Don Reo
Director
The John Larroquette Show (1993)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 2, 1993
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.night-shift, imdb.recovering-alcoholic, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.workplace-comedy, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.female-police-officer, imdb.bus-station-manager + 10 more, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.actor-shares-first-name-with-character, tmdb.recovering-alcoholic, tmdb.terminal, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.atheist, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television, Impact Zone Productions, Witt/Thomas Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
10.0
S1E1 - 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.
Sept. 2, 1993, midnight
10.0
S1E2 - 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.
Sept. 7, 1993, midnight
10.0
S1E3 - Celibate!
John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.
Sept. 14, 1993, midnight
10.0
S1E4 - 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.
Sept. 21, 1993, midnight
S1E5 - The Unforgiven
John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.
Sept. 28, 1993, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Oct. 5, 1993, midnight
S1E7 - 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.""
Oct. 12, 1993, midnight
S1E8 - The Past Comes Back
A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing for seducing him.
Oct. 26, 1993, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Nov. 2, 1993, midnight
S1E10 - Amends
John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.
Nov. 23, 1993, midnight
S1E11 - Newcomer
John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.
Dec. 7, 1993, midnight
S1E12 - 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.
Dec. 14, 1993, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
Dec. 21, 1993, midnight
S1E14 - 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.
Jan. 4, 1994, midnight
S1E15 - 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.
Jan. 11, 1994, midnight
S1E16 - 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.
Jan. 18, 1994, midnight
S1E17 - 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.
Jan. 30, 1994, midnight
S1E18 - Another Average Night
John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arrives.
Feb. 1, 1994, midnight
S1E19 - 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.
Feb. 1, 1994, midnight
S1E20 - John and Carol
Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.
Feb. 8, 1994, midnight
S1E21 - 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.
March 15, 1994, midnight
S1E22 - 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.
March 22, 1994, midnight
S1E23 - 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.
March 29, 1994, midnight
S1E24 - 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.
April 12, 1994, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2520 min.
Released: Sept. 2, 1993
Last Air Date: Oct. 30, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists