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Here is the complete episode list for The Critic. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions. The first column of this table indicates the episodes of The Critic we currently have in our archive. (All episodes were recorded in standard play on VHS tapes.) The entries for this column are defined as follows:
SYND | Episode was recorded from a syndicated rerun (several minutes are typically trimmed from these by the syndicators to make room for more commercials) |
SYND | 26-Jan-1994 | Episode 1 | Season 1 Number 1 | Pilot | An acerbic New York film critic leads a miserable existence. |
SYND | 2-Feb-1994 | Episode 2 | Season 1 Number 2 | Marty's First Date | Marty acts on Jay's advice and follows a girl he likes to Cuba. |
SYND | 9-Feb-1994 | Episode 3 | Season 1 Number 3 | Dial "M" for Mother | Jay and his mother appear on "Geraldo." |
SYND | 16-Feb-1994 | Episode 4 | Season 1 Number 4 | Miserable | Jay falls for an obsessed fan (Pamela Reed). |
SYND | 23-Feb-1994 | Episode 5 | Season 1 Number 5 | A Little Deb Will Do You | Jay meets a seductive debutante at Margo's ball. |
SYND | 2-Mar-1994 | Episode 6 | Season 1 Number 6 | Eyes on the Prize | Jay plots to win a Pulitzer Prize. Guests Jimmy Breslin, Adam West. |
SYND | 1-Jun-1994 | Episode 7 | Season 1 Number 7 | Every Doris Has Her Day | Jay thinks his makeup lady is his mother. |
SYND | 8-Jun-1994 | Episode 8 | Season 1 Number 8 | Marathon Mensch | Jay enters the New York Marathon to reclaim his manhood. |
SYND | 22-Jun-1994 | Episode 9 | Season 1 Number 9 | L.A. Jay | Jay is duped into writing a sequel to a bad movie. |
SYND | 29-Jun-1994 | Episode 10 | Season 1 Number 10 | Dr. Jay | Jay seeks a cure for his boss's incurable malady. |
SYND | 6-Jul-1994 | Episode 11 | Season 1 Number 11 | A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera | When Marty flops at sports, Jay tries to find a new activity for him. |
SYND | 13-Jul-1994 | Episode 12 | Season 1 Number 12 | Uneasy Rider | Frustrated, Jay quits his job and becomes a trucker. |
SYND | 20-Jul-1994 | Episode 13 | Season 1 Number 13 | A Pig-Boy and His Dog | Eleanor uses Jay as a model for her book's lead character: a pig. |
SYND | 5-Mar-1995 | Episode 14 | Season 2 Number 1 | Sherman, Woman and Child | Jay hires a financially troubled single mother as his assistant. |
SYND | 12-Mar-1995 | Episode 15 | Season 2 Number 2 | Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice | Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each approach Jay about being their new partner. |
SYND | 19-Mar-1995 | Episode 16 | Season 2 Number 3 | Lady Hawke | A friend's sister sets her sights on Jay. |
SYND | 26-Mar-1995 | Episode 17 | Season 2 Number 4 | A Song for Margo | Jay tries to protect his sister when she falls for a rock musician. |
SYND | 2-Apr-1995 | Episode 18 | Season 2 Number 5 | From Chunk to Hunk | Jay and Marty head for a weight-loss camp. |
SYND | 23-Apr-1995 | Episode 19 | Season 2 Number 6 | All the Duke's Men | Presidential candidate Duke asks Jay to be his speech writer. |
SYND | 30-Apr-1995 | Episode 20 | Season 2 Number 7 | Sherman of Arabia | Jay entertains at Marty's slumber party by telling a story about his past. |
SYND | 7-May-1995 | Episode 21 | Season 2 Number 8 | Frankie and Ellie Get Lost | Jay and Margo's parents are shipwrecked on a deserted island. |
SYND | 14-May-1995 | Episode 22 | Season 2 Number 9 | Dukerella | Alice's gold-digging sister, Randa, meets Duke at a costume ball. |
SYND | 21-May-1995 | Episode 23 | Season 2 Number 10 | I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show | During Jay's broadcast at Carnegie Hall, someone attaches a bomb to him. |