Dream On

A life like in the movies.
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
Episodes

1Try Not to Remember
30 minJul 19, 1995
Martin has trouble climaxing and is referred to a therapist. Through hypnotism, she leads him to suspect he is repressing the memory of childhood abuse.

2Bess You Is Not My Woman Now
30 minJul 26, 1995
Martin tries to seduce Judith's best friend from college, but she only has eyes for someone else…

3Long Distance Runaround
30 minAug 2, 1995
Martin looks for a new best friend, after Eddie decides to move to LA to join a sitcom.

4Significant Author
30 minAug 9, 1995
Under pressure from Gibby to get an elite writer, Martin attempts to lure the writer dating Toby (who coincidentally, is an award-winning author).

59 1/2 Days
30 minAug 16, 1995
Martin dates a woman that acts strange in public, and yet, is an etiquette expert.

6Beam Me Up, Dr. Spock
30 minAug 23, 1995
Jeremy's math teacher is the cause for Jeremy's low math grade.

7Take Two Tablets, and Get Me to Mt. Sinai
30 minAug 30, 1995
Martin's life is examined after he dies.

8Music in My Veins (1)
30 minSep 13, 1995
After Jeremy chooses to go to Richard Stone's induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame instead of with Martin on a Father's Day canoeing trip, Martin reluctantly tags along. In typical Tupper fashion, he goes home with a girl named Katrina that he meets there. It turns out that she has 2 interesting, but related surprises for Martin.

9Music in My Veins (2)
30 minSep 20, 1995
This picks up with Martin and Katrina struggling to write songs for the new Crevice album. Katrina suffers from a light writer's block, and ends up taking inspiration from Martin's college poetry. Crevice breaks up over the creative changes, and Katrina debuts her first single as a solo artist on Eddie's show. The fan's are not pleased.

10Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport
30 minSep 27, 1995
Martin's building goes co-op, and to be able to afford purchasing his apartment/condo, he dates Gibby's insane sister.

11She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will
30 minOct 4, 1995
Martin dates Judith's sister.

12Flight of the Pedalbee
30 minOct 11, 1995
Toby is in a rut. Uses self-help book.

13Am I Blue?
30 minOct 18, 1995
Martin needs to make some quick money, so he writes for pornographic movies.

14Home Is Where the Cart Is
30 minNov 1, 1995
Martin tries to get a homeless woman's memoirs.

15Little Orphan Eddie
30 minNov 8, 1995
Eddie learns that he was adopted.

16Toby's Choice
30 minNov 15, 1995
Martin's friend likes Toby.

17The Weekend at the College Didn't Turn Out Like They Planned
30 minNov 22, 1995
Martin and Judith visit Jeremy at college. Sparks ignite.

18Second Time Aground
30 minJan 24, 1996
With their relationship rekindled, Judith suggests that she and Martin join a support group for couples on their second time around.

19The Spirit of 76th & Park
30 minJan 31, 1996
Martin moves into Judith's high-tech apartment.

20All About Louie
30 minFeb 7, 1996
Gibby picks Martin to represent Whitestone at the Chicago Book Fair, informing him with one weeks notice. This means a ton of extra work and pregnant Toby doesn't really feel up to it, so Martin suggests they take on a temp to lighten the load. Toby offers up her cousin Louie, and although initially reluctant, Martin assents, giving him a trial period to prove himself.

21The Way We War
30 minFeb 14, 1996
Flashback episode: Martin's fortieth birthday is approaching fast and Eddie insists on throwing him a party. Unfortunately, Judith is planning a party of her own thus bringing them into conflict. Martin suggests compromise by urging them to plan the party together. As they argue over the details, they reminisce over their past disagreements.

22Springtime for Tupper
30 minFeb 21, 1996
At a Salary Review Meeting, Gibby has some good news for Martin; Martin's to be put in charge of his own division at Whitestone, a quality publishing imprint called Camelot New Press. Things get off to a bad start however when the first round of author interviews yield nothing. Through a quirk of fate, Martin remembers an old manuscript he admired, ‘The Barrel Maker' by Julian Keppel and stays up all night reading it. He contacts the emotionally fragile author and promises to make it Whitestone's next bestseller.

23Hey Diddle Diddle
30 minFeb 28, 1996
Martin thinks things are getting out of hand after Judith discovers "some little tricks" to improve her sex life.

24Cupid Is as Cupid Does
30 minMar 6, 1996
Judith plans a dinner party for their couple friends, so she suggests that Martin not invite currently single Eddie. When Eddie finds out, he makes Martin feel guilty until he invites him, but the evening doesn't go well. Eddie has nothing in common with the couples and so he storms out. Next day, Martin and Judith meet a recently separated friend, Rema, whom Martin invites to their apartment for dinner, planning to also invite Eddie and match them up. Eddie begins spending all his time with Rema and hardly sees Martin.

25Tenants, Anyone?
30 minMar 13, 1996
Martin's old apartment is becoming a huge money pit, costing him exorbitant maintenance fees and so he resolves to get rid of it. He has a meeting with Irwin Bader who isn't optimistic of getting much over $1,500, even though he sold it to Martin for $2,400. Libby expresses an interest on behalf of her son, but Martin passes on the idea.

26Finale (1)
30 minMar 20, 1996
Preparing for Eddie's wedding, Martin questions whether or not he has a future with Judith.

27Finale with a Vengeance (2)
30 minMar 27, 1996
Martin and Judith learn Dr. Stone might be defrosted and revived.
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