Susan Harris
Director
Empty Nest (1988)
Season 1
Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people surrounding him: daughters Barbara and Carol; his wisecracking office assistant, nurse LaVerne Todd; and obnoxious neighborhood mooch Charley Dietz. Thank goodness he always finds a friendly shoulder (and a warm, wet tongue) in Dreyfuss, his enormous dog.
Released Oct. 8, 1988
Episode 30 min
None+
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Production Companies: Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, Touchstone Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
Harry is proposed to eighteen months after the death of his wife.
Oct. 8, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - The Check Isn't In the Mail
Carol gets all dolled up for a date with her contemptible ex-husband. Harry thinks Dreyfuss may be sick.
Oct. 22, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - Barbara Gets Shot
Harry tries to get Barbara to give up her police career after she is shot.
Oct. 29, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - Fatal Attraction
Neighbor Blanche thinks she is in love with Harry and comes on strong when showing her affection. An old friend of the family dies after an illness. Carol decides to move in and take care of her father.
Nov. 5, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - Father of the Bride
Harry is ecstatic when Barbara accepts her surgeon boyfriend's marriage proposal, but she has second thoughts the night before the wedding.
Nov. 12, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - Harry's Vacation
Harry thinks he has become a burden on Carol and Barbara when they send him away on a vacation, despite his objections.
Nov. 19, 1988, midnight
S1E7 - Tinker to Evers to Tucson
When husband Nick is traded to a Japanese baseball team, Laverne is forced to quit. A sick Charley camps out on Harry's couch.
Nov. 26, 1988, midnight
S1E8 - What's a Father to Do?
Harry makes plans to accompany Carol to see her photographs displayed in an art gallery, and also to attend a ceremony honoring Barbara with a gold medal of valor. The problem is, both events are on the same day.
Dec. 3, 1988, midnight
S1E9 - Harry's Friend
Harry isn't too happy when Carol begins dating his old friend.
Dec. 10, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Libby's Gift
An organ that Libby ordered before dying finally arrives at the house and Harry becomes determined to learn to play it in time for his and Libby's anniversary. Barbara and Carol worry that he is going too far. A patient asks Harry for birth control.
Dec. 17, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - The First Time, Again
Harry is encouraged to spend a weekend alone with his girlfriend. Jeffrey Millstein's imagination runs wild after he sees a scary movie.
Jan. 7, 1989, midnight
S1E12 - Full Nest
Financial trouble forces Barbara to move back in with Harry but it's not all fun and games. A lonely Carol soon decides to move in as well.
Jan. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E13 - Here's a Howdy-Do
Harry doesn't understand why no one likes his new girlfriend, but soon realizes they were right. When the relationship ends, Carol, who actually liked the lady, questions her own instincts.
Jan. 28, 1989, midnight
S1E14 - Strange Bedfellows
Carol falls in love with a South American freedom fighter and announces she's going away with him. Jeffrey Millstein falls in love with Laverne.
Feb. 4, 1989, midnight
S1E15 - Tears of a Clown
Carol becomes public relations director of the hospital and causes a multi-million dollar lawsuit when she reveals the mental problems of local celebrity Poko the Clown at a press conference. Charley convinces Barbara to pose as his fiance to get a promotion.
Feb. 6, 1989, midnight
S1E16 - Blame It on the Moon
The Westons laugh when Charley says the full moon will bring love, but then realize he could be right. A rude doctor catches Harry's eye. Carol's finds romance when a man returns run-away Dreyfuss (who in turn finds love in the man's female dog). A stake-out leads Barbara into the arms of a high-school boyfriend.
Feb. 11, 1989, midnight
S1E17 - Dumped
Barbara falls in love with neighbor, Dorothy's nephew, but is surprisingly not phased when he dumps her. Dorothy and Harry have an argument when Dorothy blames Barbara for the breakup.
Feb. 18, 1989, midnight
S1E18 - The More Things Change...
The hospital's new owner forces Harry to move his practice after 25 years in the same office. Meanwhile, Carol tries to amend the past after reading Emily's old diary and Charley tries out a new look.
Feb. 25, 1989, midnight
S1E19 - Man of the Year
When Harry receives a Man of the Year award, his estranged father comes to town for the ceremony, but Harry gets upset when he learns that his father didn't think he could make it as a doctor. Carol overhears the conversation and thinks her grandfather is dying.
March 4, 1989, midnight
S1E20 - Cyrano de Weston
Harry gives Charley advice on how to impress a new girlfriend, who turns out to be the same lady Harry is seeing. When a relative dies and leaves Barbara and Emily money, Carol is anxious to see what she'll be getting but isn't too thrilled when it arrives.
March 18, 1989, midnight
S1E21 - My Sister, My Friend
Harry promises to take Carol and Barbara with him to Paris if the two can go one month without fighting. Charley wins a greyhound in a card game.
March 25, 1989, midnight
S1E22 - A Life in the Day
Harry sees five patients: a week-old baby, a five-year-old whose father denies the boy's onset diabetes; a seven-year-old curious about sex; an eleven-year-old having the cast removed from his arm; a belligerent 14-year-old who uses drugs; and an 18-year-old picking up his medical records before going away to college. The end of the episode reveals that all of these have been the same patient at different ages.
April 1, 1989, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 8, 1988
Last Air Date: June 17, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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