Empty Nest

Season 1

22 episodes · Oct 8, 1988

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  • S1E1

    Pilot

    Oct 8, 1988

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

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  • S1E2

    The Check Isn't In the Mail

    Oct 22, 1988

    Carol gets all dolled up for a date with her contemptible ex-husband. Harry thinks Dreyfuss may be sick.

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  • S1E3

    Barbara Gets Shot

    Oct 29, 1988

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

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  • S1E4

    Fatal Attraction

    Nov 5, 1988

    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.

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  • S1E5

    Father of the Bride

    Nov 12, 1988

    Harry is ecstatic when Barbara accepts her surgeon boyfriend's marriage proposal, but she has second thoughts the night before the wedding.

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  • S1E6

    Harry's Vacation

    Nov 19, 1988

    Harry thinks he has become a burden on Carol and Barbara when they send him away on a vacation, despite his objections.

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  • S1E7

    Tinker to Evers to Tucson

    Nov 26, 1988

    When husband Nick is traded to a Japanese baseball team, Laverne is forced to quit. A sick Charley camps out on Harry's couch.

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  • S1E8

    What's a Father to Do?

    Dec 3, 1988

    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.

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  • S1E9

    Harry's Friend

    Dec 10, 1988

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

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  • S1E10

    Libby's Gift

    Dec 17, 1988

    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.

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  • S1E11

    The First Time, Again

    Jan 7, 1989

    Harry is encouraged to spend a weekend alone with his girlfriend. Jeffrey Millstein's imagination runs wild after he sees a scary movie.

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  • S1E12

    Full Nest

    Jan 14, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E13

    Here's a Howdy-Do

    Jan 28, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E14

    Strange Bedfellows

    Feb 4, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E15

    Tears of a Clown

    Feb 6, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E16

    Blame It on the Moon

    Feb 11, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E17

    Dumped

    Feb 18, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E18

    The More Things Change...

    Feb 25, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E19

    Man of the Year

    Mar 4, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E20

    Cyrano de Weston

    Mar 18, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E21

    My Sister, My Friend

    Mar 25, 1989

    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.

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  • S1E22

    A Life in the Day

    Apr 1, 1989

    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.

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