Seasons & Episodes
First Episode
Even though Susan leaves her fiancé, Kip, at the altar, her ties to his family aren't severed---her boss is Kip's bro
Dr. No
To cover a story, Susan spends time with an assertiveness-training guru---who sends her chutzpah level soaring off the c
The Best Laid Plans
When Susan's dull love life becomes the topic of discussion at ""The Gate,"" she sets out to explore her options---inclu
Suddenly Susan Unplugged
When her utilities are cut off, Susan jumps through hoops to get them restored. But trouble ensues when she writes an ex
Hoop Dreams
Vicki begs Susan to sub for a pneumonia-stricken player when her basketball team makes the playoffs---not realizing Susa
Lie! Lie! My Darling
To get out of dinner with her parents, Susan tells her mom a little white lie---and gets caught in it.
Golden Girl Friday
At Susan's prodding, Jack hires a sweet senior citizen---who proceeds to wreak havoc around the office.
Beauty and the Beasty Boy
Susan falls for a nihilistic rocker, and the attraction is mutual - despite a severe conflict of life styles and values.
Cold Turkey
Susan tries to put together a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for her co-workers, but everything goes wrong, culminating
Was it Something I Said?
Susan reluctantly does a favor for Jack by attending a charity function with Jack, his wife Margo, and her incredibly ob
The Walk-Out
When Jack's too strapped to award Christmas bonuses, the staff (led by Susan) goes on strike.
The Me Nobody Nose
To prove that personality is more important than good looks, Susan is fitted with a large fake nose. But complications a
The Ways and Means
Susan and Vicki appear on ""The Rosie O'Donnell Show"" after writing a parody of self-help dating books.
What a Card
Susan accompanies Jack to his grandfather's funeral, hoping her tacky sympathy card to the family will go unnoticed.
Love and Divorce American Style (1)
Susan gets involved in a new romance with a guy who has two kids---one of whom takes an immediate dislike to her. Meanwh
Love and Divorce American Style (2)
While filling in as baby sitter for Adam's kids, Susan unexpectedly meets his ex. Meanwhile, Jack sets up his bachelor p
Love and Divorce American Style (3)
Susan makes a decision about moving in with Adam; Jack rebounds into a new relationship; Todd receives threats after wri
With Friends Like These
Susan tries to shake a leechy acquaintance, whose divorce was inspired by Susan's wedding-day breakup with Kip. Meanwhil
Where the Wild Things Aren't
Jack takes the gang on a weekend retreat at his cabin---and all of them wind up having interesting encounters in the wil
A Boy Like That
Luis is reunited with his younger brother, who arrives from Cuba all grown up---and with news of his lifestyle that trou
Family Affairs
Susan's plans for a picture-perfect anniversary party for her parents come screeching to a halt when she spies her dad h
I'll See That and Raise You Susan
A poker game turns into a high-stakes bottlecap-tossing competition, and Jack's old roommate, Cooper; hits the jackpot a
I Love You, I Think
While Susan prepares to fly to Venice with Cooper, Jack tries to find the courage to utter three, make that five, little
Past Tense
Deciding to go after the new investigative reporter position Jack has created, Susan reluctantly seeks professional advi
Truth and Consequences
Margo's drunk with power during her divorce proceedings with Jack, thanks to Susan's inadvertent slip about Jack's intox
Next Stop, Heaven
Family conflict rises to the top of the agenda at the funeral of Susan's grandfather, since Liz wants a traditional fune
Susan's Minor Complication
A background check is in order when Susan agrees to meet a gentleman who sent her a rare book as a token of his readersh
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Maddy World
Susan's conflict with Maddy begins to invade her dreams, so she turns to a therapy group for help; Pete's partner thinks
It's My Nana and I'll Cry If I Want To
Vicki goes to dinner with Nana---and they become fast friends; Todd's hippie parents show up with some unexpected news.
