Empty Nest (1988)
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.
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Episode 1 - Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Release Date: 1992-09-19Barbara agrees to drop by and check up on Charley after he receives a death threat. Seeing how much they have in common, Charley becomes smitten with her . Meanwhile, after Harry lets a young patient play with Dreyfuss, the kid tries to buy him.
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Episode 2 - Take My Garage, Please
Release Date: 1992-09-26Carol begins dating Patrick, the Westons' sprinkler man. When his apartment is condemned, Carol persuades Harry to let Patrick move into the garage.
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Episode 3 - R.N. On the Rebound
Release Date: 1992-10-03Barbara sets newly divorced Laverne up on a blind date with a coroner's assistant. Carol is jealous of the friendship between Patrick and Charley (who surprisingly understands the depth of Patrick's art).
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Episode 4 - . . . Or Forever Hold Your Peace
Release Date: 1992-10-10Harry objects to Arthur's sudden wedding plans, which prompts Arthur to end their friendship. Carol tries to get Barbara to arrest her at a protest.
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Episode 5 - The Boomerang Affair
Release Date: 1992-10-17Harry tries his best to get a lady to agree to date him, but soon wishes he hadn't bothered when she tries to control every area of his life. Laverne tries to conceal an ulcer.
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Episode 6 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Release Date: 1992-10-24After finding a man guilty during jury duty, Carol tires to clear her conscience by hiring a former criminal to work at her catering business.
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Episode 7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Release Date: 1992-10-31Harry agrees to help Laverne hand out candy on Halloween, while Carol and Patrick are mugged after attending a costume party dressed as Madame Curie and Radium.
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Episode 8 - Dirty Harry
Release Date: 1992-11-07Carol talks Harry into appearing with her on Geraldo. A young patient tries to increase his height so he will be tall enough to ride an amusement park roller coaster.
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Episode 9 - Timing is Everything
Release Date: 1992-11-14Harry attempts to start a relationship with an old friend. Carol tries to assemble exercise equipment she bought for Patrick, and when she can't do it she reluctantly calls on Charley for help.
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Episode 10 - Thanksgiving at the Westons'
Release Date: 1992-11-21Laverne is reluctant to accept Harry's invitation to Thanksgiving dinner and flashbacks to the previous such dinner show why.
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Episode 11 - The Body Beautiful
Release Date: 1992-12-05Harry discovers that a patient is using steroids. Upset that Patrick is using a nude model in his work, Carol starts thinking she's not attractive enough and attempts an exercise regimen. Laverne is put in charge of fire drills.
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Episode 12 - Overboard
Release Date: 1992-12-12A storm strands cruise passenger Charley adrift in a raft and he returns a different man. Carol and Patrick have a chance to work together, but she becomes jealous when he gets the job and she doesn't.
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Episode 13 - Emily
Release Date: 1993-01-02When Emily returns from college, Carol decides to take her little sister under her wing, so to speak, and sets her up on a blind date with Patrick's friend. Meanwhile, Emily's rich boyfriend, whom she doesn't want to see anymore, doesn't want their relationship to be over.
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Episode 14 - The Sting
Release Date: 1993-01-09The FBI wants Emily to help them nab her bookie boyfriend. Laverne teaches Charley CPR.
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Episode 15 - The Fracas in Vegas
Release Date: 1993-01-23Harry and Charley travel to Las Vegas to see a boxing match but the trip is plagued with problems. Meanwhile, Emily wonders when Carol stopped being her cool big sister when Carol won't let her visiting college friends crash on the living room floor. Emily later regrets her comments when Carol takes control and starts teaching the whole group to do 70's dances.
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Episode 16 - Pardon My Flashback
Release Date: 1993-01-30While gathered around the television for the Super Bowl, the Westons, Laverne, and Charley reflect on old times.
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Episode 17 - Dog Day Afternoon
Release Date: 1993-02-06A small investment in a mall makes Laverne especially bossy. Carol consults an animal psychologist for help when Dreyfuss ignores her after she yells at him.
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Episode 18 - More to Love
Release Date: 1993-02-13Emily is dating Carol's old school friend Danny, who compulsively jokes about his weight problem; Laverne is spending all her spare time on the phone gossiping with other nurses, but is aghast when another nurse accidentally hears her and Harry together in the supply closet and alerts the grapevine.
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Episode 19 - My Dad, My Doctor
Release Date: 1993-02-20Emily upsets Harry when she tears a ligament in her knee and needs surgery, but chooses instead to follow a therapy program recommended by another doctor. Meanwhile, Patrick goes camping and Charley tags along.
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Episode 20 - Love and Marriage
Release Date: 1993-02-27Carol is upset when cousin Little Carol visits and announces her wedding plans. Charley is sentenced to community service at the hospital and gets some helpful tips from Jack Trenton.
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Episode 21 - The All-American Boy - Not!
Release Date: 1993-03-20Harry befriends a young shoplifter while volunteering at a free clinic and brings him home. The boy, an uncontrolled diabetic, later runs away, taking the Westons furniture with him.
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Episode 22 - Two For the Road
Release Date: 1993-04-10Patrick and Emily drive back from New York together in his van. Meanwhile, Harry, who is home sick with the flu, must bear the brunt of Carol's certainty that something will happen between the two while on the road.
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Episode 23 - Aunt Verne Knows Best
Release Date: 1993-05-01Laverne is too controlling on her nephew, who is in town to attend college. Carol is convinced her relationship with Patrick will be over before their nearing six month anniversary because no other relationship (except her doomed marriage) has lasted past six months.
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Episode 24 - My Mother, My Self
Release Date: 1993-05-08Charley's mother arrives to tell him that she and his father are divorced and ends up falling in love with Harry. Carol goes on a trip to meet Patrick's mother. Laverne battles her insurance company.
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Episode 25 - Charley to the Rescue
Release Date: 1993-05-15Emily is harassed by an obnoxious comic while working as a waitress on Charley's cruise ship. Laverne fixes Harry up with what she thinks is his perfect match.
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Episode 26 - Surprise! Surprise!
Release Date: 1993-05-22It's Harry's birthday and he overhears Charley planning a surprise party, but soon finds out it isn't for him. Flashbacks from seasons past highlight this episode.