Trying Times
A half-hour sitcom anthology on PBS, about people who are struggling with the daily routines of life.
- 1987-1989
- 2 seasons
- PBS
- Comedy
A half-hour sitcom anthology on PBS, about people who are struggling with the daily routines of life.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1989
Episode 1
Hunger Chic
Thu, Oct 12, 1989 30 mins
A maid from West Indies hired by a snobbish rich white couple that's throwing a chic party decides to teach them and their daughter a lesson by magically summoning young impoverished boy, Abdul, from TV into their living room.
Episode 2
The Hit List
Thu, Oct 19, 1989
Suburbanite Bill returns home from work only to find seductive secret agent Daphne there instead of his family. She claims that people like Bill, who are the epitome of goodness, end up on a kill list. But is Bill really all that good?
Episode 3
Death and Taxes
Thu, Oct 26, 1989
A geeky orthopedic shoe salesman, whose true passion is playing sax, reports all of his unreported tip income to the I.R.S. out of Catholic guilt. The I.R.S. decides to pulverize him, and his pervy tax attorney, Agripina, is of no help.
Episode 4
The Sad Professor
Thu, Nov 2, 1989 30 mins
Unhappy with his perfect life, career and wife, a young professor starts an affair with a nasty, chain-smoking, female colleague.
Episode 5
The Boss
Thu, Nov 9, 1989
A widow forced to work at a fast food joint can't stand her arrogant teenage manager.
Episode 6
A Good Life
Thu, Nov 16, 1989
LSMFT (a.k.a A Good Life), meaning "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco", follows a man who gives up smoking only to immediately become pressured by his surrounding into reconsidering this decision.