Pilot
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1994
In the series pilot, Ellen is concerned that Holly might be getting involved with a creep.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1994
In the series pilot, Ellen is concerned that Holly might be getting involved with a creep.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1994
A call-waiting snafu causes an awkward incident between Ellen and an acquaintance she'd like to avoid.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1994
Ellen, Holly and Adam respond to personal ads, and Ellen finds a great guy---whose kisses aren't so great.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1994
Ellen lies about her marital and career status at a class reunion, but then she meets an old heartthrob.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 20, 1994
Problems are born when Ellen seeks a promotion by buying a gift for her boss's baby.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1994
Dating a younger guy makes Ellen insecure about the status of her hipness---or what's left of it.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 4, 1994
Ellen arranges for Adam to escort her boss to a wedding.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 24, 1994
Ellen's cousin visits, but her vacation is spoiled by a flat tire, beach pollution and conterfeit theater tickets.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Aug 9, 1994
Adam and Ellen get a discount on a refrigerator, but Ellen must move it around town herself after Adam fakes a back injury.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Aug 23, 1994
Ellen pities a hapless car salesman, who gets fired after she backs out of a deal.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Aug 30, 1994
Ellen believes that Holly's boyfriend is making passes at her, but has trouble proving her case.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1994
Adam finds that being in a secure relationship makes him attractive to other women.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1994
Ellen has the urge to work for a charity after crashing a fund-raiser.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1994
A pizza deliveryman takes Ellen out, but his lack of ambition is hard for her to swallow.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1994
Ellen doesn't like it when she discovers someone in her book-store reading group doesn't like her.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1994
Ellen's mom fixes her up with a guy whom Ellen remembers as being freaky.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1994
Ellen is jealous of the attention Adam gives to his witty pal. Meanwhile, Paige and her boyfriend aren't in synch romantically.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1994
Ellen says the wrong thing during her toast at the rehearsal dinner for her brother's wedding.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1994
On his birthday, Adam thinks his life isn't going anywhere, and he decides to move out.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1994
Ellen poses as the personal trainer for Paige's boss, who offers Ellen a movie-development job.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1994
Ellen's cranky neighbor dies after Ellen tells her off.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1994
Ellen wants to be friends with a travel writer, but their mutual friend keeps getting in the way.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1994
At Christmastime, Ellen wants to wrap up her relationship with her boyfriend.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1995
Ellen hits the books to increase her knowledge, then hits it off with a professor.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1995
Ellen helps Audrey find an apartment far, far away.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1995
Paige persuades Ellen to go to a spa that puts the "hell" in health. Meanwhile, Adam seeks a friendship with Joe.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1995
Ellen makes an ungraceful attempt to dance the lead in her ballet class's recital.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1995
Ellen's apartment is burglarized, and she seeks to protect herself.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1995
Ellen goes to a sleep clinic when she's plagued by dreams about Adam.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1995
Ellen qualifies as a contestant on "American Gladiators".
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1995
The IRS mistakenly gives Ellen $5000, which she gives to charity.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1995
Ellen is jailed after an animal-rights protest, but is released into the custody of her parents.
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 3, 1995
A white lie and a terrifying experience send Ellen to therapy, where she realizes that she needs to be more honest with her mother.
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: May 10, 1995
The hapless pizza deliveryman, whom Ellen once labeled a loser, returns from Italy and wins her heart.
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: May 17, 1995
Ellen has fallen in love with Dan, and Paige doesn't like being the odd man out.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1995
Ellen's world is shaken up by an earthquake and the arrival of her cousin Spence.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1995
Inspired by Paige and Adam's successes after the earthquake, Ellen hits the road in search of a dream...any dream.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1995
Ellen is angst-ridden after she tapes an episode of "thirtysomething" over a video of Paige's sister giving birth to twins.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1995
Spence has a one-night stand with a woman but is not inclined to call her again, even though Ellen thinks he should.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1995
Adam is leaving to take a job in London, and the parting is such sweet sorrow for Ellen.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1995
Spence is in a dark mood on Halloween; Audrey treats herself to a job at Ellen's bookstore.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1995
After going through therapy, Ellen's mom decides she wants to be her pal, which is more than Ellen can handle.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1995
Martha Stewart appears at a book-signing at Ellen's store, inspiring Ellen to plan a dinner party for a few friends.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1995
Carrie Fisher plays the "best friend" in Paige's first film, which features Ellen's bookstore as a location.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1995
Spence's dad wants him to return to medical practice.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1995
Ellen has to choose which members of her reading group will appear on a highbrow TV show called "Book Chat."
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1995
Ellen's parents give her a burial plot for Christmas, leaving her to ponder how wonderful her life is.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1996
Everyone's along for the limo ride when Paige gets invited to a bash for John Travolta in a secret locale.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1996
Ellen's bookstore is robbed, and a detective steals Paige's heart.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1996
When Audrey buys a car, she becomes part of a cultish club of auto owners who really---really---love their wheels.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1996
As a faux witness, Ellen makes a mockery of Spence's mock trial for law school.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1996
Curious about how she would be as a mom, Ellen volunteers to look after the daughter of Paige's boyfriend.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1996
Ellen tries to save a 65-year-old lobster from a restaurant's pot---an act that mirrors a real-life effort by Mary Tyler Moore (who appears as herself).
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1996
Paige accepts Matt's marriage proposal, but finds the small diamond on her engagement ring unacceptable.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1996
Ellen puts off firing Audrey when Audrey's wealthy parents give Ellen a large sum to keep her employed.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1996
Hipsters come to hang out when a musical-comedy duo---who are so bad they're good---entertain at Ellen's bookstore.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1996
While at the doctor's office for a mammogram, Ellen becomes buddies with another patient.
