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Too Close for Comfort Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1980 - 1981
Episode 1
Pilot
Tue, Nov 11, 198030 mins
It is getting a little crowded in the Rush family's duplex row house. Sisters Jackie and Sara want to move out, but their father, Henry, doesn't like the idea of two young girls living in the big city by themselves. However, they might be headed to a win-win situation when Jackie and Sara contemplate on renting the downstairs apartment from their dad.
Episode 2
It Didn't Happen One Night
Sun, Nov 16, 1980
Sara wants to go on a trip to Lake Tahoe with friends and asks Henry for his permission. When he said he would think about it, it is good enough for Sara to believe she is good to go. Sara goes on the trip and when Henry later visits her apartment to tell her she could go, Jackie informs him that she has already left. Before Henry leaves, he notices Sara's bank book left unattended on a table and takes it in her room. To his bewilderment, he finds birth control pills in Sara's desk.
Episode 3
The Bag Lady
Tue, Nov 18, 1980
Henry and Muriel hire two ex-convicts to repair a damaged wall in their kitchen. Meanwhile, Jackie was tasked to deposit a large sum of money for her work at the bank. When the bank closes before she gets there, Jackie had to take the cash home. As a result, Henry tries to hide the cash, not wanting the ex-cons to spot it.
Episode 4
Sara's Monroe Doctrine
Tue, Nov 25, 1980
On the Rushes 24th Anniversary, Monroe Ficus follows Sarah home. Then he never leaves.
Episode 5
Que Sara, Sara
Tue, Dec 2, 1980
Sarah gets a job as a waitress. Muriel moves in with Jackie and Sarah after a fight with Henry over Sarah's new job.
Episode 6
Tenants, Anyone?
Tue, Dec 9, 1980
Mildred Rafkin, the sister of the former tenant of Jackie and Sara's apartment, returns to claim her late brother's belongings, including all the furniture. With an unfurnished apartment, the girls find another apartment to rent, albeit in a seedy and high-crime neighborhood.
Episode 7
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?
Tue, Dec 16, 1980
Sara is a new hire at Jackie's bank. While showing her the ropes, Jackie warns Sara that their boss, Barry Wolfe, is a womanizer. Jackie is upset when Sara accepted an invitation to dinner with Wolfe, but Sara assures her that the dinner date is only business-related. Wolfe promotes Sara to a manager level position and Jackie is suspicious because Sara has only been at the job for one week. As a result, Jackie gives Sara the silent treatment and their co-workers at the bank start gossiping.
Episode 8
Mister Big
Tue, Jan 6, 198130 mins
Henry's comic book company is being acquired by Wainwright Publishings, and he thinks his job is in jeopardy when new boss Arthur Wainwright prefers to hire more youthful people. When Wainwright visits Henry to discuss his future, Henry tells him why he should be kept on the job. Meanwhile, Sara's purse got stolen, with tickets to a theater production inside. Therefore, Wainwright, an aspiring detective, believes the perpetrator would use the tickets to see the production, and goes to the theater with Henry to investigate.
Episode 9
The Location
Tue, Jan 13, 1981
Sara rents her apartment to a film crew for a movie, which involves live animals. Meanwhile, Henry and Muriel invites Mr. Wainwright over for dinner so he could discuss a possible job position for Muriel. Back at the girls' apartment, during filming, one of the animals, a male lion, escapes. The creature sneaks into Henry and Muriel's apartment, right in the middle of their dinner engagement with Mr. Wainwright!
Episode 10
A Friend in Need
Tue, Jan 27, 1981
Monroe feels it's time to finally lose his virginity. Henry hopes talking will help, while Sara thinks a sex surrogate is a better idea. Oddly enough, Mrs. Rafkin may be the answer.
Episode 11
A Fine Romance
Tue, Feb 3, 1981
Sylvia Walker, a college friend of Muriel's, visits her in San Francisco. She is recently divorced, but seem to be taking the unfortunate event very well. When left alone with Henry, she makes a pass at him and gives him the room number to her hotel room. Muriel wasn't home to witness the event, but Monroe overhears it from the front door.
Episode 12
The Boy in the Band
Tue, Feb 10, 1981
Rich Holland, Muriel's old drummer, is in town. Rich takes a liking to Jackie, which does not exactly thrill Muriel.
Episode 13
Deadline for Henry
Tue, Feb 17, 1981
Arthur Wainwright gives Henry an assignment that requires him to work overnight, but with a bonus in store for him. Henry is instructed to hand in the project to Wainwright the following day. However, this is a huge burden for Henry as he must appear for jury duty the same morning. Therefore, Muriel, Jackie and Monroe take turns keeping Henry awake at night as he tries to complete his assignment.
Episode 14
Huey
Tue, Feb 24, 1981
Henry's father, Huey, got kicked out of his retirement home and is put up for a few days at Henry's place. However, the two argues about Huey's future; Henry wants him to stay in a retirement home so that he would be taken care of, but Huey does not believe in "playing it safe." Therefore, he wants to venture out and find a place of his own. Meanwhile, Jackie is contemplating moving to New York for a job opportunity and Huey encourages her to go for it.
Episode 15
Centerfold
Tue, Mar 3, 1981
An "oversexed quarterback" chooses Muriel to photograph him nude.
Episode 16
What's Wrong with Mr. Right?
Tue, Mar 17, 1981
Jackie is dating a married (actually separated) man.
Episode 17
Up Your Easter Bonnet
Tue, Mar 24, 1981
It is Spring Break and Monroe plans to visit his parents in Florida. However, his mother told him it is not a good time to visit; therefore, Monroe has no place to stay for a week. His roommate invited his girlfriend to stay over at their place during the break. Since Henry and Muriel will be going on a skiing trip, Sara sees an opportunity to offer her parents' apartment to Monroe to stay for the time being.
Episode 18
Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office
Tue, May 5, 1981
Henry loses his job when he writes a satire of Cosmic Cow and Nancy Reagan fixing the country's problems. To combat the salary loss, Muriel takes a job and the Rushes deal with the role reversal.
Episode 19
The Return of Rafkin
Tue, May 12, 1981
The Rush's hire a medium to conduct a séance for Miss Rafkin, as she thinks her late brother is trying to communicate with her from the other side.