Cupid

1998
Cupid

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EP1 Pilot Sep 26, 1998

When a man claims to be Cupid, he is placed in the care of a psychiatrist who takes him under her wing. Obsessed with his mission on Earth, the man now known as Trevor Hale decides to help a woman find her true love.

EP2 The Linguist Oct 03, 1998

Still intrigued with Trevor, wondering who he really is and where he comes from, Claire jumps on the opportunity when she meets a linguist who seems able to tell someone's origins just from his patterns of speech. She introduces him to Trevor, who - of course - cannot resist helping the man when he learns that he is still a virgin.

EP3 Heaven, He's in Heaven Oct 10, 1998

A woman seeks Claire's help when she fears her marriage is in jeopardy because her husband feels frequent and sudden urges to sing and dance in public.

EP4 A Truly Fractured Fairy Tale Oct 17, 1998

Claire is receiving strange gifts from a secret admirer. While she slowly begins to fall for him, Trevor helps one of her patients meet the man of her dreams - a man she sees everyday on a billboard across the street from her work! In the meantime, Champ is asked to do some modelling ; reluctant, he finally decides to go for it when he realizes how much this exposure can help his burgeoning career as an actor. Structured like a fairy tale (""once upon a time, there was a princess...""), this episode is a wonderful example of television at its best. Also, Trevor's feelings for Claire become quite obvious with this episode.

EP5 First Loves Oct 24, 1998

Champ introduces Claire and Trevor to his long-time friend Sophie, a would-be singer who just signed a contract with a record company. When Sophie claims she does not believe in love, Trevor feels obliged to prove her wrong. They start discussing the past and Sophie's one-time crush, when she was a kid, comes to the surface. They decide to go back to her hometown and see what her old love interest has become, hoping that maybe something magical will happen. Claire is concerned and quite against the whole idea until her superior says that Trevor may have to be committed to a mental institute. She then feels that this little adventure may help her further her knowledge of Trevor and help decide on what to do with him... This episode contains a number of black & white flashbacks, offering scenes of Sophie's, Champ's and Claire's youth. Obviously, Trevor was left out of the loop...

EP6 Meat Market Oct 31, 1998

Champ tells Trevor that everytime he meets a girl, he ends up in a relationship. For once, he would like to experiment a one-night stand, to know how it feels. With Halloween just around the corner, Trevor feels this is the perfect opportunity to make his friend's dream come true. He also invites Claire's other patients to the party, telling them to forget their inhibitions and to just have fun. As for Claire, he challenges her, certain that she would turn down any man even if he were perfect for her. To prove his point, he searches and finds Alex, who seems a perfect match. While Claire first does seem reluctant, she finally falls under the man's charm - much to Trevor's dismay.

EP7 Pick-Up Schticks Nov 07, 1998

Trevor is growing desperate. Caught between his desire to return home and his jealousy at seeing Claire having a serious relationship with Alex, he makes his first mistakes as a love counselor. On one side, he encourages a man to use a ""sure score"" pick-up technique that gets him the woman he wants but leaves him distressed and disgusted with himself for he feels he cannot be with a woman that would fall for such a trick. On the other end of the tunnel, his friend and roommate Champ is starting a new relationship and Trevor can't help but intervene - and in ways that pushes the woman away rather than bring her closer. And somewhere in the middle, Trevor himself is caught up in a strange relationship with Helen Davis, a woman he met at the bar. They're both attracted to each other, but Trevor tells Champ he can't have a relationship with a mortal, or he'll lose his immortality. And yet, he might just be desperate enough to not want it anymore...

EP8 Heart of the Matter Nov 21, 1998

While looking for good romance videos to rent, Trevor meets Dan, the coach of a local hockey team. He invites him to a party at the bar, deciding that he should help him find his true love - namely, his neighbor Susan, a woman who seems to keep to herself, avoiding conversation and all contact with other people. Meanwhile, Claire is wondering why Alex seems to be avoiding her and fears that he may want to dump her. But the truth is that he is falling in love with her and afraid of his own feelings for her. Trevor finally manages to draw Susan to the party and have her meet Dan. But when she realizes that the man is trying to set her up, she flees. She later explains to Trevor that she cannot start a relationship because she only has six months left to live.

EP9 The End of an Eros Dec 12, 1998

Claire is delighted when her old professor, Dr. Wyatt, shows up at her office. She announces that she has just published a book and Claire invites her to attend her next singles group. But when her mentor speaks up at the meeting, she is startled to hear her claim that love is a myth. Needless to say, Trevor is just as baffled and, for once, the two of them are in agreement. Then Alex tells Claire that he was offered an important job - but in another city. Claire starts to doubt and lose her faith in the power of love...

EP10 Hung Jury Dec 19, 1998

While Christmas shopping, Claire and Trevor get caught up in jury duty. Claire has plans to spend the holidays with Alex and so - like most of the other jurors - would like to get this over with as quickly as possible. But Trevor, who was going to spend Christmas alone anyway, spots two possible matches and voluntarily votes differently then the others. He then desperately tries to convince everyone that the man who is being judged actually is innocent...

