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Punky Brewster Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Punky Finds a Home: Part 1
Sun, Sep 16, 198430 mins
Penelope "Punky" Brewster is an abandoned 8-year-old who wanders into an empty apartment in Chicago. The manager of the building is a 60-year-old curmudgeon named Henry Warnimont, who begrudgingly agrees to let her sleep on his couch until more suitable arrangements can be made.
Episode 2
Punky Finds a Home: Part 2
Sun, Sep 23, 198430 mins
Henry fails to stop a social worker from putting Punky in an orphanage.
Episode 3
Punky Finds a Home: Part 3
Sun, Sep 30, 198430 mins
Henry goes to court to get custody of Punky.
Episode 4
Punky Gets Her Own Room/Lost and Found
Sun, Oct 7, 198430 mins
In the first segment, Punky and her friends convert Henry's study room into her bedroom without asking him first. In the second segment, Henry takes Punky shopping and she wanders off.
Episode 5
Walk Pool/Gone Fishin'
Sun, Oct 14, 198430 mins
In the first segment, Henry, Punky's foster father, takes over the task of walking her and her hyperactive friends Cherie, Margeaux, Scotty and Allen to school after Mrs. Johnson, Cherie's grandmother, challenges him to the job. In the second segment, Henry turns Punky onto the sport of fishing when she complains of being bored.
Episode 6
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Sun, Oct 21, 198430 mins
As the Chicago Cubs play in their first post-season championship since 1945, proud Cubs fan Henry tries to get tickets for Punky and himself.
Episode 7
Parents Night
Sun, Oct 28, 198430 mins
As the school's parent-teacher night approaches, Punky is upset by Margaux's insensitive comments about foster parents and foster children.
Episode 8
Visit to the Doctor/Go to Sleep
Sun, Nov 4, 198430 mins
In the first segment, Henry gives Punky a lucky nickel to keep with her while she goes for a booster shot. In the second segment, Punky can't sleep, so Henry agrees to let her stay up and watch the opera with him on TV.
Episode 9
Miss Adorable
Sun, Nov 25, 198430 mins
Punky, Cherie, and Margaux compete in a beauty pageant hosted by pop singer Andy Gibb.
Episode 10
Dog Dough Afternoon
Sun, Dec 2, 198430 mins
Punky and Cherie start a dog grooming business so that they can help make ends meet in their respective homes.
Episode 11
Bye Bye, My
Sun, Dec 9, 198430 mins
Henry throws out Punky's worn-out old doll after the children's attempt to repair it fails. This upsets Punky, so Henry searches throughout the city to find it.
Episode 12
Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 1
Sun, Dec 16, 198430 mins
Christmas is approaching, and the only thing Punky wants is to find her mother.
Episode 13
Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 2
Sun, Dec 16, 198430 mins
By playing Santa at school and saying he can do anything if she believes in him hard enough, Henry has inadvertently convinced Punky that Santa Claus will bring back her mother. Now he must find the woman, but the search is fruitless until an antiques dealer provides a possible clue.
Episode 14
Play It Again, Punky
Sun, Jan 20, 198530 mins
Punky helps her piano teacher get into the music business.
Episode 15
Henry Falls in Love: Part 1
Sun, Jan 27, 198530 mins
Henry is reunited with a woman he planned to marry in 1941; when Pearl Harbor was attacked, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines and did not see her again until now.
Episode 16
Henry Falls in Love: Part 2
Sun, Feb 3, 198530 mins
Punky runs away when he learns that when Henry and Maggie are to be married, she'll be sent to boarding school in Europe.
Episode 17
My Aged Valentine
Sun, Feb 10, 198530 mins
After getting in trouble for slugging a boy at school, Punky dreams of life 80 years into the future where everyone has found love except for her.
Episode 18
I Love You, Brandon
Sun, Feb 17, 198530 mins
Henry scolds Brandon for eating several valuable stamps. After that, Punky takes him on a walk, where he is hit by a car. He is rushed to the veterinary hospital, where his prognosis is grim.
Episode 19
Punky Brewster's Workout
Sun, Feb 24, 198530 mins
Henry purchases a video camera for his photo studio and firmly warns Punky that she is not to touch it under any circumstances. However, while he's away, she and her friends make an exercise tape and think he won't know it - until the camera breaks.
Episode 20
Gals and Dolls
Sun, Mar 3, 198530 mins
Punky, Cherie, and Margaux all want a highly sought-after doll, but Henry can only find one of them at the toy store.
Episode 21
Fenster Hall: Part 1
Sun, Mar 31, 198530 mins
Punky catches a boy breaking into her room and stealing from her. Henry takes the boy to Fenster Hall where Mike Fulton, one of the workers there, tries to bond with him.
Episode 22
Fenster Hall: Part 2
Sun, Mar 31, 198530 mins
T.C.'s criminal mentor, Blade, sends him back to Fenster Hall to steal the money from the upcoming benefit auction.