Just Shoot Me! - Episode Guide

A writer in need of a job reluctantly agrees to work for her father's women's magazine.

A nervous Maya arrives at the offices of Blush for her first day, her new position at the magazine comes as a surprise to the staff.

Despite the staff's efforts to celebrate, Finch has no intention of being recognized on Secretary's Day.

After defending some of her new ideas from the staff's withering critique, Maya is asked to arrange a birthday party for Nina.

The new photo Elliott takes for Maya's ID card makes her look so attractive that it results in a saucy dream.

Maya is miffed at her father, but the candy he brings back from China is a big hit at the office.

A bet leads Maya to try to prove that beautiful people get ahead in the job market.

Maya's bungling new assistant causes chaos in the office.

Although he's married to a younger woman, Jack flips when Maya is pursued by a 60-plus playboy.

Despite Elliott's warning, Finch dates a nutty model who becomes his nightmare.

Tickets for a free trip to London for a play causes co-workers to scramble.

After writing a fictional article about a dinner with Woody Allen, Maya endures criticism until a man claiming to be Allen calls.

Maya's past behaviour makes it hard for Jack to get Hannah enrolled in Maya's old school.

Maya's long running efforts for literacy are upstaged when her father makes a big donation and gets credit.

With greed running rampant, Maya suggests that everyone pool their present money and give it to someone in need, their janitor.

Elliott is made to realize that he was a nerd in high school, and now he feels even more unsure about himself 20 years later.

Maya tries proving herself to a successful college roommate, while Jack's birthday gets Finch and Nina fighting to find him the best present.

Maya finds herself attracted to one of the magazine's new researchers, but following Nina's advice ends with him filing a complaint.

Finch gets help to prove he's straight when he finds out that his father thinks he's gay.

Jack loses his temper for no apparent reason at a staff meeting and refuses to talk about it.

Maya's interview with a British rock star triggers a flood of memories for Nina of the affair she had with him 25 years ago.

Maya and Nina compete to influence a college intern with interests in both modeling and journalism.

Nina is humiliated by the display of her bikini at a celebrity cafe, so Maya and Finch plot to get it back.

A fake kiss at a tenant meeting may hold greater significance for Elliott and Maya.

Finch faces off against Jack's new personal assistant.

Jack feels guilty for firing his old partner and decides to rehire him, but then he remembers why he fired him in the first place.

Jack sends Maya to an N.Y.U. seminar as a guest speaker for the magazine, but she gets ambushed instead.

Maya knocks designer Oskar Milos' clothes and has to eat her words when Milos pulls his advertising.

An office blood drive turns into a storytelling session as Finch, Nina and Elliott recall for Maya their first encounter with Jack.

Bringing her father and mother together for the first time in 25 years creates complications for Maya.

Jack is hit by friendly fire when Finch accidentally shoots his company teammate in a paintball game.

Finch tries to hijack a surveillance videotape of him and Jack's nanny in a compromising position.

Jack tricks Maya into getting a neighbor to move so he can build a steam room at work.

Finch is convinced that Nina has an imaginary alter ego while Maya discovers how Jack deceived her on Halloween many years ago.

Maya gets caught up in a tangle of practical jokes when she sets out to prove Finch wrong and demonstrate that women can be pranksters too.

Finch conspires to set Maya up on a date with another woman.

Elliott plans to teach Courtney a lesson for dumping Finch, but events take a different turn.

Maya's romance with a puppeteer takes an uncertain turn when she suspects she has inspired a rude new puppet.

Jack is unhappy he's far down on a prestigious listing about to be published, while Finch makes a fan pest of himself meeting Mark Hamill.

Nina sets her sights on fashion rival Margo Langhorne but feels no victory when the battle ends.

Finch sets out to ruin everyone's Christmas when he thinks the other members of the Blush team have gotten him a lousy gift.

Maya tries to convince Elliott that his slow witted brother is a fake.

Jack tries to put out the flames rekindled by Maya's first love.

Smitten Maya interviews a senator who only has eyes for Nina, and Finch learns about Elliott's valuable collector's item.

Following his divorce, Finch's dad starts dating Nina.

Finch tries coming to grips with his dad's engagement to Nina.

Maya's plan for a murder mystery theme party backfires when a grouchy neighbor dies on her doorstep.

As a prank, Finch switches the cards on two of Elliott's birthday gifts: those from Maya and Persky. Meanwhile, when the racehorse Jack bought with Robert Goulet acts up before the big race, he enlists Nina's aid to calm it down.

