Sun, Oct 24, 1999
Sarah Reeves arrives in New York City from San Francisco to find her biological father only to encounter one mishap after another starting when she loses her luggage at the airport and arrives at the apartment building where her mother grew up and shacks up with Romy Sullivan, a struggling, near-starving actress determined to make it big, as well dealing with the cynical building superintendent Cecilia Wiznarski. Sarah also meets musician and CD shop employee John Maguire and his waitress friend roommate Jocelyn "Joss" House who works at the seedy nightclub down the street, as well as Romy's neighbor J.B. who lives across the street. Sarah's search for her father leads her to her late mother's dance instructor who steers her towards a wealthy stage producer named Archer Fitzwirth, who denies being her father but brings out a self-retaliation to Sarah in her life as to who or what she wants to be in life.
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Sun, Oct 31, 1999
Fitzwirth gets Sarah (having chanced her last name to Merrin, her birth mother's name) a job as a personal assistant to a wealthy Upper East Side matron with a menagerie. When the woman's snobbish son, Spencer, invites Sarah to a formal banquet just to show off to his peers, Sarah quits. Meanwhile, Maguire expresses feelings for Sarah, unaware about Bailey Salinger, her boyfriend back in San Francisco. Also, Romy and J.B. have their first date which turns bad since Romy has a thing for the theater, and J.B. has a thing for gambling.
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Sun, Nov 7, 1999
Having money problems, Sarah and Romy throw a singles party for profit in their apartment. During the party, after getting a letter from Bailey in San Francisco announcing their breakup, Sarah decides to do "something outrageous," with her now free-spirited life which leads her to drink, party, get a tattoo and consider spending the night with Spencer. Romy also becomes concerned about J.B. who becomes acquainted with a few too many girls that show up. Meanwhile, Maguire gets jealous when a musician friend of his, named Kenny, hits on Joss. Also, Cecilia becomes acquainted with an orthodontist, named Andy Beam, who shows a strong interest in her.
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Sun, Nov 14, 1999
Sarah is steered toward a singing career by a "well-connected" man, named Tony. But Maguire correctly suspects that Tony is interested in more than Sarah's music which she asks a reluctant Maguire to pose as her boyfriend to Tony. Meanwhile, J.B. is unavailable to celebrate Romy's success when she lands a small roll on a TV soap opera when he renews a secret relationship with Joan, a wealthy older woman whom he relies on for his income and personal pleasure.
Sun, Nov 21, 1999
After hitting a snag in her recording plans when Tony's shady business partner is arrested for income tax evasion, Sarah find herself hosting a Thanksgiving dinner with a quartet of suitors who include Maguire, who resents spending the holiday with anyone, the caterer Spencer, Tony, and a schizophrenic homeless man named Jerry, who turns out to be a former opera conductor.
Sun, Nov 28, 1999
Sarah learns a dark part of Maguire's drug addicted past after the arrival of Taylor, an old friend of Maguire's who spent 18 months in prison for drug possession, which ruins their first date together. When Sarah decides to break up with Maguire, her decision changes when he proclaims his love for her. Meanwhile, Romy presses the issue of J.B.'s lack of intimacy with her and begins to think that he does not like her, while at the same time, J.B. continues his involvement with Joan and is torn between both women since Romy wants his love, and Joan just wants companionship.
Sun, Dec 12, 1999
Seeking another better paying job for the Christmas holiday, Sarah gets a big break when she goes to work at New York's Bloomingdale's and gets a lot of commission for a personal shopper. Meanwhile, Joss' problematic sister, Casey, pays a visit and reveals her pregnancy. When Joss and Casey travel to Queens to visit their parents, their mother does not hide her contempt for either's lifestyle. Cecilia gets pneumonia, but refuses to seek treatment until she collapses where Sarah finds her, takes her to a hospital, and learns that Cecilia uses someone else's health insurance. Also, J.B. crosses a line with Romy by sleeping with her on their first date after getting back together. But later Romy finally meets Joan after seeing her in the company of J.B.
Sun, Dec 19, 1999
As New Year's Eve towards the new millennium approaches, bad luck happens to everyone starting when Maguire's apartment is robbed and he takes it out on Joss, who gets fired from her job at the bar and she takes it out on Sarah and Maguire, in which Sarah learns of Joss and Maguire's living "arrangement" after a grumpy Romy kicks her out of her apartment and takes out her anger on everyone over J.B. two-timing infidelity. Meanwhile, J.B. stumbles into a dream date, named Angela, for the event approaching. Maguire then looks up Jessica, his old girlfriend, to find a direction in his life, and Sarah ends up in Archer Fitzwirth's apartment alone to spend the New Year's Eve evening.