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S3 · E17Toy Story 1999-03-02 · 22 min

As a prank, Finch switches the cards on two of Elliott's birthday gifts: those from Maya and Persky. As a result, Elliott believes that Persky has given him a really cool video game system, and Maya has given him a box of kinky sex toys. When Maya invites him over that night to have some fun, he naturally gets the wrong impression, and is forced to give his relationship with her some deep thought. Meanwhile, when the racehorse Jack bought with Robert Goulet acts up before the big race, he enlists Nina's aid to calm it down.

S3 · E18Miss Pretty 1999-03-23 · 22 min

Maya decides that since the new Miss Pretty column is so good, she will do a column on Miss Pretty. Finch then informs her that the new Miss Pretty is actually a man, but Maya thinks that will make the article even better, and insists on meeting him. The trouble is that Miss Pretty is actually Finch himself-and he is determined to keep the office from discovering it. He tries to escape from the mess by hiring professional scam artist Kurt to pose as Miss Pretty, but things only get worse when Maya falls for him. Meanwhile, Nina finds herself roped into an unwanted friendship with a woman she can't stand, and Elliott and Jack find themselves in hot water when they accidentally insult an Asian-American executive from an important advertiser

S3 · E19Maya's Nude Photos 1999-04-06 · 22 min

Maya's enrollment in a photography class causes problems on multiple levels between her and Elliott. Elliott takes an immediate dislike to Maya's teacher, Martin Spancer, when he insults Elliott's work for being too commercial. Then when he assigns Maya to do a nude self-portrait, Elliott claims that he only gave her the assignment so that he could see her naked body. Believing that Elliott's accusation is based on his personal dislike for Spancer, she disregards him. However, when Spancer raves about her nude photos and invites her to go away with him for a special weekend session, Elliott becomes even more convinced that his intentions are purely sexual. Meanwhile, Finch becomes extremely jealous when Nina's new assistant Brad begins entertaining Jack with magic tricks.

S3 · E20And the Femmy Goes To... 1999-05-04 · 22 min

The nominations for the annual Femmy awards are in and Maya, Nina and Elliott are nominated, while Finch isn't even invited to the ceremony. Jack switched Maya's nominated article and nominated a picture of Elliott's that was actually taken by a chimpanzee. At the dinner, Finch scores a seat at the models' table while Maya and Nina prepare speeches. Elliott is going crazy with guilt until he loses. Nina wins after 12 straight years of losing. Maya wins for the article, which Nina trashed in her acceptance speech.

S3 · E21Softball 1999-05-04 · 22 min

The staff prepares for the annual softball game against the magazine Cosmo. Jack hires Steve Garvey, so that he can play on the team. Maya turns out to be a great pitcher but becomes too competitive.

S3 · E22Shaking Private Trainer 1999-05-11 · 22 min

Jack vows to get in shape after throwing his back out playing with Hannah and hires a personal trainer who used to be a Navy SEAL. Meanwhile, Finch and Maya collaborate on a screenplay, leaving Elliott out in the cold.

S3 · E23Nina's Choice 1999-05-18 · 22 min

After yet another relationship goes sour, Nina realizes that her lack of romantic success is probably due to her tendency to make bad choices in men. Her resolve to start making good choices is tested almost immediately when her old boyfriend Roy breaks out of prison and she falls in love with and begins dating not only Roy, but also the cop who is pursuing him. Meanwhile, Jack, Finch, and Elliott engage in a series of wagers on how predictable each other's behavior is.

S3 · E24The Odd Couple (1) 1999-05-25 · 23 min

Finch is very frustrated when an old nemesis, Barry, shows up one day to gloat over his success. Not only does Barry own a successful business, but he is also engaged to their high school homecoming queen. Finch agrees to a double date with Barry and his fiancée, and he wants desperately to show Barry up by scoring a better looking date. He finds his answer in the form of Adrienne, a gorgeous supermodel. Adrienne would normally be way out of Finch's league, but by manipulating her many insecurities, he makes her fall for him. However, he still has one more obstacle to overcome: Adrienne's ex-boyfriend has decided he wants her back. Finch is forced to take desperate action if he wants to hold on to her, and does—he asks Adrienne to marry him, and surprisingly enough, she says yes. Meanwhile, Jack makes plans to have his photo taken in front of a new painting in his office, but unfortunately, he doesn't realize that the painting depicts an obscene act.

S3 · E25The Odd Couple (2) 1999-05-25 · 22 min

Finch announces the engagement at the office, but it takes several minutes to make everyone believe it. When they finally do, though, it begins a heated argument between Maya and Elliott over whether Finch's and Adrienne's love is for real. It may not matter either way, though, because once the news of the engagement spreads, Adrienne's ex-boyfriend Brian shows up at Blush with plans to beat up Finch. Finch manages to avoid Brian temporarily, but the incident forces him to speed things up yet again-with a wedding that very day. Finch and Adrienne are married after Brian punches Finch. But...Elliott and Maya are also married while looking for Finch in a mass wedding.

S4 · E1A Divorce to Remember 1999-09-21 · 22 min

Finch and Adrienne return from a wonderful honeymoon in Tahiti, but upon their return, Finch is hit with a hard dose of reality. If he is to maintain his "cool" image in Adrienne's eyes, he will have to give up a lot of his favorite things, such as action figures, sci-fi conventions, and cat shows. What makes this so problematic is that his cat Spartacus has just made the finals of a big cat show, and winning has been a lifelong dream of his. Meanwhile, Maya and Elliott fret over whether their marriage is legal or not and end up seeking out the help of the cult's strange lawyer, Larry. Larry successfully annuls the marriage, but the two are left still unsure about the possible future implications of the whole affair.

