When Mike is named Sexiest Man in New York by "Manhattan" magazine, he has difficulty living up to the notoriety at home. In the meantime, the staff must deal with Mayor Winston's problematic wife during an important dinner.
s01e01 - Pilot
s01e02 - The Great Pretender
s01e03 - The Apartment
s01e04 - Pride and Prejudice
s01e05 - The Rivals
s01e06 - A Star is Born
s01e07 - Grand Illusion
s01e08 - The High and the Mighty
s01e09 - Meet Tommy Dugan
s01e10 - The Competition
s01e11 - Dog Day Afternoon
s01e12 - Criss Cross
s01e13 - Bye Bye Love
s01e14 - Starting Over
s01e15 - Gabby's Song
s01e16 - Kiss Me, Stupid
s01e17 - An Affair to Remember
s01e18 - Snowbound
s01e19 - Striptease
s01e20 - Deaf Becomes Her
s01e21 - Hot in the City
s01e22 - Bone Free
s01e23 - The Mayor Who Came to Dinner
s01e24 - Mayor Over Miami
In New York's City Hall, Mike Flaherty, the deputy mayor, has to protect the slightly moronic mayor, Randall Winston from those who want to ruin his political career, and from himself, cause he is constantly making an ass of himself and Mike has to try and make sure that his little escapades are either not made public or have very little negative effect on the mayor. Helping Mike is Carter, probably the least quirky member of the mayor's staff and Nikki and James. Stuart and Paul are two members of the staff who cause just as much problems. Mike's secretary, who joined the show during the second season was Stacy. Mike's girlfriend during the first season was Ashley, but the character was dropped, his next girlfriend, during the following season was Laurie, and during the third season it was Nikki, and in the fourth season it was Caitlin Moore, the mayor's campaign manager. Michael J. Fox would leave the show after the fourth season. During the next season, the new deputy mayor would be Charlie Crawford.