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Season 3

22 Episodes

1982

Break Out the Pampers (1)

E01

Break Out the Pampers (1)

9/30/1982

After several false alarms, Muriel finally goes into labor while Henry is at work.

Break Out the Pampers (2)

E02

Break Out the Pampers (2)

9/30/1982

Henry makes it to the hospital in time for Muriel to give birth.

Guess Who's Coming Forever?

E03

Guess Who's Coming Forever?

10/14/1982

Henry threatens to move out when Muriel's mother says she's moving in.

A Snip in Time

E04

A Snip in Time

10/21/1982

Henry has intimacy issues with Muriel after the baby is born.

The Luck of the Iris

E05

The Luck of the Iris

10/28/1982

Henry ruins a date for Iris.

Do You Take This Woman Again?

E06

Do You Take This Woman Again?

11/4/1982

Muriel wants to renew their vows for their anniversary in a small get-together that soon balloons out of control.

Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?

E07

Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?

11/11/1982

While Muriel was taking portraits of babies, Andrew is accidently taken by a confused grandmother leaving her grandson behind.

Monroe's Secret Love's Secret

E08

Monroe's Secret Love's Secret

11/18/1982

Henry gives Monroe advice on how to land a woman (or so he thinks) who refuses to go out with him.

A Thanksgiving Tale

E09

A Thanksgiving Tale

11/25/1982

Iris is feeling depressed. When she doesn't show up at the Rush's everyone is worried.

Pressure's Rising

E10

Pressure's Rising

12/9/1982

Henry has to get a physical for a life insurance policy.

Mr. Christmas

E11

Mr. Christmas

12/16/1982

Jackie invites a sweet old Santa home for Christmas, which prompts Henry to think the worst of him.

The Yearning Point

E12

The Yearning Point

1/6/1983

Muriel's famous old singing partner comes for a visit prompting Muriel to wonder "what if" she never stopped performing.

Briefly at the Counter

E13

Briefly at the Counter

1/13/1983

Iris falls in love with a man who she believes is highly successful.

To Buy or Not to Buy

E14

To Buy or Not to Buy

1/20/1983

The Rushs are robbed after Sara lets the burglers into the apartment. Henry decides to get a gun.

The Seperation

E15

The Seperation

1/27/1983

Jackie has an argument with her fiance over her working after they're married which prompts Henry, Muriel, and Iris to separately recount an incident that nearly broke up the Rush couple.

Girls of the Media

E16

Girls of the Media

2/3/1983

Sara is upset that Henry only supports and celebrates Jackie's accomplishments so she poses for a men's magazine.

The Courier

E17

The Courier

2/17/1983

An attractive messenger, after being out all night, passes out in the Rush's bedroom leaving Henry and Monroe to think fast on how to get her out of the house before Muriel gets home.

The Adoption Story

E18

The Adoption Story

2/24/1983

Iris' gift of a trip to Paris backfires when Muriel needs a passport and her birth certificate reveals she was adopted.

Out to Lunch

E19

Out to Lunch

3/10/1983

Andrew's hungry and his nursing mother is at work, so Henry takes the baby to the photo session.

A Portrait of Henry

E20

A Portrait of Henry

3/17/1983·30m

Henry is upset with Monroe after he accidentally damages the living room wall while hanging a self-portrait of Henry. He chases Monroe out the door, causing him to fall down a flight of stairs. While Monroe is sent to the hospital, Henry is racked with guilt after his conscience starts speaking to him through the portrait.

Don't Rock the Boat

E21

Don't Rock the Boat

4/28/1983

Henry is shocked to find his friend is marrying a much younger woman.

Family Business

E22

Family Business

5/5/1983

After Iris gets mugged, the Rushes decide to add on a room for her. Unfortunately, the male workers hired are young and inept, as Henry informs their mother who runs the business. She hires a female foreman, much to the boys' surprise.

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Season 2

22 Episodes

1981

Guess Who's Coming to Burp?

E01

Guess Who's Coming to Burp?