S4 · E2When Nina Met Elliott 1999-09-28 · 22 min

A planned Blush article on lost loves leads everyone to reminisce about their own lost loves. The saddest story belongs to Elliott, who saw his dream girl sail out of his life when a hit and run driver knocked him down on his way to propose to her. The story has an extra meaning for another person, however. When Elliott describes the incident, Nina realizes that she was the driver in question. Meanwhile, Finch wants desperately to convince the world that he is actually married to Adrienne, so to help him out, Jack takes out a big wedding announcement in the New York Post. Unfortunately, the attention it draws is of the unwelcome variety: an INS agent arrives at the office charging that the marriage is a sham. And why does it matter what the INS thinks? Because it turns out that Adrienne is actually a Canadian citizen whose work visa has just expired.

S4 · E3Blackmail Photographer 1999-11-02 · 22 min

Finch is upset because Adrienne is in Europe modeling and it's his first weekend away from her. Maya tries to convince Nina that the moon landing wasn't a hoax. Elliott is blackmailed into hiring a sleazy photographer as his assistant because the guy has a picture of Elliott having sex with Adrienne.

S4 · E4Finch Gets Dick 1999-11-09 · 22 min

Adrienne's hand-model friend tries to make Finch look like a jealous husband. Nina does community service.

S4 · E5Jack Vents 1999-11-09 · 22 min

Nina discovers that she can overhear Jack's private therapy sessions and blackmails him into using the company limo. Maya writes a story about gambling and goes a little too far.

S4 · E6Hello Goodbye 1999-11-16 · 22 min

Finch realizes that he and Adrienne are very different from one another and begins to doubt their marriage. Meanwhile, Jack asks Maya to do the annual employee evaluations.

S4 · E7An Axe to Grind 1999-11-23 · 22 min

Finch is in denial about his divorce and Nina's reporter friend wants to turn it into a major news story. Elliott introduces his visiting lumberjack friend to Maya and becomes jealous when they hit it off. Maya and Elliott kiss. Part one of two.

S4 · E8First Date 1999-11-25 · 21 min

Finch tries to find a new model girlfriend. Maya and Elliott try to decide what to do about their kiss. Maya proposes a dinner "meeting" since neither of them can bear to call it a date. Meanwhile, Maya's former assistant Cindy visits; she's now a media buyer. Jack makes Maya take Cindy out to dinner and Elliott goes along so that it really is a meeting. Elliott and Maya drink too much and Elliott wakes up with Cindy and must find a way to tell Maya. Part two of two.

S4 · E9Love is in the Air 1999-11-30 · 22 min

Jack and Maya run into his ex-wife Roberta on an airplane to Paris. Jack desperately tries to convince her to marry her new boyfriend so he can stop making alimony payments. Finch and Elliott convince Nina that Jack is still in the office, until she discovers their prank and enlists Kevin the mail guy to help get them back.

S4 · E10Jack Gets Tough 1999-12-14 · 22 min

With Jack's autobiography out on shelves, a problem is discovered: he claims to have beat up Robert Conrad, only because he thought the actor was dead and couldn't say otherwise. Unfortunately, the actor stops by the office. Finch and Elliott deal with a good saleslady who uses compliments to sell clothes. Nina is upset that she's only mentioned 4 times in Jack's book.

S4 · E11Prescription for Love 2000-01-11 · 21 min

Finch has been sleeping at the office. Elliott's new girlfriend is a cover girl AND student at Yale medical school. Nina starts sleeping at the office too after Binnie kicks her out. Maya is jealous of Kaylene but after she accidentally causes Kaylene to break up with Elliott, she must find a way to get them back together. Finch and Nina have fun together but he feels betrayed when Binnie invites her back.

S4 · E12When Nina Met Elliott's Mother 2000-01-25 · 22 min

Maya and Jack accidentally kill Finch's cat but feel pretty guilty when he has it stuffed and sits it on his desk. Nina's advice to some Nature Scouts causes Elliott's mother to leave her husband.

S4 · E13Dial 'N' for Murder 2000-02-08 · 22 min

Nina reluctantly meets with her former agent, Catherine. Catherine wants Nina's help with a suicide attempt. But after she becomes friends with Finch, she decides that a night of sex with him would be the best way to go out. Meanwhile, Maya thinks her new boyfriend likes his woman heavy and is trying to fatten her up.

S4 · E14Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1) 2000-02-15 · 21 min

A few weeks have passed since Elliott and Kaylene started dating, and the two are starting to get extremely close. A little too close, as far as Elliott is concerned. Things are moving very quickly between them, and Elliott just doesn't feel like he can commit that deeply to her. He and Maya start chatting about it in his studio one night, and instantly, the spark between them returns. Before they realize it, Maya and Elliott are finally sleeping together. Maya wastes no time in chastising herself for it the next day. She claims that Elliott sleeping with her was only the result of his fear of committing to Kaylene, and that she now occupies a position she had previously treated with scorn and ridicule -- that of the "other woman". Elliott doesn't see it that way. He tries to tell her so, but she won't listen.

S4 · E15Tea & Secrecy (2) 2000-02-15 · 22 min

Elliott doesn't want to tell the office about his new relationship with Maya, while she is quite anxious to. They try to keep it quiet, but everybody quickly finds out.

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