A divorced father and a soon-to-be divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their respective children and their own life problems.A divorced father and a soon-to-be divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their respective children and their own life problems.A divorced father and a soon-to-be divorced mother meet and begin a romantic courtship which is always complicated by their respective children and their own life problems.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 12 wins & 49 nominations total
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- TriviaThe character 'Rick Sammler' was ranked #36 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).
- Quotes
Katie Singer: Oh, look you missed the trash.
Jessie Sammler: I wasn't gonna throw it away.
Katie Singer: Fine, whatever. Can I just have it back please?
Jessie Sammler: You want the letter back?
Katie Singer: Look, I've humiliated myself enough as it is.
Jessie Sammler: How?
Katie Singer: Because... I shouldn't have written all that stuff.
Jessie Sammler: It's okay!
Katie Singer: It's obviously not okay, you're barely even talking to me.
Jessie Sammler: I just wanna be friends!
Katie Singer: That's what I want!
Jessie Sammler: Well from your letter, it just...
Katie Singer: No, forget this stupid letter... I don't want anything you don't want.
Jessie Sammler: I just wanna be friends.
Katie Singer: Me too.
Jessie Sammler: I've just been really...
Katie Singer: Confused, I know.
Jessie Sammler: The fact that I didn't know what to do, and you're really important to me.
Katie Singer: I am?
Jessie Sammler: Yes, don't you know that?
Katie Singer: Because you are so important to me.
Jessie Sammler: So can we just be friends, I mean, am I still your friend?
Katie Singer: Yes, of course, oh my god.
[hugs Katie]
Katie Singer: Of course you're still my friend. Let's just throw this stupid letter out, ok?
Jessie Sammler: I can't. I can't throw it away. I wanna keep it forever.
[Jessie gives Katie a very passionate kiss]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)
I thought the situations and dialogue were completely realistic. My wife, a divorce attorney, saw the show years ago and remembers it as completely unrealistic. But isn't that the master craft of entertaining TV and movies -- making the unrealistic appear realistic? I'll bet there is some good writing on this point...please send me a message if you know of any.
- petelush
- Jul 24, 2003
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