Suddenly Susan

To cover a story, Susan spends time with an assertiveness-training guru---who sends her chutzpah level soaring off the charts.

When Susan's dull love life becomes the topic of discussion at ""The Gate,"" she sets out to explore her options---including office romance.

When her utilities are cut off, Susan jumps through hoops to get them restored. But trouble ensues when she writes an exposé on the incident.

Vicki begs Susan to sub for a pneumonia-stricken player when her basketball team makes the playoffs---not realizing Susan might steal the show.

To get out of dinner with her parents, Susan tells her mom a little white lie---and gets caught in it.

At Susan's prodding, Jack hires a sweet senior citizen---who proceeds to wreak havoc around the office.

Susan falls for a nihilistic rocker, and the attraction is mutual - despite a severe conflict of life styles and values.

Susan tries to put together a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for her co-workers, but everything goes wrong, culminating in an oven that's colder than the frozen turkey. Her luck seems to change when she locates a repairman willing to work on Thanksgiving - but then he drops dead while still inside the oven.

Susan reluctantly does a favor for Jack by attending a charity function with Jack, his wife Margo, and her incredibly obnoxious brother. When Susan finally tells the creep off, Margo and her brother storm out, leaving Susan alone to deal with an inebriated Jack, who winds up spending the night on her sofa. But the next day Margo is not quite willing to believe that's all that happened.

When Jack's too strapped to award Christmas bonuses, the staff (led by Susan) goes on strike.