No Promises

Ellyn tries to deal with the shock of her parents' divorce and her growing estrangement from Woodman. Ellyn is shocked to receive a call from her father asking her to lunch. With Hope and Nancy, she wonders why he's doing this for the first time in nineteen years. At work she has a disagreement with Woodman during a meeting. Ellyn meets her father, James. His conversation with her makes it obvious that he doesn't really pay attention to what she says. As they are leaving, he drops a bombshell: he and her mother Marjorie are getting divorced, and Ellyn should talk to her. At home, Woodman wonders what's upsetting Ellyn. She just wants to be alone and doesn't know how to act. Later when Ellyn meets with her mother, she wanders through her old house reminiscing about her emotionally distant father. Talking with Michael, Ellyn muses that she should have fallen for a guy like him.

Writing:
  • Marshall Herskovitz
  • Edward Zwick

Stars:
Release Date: 1987-09-29
Seasons: 1 2 3 4
TMDb: 6.3/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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In Re: the Marriage of Weston
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Episode 3 - The Mike Van Dyke Show
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No Promises
Episode 5 - No Promises
Politics
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Episode 8 - First Day / Last Day
About Last Night
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Episode 10 - Elliot's Dad
Payment Due
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Deliverance
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Episode 13 - Michael Writes a Story
New Job
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Be a Good Girl
Episode 15 - Be a Good Girl
Courting Nancy
Episode 16 - Courting Nancy
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