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Dream On(TV show/series, 1990-1996)

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 6 seasons with 120 episodes

Dream OnRating: 3.5/5 (with 14 votes)
Dream On is an American sitcom television series created by Marta Kauffman and David Crane. It follows the family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor played by Brian Benben. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black-and-white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts. It ran for six seasons on HBO between July 8, 1990, and March 27, 1996. ()
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About Dream On

The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.

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Dream On Seasons and Episodes

07/19/1995Season 6 - 27 episodes
#1 | 07/19/1995Try Not to Remember
Martin has trouble climaxing and is referred to a therapist. Through hypnotism, she leads him to suspect he is repressing the memory of childhood abuse.
#2 | 07/26/1995Bess You Is Not My Woman Now
Martin tries to seduce Judith's best friend from college, but she only has eyes for someone else…
#3 | 08/02/1995Long Distance Runaround
Martin looks for a new best friend, after Eddie decides to move to LA to join a sitcom.
#4 | 08/09/1995Significant Author
Under pressure from Gibby to get an elite writer, Martin attempts to lure the writer dating Toby (who coincidentally, is an award-winning author).
#5 | 08/16/19959 1/2 Days
Martin dates a woman that acts strange in public, and yet, is an etiquette expert.
#6 | 08/23/1995Beam Me Up, Dr. Spock
Jeremy's math teacher is the cause for Jeremy's low math grade.
#7 | 08/30/1995Take Two Tablets, and Get Me to Mt. Sinai
#8 | 09/13/1995Music in My Veins (1)
After Jeremy chooses to go to Richard Stone's induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame instead of with Martin on a Father's Day canoeing trip, Martin reluctantly tags along. In typical Tupper fashion, he goes home with a girl named Katrina that he meets there. It turns out that she has 2 interesting, but related surprises for Martin.
#9 | 09/20/1995Music in My Veins (2)
This picks up with Martin and Katrina struggling to write songs for the new Crevice album. Katrina suffers from a light writer's block, and ends up taking inspiration from Martin's college poetry. Crevice breaks up over the creative changes, and Katrina debuts her first single as a solo artist on Eddie's show. The fan's are not pleased.
#10 | 09/27/1995Tie Me Sister Lu Down, Sport
Martin's building goes co-op, and to be able to afford purchasing his apartment/condo, he dates Gibby's insane sister.
#11 | 10/04/1995She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will
#12 | 10/11/1995Flight of the Pedalbee
#13 | 10/18/1995Am I Blue?
Martin needs to make some quick money, so he writes for pornographic movies.
#14 | 11/01/1995Home Is Where the Cart Is
#15 | 11/08/1995Little Orphan Eddie
#16 | 11/15/1995Toby's Choice
#17 | 11/22/1995The Weekend at the College Didn't Turn Out Like They Planned
Martin and Judith visit Jeremy at college. Sparks ignite.
#18 | 01/24/1996Second Time Aground
With their relationship rekindled, Judith suggests that she and Martin join a support group for couples on their second time around.
#19 | 01/31/1996The Spirit of 76th & Park
#20 | 02/07/1996All About Louie
Gibby picks Martin to represent Whitestone at the Chicago Book Fair, informing him with one weeks notice. This means a ton of extra work and pregnant Toby doesn't really feel up to it, so Martin suggests they take on a temp to lighten the load. Toby offers up her cousin Louie, and although initially reluctant, Martin assents, giving him a trial period to prove himself.
#21 | 02/14/1996The Way We War
Flashback episode: Martin's fortieth birthday is approaching fast and Eddie insists on throwing him a party. Unfortunately, Judith is planning a party of her own thus bringing them into conflict. Martin suggests compromise by urging them to plan the party together. As they argue over the details, they reminisce over their past disagreements.
#22 | 02/21/1996Springtime for Tupper
At a Salary Review Meeting, Gibby has some good news for Martin; Martin's to be put in charge of his own division at Whitestone, a quality publishing imprint called Camelot New Press. Things get off to a bad start however when the first round of author interviews yield nothing. Through a quirk of fate, Martin remembers an old manuscript he admired, ‘The Barrel Maker' by Julian Keppel and stays up all night reading it. He contacts the emotionally fragile author and promises to make it Whitestone's next bestseller.
#23 | 02/28/1996Hey Diddle Diddle
Martin thinks things are getting out of hand after Judith discovers "some little tricks" to improve her sex life.
#24 | 03/06/1996Cupid Is as Cupid Does
Judith plans a dinner party for their couple friends, so she suggests that Martin not invite currently single Eddie. When Eddie finds out, he makes Martin feel guilty until he invites him, but the evening doesn't go well. Eddie has nothing in common with the couples and so he storms out. Next day, Martin and Judith meet a recently separated friend, Rema, whom Martin invites to their apartment for dinner, planning to also invite Eddie and match them up. Eddie begins spending all his time with Rema and hardly sees Martin.
#25 | 03/13/1996Tenants, Anyone?
Martin's old apartment is becoming a huge money pit, costing him exorbitant maintenance fees and so he resolves to get rid of it. He has a meeting with Irwin Bader who isn't optimistic of getting much over $1,500, even though he sold it to Martin for $2,400. Libby expresses an interest on behalf of her son, but Martin passes on the idea.
#26 | 03/20/1996Finale (1)
Preparing for Eddie's wedding, Martin questions whether or not he has a future with Judith.
#27 | 03/27/1996Finale with a Vengeance (2)
Martin and Judith learn Dr. Stone might be defrosted and revived.
06/22/1994Season 5 - 13 episodes
06/02/1993Season 4 - 25 episodes
06/06/1992Season 3 - 26 episodes
07/07/1991Season 2 - 15 episodes
07/08/1990Season 1 - 14 episodes
?Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Romanian (RO)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/08/1990
Last episode released on: 03/27/1996

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:5715, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024