10/13/1981

A doctor informs Muriel that she's pregnant after she faints at a restaurant while celebrating her 42nd birthday with her family. While she and Henry are initially elated, they find themselves faced with a serious decision as they begin to realize all of the implications of having another child at this point of their lives.

Your Guest is As Good As Mine

E02

Your Guest is As Good As Mine

10/27/1981

Henry's free-spirited niece, April, shows up on his doorstep after moving from Delaware to start a song writing career, and he reluctantly allows her to stay in the guest bedroom of his apartment until she's able to get established. However, their relationship starts off on the wrong foot, and Henry hopes it isn't too late when he finally figures out why.

Who's Sara Now?

E03

Who's Sara Now?

11/3/1981

Muriel and Henry read a newspaper article about a nurse who had switched babies in the maternity ward of the hospital that Sara had been delivered at. They quickly set out to find if indeed Sara had been switched at birth. However, they aren't too pleased when they discover the only other baby girl in the maternity ward is now serving time in prison.

The Prince and the Frog

E04

The Prince and the Frog

11/10/1981

Jackie openly dreads a visit from an annoying, nerdy guy who had a crush on her when she was a kid. However, when Sara is the first to discover his physical appearance has changed completely and starts dating him, Jackie becomes extremely jealous and vindictive.

What's Our Rush?

E05

What's Our Rush?

11/17/1981

Muriel goes in for an amniocentesis, but she and Henry decline to learn the sex of the baby. This doesn't sit well with Henry's mischievous father Huey, who is in town to bury his deceased friend. In the meantime, Jackie makes an unexpected decision after taking part in a successful strike at her bank.

Rafkin's Bum

E06

Rafkin's Bum

11/24/1981

An older man dressed like a bum shows up at the Rushes' doorstep looking for the transvestite persona of Rafkin, their deceased former tenant, because they always got together for Thanksgiving dinner. Feeling bad for him for several obvious reasons, they invite him to join their own disastrous get together, and later find out that he too has a big secret that involves his appearance.

Where There's a Will

E07

Where There's a Will

12/1/1981

Hearing a story about a man who died intestate causes Henry to have a terrible nightmare, which compels him to finally make out his will. However, he soon regrets his decision to follow Monroe's advice to do it on videotape in the presence of his family.

The Remaking of Monroe

E08

The Remaking of Monroe

12/8/1981

Monroe enrolls in an assertiveness class on the advice of the Rush girls after being pushed around at a concert, but the class proves to work a little too well. Meanwhile, one of Henry's colleagues suggests Henry demand a raise from Mr. Wainwright.

When the Bough Breaks

E09

When the Bough Breaks

12/15/1981

Muriel unwisely commits herself to do a coveted helicopter photo shoot, which Henry demands she cancel due to her pregnancy. The back and forth fighting cause a big headache for the girls, who are forced to change their minds several times whether to cancel an elaborate surprise 25th anniversary party they had previously scheduled.

Cop-Out

E10

Cop-Out

1/5/1982

Jackie falls madly in love with a police officer who responds to a false burglary report at the apartment due to April sneaking in late one night after getting stuck on Alcatraz with her boyfriend. She immediately accepts his marriage proposal after just a few dates, refusing her parents' plea to consider the difficulties of being a police wife.

April and September

E11

April and September

1/12/1982

Henry is going up the wall with April keeping such late hours, spending time with her latest boyfriend. However, Henry and Muriel are in for a shock when they discover her boyfriend, Don is old enough to be her father. Henry puts his foot down and that's when Don asks April to move in with him, which she gladly accepts.

A Fan for Henry

E12

A Fan for Henry

1/19/1982

A fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip who has been sending him increasingly bizarre fan mail breaks into the apartment one night through the unlocked front door, kidnapping his puppet and vowing in a note to return before the end of the weekend. Interpreting the note as a threat on his life, Henry and Monroe set up a stakeout at the apartment with the help of a police officer, who abruptly leaves them to fend for themselves when he is called away.

