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Mr. Belvedere(1985–1990)
March 15, 19856 Seasons · 117 Episodes
Ended
Comedy
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Overview
Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.
Created by Gwen Davenport
Network ABC
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Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.
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1985
The ad that Marsha has placed seeking a housekeeper is answered by Mr. Belvedere who finds himself needing to adjust to suburban life as well as the Owens needing to adjust to having Mr. Belvedere around. Meanwhile, Wesley's hamster has gotten loose somewhere in the house, Heather's boyfriend is pressuring her into a more serious relationship and Kevin brings home a bad report card.
When Wesley and three other classmates are not invited to a fellow classmates party, Mr. Belvedere suggests that he throw a party of his own. However, during his party Wesley gets a belated invitation and walks out on his guests and then is ridden with guilt later.
George is all excited about Wesley joining the football team and goes all out to encourage him. However, little does he know, Wesley has really taken up ballet and the entire family is trying to keep it a secret from him.
George takes Mr. Belvedere and Wesley to a wrestling match where a spectator Max 'Meat Grinder' Maxwell (Hard Boiled Haggerty) picks a fight with George, which ends with Mr. Belvedere defending George. Dealing with a bruised ego, George becomes impotent and wanting to feel like a man, he buys a motorcycle. Meanwhile, taking a cue from Mr. Belvedere, Wesley begins to get in fights at school.
Kevin tries to win the affections of a girl by suddenly becoming interested in some of the causes that she believes in like animal rights. This leads to Kevin landing in jail after he spray paints a mink coat. Meanwhile, George is the host of a call-in sports radio show.
When George and Marsha take a vacation to Florida they leave Mr. Belvedere in charge of Kevin, a grounded Heather and Wesley. Immediatly after they leave, all hell breaks loose, when Heather sneaks out with her friends to see a Prince concert and Wesley brings a massage therapist over for a stressed out Belvedere.
Heather and Wesley are collecting canned items to take to a food drive and while there they run across a bag lady and decide to bring her home. Meanwhile, Kevin's sculpture class is giving him a pain, he's trying to sculpt the head of Prince Charles with no luck.
1985
Needing a peaceful nights sleep, Marsha kicks the constant snoring George out of the bedroom. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere goes on a weekend trip and while he's gone George sleeps like a baby but the snoring returns when Belvedere returns.
1987
Kevin has begun college and decides to join a fraternity. Part of his initiation includes, donning women's clothing bringing the worst looking girl to a frat party. Coincidentally, Kevin meets a girl whom he thinks fits the bill, but wants to spare her feelings. However, he finds himself trapped and hurting her feelings seems to be the only way out.
A tornado watch adds to the tension between George and Mr. Belvedere after Belvedere takes it upon himself to edit a story George is writing. Things reach a head when a tornado forces everyone in the basement and a pool contest begins between George and Belvedere.
Heather and Angela have decided to go out for the cheerleading squad. However, when Marsha finds out, she takes an unusual attitude toward it, this just on the eve of her birthday, of which Wesley is scrambling to get a present.
During an accordian lesson, Wesley's teacher, Mr. Zabriskie suddenly dies right after a frustrated Wesley silently wished his death. This leads Wesley to believe he is the one responsible for his teacher's death and begins to believe he has a special power.
Kevin has his friend come over to help him on a science project and George and Marsha quickly become worried when the girl arrives 8 months pregnant and wanting to name the baby Kevin if it's a boy. That appears to be besides the point when the girl suddenly begins to go into labor.
On the night of his prom, Marsha has Kevin sign a contract promising that if he should drink, he should call home for a ride and George and Marsha would promise not hassle him. This leads Kevin to take the contract a bit too far and begins drinking all the time which is masking a deeper problem.
For their anniversary, George and Marsha act like it's just another day while the kids suggest they renew their wedding vows. However, after doing some digging, trying to find George and Marsha's original wedding picture, Heather and Kevin make a shocking discovery, that leads Kevin to re-examine his life.
