Ned and Stacey are brought together in a marriage of convenience - Ned needs to be married to get a promotion, while Stacey desperately needs to move out of her parents' house, and Ned has a very good apartment.
Self-centered ad exec Ned allows liberal journalist Stacey to share his apartment on one condition: that she marry him.
The "happy newlyweds" get their first chance to see if they can pull off the deception when Ned invites clients to the apartment for drinks.
Stacey finds herself in the unusual position of "cheating" on Ned---after he encourages her to pursue an attractive man she meets in a bar.
Stacey sinks her teeth into an exposé on an ice-cream mogul who's being unfriendly to the environment. Trouble is, he's a client of Ned's.
Eric thinks he's being a model husband when he admits that he's spending the night with the beautiful spokesperson Ned's hired for a commercial.
Ned and Stacey have to do some quick shuffling when Stacey's parents drop by while the newlyweds each have a date over.
Ned discovers that he shares an interest in horticulture with Stacey's childhood neighbor, and romance blossoms.
Ned and Stacey accidentally share a passionate kiss, then wonder what to do when they realize they liked it.
Stacey's debts leave her hopelessly devoted---to the bank, which wants its money tout de suite.
It's a turkey of a Thanksgiving for Stacey, who gets depressed that "instead of a husband, I've got Ned!".
Stacey badgers Ned into going shopping with her for a bed; but when the only one she likes is already sold, Ned bribes the salesman.
The couple begin fighting over their new friend, who's been hanging out with Ned and dating Stacey.
Ned fears he'll lose an important account unless he gives in to a client who's trying to seduce him.
Ned hopes that Stacey is never brought to mind when she opts to forgo the New Year's Eve party he throws for his co-workers.
Ned fears that the young neophyte the agency hired is after his job, especially after he's ordered to take a vacation.
A publishing bigwig promises to look over Stacey's qualifications as a journalist, but it's Ned's talents that stop the presses.
Amanda can't resist asking Ned to put in a good word for Eric, who's up for a promotion to head of the accounting department.
Stacey asks Ned to act like the perfect husband for the benefit of her high-school arch rival, who's visiting the couple.
A gay client of Ned's discovers the couple's separate bedrooms and becomes convinced that Ned is not out of the closet.
Ned enters the hospital for gallbladder surgery, but his lack of guts may keep him from going under the knife.
A TV star looking to buy property in New York has a different kind of move in mind after he meets Amanda.
Stacey moves out after Amanda urges her to "stop complaining about your life and do something."
Ned overextends himself at a poker game and wagers a night with Stacey to cover his bet on a great hand.
Fifty bucks says Stacey can find a better woman for Ned than any man he could find for her. Ned wins the bet but may lose his "wife" to the guy she's fallen for.
Ned and Stacey split up, but Ned finds it easier getting Stacey out of the apartment than out of his system.
Stacey hires a lawyer, who informs Ned that the couple's prenuptial agreement is null and void.
Ned and Amanda become partners in a real-estate deal that calls for them to close a muffin shop. But Ned can't bring himself to put the bakery's elderly employees out of work.
Stacey takes a byte out of Ned's ego when when of his clients runs with one of her ideas for a computer that feeds hungry kittens.
Les threatens to reveal Ned's fake marriage unless Ned can put the reins on Eric, who's reporting Les's exorbitant expense account.
Amanda walks out of the muffin shop on Ned, but returns after he promises to remain a silent partner. Fat chance.
Ned humiliates Eric in front of a group of clients, leading Eric to think he and Ned should "cool it for a while" as friends.
Amanda becomes a sensation when she stars in a low-budget commercial for the muffin shop.
Amanda's new hire, Amy, has a crush on Ned. Amused, he agrees to a "date," but finds he's escorting her to her prom.
Ned hires Christopher Hewett, who played Mr. Belvedere, to re-create the character in a commercial, but time seems to have swept away the actor's grasp of reality.
Ned convinces Eric to join him on a trip to Nepal, but an apprehensive Eric takes flight at the airport. Meanwhile, Stacey takes over for Amanda at the muffin shop, just as the shop's pipes burst.
Ned takes the low road as he tries to steal an idea from a competitor who wanders into the muffin shop. Meanwhile, Stacey's busy with an exposé on phone sex.
Eric and Amanda see Diana with another man. Later, Ned sees stars while trying to get even and make her jealous.
Stacey's ego does a nose dive when her editor picks apart the probing article she wrote for the airline magazine.
Even Ned can't stand it when Diana hires Stacey as her assistant then takes every opportunity to humiliate the "errand girl."
Kirkland insists that Stacey attend a ski retreat, dashing Ned's plans to hit the slopes with the agency's office manager.
Ned is riding high as Saul and Ellen's favorite son-in-law, until Amanda tells them the truth about Ned and Stacey's marriage.
The pressure is on Ned to create a killer campaign for a client's sponge, but the distractions quickly multiply after an accident forces him to return to his apartment, where Amanda and Eric are trying to conceive.
Ned volunteers to help reign in Eric's attractive new boss, who's been keeping the accountant late at the office juggling figures.
Ned finds himself uncomfortably jealous when Stacey dates Chazz, and the two spend the night together.
Ned leaves Kirkland to start an advertising agency, and hires Lloyd Bridges as the spokeman for his first account.
After Stacey moves out, Ned pleads with her to attend one last dinner as his wife, in order to impress an important client.
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