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Empty Nest

Empty Nest
★ 5.9/10•1988•25m•PG•Family•Comedy
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 8, 1988

Episodes

E1

Pilot

Harry is proposed to eighteen months after the death of his wife.

Oct 8, 1988

E2

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

E3

Barbara Gets Shot

Harry tries to get Barbara to give up her police career after she is shot.

Oct 29, 1988

E4

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

E5

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

E6

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

E7

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

E8

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

E9

Harry's Friend

Harry isn't too happy when Carol begins dating his old friend.

Dec 10, 1988

E10

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

E11

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

E12

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

E13

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

E14

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

E15

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

E16

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

E17

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

E18

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

E19

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.

Mar 4, 1989

E20

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.

Mar 18, 1989

E21

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.

Mar 25, 1989

E22

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.

Apr 1, 1989

Actors

Richard Mulligan

Richard Mulligan

Dr. Harry Weston

Dinah Manoff

Dinah Manoff

Carol Weston

David Leisure

David Leisure

Charley Dietz

Park Overall

Park Overall

LaVerne Todd

Marsha Warfield

Marsha Warfield

Dr. Maxine Douglas

Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty

Sophia Petrillo

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