When George's newspaper goes on strike, he finds himself board to death and becoming increasingly more irritating to Belvedere. Meanwhile, the family tries to cut costs which means no new car for Kevin and Wesley and Heather put together a garage sale where Wesley inadvertantly sells a priceless Fabrache egg of Mr. Belvedere's.
Wesley has joined the football team and is terrible at the sport much to the disappointment of George. This re-opens old wounds in Kevin and decides to secretly join the football team to get a letter and make George proud. However, when Kevin's grades slip, George comes down hard on him and Kevin decides to move out, just days before Thanksgiving.
George buys a pinball machine to recapture memories from his youth but quickly tires of it. However, Mr. Belvedere takes a liking to the machine and quickly becomes a pinball junkie and in the process begins to neglect his household duties. But when George sells the machine, Mr. Belvedere takes up a new residence, in the local arcade.
Wesley begins selling cookies door to door in an attempt to win a trip to Disney World. However, when he does win, he surprisingly gives it away to a sick kid in the hospital. Little does anyone know, that Wesley has hopes that this will lead to an even better trip. Meanwhile, George and Mr. Belvedere hold a contest concerning the stock market and Heather debates cheating on an algebra exam in order to bring her grades up.
When George learns that he is the winner of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh Man of the Year Award he is thrilled. That is, until he learns he must give a speech, something he's terrified of doing. Meanwhile, a project in one of his classes has Kevin married to a nice girl but he's resistant to being seen with her in public.
With everyone busy with their own lives, Mr. Belvedere appears to be lonesome, at least from Wesley's point of view and decides what he needs is a woman in his life. However, the woman who peaks his interest, wasn't quite the woman Wesley had in mind, when Mr. Belvedere begins seeing Wesley's teacher.
Marsha is hitting the books for her finals but she doesn't feel her hard work is paying off after she fails her exam. This leads her to decide to quit college and become a full-time housewife, complete with a housedress and a string of pearls around her neck (shades of June Cleaver).
George and Mr. Belvedere become rivals in a contest over who can do without their favorite vice. George tries to give up smoking and Mr. Belvedere tries to give up junk food. Meanwhile, Heather's latest boyfriend has a strong attraction ... for Marsha.
When one of Wesley's friends is revealed to have AIDS, he is taken out of school due to the ignorance and uncertainty that many of the other children's parents share. This leads Wesley to shun his friend in fear of getting the disease himself.
When one of George's cousins' suddenly dies it prompts George and Marsha to prepare a will and they must decide whom should look after the children if they should die suddenly. Mr Belvedere, who happens to be their number one pic, turns them down without hesitancy.
Valentine's Day has one particular girl going wild over Wesley who does his best to try to avoid her. Meanwhile, Heather is let down after sending out tons of valentines but gets none in return, that is until a secret admirer begins sending her gifts.
Heather has been floundering in her French class and Marsha insists that she get a tutor. Heather is thrilled to learn her tutor will be a high school boy but isn't prepared to learn that he's blind. However, she quickly realizes he is just like any other boy. Meanwhile, there is an all out war between the Owens' and their neighbors, the Huffnagels, thanks to Wesley's antics.
While at the library, studying for his SAT's, Kevin runs into a lost Amish girl whom he brings home, where she marvels at modern conveniences. However, Kevin becomes smitten with the idea of becoming Amish himself, in hopes of escaping from the pressure of his world.
Marsha has been busy night after night with her study group leaving little time for George. So George decides to plan a romantic dinner for two with Belvedere's help, but a surprised Marsha can't even find time for that. Meanwhile, Kevin begins dating a Swedish foreign exchange student.
Wesley has been cast as the lead in the school play and he's all set to play the part. However, when the director quits the play, Mr. Belvedere steps in as director and makes a decision for the best of the play. He decides to recast the lead with Tommy Sullivan leaving Wesley out in the cold.
One evening, Kevin brings home his date thinking he has the house to himself only to discover George and Marsha making out on the couch. Fed up with having no privacy, Kevin decides to move into an apartment of his own and advertises for a roommate. His ad is answered in the form of Mr. Belvedere.
