold.