It's The comedy drama story of a homosexual psychologist and his fellow psychological friends and patients.

Fierstein

Fierstein Seson 1 Starring:
Harvey Fierstein as Dr. Leo Fierstein
Richard Dreyfuss as Dr Charles Waters
Dennis Haysbert as Dr. Andy Goodman
Doris Roberts as Leo's mother Dorothy
Laura Linney as Leo's assistant Grace Holiday
George Segal as Leo's father David

1-"The Assistant"- Meet Dr.Leo who has his own practice where he helps people with psychological issues. Leo needs an assistant and feels stressed out without one. He interviews a few people but no one seems to fit his image of a perfect assistant. Finally Leo mets Grace who's just left her old boss (who is a psychologist cause she thought he was too controlling) Leo convinces Grace that she is free to say her own ideas and is not bound to his wishes and Grace gets the job. Later Leo introduces Grace to his friends.

2-"I Don't Want To Change"- Leo's new patient Kelly has OCD and is very nervous about meeting new people. However when she meets Leo she finds him to be very handsome and begins to think she's falling in love with him. She later tells her feelings to Leo. Leo responds by saying he likes men and can't have relationships with his patients anyway. Kelly vows to change Leo and make him straight. Andy happens to overhear their discussion and tells Leo to be prepared for Kelly to go crazy. At their next session Leo tries to convince Kelly he can't be changed and that he is not allowed to have relations and couldn't be with her if even if he was straight. She disagrees repeatedly however. (Guest starring Megan Mullally as Kelly)

3-"The Fake Boyfriend"- Leo vows to stop Kelly's endless advances. Leo calls up his straight friend from college (Philip Seymour Hoffman as George Davidson) to pretend to be his new boyfriend in order to stop Kelly's advances. George stops by Leo's office after he finishes a session with Kelly. George pretends to be in love with Leo and even strokes his hair. Leo whispers kiss me to make it look it real. George gives Leo a peck on the cheek. Kelly looks unconvinced that they are in love. Leo whispers you better make it look more real (to George) or she'll never leave me alone. George whispers you owe me big for this Leo. He then gives Leo a fake passionate kiss that is enough to convince crazy Kelly that Leo is a homosexual. Crazy Kelly then leaves and decides not to continue their therapy. Kelly leaves. Leo and George then celebrate their success by going to a party with Leo's friends. (Guest starring Megan Mullally and Philip Seymour Hoffman )

4-"The Egging "- On the day before halloween Leo has a session with a middle aged man (Jason Alexander as Calvin Burger) going through a midlife crisis. Calvin is depressed he is old and voices his disgust over having his last name be a type of food. Leo tells Calvin to relax and take a vacation to unwind. Leo comes out of his meeting to find his car egged. Leo is disgusted with this and brings his car to a car wash to have it cleaned up. Later Leo has his friends over to watch scary movies for halloween. That night while watching the scary movies Leo and his friends are interrupted by kids egging his house. Leo yells at the kids and the kids run off scared. Later the next day the same kids egg Leo as he leaves his house in the morning but he catches the kids and calls their parents to finally get back at them. (Guest staring Jason Alexander)

5-"Leo's Barbecue"- Leo throws a family barbecue and everyone has a lot of fun. However his dog eats all the hamburgers. (Guest stars Jeff Goldblum as Leo's brother Malcom and Sally Field as Malcom's wife Betty)

6-"The Reunion"-Leo attends a high school reunion where he meets an old friend from high school he hasn't seen in years (Richard Lewis as Richard Dawson) Richard and Leo try to act young again and go out in Richard's viper and drive around town trying to feel young again. They almost get pulled over for speeding but they avoid the police. After their joy ride they say they'll see each other around. Meanwhile David wants to paint the outside of his house and Grace agrees to help. But they argue over which color to paint it. (She wants to paint it white but he wants to paint it yellow) Eventually they agree to paint it white. (Guest stars Richard Lewis as David Robinson and Robert Downey Jr. as officer Vincent McGovern)

7-"The Wilderness"-Leo and his parents go camping in the wilderness. Leo says he hates nature several times when they leave to go camping. David is big on camping but Leo and Dorothy hate it. Leo and Dorothy have an ok time but would rather be home. While outside on a work break Charles finds himself complaining about nature (cause of all the bugs outside, easy to get dirty) like Leo does on his camping trip. When they get home Leo declares that's the last time he's going camping for a long time and Dorothy agrees. David loved it though and can't wait to go camping again.

