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After the AWOL Mayor misses his State of the City speech, Mike holds a press conference, and when Paul walks in, he admits he caused the Mayor to "run away." The Mayor asks Mike to represent him in his upcoming divorce.

The Mayor is caught in a porn scandal after his security camera footage is leaked to the press.. Mike gets jealous of Laurie's closeness with Nikki and asks her to choose between them.

The Mayor "steals" Mike's assistant Janelle to work for him. Stuart's attempts to power up James' wooden boat end disastrously when the motor he installs destroys the vessel. Mike decides to tell Laurie he loves her.

Mayor Paul hires Stacey to replace Janelle as Mike's assistant, but he might want to take the job himself. Laurie and Mike broke up.

Mike and his staff learn that racism is more than just a black and white issue in this story. After the arrest of Carter for jogging through Central Park, Mike orders him not to go on TV.

Drew West's gimmick draws national attention and appearances on shows like "Live with Regis" and "Kathie Lee." Drew loses his popularity contest but is forced to participate in a special phone-in election.

The staff is throwing a big party for Mike's 30th birthday. Mike receives a card from his high school girlfriend, Renee. The Mayor asks Carter to speak with his\r nephew Stephen, whom he suspects is gay.

Women at work help Stuart overcome his sexual confusion by taking him to bed with men. The Mayor's first "Town Hall" is his last after the staff tries to feed him info through an earpiece.

Nikki dates a ventriloquist who can't seem to function without his dummy, while Mike's mother starts a new relationship with the Mayor. The Mayor is seen in a hotel lobby giving $100 to a known prostitute; Mike goes looking for him.

Mike's mother helps clear the Mayor of having an affair with his mother's prostitute boyfriend. Hank gets more than he bargained for on "The People's Court," while Carter cancels their Thanksgiving vacation.

The Mayor of New York's daughter causes a tabloid sensation. Mike Winston struggles to smooth things over with the press, Meg, and her father after she stages a nude horse-riding protest in the nude.

The Mayor blurts out that Santa Claus doesn't exist to Justin, the city's young spelling bee champ. Budget cuts forced Mike to fire all of the City Hall Santas, so laid-off Santas protested a layoff at his office Christmas party.

The Mayor's New Year's Eve party "uncorks" hidden passions between Mike's staff. Mike walks in on Nikki's date, Jay, kissing a woman. The next day, Mike and Nikki grapple with their feelings for each other.

The Mayor didn't know how to write, and Paul offers to pull an all-nighter to help the Mayor with his next book. Facing his mortality, Mike has a serious talk with the Mayor about what's important in life.

The Mayor's membership in an exclusive men's club causes a political firestorm in the press. James becomes involved in a street scam. Paul tries to help James win back the money he's lost to the card scammers.

A series of unfortunate events leads Mike to suspect the curse is working, mainly after injuring himself during a photo op. Although Stacey's grandmother puts a curse on him, Mike's loyalty to her convinces her to lift it.

One of Mike's ex-girlfriends mistakenly assumes the engagement ring he's holding for Paul is meant for her. To retrieve Paul's ring, Mike admits he didn't propose to her. But looking into her eyes, he decides to ask her for real, and she accepts.

Mike's engagement to Laurie is the talk of the office as staff fantasizes about what it would be like to be married to him. Paul tries to get Claudia's engagement ring back from Mike, while Stacey imagines spending life with him.

Mike ingests a hallucinogenic during a Native American ceremony in this week's episode. The Mayor orders drug tests for everyone. Nikki worries her birth control pills might skew the results of a drug test.

A visit from the Pope strikes the fear of God into Mike, and he's almost hit by a Groceries truck, whose abbreviation is GOD. Carter fixes Nikki up with his visiting friend Daniel, though the two don't hit it off.

The Mayor's office is hosting a bachelor party and bachelorette party. The men are trying to repair an insulting statue about to be unveiled. Mike interrupts the bachelor party to enlist the guys' help to fix the statue.

Mike's affair with lady magician Kaari is a non-stop nightmare. Mike tries to offend Kaari's parents so she'll break up with him, but it only makes her like him even more. Mike finally dumps her.

The staff at City Hall are trying to catch a rat that's lurking in Mike's office. Nikki introduces everyone to her new boyfriend, Neil, a veterinarian, and Paul puts a rat-hunting cat on duty.

New York City Mayor Carter accidentally books the church for the wrong day. The priest performing Paul and Claudia's wedding is unconscious, leaving Mike to lead the ceremony.