Season 1

TV Show · Comedy

Originally aired as THESE FRIENDS OF MINE, this rarely seen debut season of ELLEN stars DeGeneres as mildly neurotic Los Angeles bookseller Ellen Morgan, whose nervous motor-mouthing often gets her in trouble, especially with her best friends.

1994 · 23m

13+

Starring Ellen DeGeneres, Holly Fulger, Maggie Wheeler

EPISODE 1

Pilot

Ellen, mortified by her driver's license photo, pulls out all the stops in a desperate attempt to get a decent picture.
EPISODE 2

The Anchor

A guilt-ridden Ellen grovels to win back the friendship of Audrey, an annoying acquaintance she's been trying to dump for years. Meanwhile, Holly puts on a false front to impress a guy.
EPISODE 3

A Kiss Is Still a Kiss

Ellen answers a personal ad and meets the man of her dreams, with one problem: he's a horrible kisser.
EPISODE 4

The Class Reunion

Anxious to impress her classmates at a reunion, Ellen masquerades as a married cardiologist, jeopardizing her romance with a former high-school heartthrob.
EPISODE 5

The Promotion

Ellen kisses up to her boss by buying a gift for her new baby, but her job is put in jeopardy through casual remarks overheard through a baby monitor.
EPISODE 6

The Hand That Robs the Cradle

Ellen feels old and out of it when she starts dating a younger man, but her attempts to be cool leave her date lukewarm.