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: May 1, 1996
Bad omens loom over the bachelorette party that Ellen and Audrey throw for Paige.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: May 8, 1996
Ellen is given the task of making everything run smoothly for Paige's wedding. But everything doesn't.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: May 14, 1996
In an unaired episode from the show's first season, Ellen and her friends must retrieve a racy videotape of one of Ellen's pals.
Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: May 15, 1996
Ellen discovers Spence and Paige in a liplock before Paige's wedding ceremony.
Episode: 3x27 | Airdate: May 21, 1996
Ellen comes forward as a witness to a mugging she didn't actually see.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1996
Ellen longs to buy a home, but she'll have to sell her bookstore to do so.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1996
The bookstore's new manager, whose hobby is hunting, wants to bag Joe, whom he finds beastly.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1996
Ellen comes unglued when her parents reveal that they intend to separate.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1996
Desperate to reunite her parents, Ellen re-creates their Cuban honeymoon, circa 1958, complete with the musical stylings of Eddie Fisher (who appears as himself).
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1996
Ellen's therapist counsels her to speak her mind, but Ellen's speechless when she spies the good doctor in a compromising position.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1996
At a camp reunion, Paige intends to get even for a childhood incident that Ellen was secretly behind.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1996
Ellen insists on mothering her ailing father.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1996
Lois accepts a date with a man she meets through a dating service.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1996
As Spence's passion for medicine is reborn, Paige takes a test to find out if she's pregnant. But Audrey is the one who's positive.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1996
Ellen invites a nice guy to Thanksgiving dinner, not knowing that he's homeless.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1996
Ed becomes fiercely competitive after Ellen beats him in a bowling match.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1996
Ellen's attachment to a stray dog upsets her Christmas vacation plans.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1997
As a New Year's resolution, Ellen pledges not to let being unattached prevent her from doing the things she wants to do.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1997
Ellen comes in contact with Joe's friend when she seeks a permit to remodel her house.
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1997
Ellen has one too many at a wine-tasting party given by an M.D. whom Spence wants to impress.
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1997
Ellen and the group attend "Rock and Roll Dream Camp."
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1997
Ellen thinks she's gotten signals of attraction from a hearing-impaired actor with whom Audrey is infatuated.
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1997
Ellen and Peter attend a new-age retreat, where Peter offers the insight that Ellen is not really as happy as she claims to be.
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1997
Ellen and her parents conspire to keep up appearances for Ellen's grandmother; Paige and Spence go to Las Vegas.
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1997
Ellen is finally reconciled to the impending divorce of her parents, but they don't appear to be in any rush to finalize the matter.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Apr 8, 1997
Spoofing "The English Patient," Ellen provides a burn victim with a litany of memories (shown via clips from previous episodes).
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1997
Part 1 of two. Ellen discovers her true sexual identity when she finds that she has a decided preference for her male friend's female pal.
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1997
Conclusion. Ellen discovers her true sexual identity when she finds that she has a decided preference for her male friend's female pal.
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: May 7, 1997
Ellen comes out to her parents.
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: May 14, 1997
As Ellen prepares to move into her house, she runs into trouble at the bookstore when she learns that Ed has an aversion to gays.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1997
Ellen's friendship with an old boyfriend takes a romantic turn that confuses Ellen about her sexuality.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1997
Ellen tries rock climbing in a rather rugged effort to impress an outdoorsy fitness instructor.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1997
When neighbors recommend a "roommate" for Ellen, she assumes she's being fixed up.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1997
Ellen consults a "gay" business directory to find a plumber to repair a sink as she prepares a party for members of the gay community.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1997
Ellen still doesn't know where she stands after a few dates with her mortgage broker, so she hopes to ask a few bold questions.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1997
Ellen soldiers on as a participant in her dad's Civil War re-enactment.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1997
Ellen's awkwardness about public displays of affection with Laurie has an effect on Laurie's daughter, Holly.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1997
Ellen discovers that Oscar winner Emma Thompson is a closet lesbian.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1997
With Laurie poised to take the next step in the romantic relationship, a nervous Ellen flees.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1997
Ellen gets a job at a talk-radio station, where she's harassed by the lecherous sports-show host.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1997
Ellen and Laurie's relationship unravels after they exchange gifts for their one-month anniversary.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1998
Paige reveals her intention to marry Spence on the way to a women's music fest, where Ellen gets clues about her Ms. Right from a fortune teller.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1998
Ellen's dying to know what Laurie is doing on Saturday that she doesn't want Ellen to know about. Turns out it's her father's funeral.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1998
Ellen and Laurie take a vacation, and Laurie's instinct for organization clashes with Ellen's spontaneity.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1998
Paige and Ellen scheme to have Ellen infiltrate the focus group slated to evaluate a TV cop show Paige developed.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1998
Circumstances conspire to make Ellen look like a fool in front of her neighbors.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1998
Accidental exposure to bug spray sends Spence into a dream world where what's gay is straight and what's straight is gay.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1998
After Laurie's in a car accident, Ellen meets a woman in the hospital waiting room who doesn't reveal that she's Laurie's ex.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: May 13, 1998
Part 1 of Two. An irreverent mockumentary celebrates Ellen's career in entertainment, including her landmark sitcom that premiered "way back in 1959." "Hosted" by Linda Ellerbee.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: May 13, 1998
Conclution. An irreverent mockumentary celebrates Ellen's career in entertainment, including her landmark sitcom that premiered "way back in 1959." "Hosted" by Linda Ellerbee.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Jul 15, 1998
Ellen's espousal of neighborly behavior inspires listeners of her radio program.
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Jul 22, 1998
Ellen's parents' plan to renew their wedding vows inspires Ellen to propose to Laurie.