Finch has been secretly writing Blush's advice column under the name Miss Pretty. When Maya, impressed by Finch's writing, asks to meet Miss Pretty, Finch pays a sleazy friend to pose as the columnist. Elliott accidentally offends a big advertiser.

Maya's taking a photography class and her teacher instructs her to take a nude self portrait. Elliot thinks the guy just wants to see Maya naked. Meanwhile, Finch and Nina both feel cast aside when Jack takes a liking to Nina's new assistant on the basis of his ability to do magic tricks.

The nominations for the annual Femmy awards are in and Maya, Nina and Elliott are nominated, while Finch isn't even invited to the ceremony. However, the evening doesn't go exactly as planned for all.

The staff prepares for the annual softball game against the magazine Cosmo. Jack hires Steve Garvey, so that he can play on the team. Maya turns out to be a great pitcher but becomes too competitive.

After throwing his back out playing with his daughter, Jack vows to get in shape and hires a personal trainer who used to be a Navy SEAL. Nina can't figure out why she's not attracted to the trainer, despite his good looks and his obvious interest in her. Maya enlists Finch's help to co-write a screenplay about a vampire cop.

Maya reminds Nina of her history of bad choices in men when Nina's former lover, now a fugitive, returns.

Finch is frustrated when an old nemesis shows up to gloat over his success. Not only does he own a successful business, he is also engaged to their high school homecoming queen. Desperate to impress his old nemesis, Finch plans to wed an insecure supermodel.

Finch announces that he and Adrienne are going to get married. Maya is unconvinced of their love and thinks he is manipulating her somehow. Complications arise when Adrienne's ex, the hockey player, shows up looking for blood...Dennis'. If he is to remain out of harm's way wedding plans will have to be accelerated.

As Dennis tries to hide his true passions from his new supermodel wife, Maya and Elliott seek to have their accidental marriage annulled.

Nina discovers her role in a fifteen year old accident that changed Elliott's life forever; immigration authorities question the legitimacy of Dennis and Adrienne's marriage.

Elliott is forced to employ an aspiring photographer who is blackmailing him. Maya tries to convince Nina that the Moon landing was not a hoax.

Finch meets his manipulative match in Kyle, Adrienne's hand model friend; Nina is sentenced to community service.

Nina overhears Jack talking to his therapist through an air conditioning vent. She uses this information to control him. Maya dabbles in gambling and accidentally bets $5,000 on a dog race.

After meeting each other's friends, Finch and Adrienne admit they have nothing in common. At Jack's command, Maya is doing staff evaluations. Elliott overreacts to a minor criticism.

Finch is in denial about his divorce and Nina's reporter friend wants to turn it into a major news story. Elliott introduces his visiting lumberjack friend to Maya and becomes jealous when they hit it off. Maya and Elliott kiss. 

Maya's former assistant Cindy returns as a media buyer, and Jack makes Maya take her out for the evening.

Jack runs into an ex-wife and her lover on a flight to Paris, and tries to convince the pair to marry. Back at the office, Nina enlists Kevin to play a practical joke on Dennis and Elliott.

After his memoirs come out stating he once beat up Robert Conrad, Jack fears the worst when the actor stops by the office. An attractive saleswoman tricks Finch into buying expensive clothing he cannot afford.

Elliott's new girlfriend, a beautiful, intelligent doctor, brings out insecurity in Elliott and jealousy in Maya. Finch and Nina bond after finding themselves temporarily homeless and living in the office.

Nina inspires Elliott's mom to start her life over again, and Maya and Jack accidentally kill Finch's prized cat.

Nina's first modelling coach asks Nina to euthanize her, but changes her mind after meeting Finch. Maya discovers her new boyfriend is a fat fetishist intent on making her gain weight.

Elliot is starting to feel cornered in his relationship with Kaylene; Jack signs Maya up for a dating service so she won't end up an old maid.

Jack and Nina remain focused on finding a man for Maya; Elliott and Maya decide to keep their rekindled relationship a secret.

Finch attends a sex addicts anonymous meeting and is shocked to see his ex wife there confessing to fantasizing about him. Jack bullies his staff into buying cookies to raise money for his daughter's school. Maya's objections to this creates a rift between her and Elliott.

Maya and Elliott invite another couple to go swing dancing, but their offer is misunderstood. Finch betrays a colleague in an effort to help Jack.