A Kiss Before Dying ... on Stage
Susan's attraction to a hunky actor gets a bit complicated after she sees him bomb onstage; Todd struggles with claustro
The Old and the Beautiful
Susan, overcome with that Thanksgiving spirit, decides to spend time with an elderly resident of a nearby retirement hom
I Didn't Write This
Susan is appalled when she misses a deadline but discovers that Nana covered for her by submitting an article in her ste
Yule Never Know
Susan twists Jack's arm to participate in the holiday choir she's organizing---then she has her regrets, in more ways th
A Kiss is Just Amiss
Shaken from witnessing Jack and Maddy's kiss, Susan shares her disappointment with Vicki---who shares it with the whole
The Big Shalom
Vicki's torn about Ben's unusual proposal; the guys head to Reno to capitalize on Luis's streak of good luck; Susan cons
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Susan fixes Nana up with a charming businessman---who's not exactly how he appears; Vicki arrives in Israel and tries to
Car Trouble
Believing Luis was discriminated against at a car-rental agency, Susan launches an undercover investigation. Meanwhile,
Ready ... aim ... Fong!
Todd and the gang attend a Shawn Colvin performance, but the singer recalls Todd from his scathing review a year earlier
Daddy Piper
Hospitalized, Jack puts Susan in charge of the magazine---much to the chagrin of Maddy, whose father, an esteemed journa
Not in This Life
A stranger claims to have known Susan in a past life, so she undergoes hypnosis; Luis and Todd lose Jack's dog while usi
Models and Strippers and Wasps, Oh My!
On her birthday, Susan expects a surprise party---but the gang seems to have forgotten; Todd accidentally downloads a co
Poetry in Notion
Todd joins Susan at a poetry class to meet women---but his verses end up being better than hers; Vicki's new apartment m
Pucker Up
Vicki looks for love at a hockey game, but it's Susan who attracts the attention of one of the athletes; Todd and Luis v
5,947 Miles
Kenny flies in for a visit---and proceeds to smother Susan with attention; the gang plots to surprise Luis with a visit
A Tale of Two Pants (1)
Susan's sent to interview a congressman---who makes a pass at her; Vicki plans a glitzy wedding; the guys hope to cash i
A Tale of Two Pants (2)
When the congressman turns the tables on Susan, she finds herself in the middle of a scandal, searching for a way to cle
Oh, How They Danced (1)
Vicki's folks arrive for her wedding---a double ceremony shared with gay couple Pete and Hank; Todd's parents ready for
Oh, How They Danced (2)
Edie may not make it to Vicki's wedding ceremony.
Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Some of These Do It
Following on from the second-season cliffhanger, Jack and Susan head from the wedding reception to Susan's place with lo
Feels Like the First Time
When Jack and Susan finally get the chance to consummate their new romance, it's not the earthshaking experience they we
Don't Tell
In a desperate attempt to keep her romance with Jack a secret from the office grapevine, Susan tells bloodhound Vicki th
Sleeping With the Enemy
Susan's relationship with the boss begins to take its toll on her friendships at work, and the tension boils over when t
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Susan's Party
Jack misses Susan's Halloween party and then won't explain his whereabouts to protect Maddy, who called him from jail wh
War Games
Susan and Jack worry that they're incompatible when they, as a couple, fail miserably at games, and Susan finally throws
Seems Like Old Times
After a tremor shakes things up at the Gate, the staff rescue from the stalled elevator a shaken Lily, a nonagenarian su
Trash-Test Dummies
When Jack and Susan head off on their first weekend together, they're sidetracked by a visit to Jack's lowlife cousin Wa
The Thanksgiving Episode
When Grandmother Richmond invites Jack and Susan to her mansion for Thanksgiving, Jack initially refuses. He hasn't been
The Apartment Hunt
As Susan and Jack search for an apartment together, Susan wonders if Jack is really interested in living with her. His b
Merry Ex-Mas
Susan is distraught because she kissed the realtor, and asks Luis to help her make things up with Jack. Jack spends the
Wedding-Bell Blues
After a brief vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, Luis astounds everyone by announcing that he married a pretty Honduran woma
