Steambath
A surreal dark comedy featuring some recently dead folk finding themselves in Limbo, in this case a steamroom with an unlit exit. Morty, the Puerto Rican steamroom attendant, is actually God, who's bored and wants to keep a few souls around for a time before consigning them to the afterlife.
- 1984-1984
- 1 season
- Showtime Networks
- Comedy, Drama
A surreal dark comedy featuring some recently dead folk finding themselves in Limbo, in this case a steamroom with an unlit exit. Morty, the Puerto Rican steamroom attendant, is actually God, who's bored and wants to keep a few souls around for a time before consigning them to the afterlife.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1984
Episode 1
In the Beginning
Thu, Aug 16, 1984
Tandy arrives at the steambath and grapples with the fact that he's dead.
Episode 2
A Visit from Yuri
Thu, Sep 13, 1984
A Soviet cosmonaut arrives in the steam room, falls in love, and gives Meredith her first orgasm. A radio shrink also arrives and tries to psychoanalyze Morty.
Episode 3
Tandy's Legacy
Thu, Sep 20, 1984
Morty allows Tandy to attend a gala that he'd been anticipating, but the mood is ruined when a former coworker who had an affair with his wife arrives in the steam room. Meanwhile, Davinci rekindles an old romance with a hooker.
Episode 4
The Big Bang
Thu, Sep 27, 1984
Morty's in a foul mood, so he decides to destroy the earth. Also, Blanche cozies up to a plastic surgeon in hopes of getting a makeover.
Episode 5
Madison Avenue Madness
Thu, Oct 4, 1984
Morty collects taxes. Feuding former comedy partners wind up passing through the steam room simultaneously. Tandy is smitten when a woman throws herself at him, but he has a meltdown upon learning how she died.
Episode 6
A Preacher and a Jock
Thu, Oct 11, 1984
Morty teaches everyone not to judge when a beloved baseball player dies of an overdose. Also, a reverend has trouble believing that Morty is actually God.
