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Mike's Best Friend's Boyfriend

  • Episode aired Feb 23, 2000
  • TV-14
  • 30m
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7.3/10
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Michael J. Fox, Michael Boatman, and James Patrick Stuart in Spin City (1996)
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Carter's new boyfriend Alex may be coming on to Mike. Paul tries to impress a reporter from his hometown until Randall upstages him. A Good Samaritan contest brings out five finalists. Stu p... Read allCarter's new boyfriend Alex may be coming on to Mike. Paul tries to impress a reporter from his hometown until Randall upstages him. A Good Samaritan contest brings out five finalists. Stu plays a fat neck gag on James.Carter's new boyfriend Alex may be coming on to Mike. Paul tries to impress a reporter from his hometown until Randall upstages him. A Good Samaritan contest brings out five finalists. Stu plays a fat neck gag on James.

  • Director
    • Andy Cadiff
  • Writers
    • Dawn Urbont
    • Bill Callahan
    • Philip Wen
  • Stars
    • Michael J. Fox
    • Richard Kind
    • Alan Ruck
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    123
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    • Director
      • Andy Cadiff
    • Writers
      • Dawn Urbont
      • Bill Callahan
      • Philip Wen
    • Stars
      • Michael J. Fox
      • Richard Kind
      • Alan Ruck
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Michael J. Fox
    Michael J. Fox
    • Mike Flaherty
    Richard Kind
    Richard Kind
    • Paul Lassiter
    Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck
    • Stuart Bondek
    Michael Boatman
    Michael Boatman
    • Carter Heywood
    Connie Britton
    Connie Britton
    • Nikki Faber
    Alexander Chaplin
    Alexander Chaplin
    • James Hobert
    Victoria Dillard
    Victoria Dillard
    • Janelle Cooper
    Heather Locklear
    Heather Locklear
    • Caitlin Moore
    Barry Bostwick
    Barry Bostwick
    • The Mayor
    James Patrick Stuart
    James Patrick Stuart
    • Alex
    Cynthia Vance
    • Hometown Reporter
    Lori Tan Chinn
    Lori Tan Chinn
    • Samaritan Nun
    Robb Pruitt
    • Samaritan Doctor
    Peter Arpesella
    Peter Arpesella
    • Italian Actor #1
    Paolo Pagliacolo
    Paolo Pagliacolo
    • Italian Actor #2
    Michelle Crowe-Paz
    • Theater Patron
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    • Director
      • Andy Cadiff
    • Writers
      • Dawn Urbont
      • Bill Callahan
      • Philip Wen
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    6kfo9494

    Too many stories trying to be told in this show.

    In this episode, Mike is jealous of Carter's relationship with Alex. It seems that Carter and Alex are in love with each other and Mike feels that Carter is spending all his time with Alex. One evening Carter invites Mike to go with them to a movie. After the movie, Mike believes that Alex was hitting on him. He tells Carter about the situation but he just laughs. Mike then sets-up Alex when he calls him to the office with Nikki listening in on the conversation.

    There are a couple of other stories being played out in this episode. One is that Paul has his hometown news-reporter at City Hall where she is doing a story on the local boy, Paul Lassiter. When the Mayor hears that she is there to do a story on Paul and not him, the Mayor begins courting the reporter leaving no time for Paul's story.-- There is also another story about Stuart convincing James that he has a large neck. Now James is going around the office trying to hid his unbelievable large neck.

    The episode did feature a few good scenes but overall there appeared to be something missing. There just was not enough time spent on each story that by the time the episode ended all loose ends had not been tied-up. As stated in previous reviews, there needs to be more time spent on one story instead of trying to place three or four stories in one episode.

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    • Quotes

      James Hobert: You know what they called me in grade school, 'Leaky'.

      Nikki Faber: I'm afraid to ask.

      James Hobert: Oh, it's not what you think, I use to wet my pants.

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ubu Productions
      • Lottery Hill Entertainment
      • DreamWorks Television
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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