Episode
Dream On: Over Your Dead Body
Overview
In order to secure a much-needed vacation, Martin seduces a grieving widow for a tawdry book.
Details
- Series
- Dream On
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1990-08-19
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Over Your Dead Body is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Dream On. It aired on 1990-08-19. The runtime is 30 min.
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