Arli$$ (Season 5)

Creatures of Habit (Episode 1)

Writer: Robert Wuhl

Air date: 2000-06-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Arliss buys a rare piece of memorabilia, and sends a client to a hypnotist to help him quit chewing tobacco. When treatment appears to work, Arliss sends Kirby there to quit gambling. Meanwhile, Rita tries to keep an LPGA client from falling off the wagon.

Making Things Happen (Episode 2)

Air date: 2000-06-11

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Arliss learns that a good friend and client, who is about to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, is being charged with domestic abuse. Meanwhile, Rita's activist friend sides with the client's wife.

I Get Involved (Episode 3)

Air date: 2000-06-18

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Arliss has to walk the fence when two clients, both teammates, are dating the same girl. Rita plays Cyrano for one of the clients, and a TV reporter shows up to do a ""Where Are They Now?"" segment on Kirby.

Comings and Goings (Episode 4)

Air date: 2000-06-25

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Arliss must help a client bury his mother. Meanwhile, Stanley's having a run of bad luck that threatens his chess game, so he goes looking for a ""slumpbuster."" And Kirby comes face-to-face with his own slumpbuster from 18 years ago, and must face the consequences.

It's Who You Know (Episode 5)

Air date: 2000-07-09

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Arliss tries to talk the ""pot dealer to the NBA"" out of retiring by offering to get his kid into a fancy private school. Meanwhile, Rita plays a relationship with a physical trainer by ""The Rules.""

The Value of Honesty (Episode 6)

Air date: 2000-07-16

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Arliss has an affair with a WNBA coach, but his client (also the coach's star player) wants her fired. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of a wild birthday celebration, Kirby and Rita suspect they may have ""done it.""

The Sum of the Parts (Episode 7)

Air date: 2000-07-23

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: A baseball client needs a kidney, and Arliss tries to convince the player's minor-league brother to donate his. Meanwhile, a soccer client scores a goal for the opposing team, causing him to take refuge at Rita's apartment while Kirby goes into hiding.

Honoring Our Past (Episode 8)

Writer: Sam Kass

Air date: 2000-07-30

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: When one of his boxing clients enlists in the Army, Arliss tries to figure out a way to get him out. Meanwhile, Stanley and a native-American tribal chief attempt to get a football team to change its ""offensive"" mascot.

When Opportunity Knocks (Episode 9)

Air date: 2000-08-06

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Arliss, Rita and Stanley must deal with Kirby's absence when he leaves the agency to join a fledgling football league run by a flashy TV producer.

Last Call (Episode 10)

Air date: 2000-08-13

Runtime: 29 min

Overview: Arliss tries to get a dotcom millionaire team owner to re-sign an aging broadcaster who may be losing his touch. Rita ghostwrites a column for Arliss, and Kirby helps discipline Stanley's unruly dog.

A Breed Apart (Episode 11)

Writer: Kevin Falls

Air date: 2000-08-20

Runtime: 26 min

Overview: Arliss pursues popular mascot Reggie the Rooster, using a fundraiser Stanley has organized for another mascot, who was injured in the line of duty. Rita takes up boxing after a series of obscene phone calls.

Where There's a Will (Episode 12)

Air date: 2000-08-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Arliss is named executor of a superstar jockey's will, which leaves everything to his wife - but he had two wives. Kirby discovers that his former coach is now homeless.

You Can Pick Your Friends... (Episode 13)

Air date: 2000-09-03

Runtime: 27 min

Overview: Arliss' ne'er-do-well brother Archie uses his name to further a scam. Kirby and Stanley plot their own scam on a stadium concession millionaire. Stanley purposely swallows a ring that turned up in a burger.