Jack confronts a man who has been posing as his son. He takes his fake son on as a protégé, excluding Finch and Maya. Nina and Elliott are judges at the fashion awards, but Elliott is disturbed to find the awards are corrupt and the judges are bribed.

When a right wing organization threatens Blush magazine, Jack asks Nina to charm the group's leader.

In need of an apartment, Finch convinces Maya and Elliott to move in together, with disastrous results. Jack and Nina both try to avoid their annual anniversary night out.

Nina is nervous about meeting her biological parents until she learns they are very wealthy; Elliott and Jack make a startling discover about Finch.

Finch's old skating partner returns, and asks him to coach her and her new partner. Just before the skating competition, she twists her ankle, forcing Finch to take her place. Maya has dyed her hair blonde. Nina is thrilled that her A&E biography is airing, but when Ed McMahon is struck by a bus, she fears that his death will lead to the cancellation of her program.

A&E Biography's "Nina Van Horn: Trouble Be Thy Name" features clips from her blaxploitation movie "Foxy Trouble" with Bernie Casey, her discovery as Claire Noodleman, interviews with her co-workers, her disastrous month long marriage to Robert Evans, her fiery time with a cult, her involvement in the closing of Studio 54 and her mark on pop music, among other things.

While Finch is undercover as a student to research an article, a precocious cheerleader asks him to the prom. Jack discovers that the office mail guy is an incredible opera singer. Nina becomes celibate, following some advice from Elliott. Nina and Finch kiss.

After their moment of passion, Finch decides it's a bad idea to take things further with Nina. Nina becomes determined to find out why. Meanwhile, Elliot overhears, and then accidentally erases a message from Allie telling Jack she is leaving him.

Tired of everyone's pity after the news of his impending divorce, Jack heads off to the Plaza Hotel. When Finch turns up with his new band, Jack loses his cool.

Nina begins dating the star of a TV show who has been filming outside Blush's office. She soon discovers that he lives with his mother, who is determined to destroy their relationship. Elliott confesses to Maya that he once spent a month in jail.

Elliott's brother Donnie returns as a successful insurance salesman in need of a loan. Maya, however, remains convinced that Donnie is up to his old tricks, even when he is beaten up. Jack and the rest of the staff discover that silence is not always a good thing.

Maya's high school friend tells her he is responsible for a bad rumor that caused her unpopularity and that he has come back to make it up to her. Jack dreams about Kevin killing him. His nightmares continue until he confronts Kevin in an elevator.

When Finch reunites with his childhood friend, he is shocked to learn that he had a sex change and is now a woman named Brandi. Elliot gets back at Nina for treating her assistant badly.

The gang gathers for Thanksgiving at Jack's mansion in the Hamptons. Nina is convinced that Jack will fire her for being unhip. Jack sleeps with Elliott's mom, but Finch is convinced that Jack did the dirty deed with his date instead. And Maya just wants to put the perfect dinner together.

Finch is banished to the mailroom after insulting Jack. Elliott tries to prove that Maya's hunky gynecologist is a frequent visitor to strip clubs.

Jack's numbers come up in the lottery, but Finch spent the money on coffee instead of the lottery ticket. Meanwhile Maya and Elliot get a dog, but Finch and Nina convince Elliot that Maya is using the dog as a substitute for a baby.

Finch dates a female boxer with a jealous ex-girlfriend. Elliott, Jack and Nina fool Maya into believing that they're smarter than she is.

When the new girl in marketing asks Nina and Maya to her bridal shower, they are convinced the only reason is so that she gets more gifts. Nina confronts Robin, and Nina and Maya end up arguing. Meanwhile Elliot has to go to traffic school and Finch is the teacher.

Jack's engagement ring is returned as part of his divorce settlement. This inspires Elliott to propose to Maya. He agonises over the perfect proposal, but it is almost ruined when a depressed Nina tags along. Elliott convinces her to leave, only to sabotage the event himself by having a panic attack when she accepts his proposal.

Elliott proposes to Maya a second time, and she accepts again. However, Elliott has another panic attack. Maya later decides that she cannot stay with him, and kicks him out of their apartment. Finch discovers that Nina rented out Jack's office for a porn shoot, and demands she show the director a script he has written. The director loves his work, and wants to shoot the film in Jack's office.

When Elliot discovers that Maya has a date for the Blush Charity Auction, he asks Nina to set him up with someone to help make her jealous. So Nina sets him up with a doctor but when she can't make it, she hires an escort instead. 