Brotherly Hate

E13

Brotherly Hate

2/2/1982

April secretly arranges for her father Bill to meet face to face with his brother Henry, so they can attempt to reconcile after a petty childhood dispute caused them to stop speaking forty years ago. The effort may be for naught, however, when Bill eats a piece of cheesecake baked by Monroe, who did not realize it was an old Russian recipe for homemade poisoned rat bait.

Charlie's Last Hurrah

E14

Charlie's Last Hurrah

2/9/1982

Henry is contacted by a rival cartoonist who has perpetrated several practical jokes on him over the years, and Henry schemes with Monroe to pay him back during a dinner visit. However, when Henry is unable to stop the prank after the man claims he is dying, Henry feels obligated to assist him in an elaborate plan to cheat on his wife.

The Last Weekend

E15

The Last Weekend

2/16/1982

Upon realizing the birth of his third child is only six weeks away, Henry feels a sense of guilt for not spending enough time with his two daughters. He decides to invite them on a weekend ski trip, but the experience doesn't turn out quite the way he envisioned when the girls meet a couple of brothers and he discovers that Monroe packed the wrong suitcase in the car.

My Unfavorite Martin

E16

My Unfavorite Martin

2/23/1982

Muriel secretly asks her mother Iris stay with her until she recovers from childbirth, much to the chagrin of Henry, who has always found her to be overbearing. When Muriel unexpectedly takes a stand against her mother's nonstop criticism, it's up to Henry to straighten out the mess, and he learns a big secret about Muriel in the process.

Seventh Month Blues

E17

Seventh Month Blues

3/2/1982

Henry's generous offer to arrange a job interview for an attractive art student backfires when she begins showing affection for him, which puts him in the doghouse with an increasingly insecure Muriel and causes him to panic when Monroe tells him that she tried to jump out a window after her last break up. Henry and Muriel also host a Lamaze class in their apartment, which turns out to be a bad idea.

As the Cookie Crumbles

E18

As the Cookie Crumbles

3/9/1982

Just before heading off on a Las Vegas vacation, Henry reluctantly lends $100 to Sara, April, and Monroe so they can start a business selling home-baked cookies using Grandma Rush's recipe. However, a promising and profitable start quickly turns into a disaster that includes a trashed kitchen, hefty fines, a potential lawsuit, and a visit from the immigration service.

Foreign Exchange

E19

Foreign Exchange

3/16/1982

In order to reduce the cost of a trip to Europe, Jackie and Sara swap apartments with an English couple who wants to visit America. Henry's misgivings are confirmed when he accidentally opens a piece of their luggage that contains a high powered rifle, and concludes they are on a mission to assassinate a Russian ambassador.

A Matter of Degree

E20

A Matter of Degree

3/23/1982

Henry refuses to accept Sara's decision to drop out of college to become the weather announcer on a local television station, which causes her to announce that she's moving out in protest. Meanwhile, Monroe's clumsy method of wallpapering the baby's nursery has an unexpected outcome, and a wealthy family friend brings the Rushes a much appreciated gift.

A Policeman's Wife is Not a Happy One

E21

A Policeman's Wife is Not a Happy One

5/4/1982

Jackie's boyfriend Brad has recovered from his gunshot wound and decides he can't work a desk job, which causes him to reconsider the appropriateness of a long term relationship with her. Meanwhile, the Rushes' furnace goes out, and Monroe's desire to help only increases Henry's agony.

Don't Shoot the Piano Movers

E22

Don't Shoot the Piano Movers

5/11/1982

April's father sends her his baby grand piano, and she takes up Monroe's offer to move it into the apartment with the help of a large friend for $20. This proves to be a big mistake when everyone gets trapped in the apartment just as Muriel begins feeling labor pains and Henry's just-married friend becomes desperate to be reunited with his bride.

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Season 6

22 Episodes

1986

Henry's Change of Life

E01

Henry's Change of Life

4/5/1986

Henry, Muriel and Monroe move to Mill Valley, CA. The Rushes buy a new home. Henry bought a 49% share in a newspaper with a demanding 51% owner. Monroe is now his assistant and Muriel his photographer.

