Ink

Mary Steenburgen

Kate Montgomery

Alana Austin

Abby Logan

Christine Ebersole

Belinda Carhardt

Saul Rubinek

Alan Mesnick

Charles Robinson

Ernie Trainor

Jenica Bergere

Donna French

Jonathan Katz

Leo

Seasons

Season 1

26 episodes

Premiered Oct 21, 1996

Episodes

1–6 of 26

Ep 1

Above the Fold

Oct 21, 1996

When Kate accepts a job offer that's just too good to pass up, she becomes the first female managing editor of the New York Sun—and she's now Mike's boss as well.

Ep 2

Paper Cuts

Oct 28, 1996

Leo, the head of business affairs and known as the Angel of Death, comes down to tell Kate to cut her operating costs by 5%. This is because of increased charges from the papers insurance company, caused by the number of lawsuits filed against the contents of Mike's columns. She works out that the only way she will be able to do this is to fire someone.

Ep 3

Getting over the Hemp

Nov 11, 1996

Mike finds some marijuana in his daughter's jacket pocket. He decides to tell Kate and they confront Abby about it. Alan gets a new mobile phone that he takes great pleasure in showing off to everyone. Before long though he begins to get frustrated with the continuous calls he keeps getting from his wife.

Ep 4

High Noon

Nov 18, 1996

Mike and Kate have an argument over editing his column down. Mike is so annoyed by this that he contacts the New York Times to try and get a job with them. He thinks that by doing this he will be able to force Kate's hand and get what he wants. Retaliating Kate gets in touch with Jack Stein, the other top columnist in New York, to try and see if she can persuade him to take over Mike's column.

Ep 5

The Sandwich

Nov 25, 1996

Mike gets a phone call telling him that he is being awarded a great honor, Sid's deli is naming a sandwich after him! He takes all his friends, and Kate, to the deli to try out 'his' sandwich. While there he is shown the man who bought the first ever 'Mike Logan' sandwich and Mike wants to have his photo taken with him. As this is about to happen the man suddenly chokes on the sandwich and dies, leading to headlines announcing the fact that 'Mike Logan kills a man'.

Ep 6

Mike & Kelly & Max & Kate

Dec 9, 1996