City - Season 1

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Pilot

1 - Pilot

Air Date: January 29, 1990

Liz faces two crises: a development project has leveled a cemetery, spreading caskets about; and Penny announces her affair with a married man.

Family Business

2 - Family Business

Air Date: February 5, 1990

Ken feels that Liz is indebted to him after he fires the mail clerk and gives the job to Penny.

Another One Died on the Steps Last Night

3 - Another One Died on the Steps Last Night

Air Date: February 12, 1990

The homeless man who played the sax outside city hall dies there overnight, leaving personal effects indicating he was a man Liz knew in high school. Giletti: Matt Roe.

The Miracle at City Hall

4 - The Miracle at City Hall

Air Date: February 19, 1990

Although he uses a wheelchair, a new employee's greater disability is his attitude. Meanwhile, spilled paper clips form a heavenly sign to Anna-Maria. Walter: Harris Laskawy.

Your Park or Mine

5 - Your Park or Mine

Air Date: February 26, 1990

Liz joins in a battle of paperwork against a councilman who wants to move a proposed halfway house from his district to her neighborhood. Gene: Bruce Davison.

The Big Leak

6 - The Big Leak

Air Date: March 12, 1990

Ken's diversion of rec-center funds to his own pocket drives Liz to leak the story to the press, but Ken gets wind of the scoop and orders Liz to find the source. Harvey Lime: Joe Mays.

You Can't Bite City Hall

7 - You Can't Bite City Hall

Air Date: March 19, 1990

Penny's new boyfriend handcuffs himself to Anna-Maria and locks them both in Liz's office in the name of animal rights. Evan: Robert Petkoff.

Unfinished Business

8 - Unfinished Business

Air Date: April 2, 1990

Busy schedules aren't the only thing keeping Liz apart from Councilman Whalen after the ghost of her late husband throws in his two cents on Liz's social life. Michael: Vincent Baggetta.

Love Among the Ruins

9 - Love Among the Ruins

Air Date: April 9, 1990

Evening plans are scuttled when a mock emergency drill forces the staff to stay in the building and respond to computer-generated scenarios - but is it just a drill? Dave (voice): Paul Colbert.

Oil and Water

10 - Oil and Water

Air Date: April 16, 1990

Zsa Zsa Gabor plays the owner of an oil tanker responsible for a spill in the river, but she refuses to pay any cleanup costs, thanks in great part to her buddy Ken.

Seems Like Old Times

11 - Seems Like Old Times

Air Date: May 12, 1990

Estelle Getty plays the city's former manager, who thinks it's 1959 and puts the staff to work on the library project that ultimately cost her her job.

With a Song in Your Heart and a Knife in Your Back

12 - With a Song in Your Heart and a Knife in Your Back

Air Date: June 1, 1990

News of her husband's release from a Cuban prison brings joy to Anna-Maria, but the man arrives bringing sorrow. Rigoberto: Gregory Sierra. Theresa: Begona Plaza.

Just a Passing Dad

13 - Just a Passing Dad

Air Date: June 8, 1990

Everyone adores Liz's dad except Liz, who suspects he's shown up again only because he wants something from her. Donald: Alan Young. Sean: Shay Duffin.