Wesley has been named valedictorian of his graduating elementary class and days before the ceremony Wesley plays a prank and his classmates insist that he grow up. This leads Wesley to grow up a bit to fast for his classmates to keep up. Meanwhile, Heather and George prepare for a father-daughter race and Kevin thinks he saw a UFO.
Summer vacation has Heather taking summer classes, Kevin working overtime and Wesley going to a day camp. While at the camp, Wesley finds himself a victim when one of the counselors touches him inappropriately leaving Wesley feeling guilty and scared and unsure if he should keep it a ""secret"" like the couselor encourages him to.
1986
Heather and Angela get a job at a music store and at least Heather seems to have enough responsibility to do a good job, that is until she begins dating the captain of the football team and he just assumes it would be okay to stop by Heather's work and rip off a few things. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere tries to beat Wesley at gin rummy.
Heather and Angela are participating in an Adopt-a-Grandparent program at a retirement home and Wesley is talked into going with the prospect of squeezing some money out of and unsuspecting old person. However, Wesley makes quick friends with one woman in particular but he soon realizes she has Alzheimer's disease.
Kevin's 18th birthday is approaching and he's apprehensive for his first sexual experience. Pressure from his friends doesn't help any when they suggest he take out a girl who has a reputation for being easy. Kevin quickly finds himself in an uncomfortable situation when he takes their advice.
George is to become a member of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh but on the night of the induction, which happens to be Halloween, George and Marsha discover the Happy Guys have a dark side. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere shows a different side after he goes wild toilet papering a house while trick or treating with Wesley.
George and Marsha have conflicting events. George has a high school reunion and Marsha has a convention in Atlantic City and both places have things about them that are a bit tempting, gambling for Marsha and for George it's an old flame he once had a crush on and who's eagerly fanning it now.
Wesley is competing in a spelling bee at school and one of his female opponents' cozies up to him but her intentions are hardly innocent. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere puts the Owens family on a strict budget after their spending habits get out of hand.
Heather has become convinced that she's fat and decides to try diet pills, but when Marsha discovers them, she confiscates them. Meanwhile, Marsha has been studying for an exam and a bottle of amphetamines may just be what she needs to keep her alert.
Kevin has been looking at colleges and has even gotten some acceptance letters, however, the schools he wants to attend are too expensive for the Owens' family, so he quickly informs his family, that he just wants to get out of the nest and away from their rules. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere is horrified at the prospects of teaching Heather how to drive after she receives her learners' permit.
Wesley is heartbroken when his pet hamster, Inky, dies, so to cheer him up, George and Marsha buy him a dog. However, little do they know, Wesley has faked Inky's death for the sole purpose of getting the dog. Meanwhile, one bathroom in the Owens' household, has George and Marsha thinking of adding on to the house.
Fired from his job, George finally decides to go down to the unemployment office, however, George quickly finds himself the community hero, when he saves a woman from a mugger. However, the media attention leads the Owens' financial situation to become public knowledge and the they find themselves swamped with gifts from the people in the community.
Kevin gets a ticket after he goes through a stop sign but complains that he could see the stop sign due to a tree branch being in the way. This leads Marsha to test her knowledge at law and represent Kevin in court. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere is after a raise and George is dead set against giving him one.
Kevin agrees to go to a Huey Lewis concert with Heather's best friend, Angela. However, this one date, ends with Angela coming down with a serious case of puppy love, much to Kevin's dismay. Meanwhile, Wesley and Mr. Belvedere camp out in the back yard.
Tired of George's smug face everytime he beats him at arm wrestling, Kevin becomes to determined to beat his father and has Mr. Belvedere coach him. Meanwhile, Heather begins dating the football jock who's been ordered to take ballet class by his coach. However, when he shows little interest in her, she begins to question his sexuality and he becomes convinced he's a homosexual.
Wesley has gotten totally out of control and George and Marsha are up in arms over his constantly getting into trouble at school and at home. When George threatens to put him in military school, Wesley is sure he's just joking, but Wesley is certainly not laughing when he finds himself there.
