The Hogan Family
Valerie Hogan is what you call "supermom." Valerie's husband Michael is an airline pilot, so the job of raising their three boys is left mostly to Valerie. There's girl-hungry David, trouble-attracting Willie, and brainy Mark; Mark and Willie are fraternal twins. Each week, Valerie encounters different experiences of what being a "boy mom" is like.
- 1986-1991
- 6 seasons
- NBC
- Comedy, Family
- TV-G
Valerie Hogan is what you call "supermom." Valerie's husband Michael is an airline pilot, so the job of raising their three boys is left mostly to Valerie. There's girl-hungry David, trouble-attracting Willie, and brainy Mark; Mark and Willie are fraternal twins. Each week, Valerie encounters different experiences of what being a "boy mom" is like.
Season 6 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
California Dreamin': Part 1
Sat, Sep 15, 1990 30 mins
The Hogans are off to California to help cheer up Sandy and Michael's father, who has just gone through a divorce. He currently lives on a yacht and they are surprised when they find out he is going to sail to Tahiti. They set out to try and convince him not to go. The boys become very interested in the local girls. David crashes a film set but still ends up being the assistant for an actress. Willie tries to convince a beach volleyballer to go on a date.
Episode 2
California Dreamin': Part 2
Sat, Sep 22, 1990 30 mins
After the storm, when Lloyd's boat was wrecked, Sandy tries to convince him to return to live with them in Chicago. Mark gets it into his head that Cara is being unfaithful so he goes on a date with another girl. However, she flies out to California and sees him. Dave finally gets fed up with Jennifer's rudeness and demands .
Episode 3
The Baby Stops Here
Sat, Sep 29, 1990 30 mins
To help out Mrs. Poole for a short time, Sandy looks after her niece, who is baby girl. However, Mrs Poole gets trapped in a refrigerator that stops her picking up the baby. As she has to leave, Sandy passes the baby onto Dave to look after. Dave then tricks Mark and Willie into looking after her. In the park, Mark and Willie manage to 'lose' the baby in a mix up.
Episode 4
The Play's the Thing
Sat, Oct 13, 1990 30 mins
Mark challenges Willie to try out for the lead in the school play and, to everybody's surprise, he gets the role. Mark gets jealous as Cara is the female lead. Dave talks Sandy into stop buying so many raffle tickets and supporting so many charities. Lloyd and Michael play golf together, which Michael starts to regret as Lloyd is a sore winner.
Episode 5
From Russia with Fries
Sat, Oct 27, 1990 30 mins
Dave's 21st is coming up, so Michael gives him his present - a watch that is a Hogan family heirloom, traditionally given to the eldest male in the family. Unfortunately, he drops it and it is destroyed. Mark and Willie want to go to a Rolling Stones concert, but they have to work. Willie convinces Sandy and Mrs. Poole to work in Bossy Burger so that they can go. Unfortunately for them, a delegation from Moscow arrives to look at the operation of the store. A mix-up leads to Mark and Willie being sacked from Bossy Burger.
Episode 6
Ex Marks the Spot
Sat, Nov 3, 1990 30 mins
Sandy's ex-husband Richard is getting remarried. She becomes dismayed when he asks Dave to be his best man and Dave accepts. Then, to try and show that she is happy with the situation, she goes to the wedding. Lloyd buys Mark and Willie a motorcycle without asking Michael first. Michael is not happy, and forbids them to ride it.
Episode 7
Come Fly with Me
Sat, Nov 10, 1990 30 mins
Dave is having a woman drought, so he decides to wear Michael's pilot's uniform. He also uses Michael's name, and goes to a bar with Burt, with some initial success. Things go wrong when the woman he meets turns up at the Hogan house.
Episode 8
It Happened One Night... Or Did It?
Sat, Nov 17, 1990 30 mins
There's conflict in the video store between Lloyd and Michael, who have very different taste in movies. Burt is running for treasurer for his college student government, and Dave is trying to help him. Mark and Cara are forced up to his room to study for a test, but they fall asleep. When Cara is discovered leaving the room the next morning, everybody jumps to the same conclusion. Nobody believes nothing happened.
Episode 9
The Best of Friends, Worst of Times
Sat, Dec 1, 1990 30 mins
While filming Mark at his volunteer job at the hospital, David discovers that his best friend, Rich, is dying of AIDS and makes a documentary film of Rich's last months.
Episode 10
A Sneaking Suspicion
Wed, Jul 10, 1991 30 mins
Mark and Willie are desperate for a job. When they hear Dave's new girlfriend Joanne talking about a job opening at a shoe store, they hurry to get there before she does. She blames Dave for them stealing her job. A new wood teacher at Sandy's school is introduced to Mrs. Poole. Later, she sees them together and assumes that they are having an affair.
Episode 11
A Family Affair
Wed, Jul 17, 1991 30 mins
Michael starts dating one of David's classmates. Willie and Mark decide to try breeding dogs to make money.
Episode 12
Isn't It Romantic?
Sat, Jul 20, 1991 30 mins
The plumber scares Dave and Burt with a story about how the Hogan house is jinxed, because every 20 years the woman of the house is injured. When Sandy has a bad day, Dave starts believing in the curse and tries to disrupt her date. Willie has a fight with Brenda, but he meets an old girlfriend at work the next day. He then ends up with two dates on the same evening. Lloyd receives a letter from an old girlfriend, but they seem destined to never meet.
Episode 13
Ho, Ho, Hogans
Sat, Jul 20, 1991 30 mins
Dave needs to earn some money for a ski trip, so he decides to become a Santa Claus at a local mall. After enduring some unpleasant treatment - including having a boy steal his wallet - the experience is an eye opener for him, and he learns about the real spirit of Christmas. Sandy is looking forward to decorating the Christmas tree, which becomes a bit of a chore. Lloyd is trying to re-institute the old Hogan family Christmas traditions, but is facing opposition from the family. Willie and Mark buy the same sweater for their girlfriends, and neither wants to take their present back.