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Empty Nest Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Pilot
Sat, Oct 8, 1988
Harry is proposed to eighteen months after the death of his wife.
Episode 2
The Check Isn't in the Mail
Sat, Oct 22, 1988
Carol gets all dolled up for a date with her contemptible ex-husband. Harry thinks Dreyfuss may be sick.
Episode 3
Barbara Gets Shot
Sat, Oct 29, 1988
After Barbara is Shot, Harry is determined to get her to quit the force.
Episode 4
Fatal Attraction
Sat, Nov 5, 1988
When neighbor Blanche Devereaux visits the Westons, she causes a problem when she has an attraction for Harry.
Episode 5
Father of the Bride
Sat, Nov 12, 1988
Barbara accepts her surgeon boyfriend's proposal, which makes Harry thrilled. But could wet feet be the downfall to the happy event?
Episode 6
Harry's Vacation
Sat, Nov 19, 1988
Despite his objections Barbara and Carol send Harry on Vacation, which leads to him thinking that he is a burden.
Episode 7
Tinker to Evers to Tucson
Sat, Nov 26, 1988
Laverne informs Harry that she's leaving because her husband, a baseball player is being traded. Not wanting to lose her, Harry goes to the owner to make a wager so that Laverne will stay but he loses.
Episode 8
What's a Father to Do?
Sat, Dec 3, 1988
Harry is forced to decided between going to Carol's art show or Barbara's Medal Ceremony which both happen at the same time.
Episode 9
Harry's Friend
Sat, Dec 10, 198830 mins
When Carol starts dating a new man, Harry is put into an uncomfortable situation when it turns out to be an old friend of his.
Episode 10
Libby's Gift
Sat, Dec 17, 198830 mins
Harold receives an organ that Libby ordered before her passing and is determined to play it for their anniversary.
Episode 11
The First Time - Again
Sat, Jan 7, 1989
Harry's going away with a female doctor he's been seeing. When he learns they're going to be staying at a hotel, he fears that means he will have to get intimate with her. And he hasn't been with anyone since his wife. So he talks to both of his daughters who have different views on the matter. Even Charley gives his points in.
Episode 12
Full Nest
Sat, Jan 14, 1989
Barbara's credit card debt and her apartment building going condo forces her to move back home. Harry then makes up some rules so Barbara moves in with Carol. That doesn't work out so Barbara moves back home. Carol gets lonely and decides to move back home also even though Harry has turned her old bedroom into his study.
Episode 13
Here's a Howdy-Do
Sat, Jan 28, 1989
Harry is concerned that no one likes his new girlfriend, that is until they breakup and he sees her for her true self. Meanwhile Carol begins to rethink things as well after realizing she had no problem with Harry's ex.
Episode 14
Strange Bedfellows
Sat, Feb 4, 1989
Carol's been seeing a guy who is an activist. And when he says that he plans to go out of the country Carol offers to go with him and Harry tells her that she's being hasty. One of Harry's patients develops a crush on Laverne. And she decides to deal with it by going out with him.
Episode 15
Tears of a Clown
Mon, Feb 6, 1989
Carol gets a new job as Public Relations director of the hospital, this all goes well until she inadvertently reveals that Poko the clown (local celebrity) has some nasty mental problems at a press conference. Meanwhile Charlie tries to get a promotion at work and needs Barbara's help to get it.
Episode 16
Blame It on the Moon
Sat, Feb 11, 198930 mins
There is a full moon and romance is in the air for all the Westons - even Dreyfuss.
Episode 17
Dumped
Sat, Feb 18, 198930 mins
Barbara gets lessons from Carol about life as a "dumpee" after Dorothy Zbornak's nephew breaks up with her.
Episode 18
The More Things Change...
Sat, Feb 25, 1989
When Harry learns that he has to move out of the office where he has been for many years. He goes to the woman in charge of his reassignment. And she offers to let him stay where he is for something in return. Harry has to decide if he's willing to give it.
Episode 19
Man of the Year
Sat, Mar 4, 198930 mins
When Harry is honored by his alma mater, his father whom he doesn't have a good relationship with comes to take part in the festivities. When the girls wonder why Harry who doesn't have a good relationship with his father is letting him take part in the festivities. Harry tells them that it's because he helped him get into medical school but when Harry learns the truth things change.
Episode 20
Cyrano de Weston
Sat, Mar 18, 1989
Harry writes a love letter for a lady that Charlie wants to date but complications soon arise. Meanwhile, the girl's great aunt passed away and the gifts she left for each girl cause some problems.
Episode 21
My Sister, My Friend
Sat, Mar 25, 1989
Harry in hoping he can get the girls to get along, promises to take them to Paris if their are no more fights between them. Meanwhile Charley gets more then he bargained for in a poker game.
Episode 22
A Life in the Day
Sat, Apr 1, 198930 mins
We watch Dr. Weston visit 5 different patients in a the matter of one episode. Only to find out that we are following the life of little Billy from newborn to 18 years old and how much a family doctor can have an impact on a young man's life.