After a disasterous date, Kevin vows to give up women and he throws himself into his part-time job. However, one evening he meets an older woman whom he instantly becomes smitten with which leads to him losing his virginity. Later, his parents aren't exactly happy when they meet his girlfriend.
Marsha gets some unexpected news that she may be pregnant which brings back the feelings she had when she became pregnant with Wesley. Not wanting another baby, Marsha voices her feelings and says out loud that she didn't want Wesley, unaware that he was standing behind her.
With George out of work and Marsha busy with law school, they have been spending little time together creating tension between the two. After a failed weekend at a marriage retreat, the decide to seperate, and George moves into an apartment.
Wesley becomes a mini-mogul when he organizes a company that goes around the neighborhood doing odd jobs. The company starts off small with just him and Miles as partners. However, when greed overwhelms Wesley, Miles splits leaving Wesley power hungry and taking advantage of his employees.
For a charity auction at Wesley's school, Mr. Belvedere is talked into having his services auctioned off. However after his time is up, the lonely woman who bid a whopping $500 for his time, sets into motion a bizarre scheme that begins when she drugs Mr. Belvedere.
Christopher Hewett
Lynn Belvedere
Bob Uecker
George Owens
Ilene Graff
Marsha Owens
Rob Stone
Kevin Owens
Tracy Wells
Heather Owens
Brice Beckham
Wesley Owens
1988
George's manager at the TV station orders him to lose 15lbs so George decides to go to a fat farm and he brings Mr. Belvedere along for the excitement. However, they soon find themselves having a hard time sticking to the regime. Meanwhile, Kevin babysits his girlfriend's cat who escapes and holds Marsha, Heather and Wesley hostage.
George and Wesley have resons for wanting to play hooky from work and school. When they discover one another sneaking around the house they decide to play hooky together and decide to go fishing. However, a last minute trip to the market gets them into trouble when they run into Mr. Belvedere and two armed robbers.
George is having a fit when he and Wesley have to go to the dentist for a routine checkup. However, when they come back Wesley is the one having the fit, the dentist suggested he get braces. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere buys Kevin's old car and he doesn't know that Kevin's unloading a lemon.
Wesley is all set to join the football team but is in for a shock when the only girl on his team gets a position on the team while Wesley is a bench warmer. Wesley sets into motion a plan of sabatoge that uses her crush on Wesley to his advantage. Meanwhile, Heather and Angela try to find an act for a talent show.
Marsha's position at the Legal Hut has been draining all the excitement out of her and when she's offered a higher position she secretly decides to turn it down. Little does her family know, that she has quit altogther at the Legal Hut and has taken up a position as a singing waitress at a 50's style restaurant.
After Mr. Belvedere trips over a skateboard and falls down the stairs, he becomes wheelchair bound with a broken leg. Thus, the family seeks a temporary housekeeper and one presents himself in the shape of Mr. Belvedere's midget cousin, Galen, who's out for more than just a job and a friendly visit, he wants revenge.
Kevin has had it with his foreign exchange student roommate, Anatole, who keeps a pet goat in the apartment. The last straw is when Anatole invites some friends over for a party and Kevin promptly tosses him out. Meanwhile, for a business class, Kevin observes the operations at a plumbing supplies company and meets a fiesty woman whom he discovers that she lives next door to him.
After Kevin kicks him out, a furious Anatole shows up at the Owens door demanding a place to stay for him and his goat. However, the family gets fed up and demands he leave but before he does, he puts a curse on the family. Meanwhile, Kevin finds himself constantly bickering with his new roommate, Casey.
George is offered a guest appearance on a local talk show and the host, Barbara Collins, becomes smitten with him. Later, Geroge learns of her reputation which just may threaten his marriage. Meanwhile, a makeover from Heather has Wesley becoming a slave to fashion.
Heather and Angela volunteer down at a soup kitchen and Heather befriends a homeless man who is being thrown out of the shelter because his two week limit is up. This prompts her to bring him home with her and she hides him in the attic. Meanwhile, a golf buddy of George's dies while having sex and George becames scared the same thing might happen to him.