Finch and Maya project their insecurities on the new intern, Dean. Nina is dating the famous magician, Zigmund, who everyone is convinced is gay and Elliot believes is flirting with him.

Finch DJs a bar mitzvah for a kid who has a crush on Nina. Jack and Elliot like the same woman.

Jack fears that Maya's new boyfriend may be his illegitimate son from a one night stand many years before. Meanwhile, Finch has been living with Elliott since Maya kicked him out of her old apartment. When Elliott decides that it's time for him to go, Finch goes to long lengths to be able to stay.

Nina's younger sister come to visit, bringing up feelings of jealousy in Nina when the staff falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Jack is determined to find out who booed him during a speech to the office.

Finch's mom comes to visit and finds romance. Elliot meets a famous photographer who is down on his luck.

Finch becomes the boy toy of a popular romance novelist. Nina says the wrong thing on the red carpet of an award show.

Maya picks up a guy in a bar and finds he's not quite who he claims to be. After being the recipient of an act of kindness, Elliot tries to convince Finch to pay it forward to Nina.

Allie returns and asks Jack for a job at Blush, but she has ulterior motives. Nina meets with Elliot's new girlfriend, who is a psychiatrist, but their session means trouble for Elliot.

Finch lands a new job as an assistant to rap star Snoop Dogg after Jack fires him. Two weeks later, Jack has a new secretary, for whom Elliott and Nina cannot decide their feelings for. 

Finch reveals his personality is not his own but one he ripped off a girl he knew earlier in life. Jack asserts his alpha-male status when Elliot refuses to share his cannolis.

Finch dates the woman who shares his personality. Nina doubts her ability to negotiate a raise from Jack, and Maya wonders if her raises are just because she's his daughter.

The staff worries about Nina's behavior after one of her friends dies.

Maya's new assistant stirs feelings of jealousy in the office with her credentials and her good looks.

Finch and Elliot compete over Amy, each trying to outdo or embarrass the other.

The competition between Finch and Elliot kicks into high gear when Amy asks them each out for a date on the same weekend. Jack and Nina entice Kevin with the finer things after he turns down a promotion because he doesn't care about money.

Jack must tolerate his snobbish business partner's attempts to degrade those less fortunate, namely Elliot.

Maya meets a handsome celebrity who loves Christmas even more than her, to the point of obsession.

The long lost daughter Nina had given up for adoption tracks her down at Blush; a game of darts brings out Jack's competitive fire.

Nina's newly discovered granddaughter shares much in common with her, in fact, too much. Jack tries to find the perfect gift for Maya's birthday, only it's not her birthday.

Ray Liotta is back and he's obsessed with Maya. He even vows to give up show business for her, but can't adjust to normal life. Nina puts on a one woman show. Jack buys George Washington's desk.

Jack sets up Elliot with a fake headhunter to test his loyalty. Elliot proves he's loyal but resents the set up. He teaches Jack to swim so he'll become more trusting. Finch creates a fake kid so he can trick a nanny into sleeping with him.

Kevin and Finch become roommates, and neighbors with Maya. She's not happy Finch still has a key to her apartment. Elliot sells Jack his beloved sports car, but isn't happy when Jack shows less love towards the car.

Maya dates an obnoxious blind man who thinks his disability makes it okay to be rude. Finch takes a class in T.V. broadcasting and helps produce a show where he surprises his guests by attacking them.

Maya goes on a date with the office exterminator, Chris. She will be amazed at how much she actually likes him, though he is not the smartest. Finch and Elliot amuses himself by paying Kevin to eat junk.

Elliot shows a nude photo of a sleeping Maya at an exhibition. Jack agrees to pay for tutoring because Finch isn't doing well in college. After learning his tutor is also a masseuse, Finch trades the tutoring sessions for massages. 

Jack wants to write a novel but ends up using a ghostwriter. With him out of the office, Nina, Elliot, and Maya compete for power over the magazine. No one produces much of anything related to quality.

The Blush staff agrees to corporate therapy after their bickering drives off a client. Dr. Drake complicates their teamwork when he advances Finch and Nina to blue binders, while Maya and Elliot sill have their red ones.

A behind the scenes documentary following Finch as he films his class project The Burning House, the story of a family torn apart by divorce. This episode is unusual in that it is filmed with handheld cameras interspersed with talking head interviews, and there is no studio audience.

Elliot's grandmother offends him when she lavishes attention on Finch but ignores Elliot. Jack hangs a giant American flag on the side of the building. Nina thinks it makes the building look fat, and it turns Jack's office blue.

