The Critic - Season 1

The Critic - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesJan 26, 1994 - Jul 20, 1994
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Episodes

Pilot
Season 1Episode 130 min

Pilot

A short, balding, overweight, divorced film critic named Jay Sherman gets a second chance at love when a gorgeous movie star named Valerie Fox (voiced by Jennifer Lien) falls for him, but it may all go to pieces if Jay doesn't give Valerie a glowing review for her latest movie, the Basic Instinct-inspired erotic thriller, Kiss of Death.

Jan 26, 1994
Marty's First Date
Season 1Episode 230 min

Marty's First Date

Marty invites his father Jay to Career Day at his school, where Marty falls for a Cuban girl named Carmen, who is the granddaughter of Fidel Castro.

Feb 2, 1994
Dial 'M' for Mother
Season 1Episode 330 min

Dial "M" for Mother

Jay is considered to be one of the most unpopular men on Earth (ranking even worse than Adolph Hitler) so Duke attempts to spruce up the show to get more people interested. When this doesn't work, Jay decides to soften his image by going on the "Geraldo Show" with his mother but Jay gets an even worse reputation when his mother embarrasses him to the point where he tells her to "shut up".

Feb 9, 1994
Miserable
Season 1Episode 430 min

Miserable

Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancée except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to review the movie, Indecent Proposal II, and falls in love with the projectionist screening the movie. They arrange a date at her house where she is revealed to have an obsession with Jay to the point where she kidnaps him and ties him to a bed holding him hostage.

Feb 16, 1994
A Little Deb Will Do You
Season 1Episode 530 min

A Little Deb Will Do You

Eleanor is determined to have her daughter, Margo, attend the annual debutantes ball as it is a tradition in her family. When Margo is reluctantly forced into it, Jay decides to accompany her. Meanwhile, Jay competes in his time slot against children's idol Humphrey the Hippo.

Feb 23, 1994
Eyes on the Prize
Season 1Episode 630 min

Eyes on the Prize

Jay celebrates his 1000th episode but the episode is less than successful. Ratings get worse so Jay seeks image consultant, Adolph Hitmaker, for advice. The advice is unsuccessful and Jay is fired. Jay gets a new job on a show which teaches English for cab drivers but Jay is unhappy so he decides to win himself another Pulitzer Prize.

Mar 2, 1994
Every Doris Has Her Day
Season 1Episode 730 min

Every Doris Has Her Day

Jay is given two tickets to a new play based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He tries to find a date but no woman will go with him so he goes with Doris instead. Surprisingly, Jay and Doris have a good time and their relationship eventually blossoms. One day Doris recalls she has a son she put up for adaption. Jay mentions he is adapted and both start to think they are biological mother and son and must find more evidence.

Jun 1, 1994
Marthon Mensch
Season 1Episode 830 min

Marthon Mensch

When the studio catches fire during Jay's show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news reports Jay's being rescued, he gets a reputation as being a wimp so he tries to prove his manliness by running in the New York marathon which tends to be more tiresome than it seems.

Jun 8, 1994
L.A. Jay
Season 1Episode 930 min

L.A. Jay

Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.

Jun 22, 1994
Dr. Jay
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Dr. Jay

Jay's boss, Duke, has just made a new invention, "Phillips-o-Vision" which alters movies to make them more "like-able". Jay is disgusted with Duke's invention but when Duke is discovered to have a fatal disease, Jay must find a cure for Duke's ailment.

Jun 29, 1994
A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera
Season 1Episode 1130 min

A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

After Marty fails to win an event at his school field day, he is feeling very low so Jay tries to improve his self-confidence by getting him interested in playing guitar and putting him in the school talent show. Meanwhile, Them Magazine names Jay "the wittiest man alive" so Duke offers to pay everyone who doesn't laugh at Jay's show $100 which doesn't go over very well.

Jul 6, 1994
Uneasy Rider
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Uneasy Rider

Jay is asked by Duke to use his show to promote a new product, "Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco". Jay doesn't want to promote tobacco so he tears up his contract and quits. He finds a new career in truck driving where he is praised by the other truckers but starts to realize the importance of his other job.

Jul 13, 1994
A Pig-Boy and His Dog
Season 1Episode 1330 min

A Pig-Boy and His Dog

Eleanor is bored and feeling depressed with her life so he attempts to become an author and write a book. She writes a children's book called The Fat Little Pig which Jay learns is modeled after him which does not leave him very pleased. Meanwhile, Jay tries to get along with his new pet dog.

Jul 20, 1994

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