Episode
Dream On: The Book, the Thief, Her Boss and His Lover
Overview
The beautiful widow of a famous author brings a new unpublished novel by her late husband to Martin with the one caveat that he cannot reveal the true origin of the book, thus giving Toby the opportunity to accept the kudos for the bestseller.
Details
- Series
- Dream On
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1993-07-21
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Book, the Thief, Her Boss and His Lover is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Dream On. It aired on 1993-07-21. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 7: A Midsummer Night's Dream On
Martin, Eddie and Judith meet up at a secluded cabin for a reunion with old friends. Martin has ongoing mutual antipathy with Allison, an old writing rival who has since gone onto fame and success as an author. Eddie is anxious at seeing Cara - a woman he slept with once and never called again, although on first meeting she doesn't recognise him except from his TV show.
Episode 9: Super Freak
It's summer, and New York is experiencing a chronic heatwave. Martin is sweltering in his apartment due to broken air-conditioning. He seeks out his building's new super, a gorgeous woman named Debra. After fixing the fan, the two of them go all the way in torrid fashion, and all is well until . . .
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