Mr. Mayor

- Season 1

(2021)

Retired businessman Neil Bremer runs for mayor of his city Los Angeles to impress his daughter. He wins not having a clue what the job entails. His staff think they will run his office but Mayor Bremer shows he has a mind of his own.

Tommy has scheduled a day-full of photo ops and glad handing for Neil, on which Tommy and Jayden will accompany him. Neil isn't looking forward to the day, feeling like he should be dealing with more pressing civic issues. Tommy and Jayden's few rules for Neil not to appear un-mayoral seem to go out the window quickly, with Neil's changing mood affected by their first stop. Meanwhile, Neil has left Mikaela in charge at city hall, with her one and only task being to watch over Arpi. Indeed, Arpi does come looking for Neil in wanting to push the pet project which she ...

Jayden interviews candidates for an opening on the team. Neil gets sidetracked during a town hall, and Orly has a shocking realization.

Arpi and Jayden get to know each other on a road trip to Sacramento; Neil feels like he is losing his daughter and seeks to reconnect.

Neil is asked to throw the opening pitch at a Dodgers game, something he really wants to do for personal reasons, but something his key staff members plus Arpi advise him against doing in seeing no up side but a lot of potential down sides. His ability to do so is not only threatened by the reason he wanted to do it and by the city's recent safety initiative, but may also affect Jayden's flirtation with the Dodgers' PR person, Emily. Meanwhile, Tommy is attracted to Nestor, city hall's security guard at the metal detector screening, he who doesn't even seem to notice ...

A mandatory staff meeting derails plans for the team's favorite day of the month.

An avocado shortage cripples L.A.; Mikaela discovers that the only thing that can put her to sleep is Arpi's presentations.

Neil tries to convince his daughter that a casual relationship is more than it actually is; the staff is divided over a trivia competition.

Neil's plan to save the city money on palm tree maintenance meets unexpected resistance.

Neil serves his love of gift-giving by forcing his disgruntled staff to work on "L.A. Christmas Eve" as they wait for his "perfect gift" to arrive.