Dear John (1988)
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
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Episode 1 - Pilot
Release Date: 1988-10-06John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)
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Episode 2 - Ralph's Curse
Release Date: 1988-10-27 -
Episode 3 - Hello/Goodbye
Release Date: 1988-11-03A young man claims to be John' son.
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Episode 4 - The Younger Girl
Release Date: 1988-11-10John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
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Episode 5 - Matthew's Dilemma
Release Date: 1988-11-17John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
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Episode 6 - Dear Mike
Release Date: 1988-11-24 -
Episode 7 - Politics as Usual
Release Date: 1988-12-01 -
Episode 8 - Dancing in the Dark
Release Date: 1988-12-15 -
Episode 9 - Was It Good for Me?
Release Date: 1989-01-05 -
Episode 10 - Honest John
Release Date: 1989-01-12 -
Episode 11 - The Return of Ricky
Release Date: 1989-01-19 -
Episode 12 - Dream Babe
Release Date: 1989-01-26 -
Episode 13 - Stand by Your Man
Release Date: 1989-02-16 -
Episode 14 - Love and Marriage
Release Date: 1989-02-23 -
Episode 15 - For a Friend
Release Date: 1989-03-02 -
Episode 16 - The Second Time Around
Release Date: 1989-03-09 -
Episode 17 - The Last Dance
Release Date: 1989-03-16 -
Episode 18 - Sisters
Release Date: 1989-03-30Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
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Episode 19 - Gone Camping
Release Date: 1989-04-06On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
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Episode 20 - Margo
Release Date: 1989-04-27The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
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Episode 21 - Friends and Lovers
Release Date: 1989-05-04 -
Episode 22 - Bound for Gloria
Release Date: 1989-05-11