The Critic

Jay moves to Los Angeles when studio executive Gary Grossman offers the critic a chance to write the second sequel to the Ghostchasers franchise.

A short, balding, overweight, divorced film critic named Jay Sherman gets a second chance at love when a gorgeous movie star named Valerie Fox falls for him, but it may all go to pieces if Jay doesn't give Valerie a glowing review for her latest movie, the Basic Instinct-inspired erotic thriller, Kiss of Death.

Marty invites his father Jay to Career Day at his school, where Marty Falls for a Cuban girl named Carmen, who is later revealed to be the granddaughter of Fidel Castro.

When test audiences brand Jay Sherman "worse than Hitler," Duke sets up a TV special where Geraldo Rivera interviews Jay with his adoptive mother Eleanor, which falls apart when Jay yells at Eleanor.

Jay falls for a female projectionist who turns out to be an obsessed fan of his.

Eleanor forces Margo to get prepared for and attend a debutante ball, despite Margo's protests over how sexist and elitist it is. Meanwhile, Jay gets into a ratings war with children's show host Humphrey the Hippo.

Jay rethinks his career when his 1000th episode bash is a dud. He seeks advice from image consultant Adolph Hitmaker, but his advice and all other attempts at recreating his TV image prove unsuccessful.

Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks that she may be the mother who gave him up for adoption years ago.

Jay's masculinity is called into question after Doris rescues Jay from a studio fire, so Jay trains for the New York marathon.

Duke is diagnosed with a rare disease, and Jay is determined to find a cure.