

Empty Nest
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.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
08-10-1988Harry is proposed to eighteen months after the death of his wife.
- Ep 2
2.The Check Isn't In the Mail
22-10-1988Carol gets all dolled up for a date with her contemptible ex-husband. Harry thinks Dreyfuss may be sick.
- Ep 3
3.Barbara Gets Shot
29-10-1988Harry tries to get Barbara to give up her police career after she is shot.
- Ep 4
4.Fatal Attraction
05-11-1988Neighbor 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 ta...
- Ep 5
5.Father of the Bride
12-11-1988Harry is ecstatic when Barbara accepts her surgeon boyfriend's marriage proposal, but she has second thoughts the night before the wedding.
- Ep 6
6.Harry's Vacation
19-11-1988Harry thinks he has become a burden on Carol and Barbara when they send him away on a vacation, despite his objections.
- Ep 7
7.Tinker to Evers to Tucson
26-11-1988When husband Nick is traded to a Japanese baseball team, Laverne is forced to quit. A sick Charley camps out on Harry's couch.
- Ep 8
8.What's a Father to Do?
03-12-1988Harry 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,...
- Ep 9
9.Harry's Friend
10-12-1988Harry isn't too happy when Carol begins dating his old friend.
- Ep 10
10.Libby's Gift
17-12-1988An 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 wo...
- Ep 11
11.The First Time, Again
07-01-1989Harry is encouraged to spend a weekend alone with his girlfriend. Jeffrey Millstein's imagination runs wild after he sees a scary movie.
- Ep 12
12.Full Nest
14-01-1989Financial 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.
- Ep 13
13.Here's a Howdy-Do
28-01-1989Harry 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 i...
- Ep 14
14.Strange Bedfellows
04-02-1989Carol falls in love with a South American freedom fighter and announces she's going away with him. Jeffrey Millstein falls in love with Laverne.
- Ep 15
15.Tears of a Clown
06-02-1989Carol 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...
- Ep 16
16.Blame It on the Moon
11-02-1989The 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 r...
- Ep 17
17.Dumped
18-02-1989Barbara 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 brea...
- Ep 18
18.The More Things Change...
25-02-1989The 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 t...
- Ep 19
19.Man of the Year
04-03-1989When 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...
- Ep 20
20.Cyrano de Weston
18-03-1989Harry 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...
- Ep 21
21.My Sister, My Friend
25-03-1989Harry 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.
- Ep 22
22.A Life in the Day
01-04-1989Harry 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 remo...
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