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25 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 29, 1984 30 mins
At the New Orleans World's Fair, Nell rekindles an old flame and Joey spots part of his past. Part 1 of two. Joey: Joey Lawrence. Grandpa: John Hoyt. Katie: Kari Michaelsen.
Episode 2
Sat, Oct 6, 1984 30 mins
Conclusion. Joey's failure to return makes it no easier for Nell to consider Charlie's proposal. Joey: Joey Lawrence. Tim: Fred McCarren.
Episode 3
Sat, Oct 13, 1984 30 mins
There's nothing happy for Nell about her birthday, until she learns it isn't the birthday she thinks it is. Addy: Telma Hopkins. Waiter: Mykel T. Williamson.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 20, 1984 30 mins
Milton Berle plays a 94-year-old immigrant who demands that a wedding take place between his daughter and Grandpa (John Hoyt). Nell: Nell Carter.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 27, 1984 30 mins
Sam is in love with a boy who just happens to be a big heel. He borrows money from the whole family, and when Nell tells him to leave the house, he and Sam decide to run off. Nell is shocked to find out that Sam's love Jeffrey had left her on the beach and had taken all of her money. Sam sears to never love again, but Nell tells her it will only be her first love and there will be many more.
Episode 6
Sat, Nov 3, 1984 30 mins
Nell and Ray Parker, Jr. have a difference of opinion over giving CPR to a fallen man. When the man dies, Nell and Ray decide to give a show for his wife. What they didn't know was that he was a gangster.
Episode 7
Sat, Nov 10, 1984 30 mins
Notified of a drop in Joey's grades, Nell tries to find out where he's been going after school. Joey: Joey Lawrence. Katie: Kari Michaelsen. Boomer: Bumper Robinson.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 17, 1984 30 mins
Nell thinks she has quite a find in a charming archaeologist, until she discovers his previous link to Addy (Telma Hopkins). Nell: Nell Carter. Simpson: Howard Morton.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 24, 1984 30 mins
It's a case of sexual harassment when a female officer wants a raise and the Chief will not give it to her. SHe takes the case to Addy's Congress of Determined Women, and the chief fears she will take him to court. The cheif worries for nothing when the female officer tells him she had a dream of him seducing her, and knows he is not the type of man who would do a thinkg like that and drops the case. The chief finally gives her the promotion she had long waited for.
Episode 10
Sat, Dec 1, 1984 30 mins
Addy drags Nell to a ski resort, where there are two doctors (Hal Williams, Jason Edwards)---and two too-familiar faces. Telma Hopkins, Nell Carter.
Episode 11
Sat, Dec 8, 1984 30 mins
Samantha seeks revenge after she's forbidden to go on a coed camping trip. Nell: Nell Carter. Rev. Winfield: Dennis Haysbert. Addy: Telma Hopkins.
Episode 12
Sat, Dec 15, 1984 30 mins
Convinced that TV watching is destroying family life, Nell insists the household do without it for an evening. Carl: Dolph Sweet. Grandpa: John Hoyt.
Episode 13
Sat, Dec 22, 1984 30 mins
Nell and Addy give each other a hard time for Christmas as they compete for Addy's new neighbor (Harrison Page). Nell Carter, Telma Hopkins. Grandpa: John Hoyt.
Episode 14
Sat, Jan 5, 1985 30 mins
Angry with everything and everybody, Grandpa decides to move out, refusing to reveal what's behind his anger. Nell: Nell Carter. Carl: Dolph Sweet.
Episode 15
Sat, Jan 12, 1985 30 mins
Nell must find a way to erase the message she left on her boyfriend's answering machine. Marilyn: Gloria Gifford. William: Timothy Brown. Guard: Phil Leeds.
Episode 16
Sat, Jan 19, 1985 30 mins
Nell and Katie (Kari Michaelsen) each receive a gift from their suitors, and Nell steps out wearing both---only to be robbed. Addy: Telma Hopkins.
Episode 17
Sat, Jan 26, 1985 30 mins
Nell's visit with her mother may turn into a permanent reunion now that Nell's sister is leaving home. Part 1 of two. Nell Carter. Loretta: Lynn Thigpen.
Episode 18
Sat, Feb 2, 1985 30 mins
Conclusion. Nell discovers that the only one who dreads having Mama move in with her more than she does is Mama. Loretta: Lynn Thigpen. Joey: Joey Lawrence.
Episode 19
Sat, Feb 9, 1985 30 mins
Trapped by an earthquake with a deaf woman who can read lips in Spanish only, Nell learns to communicate without words. Marta: Phyllis Frelich. Carl: Dolph Sweet. Joey: Joey Lawrence.
Episode 20
Sat, Feb 16, 1985 30 mins
Thinking she's hired celebrity lookalikes for a club benefit, Nell isn't ready to believe it when the real Sammy Davis Jr. shows up. Nell Carter. Carl: Dolph Sweet. Addy: Telma Hopkins.
Episode 21
Sat, Feb 23, 1985 30 mins
Nell cashes in on calamity when Simpson disappears in a flood, leaving her $5000. Carl: Dolph Sweet. Katie: Kari Michaelsen. Sam: Lara Jill Miller. Joey: Joey Lawrence.
Episode 22
Sat, Mar 23, 1985 30 mins
When the whole staff at the police station gets food poisoning, it's up to Addy and Nell to help them out. Simpson makes the two official police deputies, and there is a call that there are burglars at the Kanisky house. Nell and Addy, like scaredy cats, go to the house and check it out in the dark with flashlights, to find Grandpa and Joey home at the same time. In the end, two robbers leave Nell's room with a television.
Episode 23
Sat, Mar 30, 1985 30 mins
Nell walks out on Carl to protest his treatment of the girls, and the entire family follows. Nell Carter. Katie: Kari Michaelsen. Sam: Lara Jill Miller. Julie: Lauri Hendler.
Episode 24
Sat, May 4, 1985 30 mins
When Nell doesn't hear from Addy for more than a week, she appoints Angie her new best friend. Nell: Nell Carter. Addy: Telma Hopkins. Katie: Kari Michaelsen. Julie: Lauri Hendler.
Episode 25
Sat, May 11, 1985 30 mins
When Julie and her boyfriend break up, Nell tries to reunite them---and succeeds only too well. Jonathan Silverman joins the cast as Jonathan. Julie: Lauri Hendler. Nell: Nell Carter. Addy: Telma Hopkins.