Front Page Monroe

E02

Front Page Monroe

4/12/1986

Monroe publishes a front page story about corporate pollution and gets sent to jail for not revealing his source.

Four is a Crowd

E03

Four is a Crowd

4/19/1986

The Rush's friends visit and overstay their welcome.

Ho-Ho Ho Chi Henry

E04

Ho-Ho Ho Chi Henry

4/26/1986

The Rushes and Mrs. Stinson help a Vietnamese family who opened a restaurant achieve the American dream.

Miss Marin Bugler

E05

Miss Marin Bugler

5/3/1986

The Marin Bugler holds a beauty contest with unexpected repercussions for the winner

Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler

E06

Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler

5/10/1986

Henry strikes up a deal to run the Garfield comic strip in the Marin Bugler

Bedtime for Henry

E07

Bedtime for Henry

5/17/1986

All Henry wants to do is spend a relaxing day in bed, but is constantly interrupted

Educating Lisa

E08

Educating Lisa

5/24/1986

The Rush's housekeeper Lisa enrolls in classes to become a naturalized American citizen

Henry's Novel Solution

E09

Henry's Novel Solution

5/31/1986

Henry's admiration for a famous author diminishes when he learns the man (Peter Haskell) gets his inspiration from the bottle

Henry Gets Taken for a Ride

E10

Henry Gets Taken for a Ride

6/7/1986

Henry decides to buy a car for Lisa. He attempts to show his business prowess by getting the best deal but in the process gets far less than he bargained for.

Late, Great Herbert Maxwell

E11

Late, Great Herbert Maxwell

7/12/1986

Monroe and Henry learn about a coverup with regards to death of a friend of Mrs. Stinson.

Muriel's Fish Story

E12

Muriel's Fish Story

7/19/1986

Muriel is offered a photography job from a famous oceanographer for his next expedition.

Ya Gotta Have Heart

E13

Ya Gotta Have Heart

9/27/1986

When Mrs. Stinson's niece begins works as an intern at the newspaper, it causes friction.

Monroe's Critical Condition

E14

Monroe's Critical Condition

10/4/1986

Monroe's life is threatened after he gives a singer a bad review.

Cyrano Henry

E15

Cyrano Henry

10/11/1986

Mr. Forester asks for Henry's help in writing a personal ad, which turns Henry into a ghost writer of sorts for all of his correspondence with the women who answer.

Family Fued

E16

Family Fued

10/18/1986

Muriel quits the Marin Bugler when Henry decides to use a reader's photo in a story instead of hers.

Rock Around Henry

E17

Rock Around Henry

11/1/1986

Henry rallies behind two rock musicians who were banned from performing at a local music festival.

Herb Kiss, Henry Tells

E18

Herb Kiss, Henry Tells

11/8/1986

Henry and Muriel are caught in the middle of Herb and Marsha Kennedy's marriage problems after it's discovered that Herb has had an affair.

Believing is Seeing

E19

Believing is Seeing

11/15/1986

Henry suddenly becomes editor of the paper when Mrs. Stinson quits. Henry realizes he needs her at the paper and Mrs. Stinson realizes quitting was the wrong move.

Acropolis Now

E20

Acropolis Now

11/22/1986

Henry suspects Iris' Greek fiancé is after her money.

Presenting Buddy Ficus

E21

Presenting Buddy Ficus

1/31/1987

Monroe reviews a comedy club, and thinks that the comedians at the club were not up to par; he decides to go onstage himself to try his hand at stand-up comedy. On the night Monroe is performing, under the stage name Buddy Ficus, the audience does not think his jokes are funny and everyone (except Muriel, Henry, Hope and Lisa) leave. Monroe falsely thinks he did a great job, and it is up to Henry to tell Monroe that stand-up is not Monroe's forte.

Lisa Goes Lottery Loco

E22

Lisa Goes Lottery Loco

2/7/1987

Lisa is overjoyed when she wins $5 and becomes addicted to playing.