Suddenly Susan

Susan and co-workers Vicki and Luis find their work life disrupted by their new boss, Ian Maxtone-Graham, who buys The Gate and transforms it into an upscale men's magazine. Investigative reporter Maddy quits after Ian insults her talent, and ends her relationship with Luis because his love has made her complacent.

When Oliver suggests taking pictures of the staff to put in their columns, Susan objects because she never looks good in photographs. But Oliver puts Susan at ease and gets a beautiful portrait of her. Ian likes it so much that he makes a huge billboard out of it. Susan is initially mortified, but she soon enjoys the adulation. Meanwhile, Nate tries to secure an interview with baseball great Reggie Jackson.

Susan lies and tells Ian she speaks Russian, but her fib backfires when he asks her to translate rare Russian letters.

Susan looks for a tactful way to tell Vicki that she is opposed to them living in the same building.

Susan accepts Oliver's invitation to carve pumpkins together but ends up sabotaging the date out of fear of being hurt by him. Susan's Halloween celebrations become more intense than she expected.

An assignment to do an article on a cheerleaders' competition doesn't make Susan jump for joy, but her attitude changes when she's asked to audition.

When Susan's 33rd birthday is approaching, she realizes that there are things that she hasn't done which she wrote in a letter to herself that she would have accomplished by the year 2000, and so sets out to do them. Ian takes driving lessons from Dario Franchitti.

Oliver freaks out when Susan calls him her "boyfriend"; Ian thwarts Vicki's plot to party on company time.

Susan wants to get out of going to a co-worker's birthday party, but finds out she is the only guest.

Oliver charters a private jet for a romantic getaway, unaware that the pilot is Susan's ex-boyfriend; Vicki cons the gang into painting her apartment.

Susan tried to console Luis after he breaks up with his girlfriend; Ian prompts Vicki to change her style.

Susan plays matchmaker at a disastrous dinner party, where there are too many guests and too little food.

Upset that Oliver pays for all of their dates, Susan offers to take Oliver on a ski trip that she really can't afford. Hoping to earn money quickly, Susan buys some stock she overhears Ian discussing with his cousin. She loses a lot of money and takes a second job as a dance partner for middle aged men.

Susan becomes obsessed with Oliver's inability to say "I love you"; Ian's vineyard yields disappointing wine.

Susan worries that she might be pregnant, but her fear eases when boyfriend Oliver suggests that they move in together -- and then unloads a bombshell that has Susan still reeling the day after. At the same time, Ian exults when he learns that his money grubbing ex-wife plans to re-marry and spare him of his financial commitment.

Ian and Nate have romantic designs on Susan, who is suddenly single after dumping Oliver. Meanwhile, Susan and the girls get rowdy at a male strip club.

As Susan and Oliver go through withdrawals in the wake of their aborted romance, he offers her a parting gift -- a talking cockatoo -- who soon flies the coop and gets haplessly stuck in The Gate's venting system, where he creates a squawking uproar. Meanwhile, a vengeful Vicki and Luis conspire to embarrass Ian at his lavish party by inviting his former British band mates from his 1960s stint as a lead singer of a one hit wonder pop group.

Susan's relationship with her former English professor begins to drive Oliver crazy with jealousy.

To sow the seeds of reconciliation with Susan, Oliver has his vasectomy reversed. Meanwhile, Ian seeks Miranda's advice about dating black women.

Susan sells an article to another magazine, and Ian worried that she will quit The Gate.

In the series finale, Susan tries to flee before competing her wedding ceremony but asks Oliver to live in New York with her.

San Francisco's gay community has it in for Susan when her email mocking Nate's attitude towards homosexuals is published.