Wesley and Heather talk their parents into letting them thow a New Years party and to get Mr. Belvedere out of the house they set him up with the Hufnagel's housekeeper, Ilsa. However, things get more serious than intended and Belvedere tries to fend off her advances. Meanwhile, Kevin becomes an unwelcome houseguest when he falls ill.
George comes home with a surprise for Wesley, something that Wesley had been wanting for years, a dog. However, Wesley is less than satisfied, it seems he's gotten past that phase and does his best to ditch the cute little pooch. Meanwhile, Heather becomes friends with a mystic which threatens her friendship with Angela.
A new director at the TV station is making changes and has George filling in for an ailing Skip who is having surgery. However, when Skip returns he finds himself out of his old job and his new job as host of a horror program isn't as satisfying. Meanwhile, Heather tries to pay for the repairs of Marsha's car after she scratches it.
The town of Beaver Falls is stricken with fear with the Highheel Bandit on the loose and the neighborhood rallies together and forms a task force headed by two member's of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh club. This leads George, Kevin and Mr. Belvedere to dress and drag and serve as decoys. Meanwhile, Wesley corrupts the young boy whom Heather has been babysitting for.
Wesley is running for student body president is sure he will win because he doesn't have an opponent. However, at the last moment he gets one, in Billy Podell, a parapalegic, whose situation makes Wesley shy away from slander, but it doesn't shy Billy away from doing it to Wesley. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere hopes for a surprise birthday party even though he said he didn't want a fuss.
To celebrate their wedding anniversary, George and Marsha go on a romantic cruise but it turns out to be a cruise from Hell. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere takes a sojurn to England to rub elbows with royalty leaving Wesley and Heather at the mercy of Kevin whose pushy roommate, Casey, barges in and takes over.
Heather and Angela are members of a Speech club and a certain boy catches both their eyes leaving the boy in the middle of a fued and he must decide between them. Meanwhile, Marsha redecorates Mr. Belvedere's room and Wesley and him become roommates and Wesley quickly becomes sick of his constant practical jokes.
Kevin wants to take the next step in his relationship with his roommate Casey but they get an interruption in the form of Wendy and her husband who pay them a visit and Wendy makes it known that she still lusts for Kevin. Meanwhile, a hick family moves in down the street and torments Wesley, Heather and George.
Mr. Belvedere decides to try to capitalize on his years of living with the Owens family when he goes though his journals to use as references on a book that he's writing. Meanwhile, Kevin joins the pep squad in an attempt to meet girls.
For some extra money, Kevin picks up a job as an escort and after having an encounter with a sexpot, Kevin meets a sweet old woman whom he hits it off with and even begins thinking seriously of marriage when she proposes. Meanwhile, the Owens' monthly bills have gotten out of hand and Mr. Belvedere suggests a strategy to curb the family's expenses.
Wesley is trying to get the attention of a girl he likes and begins writing love letters to her. Meanwhile, Marsha and George's spring cleaning unearths some old love letters from an old flame and this prompts her to wonder why George can't be that romantic. In response, George begins plagerizing Wesley's poems. Meanwhile, Kevin and Mr. Bevedere become the repairmen for Kevin's apartment building.
Wesley has been grounded to the house after yet another prank on the Hufnagels but he's determined to sneak out. When Mr. Belvedere discovers he's gone he goes after him and ends up in the hospital in a coma after wrapping Marsha's porsche around a tree. Mr. Belvedere is then taken on an ""angelic"" journey of what the Owens' would be like without him.
Marsha begins cooking meals, to her family's horror because her meals always turn out inedible but to help boost her self-confidence, Mr. Belvedere secretly substitues her meals with his. However, things may blow up in his face when she plans to cook a meal for her boss and doesn't allow Mr. Belvedere in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Kevin's attempt at being a stripper nearly kills him.
