 | 1x01 Pilot (Air Date: Sep. 09, 2003)
Whoopi Goldberg plays sassy Mavis Rae, a former pop star who owns and runs a small Manhattan hotel. In the opener, Mavis locks horns with a TV salesman and feuds with her conservative brother ... |
| 1x02 Don't Hide Your Bag (Air Date: Sep. 16, 2003)
In the tumultuous aftermath of a bomb scare at the hotel that sends guests scurrying, Mavis confronts her worst fear: claustrophobia. |
| 1x03 Once Bitten... (Air Date: Sep. 23, 2003)
A ferret bite sends Mavis to an emergency room, where she gets rabid with a nurse while waiting, and waiting, to be treated for her wound. Back at the hotel, Nasim attempts to take charge ... |
| 1x04 Shout (Air Date: Sep. 30, 2003)
City-code violations rile Mavis and Nasim, who's cited for spitting after eating a hot pepper. It's a case Mavis decides to take to court, despite Nasim's insistence that he'll plead guilty ... |
| 1x05 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Air Date: Oct. 07, 2003)
Ice-hockey buff Mavis scores a prime seat---right beside a vision-impaired, romantically inclined fan (Ruben Santiago-Hudson). The NHL's Anson Carter and Scott Stevens play themselves in ... |
| 1x06 The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (Air Date: Oct. 14, 2003)
A surprise visit to the hotel by President George W. Bush (Steve Bridges) rattles liberal Mavis, who's misquoted as being his “No. 1 fan.” Later, Mavis reluctantly attends a presidential ... |
| 1x07 She Ain't Heavy, She's My Partner (Air Date: Oct. 21, 2003)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Moesha”) plays a flashy member of Mavis's former pop trio, whose arrival reawakens catty jealousies and proves especially discomforting to Courtney, who has a very ... |
| 1x08 Rita Plays Poker (Air Date: Oct. 28, 2003)
Luck is a lady for Rita at a poker game with Mavis and her cronies, while Courtney makes a big deal of her “misbehavior.” When he acts like what his sister calls “a baby,” he imperils ... |
| 1x09 Sticky Fingers (Air Date: Nov. 11, 2003)
On this episode, Mavis is a shoplifter? No way. Still, she's riled by the bogus charge and seizes the chance to clear her name on TV. Big mistake. Keith Richards and Phil Collins appear ... |
| 1x10 Mother's Little Helper (Air Date: Nov. 18, 2003)
Diahann Carroll plays Mavis's mom Viveca, whose mood swings from sweet to sour when she's off her antidepressant medication. Carl Gordon (“Roc”) portrays Viveca's husband, a sympathetic, ... |
| 1x11 The Fat and the Frivolous (Air Date: Dec. 09, 2003)
On this episode, a lawsuit ensnarls Mavis with the emotional-distress claims of a hotel guest, represented by a hotshot lawyer (Michael Emerson) who intimidates Courtney, but not Mavis. ... |
| 1x12 American Woman (Air Date: Jan. 06, 2004)
On this episode, Eli Wallach plays a pot-smoking hotel guest, using marijuana medicinally with his free-spirited caretaker, Marian (Rue McClanahan). Their stay outrages Courtney until he ... |
| 1x13 Airplane! (Air Date: Jan. 13, 2004)
Fear of flying besets Mavis, who's forced to confront her phobia at a flight-simulating school. She tangles with the psychologist in charge and has a telling wrangle with Rita. Anderson: ... |
| 1x14 Is Rita Pregnant? (Air Date: Feb. 03, 2004)
When Rita suspects she's pregnant, Courtney decides to get a job, and a ring. Rita: Elizabeth Regen. |
| 1x15 The Last Dance (Air Date: Feb. 24, 2004)
Patrick Swayze, Whoopi's costar in “Ghost,” plays Mavis's former choreographer, a onetime party animal who has “found Jesus” and drastically changed his ways. The guy even seeks ... |
| 1x16 No Sex in the City (Air Date: Mar. 02, 2004)
On this episode, It's party time for the girls, all dolled up, boozing it up and whooping it up at a trendy nitery to celebrate Soo Lin's upcoming wedding, which she's beginning to dread. ... |
| 1x17 What Child is This? (Air Date: Mar. 16, 2004)
A bratty boy pesters Mavis, who's further piqued by the lad's pesky dad, a GOP functionary (Scott Bryce) who offers Courtney a job with President Bush's reelection campaign. |
| 1x18 Don't Hide Love (Air Date: Mar. 23, 2004)
A gay marriage troubles Mavis because one of the parties is her cousin (Portia), who wants to hold the event at the hotel on a booked night. Seems that Courtney is hosting a GOP soiree: ... |
| 1x19 The Squatter (Air Date: Mar. 30, 2004)
Celeste Holm plays an addled, testy hotel resident who provokes Mavis and is relocated to an assisted-living facility that is far from cozy. |
| 1x20 Identity Crisis (a.k.a. Identity Theft) (Air Date: Apr. 06, 2004)
After becoming a victim of idenitity theft, Mavis starts to secretly suspect Rita (Elizabeth Regen), who has a secret of her own about a poker game she has set up to help Mavis make some ... |
| 1x21 Strange Bedfellows (Air Date: Apr. 13, 2004)
A dating service lures Nasim, whose matchup bears a startling similarity to his tormenting nemesis: the smart-alecky Jadwiga. Also, Rita's insouciance bewitches a GOP functionary, who has ... |
| 1x22 Sins of the Sister (Air Date: Apr. 20, 2004)
Dirty politics entangle Mavis with an old crony, an assemblyman who's smearing an opponent, Courtney, who hasn't a clue about how to retaliate. Mavis, however, does know how to play har ... |
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