EP11 A Great Personality Jan 07, 1999

Trevor tries to help a new member of the singles group, a woman who wants to be loved for her personality rather than her looks, while Claire revisits an old nemesis in hopes of discovering clues to Trevor's true identity.

EP12 Grand Delusions Jan 14, 1999

Trevor tries to arrange a match between a man who thinks he's Don Quixote and an exotic dancer, while Claire has a reunion with her jazz-musician father.

EP13 Bachelorette Party Jan 28, 1999

Trevor ruins a bachelorette party Claire is giving for her best friend when he reveals that her fiance has been having a long-term affair with a promiscuous former classmate.

EP14 The Children's Hour Feb 11, 1999

Precocious twins ask Trevor to find a match for their single, down-on-men mom, triggering Champ's memories of a former relationship.

EP15 Botched Makeover Jan 01, 0001

When Trevor visits the set of Champ's TV-show he meets an intelligent, modest assistant who never got much respect from her colleagues. When he hears she sends herself flowers to spice up her boring life, he invites her for one of Claire's sessions. During the first session she already gets in contact with Tom Caighne, a first class womanizer.

EP16 Company Pier Jan 01, 0001

While Champ finally has some luck with the ladies, he has trouble deciding if she's using her job to get him or not. At the same time a vicious nurse gives ""the love police"" at human resources proof that suggests that Trevor and Claire are having an affair. The hospital doesn't permit this of course, and during the investigation, Trevor gets another doctor, who thinks that Trevor would be easy to crack.

EP17 Chapter Six Jan 01, 0001

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Released: 26 September 1998 Ended
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Trevor Hale is an attractive, sarcastic and irreverent man who claims to be Cupid, the Roman god of love, and has descended from Mount Olympus to work on Earth.

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nkosi-a I've been watching the new series Entourage and really like Piven's character. Although Entourage is a great show, it's really not in the same category as Cupid was. I remember watching a few episodes of Cupid and thought it was one of the THE best shows ever written and produced. I'm glad to see all the positive reviews even after the show was canceled a while ago. Hopefully someone will finally make the big push to put this series on DVD to cure all the Cupid's fan's appetites, its the least they can do since the show is no longer being produced, otherwise that would truly be ideal. Jeremy Piven is a wonderfully diverse actor and has been nominated for quite a few awards but I still think he is very under-rated for his performances.
mysterq My comments come some 6 years after the last episode aired on the network. And, I can say that the clever writing, charismatic characters, and soulful plot of this show is still missed. Yes, we are plagued with "reality TV" and comedy that finds alternate ways at amusing us but "Cupid"s short-lived span was saddening. Simply must disagree with coming up with a concept about the numerous facets of love and deep affection airing on the same evenings most were out attempting to attain it (which would explain the smaller fan base).Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshal were strong together. I doubt Piven would have stayed with the project very long. However, from the work he showed in those brief episodes, I believe it would have lasted another year or two. Only allowing the cult to grow. Something which is not considered with great works (generally speaking) but something that should be seen, read, or otherwise. When it's gone, it's a missed opportunity. That show tried to teach us not to miss opportunities. Ironic.
maggagie1 by far one of the best shows on tv. and of course abc cancels after a measly 14 episodes. i miss this show still, and just had to comment on how great i think jeremy piven is. wonderful show, wonderful stories. to short of a run!!!
Victor Field "Cupid" was the lovely Paula Marshall's second of four short-lived series in as many years (after "Chicago Sons," and before "Snoops" and the appropriately named "Cursed"). In addition to ABC cancelling it after 14 episodes aired, this charmer (the show, not Paula) made its way to UK screens in 2001 on Channel 5, which showed all fifteen episodes in an idiotic weekday afternoon slot - fortunately I was off work while it was on, otherwise I'd have never known what I'd have missed.To wit: Spot-on acting from Jeremy Piven as the man who may or may not have been Cupid (one of the series's many strengths was that it never actually said for sure whether or not he was the god of love, preferring instead to let us make up our own minds), Jeffrey D. Sams as his actor roommate who was determined to make it without doing stereotyped black roles, and Marshall as the psychiatrist in charge of our hero's case - in charge for sure, but never unsympathetic.Romantic entanglements that didn't always work out, even though the viewer always hoped they would (and which made it even sweeter when they did).Just enough edge to take the sugar off for those who detest sentimentality, but enough whimsy to maintain the feeling of fantasy - a tough act to pull off but creator Rob Thomas and the other writers pulled it off. Captivating, funny and touching all the way, this may have been doomed by its very concept (shows where someone has to achieve a set number of tasks never seem to work - "Brimstone," "The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage," etc), but at least it went out before it had a chance to degenerate.For what it's worth, I think he was the real deal.