Yet another prank on the Hufnagels prompts punishment for Wesley who is suppose to clean out the attic. However, he finds himself with some company, when he gets locked in with Mr. Belvedere and they recall (thorough flashbacks) what life has been like in the Owens' household since he moved in with the family.
1989
George's birthday is coming up and the family is trying to find the perfect gift for him. Meanwhile, George has been coaching Wesley's baseball team and has been putting pressure on Wesley to be the best he can be which brings to light George's not-so great past as a baseball player.
George and Wesley are big fans of a TV game show called Brain Busters and they are such big fans that they apply to be contestants. When they go for tryouts, Wesley quickly learns he has a dud for a partner, so he dumps George and teams up with Mr. Belvedere. However, he quickly discovers himself going from one extreme to another.
Investing in live commodities puts Mr. Belvedere in the money but George finds himself in something else when he doesn't sell off his share and ends up with a truck load of pigs. This leads him and Mr. Belvedere to drive the rig down to West Virginia to sell the swine but they find that they like the trucker lifestyle so they decide to make it their profession.
Wesley is being harassed at school by some bullies and runs into some luck when an another student scares them off due to his body size. However, Wesley's savior turns into an annoyance when he begins hanging around all the time. Meanwhile, Kevin and Heather are in a battle of the sexes and they drag George and Marsha into their fight.
George reveals that he has a fear of flying and Mr. Belvedere tries to cure him by talking on a ferris wheel ride. When that doesn't work he enrolls him in a fear class with classes being held in the Owens' living room. Meanwhile, Heather's psychology project has her dying her hair blonde and gets a jealous reaction from Angela.
Wesley becomes friends with a new kid, Craig and agrees to write a book report for him to help catch him up. This leads to word getting around and all of Wesley's classmates come to him for papers. However, he quickly finds Craig coming to him for every paper he has to write which leads to Wesley discovering that Craig can't read.
With Homecoming days away, Heather finds herself considering being dateless that is until she meets Keith Elliot and is swept off her feet, that is until he tries to rape her. Meanwhile, Wesley is making a video about Mr. Belvedere's career but is having a hard time getting anything interesting.
Wesley's dog, Spot is running rampant and keeps following around the prize poodle of a neighbor. George and Marsha order Wesley to take Spot to the vet to get neutered but it quickly becomes apparent that Wesley didn't listen to them, when a slew of puppies take over the Owens' household.
Kevin gets a job at the used car dealership run by Carl's Uncle Phil. Kevin at first has a hard time getting into the selling business, but quickly becomes a natural crooked used car salesman. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere recieves a letter from the Queen expressing her desire to have Mr. Belvedere return to his previous position.
Wesley needs to take an additional class to fill up his schedule and decides on print shop but once he takes the class, he takes full advantage of the copy machines by making conterfeit money which inadvertantly gets into George's hands and he spends the money all over town. Meanwhile, Kevin's apartment seems to be haunted calling for a seance.
The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh are putting on their annual Christmas play and have decided on ""A Christmas Carol."" The entire Owens family is cast but when Mr. Belevedere gets fed up with the poor directing, he takes over the job only to quit in a huff. This leads to Mr. Belvedere being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past Present and Future.
Kevin falls head over heels for his substitute professor and begins wooing her. However, he gets a shock when Mr. Belvedere hits it off with her and a jealous Kevin and Mr. Belvedere begin acting like jealous little kids battling over a woman. Meanwhile, George's idea of a family game turns into a gambling addiction for Marsha, Wesley and Heather.
While at the laundromat with Wesley, Mr. Belvedere meets a nice woman whose work in the African jungle has temorarily been halted and has come to the area. They quickly hit it off and Mr. Belvedere fears that it may be getting too serious she he tries to brush her off by fooling around with a much younger woman.
Louise confronts Mr. Belvedere and reveals his fears and they decide to get married. However, cold feet has Mr. Belvedere running away, only to have George drag him back for his wedding. As Belvedere and Louise reach the alter, she breaks the news that she's been called back to Africa and Mr. Belvedere decides to go with her. Saying goodbye to six years of working for the Owens family.
