Brothers (1984)
Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.
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Episode 1 - AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
Release Date: 1985-04-25Joe and Kelly spend the night together after a night of heavy drinking. They don't remember what happened. Will this lead to a relationship?
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Episode 2 - YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER
Release Date: 1985-05-02Lou has an attack of pride when he gets fired from his job and his ensuing personal crisis drives Cliff and Joe crazy, especially he starts working at the restaurant. At a loss for how to help him, Joe decides to fire him to give his wounded pride a boost.
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Episode 3 - THE FOURTH BALL (aka Lucky Charm)
Release Date: 1985-05-09During a blackout one night at the restaurant a mysterious stranger shows up out of nowhere eating food that the place doesn't serve and waving a trinket that promises magic that everyone is ready to fall for.
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Episode 4 - LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE DELICATE
Release Date: 1985-05-16Cliff is confronted by his former fiancé.
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Episode 5 - LET THE EAGLE FLY
Release Date: 1985-06-20Lou is humiliated when he suddenly becomes impotent.
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Episode 6 - THE GIRL MOST LIKELY
Release Date: 1985-06-06Joe offers to pose as Kelly's husband to impress her former classmates at her high school reunion.
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Episode 7 - DONALD'S DAD
Release Date: 1985-06-13Donald's estranged father arrives in Philadelphia to visit his son, but the reunion is cut short when he suffers a heart attack.
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Episode 8 - DONALD'S OLD FLAME
Release Date: 1985-05-30Donald considers settling down with a former girlfriend and her daughter, as this offers him a ready-made family.
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Episode 9 - THE PROOF IS IN THE PJs
Release Date: 1985-07-11Joe feels like a failure when he does not approve of Penny's new boyfriend and she retaliates by moving in with him. Joe is then forced to enlist everybody's help into sprucing up their new apartment.
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Episode 10 - A HOUSE DIVIDED
Release Date: 1985-07-18Joe's plans to run as city councilman is dampened due to disagreements and tensions within the gang.
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Episode 11 - THE STING
Release Date: 1985-08-01A crooked detective sets up a sting when he accuses Donald of being a criminal.
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Episode 12 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BROTHER
Release Date: 1985-08-08Cliff find a rich boyfriend (Winston) who quickly gets too serious about his relationship with Cliff. Cliff does not feel the same way about Winston.
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Episode 13 - TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY
Release Date: 1985-08-15Cliff is failing one of his college courses, which will prevent him from playing baseball. His female professor offers him a passing grade in exchange for sex.
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Episode 14 - THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD
Release Date: 1985-09-04Joe decides to write a book about his memoirs, but decides to bend the truth on certain things, causing a rift between him and his family.
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Episode 15 - AMONGST MY SOUVENIRS
Release Date: 1985-09-11A young woman shows up from Korea who might possibly be Lou's daughter. Lou was involved with her mother when he was stationed in Korea. Is this his daughter?
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Episode 16 - RHINO RHAPSODY
Release Date: 1985-09-18Lou feels he needs a way to "be remembered", so he runs for president of the Rhinos. In order to cement the election he recruits three new members: Joe, Cliff, and Donald.
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Episode 17 - DONALD'S AIR FORCE BLUES
Release Date: 1985-10-02Donald is faced with the possibility of coming out to his former Air Force buddies.
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Episode 18 - THE STRANGER
Release Date: 1985-10-23Joe's old friend Bubba is back in town, but he does not answer. Joe questions him and learns that Bubba has AIDS.
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Episode 19 - IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER
Release Date: 1985-10-09Joe and his ex-wife Janey begin spending time with each other again and Penny hopes for a reconciliation, but Janey's selfishness jeopardizes their chances.
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Episode 20 - FATHER, FATHER
Release Date: 1985-10-30Lou is embarrassed and upset when his son Bucky considers leaving the seminary because he cannot take the vow of celibacy.
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Episode 21 - A GREASEPAINT SMILE
Release Date: 1985-11-06Penny dates an African-American circus clown. Rose Marie and Maury Amsterdam play the clown's parents.
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Episode 22 - GOBBA, GOBBA
Release Date: 1985-11-27Donald is very secretive about the reason he doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with the Waters brothers.
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Episode 23 - GODZILLA MEETS BAMBI (aka Donald's Apartment)
Release Date: 1985-11-13Lou and Donald get the chickenpox. They are quarantined for a fortnight in Donald's apartment. Soon they are annoyed by each other. Penny fears the two are killing each other.
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Episode 24 - A CARNATION BY ANY OTHER NAME
Release Date: 1985-12-04Joe and Cliff do not want to live together anymore. Everyone feels cramped in their privacy. In order to complete the change, they immediately enter a contact ad. The badge is a red carnation.
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Episode 25 - THE SHOOP SHOOP SHOP (aka Isle Of Lesbos)
Release Date: 1985-12-11Kelly is turned off by a bad date. She becomes friends with Donald's friend, Annie. When Lou tells the gang that Annie is a lesbian, they begin to read more into their relationship than there is.