Finch's fellow band member asks Nina out. She's mortified when she finds out they have an air band with imaginary instruments. Alan Thicke brings out Jack's competitive side. Maya gets upset when Jack drags her into it.

Jack hires a woman off the street to run the desk, but the staff thinks it's just because Jack wants to seduce her.

Vicky and Finch fight for Jacks approval, while Nina loses a crazy woman in the office.

Nina dates a rock star and tries not to sleep with him on the first date. Maya tries to get Vicky to open up about her broken marriage. Jack gets a pocket watch, and gifts Elliott with a wristwatch to persuade him to stop using his own pocket watch.

Nina throws an A-list Halloween party and reluctantly invites the Blush team. Jack and Finch fight for the affections of a new model with Jack trying to use magic to win her. Maya helps Elliott realize that the only reason he keeps arguing with Vicky is because he likes her. Nina becomes jealous of her new boyfriend Simon and one of his old lovers.

Eliot tries to date Vicki but ends up with her sister, Jack sets up cameras to keep an eye on everyone, while he's at home recovering from his foot surgery.

Vicky's husband returns to beg for her forgiveness and Maya finds herself very attracted to him. Elliott helps Nina make Simon jealous with an incriminating photograph. Jack goes on a diet, but Finch keeps feeding him fatty foods so stops being cranky. 

Maya ghostwrites a poem for Finch so he won't flunk out of college. Jack is impressed by the poem and rewards Finch even though Maya is responsible for it. Nina gets a chance to model again for Vicky's new idea for an article, which brings out a terrible side in both her and Elliott.

Elliott becomes extremely arrogant when one of his artistic photos is published in a photography magazine. Vicky and Nina are forced to work together on a project, Finch convinces Nina that Vicky is a lesbian and has feelings for her. Finch tries to get Jack to let him come to dinner with George Lucas. 

Vicki reconciles with her former husband Pete, but he seems confused because he also has the hots for Maya. When Finch wants a reserved parking space, Elliott discovers his plan and seeks to make sure that it does not work.

A former fashion model finds herself very confused by Finch's behavior. Meanwhile, Jack tries to bond with Nina's new boyfriend, a British rock star.

Finch's father accepts a job as Jack's chauffeur. Meanwhile, Elliott tries to get revenge against an insult comic who has made Elliott his latest target. A meeting with a past boyfriend of Maya's has her very nervous.

Finch forgets to tell Jack about an important meeting with foreign clients, so he assumes Jack's identity and attempts to close a deal without Jack's knowledge. Meanwhile, Nina and her rock star boyfriend Simon force themselves to go clean in an attempt to get Nina's hard partying granddaughter to change her ways, and Elliott seizes an opportunity to confront his high school bully.

Finch attends his reunion with his pal Bert, now a transsexual named Brandi. Maya and Elliott decide to become friends with benefits.

Rivalry over a charity event leads to tension between Jack and a fellow magnate, whose comely assistant gets hot and heavy with Finch.

Simon is prepared to ask Nina to marry him, but she's been married for 8 years to flaky Roland Devereaux and asks Elliott for moral support in asking for a divorce. Jack finds a perfect guy for Maya, but she falls for someone else.

Good hearted Elliott discusses business strategies with his con artist brother Donnie. Nina enters a fierce game of chance with Jack.

The outrageous behavior between Finch and his sexy partner galls Maya, who sets out to rein in the stallion. Also: Jack and Maya compete for an office cleaner's favor in a feud that gets way out of hand.

Simon's parents arrive to meet with Nina, who pretends to be prim and proper. Elliott rents an apartment next to Jack. 

Maya hires a new intern who turns out to be a bitter 45-year-old; Jack helps Nina plan her wedding; Finch unleashes his charm on Elliott's Bible study group.

Nina feels threatened by Skyler, an old fling of Simon. Skyler would be the minister at their wedding reception. Meanwhile Maya has found the perfect man, who turns out to be a senior in High School.

Jack suddenly announces his retirement and puts Maya in charge, he tries to escape an office farewell party in his honor.

Jack asks the staff to evaluate his work anonymously. Nina ends up with a sprained ankle after a walk.

Nina takes under her wing the female impersonator who's portraying her in a cabaret show.

Nina's friend Binny appears from the dead to tell her that she will cheat on Simon. Jack is attracted to the feminist who is threatening a boycott of Blush. Finch and Elliot become rivals over a mutual male friend whom they both have an emotional connection with.