8-"Christmas Time"- Leo's niece Kate (Drew Barrymore) and other family members stop by for Christmas dinner. Leo's uncle Dave's (Jack Klugman) messy personality causes Leo some frustration. (Guest starring Drew Barrymore as Kate, Betty White as Aunt Clara, Jack Klugman as Uncle Dave, Jerry Stiller as Uncle Mort, Carole Kane as Leo's sister Heather, Brad Garrett as Leo's brother in law Joe and Kathy Griffin as Leo's cousin Denise)

9-"What Else Could Go Wrong?"- On New Years Eve Leo, Charles and and Andy get lost looking for a restaurant out of town. After their car gets a flat tire and runs out of gas they are forced to trek through a bad neighborhood for gas. After their car is finally fixed up several hours have past by. The group decides to cut their losses and gives up on the night out. After getting directions they make it to Leo's house in time to have dinner there and ring in the new year. (Guest stars Joe Mantegna as gas station attendant, Michael Cera as young guy who gives them directions, and Justin Berfield as troublemaking kid in leather jacket)

10-"Alone Again Naturally"- As Leo struggles to find a boyfriend at gay bars and on dating websites he has several sessions with a severely depressed suicidal patient . (Guest stars Jon Cryer as man at gay bar, Jeremy Piven as boring date and Larry David as Ed the suicidal patient)

11- "The Faker"- While visiting his parents house the day after a snow storm Leo's parents tell him they're surprising him with a ski trip tomorrow. Leo's not a fan of skiing however. While shoveling snow outside Leo's decide to pretend he slipped on ice and hurt his back while shoveling to get out of the trip.

After he's done shoveling he sneaks inside and notices his parents are out of the room. He comes inside and collapses on the couch and starts yelling and saying he slipped and fell on ice outside and threw his back out.

His parents hear him and run over. His parents ask what happen. Leo explains he slipped and fell on ice after he was done shoveling and hurt his back.

His mom then starts taking care of Leo for the rest of the day and even gives him a little bell so he can ask for anything he wants. And he takes full advantage of the situation and asks for anything and everything (like food, books, and the big tv from upstairs) Much to his fathers chagrin. Leo and his bell continues to drive his father crazy throughout the day. But Leo's mom remains the compassionate one.

That night while Leo can't sleep on the couch downstaits he starts raiding the fridge for a midnight snack. His father comes down to the use the bathroom and on his way he catches Leo running around and getting food. David goes upstairs and wakes up his wife Dorothy and they confront a shocked Leo while his back is turned.

Leo is forced to confess the whole lie much to his parents disappointment. They agree that they'll make Leo go in the trip anyway to teach him a lesson. (much to Leo's displeasure) The next morning everyone is all dressed and happy to leave. Except for Leo who's angry his plan failed. Then they all get in the car and drive off.

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12- "A Bowling Wii will go"- Leo buys the Wii sports game for the Wii. Later his Dad starts playing and beating everyone he plays. After Leo and and his friends are are all beat Leo believes Mr. Miyagi like training will help him beat his dad. Leo watches The Karate Kid several times while training. Leo then challenges his dad to a rematch and wins. Leo celebrates and tells his everyone he couldn't have done it without Mr Miyagi. Which causes his friends and family to look at him curiously.

13- "The Lineup"- Leo agrees to be in a police lineup for his friend Frank (Brad Garrett) who's a cop when they're short one person. But Leo is mistakenly picked out of the lineup for a bank robbery by a witness. (David Spade as Sam) He's then detained and questioned by his friend Frank who wonders if his friend is capable of doing such a thing.

Leo says "You know me I would never do anything like this". Then another cop (Kiefer Sutherland as Jack) plays the bad cop (to Frank's good cop) and scares Leo. But Leo remains adamant that he's innocent. Later Sam sees Leo again and realizes he's not the guy from the robbery. Leo is informed he is free by the cops who apologize for the incident. After hearing he's free Leo says "Thank God!"

Leo stops by his parents house on the way home and inform them of the whole affair. His parents react with laughter to the story. And Leo is dumb founded by their reaction. His parents say it's funny because they know Leo would never do anything like that. (Guest starring David Spade as Sam the witness, Brad Garrett as Frank the cop, Kiefer Sutherland as Jack the cop and Dan Aykroyd as George the cop)


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