On a Clear Day You Can Hear Forever
When Nana almost has a car accident because she can't hear an ambulance's siren, Susan insists that Nana get a hearing a
One Man's Intervention is Another Man's Tupperware Party
After Maddy is rejected by a television newsmagazine, Susan and the gang find her at a bar, extremely drunk. Since Maddy
Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
Tonight's episode of ""Suddenly Susan"" includes not just one, but two reunions of huge proportions. The first reunion i
Ben Rubenstein, Meet Joe Black
Luis and Maddy continue their lustful affair at every opportunity. After Todd witnesses the couple having sex in the sup
The Song Remains Insane
Now living alone in the same building as Luis, manipulative Vicki constantly reminds him of how lonely and ""helpless""
Revenge of the Gophers
Susan doesn't recognize her former classmate, Cindy, who renews her friendship with Susan. Cindy recounts how Maddy terr
In This Corner ... Susan Keane! (1)
Hollywood Hulk Hogan is a shoo-in for city supervisor after the sudden death of the incumbent. That is, until Susan weig
In This Corner ... Susan Keane! (2)
After the disastrous debate with Hollywood Hogan, Susan decides to fight back with a sleazy TV campaign. Meanwhile, Hoga
The First Picture Show
Luis has his first photography exhibition at an art gallery managed by Susan's friend. At the opening party, Susan notic
Bowled Over
Susan finally gets her new boyfriend, Zack, to commit some of his busy schedule to her. Feeling sorry for lonely Vicki,
A Day in the Life
The season finale is a memorial to former series star David Strickland, who committed suicide in mid-season. After buyin
The New Gate
Susan decides to quit when she can't come to terms with her new boss or the direction the magazine is heading.
The Billboard
Susan gets carried away when her first good photo gets made into a billboard.
The Pushkin Letters
To impress Ian, Susan claims to speak Russian. However, when he asks her to be an interpreter for a dinner-party guest,
Vicki Moves In
Susan isn't sure if she should put out a welcome mat when Vicki wants to move into the newly renovated apartment upstair
Halloween
Susan accepts Oliver's invitation to carve pumpkins together but ends up sabotaging the date out of fear of being hurt b
Cheerleaders
An assignment to do an article on a cheerleaders' competition doesn't make Susan jump for joy, but her attitude changes
The Wish List
After realizing that she's not achieved any of the goals that she set in the sixth grade, Susan tries to fulfill one: to
First Date
Oliver freaks out when Susan calls him her "boyfriend"; Ian thwarts Vicki's plot to party on company time.
The Birthday Party
A frumpy coworker guilt trips Susan into attending her birthday party---on the night Susan has romantic plans with Olive
Susan's Ex
Susan's ex thwarts her plan to join the "mile high club" with Oliver; Vicki cons the gang into painting her apartment.
Luis Gets His Groove Back
Susan and Nate vie to be the one responsible for helping Luis to overcome his melancholy following Maddy's departure.
Dinner Party
Inspired by her romantic bliss with Oliver, Susan hosts a dinner party to play matchmaker for her single co-workers.
Stock Tip
Upset that Oliver pays for all of their dates, Susan offers to take Oliver on a ski trip that she really can't afford. H
I Love You
Susan becomes obsessed with Oliver's inability to say "I love you"; Ian's vineyard yields disappointing wine.
The Break Up
Susan worries that she might be pregnant; Oliver suggests Susan and he move in together. Oliver does not want to have a
Girls Night Out
Ian and Nate have romantic designs on Susan, who is suddenly single after dumping Oliver. Meanwhile, Susan and the girls
The Bird in the Wall
Susan loses her cockatoo in the wake of her break-up with Oliver; Vicki and Luis plan to embarrass Ian.
Susan and the Professor
Susan's relationship with her former English professor begins to drive Oliver crazy with jealousy.
The Reversal
To sow the seeds of reconciliation with Susan, Oliver has his vasectomy reversed. Meanwhile, Ian seeks Miranda's advice
The Finale (1)
In Part 1 of the series finale, Susan feels torn between Oliver's marriage proposal and a glamorous New York job offer.
The Finale (2)
In the conclusion of the series finale, Susan may leave a man at the altar---again---when Oliver stands in the way of he