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The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show

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The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.

Episodes

Episode 1

Pilot

Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.

1993-09-02 · 30 min
Episode 2

Thirty Day Chip

John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.

1993-09-07 · 30 min
Episode 3

Celibate!

John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.

1993-09-14 · 30 min
Episode 4

This is Not a Step

John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of credit card slips goes missing from the bus station.

1993-09-21 · 30 min
Episode 5

The Unforgiven

John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.

1993-09-28 · 30 min
Episode 6

Pros and Cons

A fellow con artist from John's drinking days offers to cut him in on a lucrative real-estate scam; a bounty hunter is taking an incredibly naive Mississippi teenager to face a ten-year sentence.

1993-10-05 · 30 min
Episode 7

Jumping Off the Wagon

Badgered by an extortionist, bedeviled by a work slowdown and befuddled by his sponsor's drinking, John feels like he's teetering on a ""tightrope of sobriety.""

1993-10-12 · 30 min
Episode 8

The Past Comes Back

A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing for seducing him.

1993-10-26 · 30 min
Episode 9

There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You

John's given food for thought when an old writer friend bases his first book on John's bacchanalian past, a neo-Nazi named Steve Hitler demands to charter a bus, with support from the ACLU, and a sleazy health inspector threatens Dexter with blackmail.

1993-11-02 · 30 min
Episode 10

Amends

John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.

1993-11-23 · 30 min
Episode 11

Newcomer

John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.

1993-12-07 · 30 min
Episode 12

My Hero

John's nephew Bobby learns the meaning of tough love when he shows up at the bus station for a wild evening with the man who taught him to drink.

1993-12-14 · 30 min
Episode 13

God

John gets hooked into a crap game and finds himself being forced to pray at gunpoint by Mahalia; Dexter discovers that his new girlfriend is a hooker.

1993-12-21 · 30 min
Episode 14

The Big Slip

John's order to train his boss's harebrained nephew, who been in AA for a year but is still a basketcase.

1994-01-04 · 30 min
Episode 15

Death and Dishonor

John's son tries to form a father-son relationship; Chester disappears and is found dead; John must deal with a battle to the death between Mahalia and her sister Linda, who stole Mahalia's first husband.

1994-01-11 · 30 min
Episode 16

Don't Drink and Drive Nuclear Waste

Entrusted for a few moments with the official United State inch, John can't resist peeking -- and damages it; meanwhile, he worries over a bus driver who drinks but denies it.

1994-01-18 · 30 min
Episode 17

Eggs

Hemingway and Dexter get stuck together in a crummy motel with a cage full of chickens; when a baby is abandoned in the station dumpster, Officer Eggers kidnaps it.

1994-01-30 · 30 min
Episode 18

Another Average Night

John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arrives.

1994-02-01 · 30 min
Episode 19

Dirty Deeds

At a drag show, John runs into his old college roommate, who's playing Marlene Dietrich; Mahalia is targeted anew by a blackmailer she thought she'd paid off.

1994-02-01 · 30 min
Episode 20

John and Carol

Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.

1994-02-08 · 30 min
Episode 21

Grit

Officer Eggers develops a crush on John after he rescues her from a gunman; Dexter's business languishes after a customer puts a curse on the diner.

1994-03-15 · 30 min
Episode 22

Date Night

Dexter is outraged when his sister strikes up a friendship with Hemingway, Mahalia is overjoyed to hear her first boyfriend is coming to visit, Carly reports to Hemingway that she was sent out on a house call -- to his son.

1994-03-22 · 30 min
Episode 23

Wasted Lives

John accidentally gets high on marijuana brownies, Hampton gets an unusual request from his long-estranged father, actor Joe Pesci studies a homeless man living at the bus station as research for a role.

1994-03-29 · 30 min
Episode 24

A Dark and Stormy Night

Hemingway is feeling suicidal on his birthday, but discovers new meaning when the entire bus station is held host age by a gun-toting lunatic.

1994-04-12 · 30 min
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Cast

John LarroquetteJohn LarroquetteJohn Hemingway
Liz TorresLiz TorresMahalia Sanchez
Daryl MitchellDaryl MitchellDexter Wilson
Chi McBrideChi McBrideHeavy Gene
Lenny ClarkeLenny ClarkeAdam Hampton
Gigi RiceGigi RiceCarly Watkins
Elizabeth BerridgeElizabeth BerridgeEve Eggers
Bill MoreyBill MoreyOscar
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