Empty Nest
Empty Nest
TV ShowEnded

Empty Nest

5.9 / 10
1988
7 seasons
170 episodes
FamilyComedy

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

    08-10-1988

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

  • Ep 2

    2.The Check Isn't In the Mail

    22-10-1988

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Barbara Gets Shot

    29-10-1988

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Fatal Attraction

    05-11-1988

    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 ta...

  • Ep 5

    5.Father of the Bride

    12-11-1988

    Harry 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

    19-11-1988

    Harry 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

    26-11-1988

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

  • Ep 8

    8.What's a Father to Do?

    03-12-1988

    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,...

  • Ep 9

    9.Harry's Friend

    10-12-1988

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

  • Ep 10

    10.Libby's Gift

    17-12-1988

    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 wo...

  • Ep 11

    11.The First Time, Again

    07-01-1989

    Harry 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

    14-01-1989

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.Here's a Howdy-Do

    28-01-1989

    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 i...

  • Ep 14

    14.Strange Bedfellows

    04-02-1989

    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.

  • Ep 15

    15.Tears of a Clown

    06-02-1989

    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...

  • Ep 16

    16.Blame It on the Moon

    11-02-1989

    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 r...

  • Ep 17

    17.Dumped

    18-02-1989

    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 brea...

  • Ep 18

    18.The More Things Change...

    25-02-1989

    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 t...

  • Ep 19

    19.Man of the Year

    04-03-1989

    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...

  • Ep 20

    20.Cyrano de Weston

    18-03-1989

    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...

  • Ep 21

    21.My Sister, My Friend

    25-03-1989

    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.

  • Ep 22

    22.A Life in the Day

    01-04-1989

    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 remo...

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