Empty Nest (1988)

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.

Stars:

Writing:

Susan Harris

Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5.7/10

Views: 154
Release Date: 1988-10-08
Language: English
Runtime: 25

Season 4 Episode List

Episode 1 - 50 Million Men and a Baby
Release Date: 1991-09-21
Laverne's cousin leaves her baby behind and runs off to find her husband, who left after a fight. So while Laverne looks for her, the Westons take care of the baby. The experience makes Barbara want her own child and she considers artificial insemination.
Episode 2 - Almost Like Being in Love
Release Date: 1991-09-28
Harry's lust for his girlfriend sparks marital thoughts.
Episode 3 - Her Cheatin' Heart
Release Date: 1991-10-05
Laverne meets another man at a banquet and goes out to dinner with him while Nick is out of town. Meanwhile, when Carol confesses that she stole Barbara's first boyfriend at camp years ago, Barbara vows to extract revenge when Carol least expects it.
Episode 4 - Food For Thought
Release Date: 1991-10-12
Carol quits her job at the library and buys a catering business.
Episode 5 - Harry's Got a Gun
Release Date: 1991-10-19
The Westons buy guns after their house is burglarized, a choice they later regret when Carol gets a little trigger happy. Charley decides to head to the woods to do some serious thinking about his life.
Episode 6 - The Dreyfus Affair
Release Date: 1991-10-26
Harry hires a world-famous vet to operate on Dreyfuss. Charley contemplates a career change when he is offered a job at Uncle Buzzy's Pirate World.
Episode 7 - Country Weston
Release Date: 1991-11-02
Country music star Garth Brooks offers Barbara a job as security chief on his tour. Charley moves in with the Westons while his house is being fumigated.
Episode 8 - Windy
Release Date: 1991-11-09
A hurricane hits just as the Westons decide to sell their house. Laverne's mother-in-law visits.
Episode 9 - Talk, Talk, Talk
Release Date: 1991-11-16
Harry becomes host of a call-in radio show; Carol, Barbara, and Charley enter a chili cook-off.
Episode 10 - Lonely Are the Brave
Release Date: 1991-11-23
Just as Carol conquers her emotional problems, she becomes jealous of Barbara, who is up for a medal of honor for saving a man's life (something she did by accident). Laverne upsets Harry when she asks for a second opinion after he diagnoses her visiting niece's symptoms as allergies.
Episode 11 - If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . .
Release Date: 1991-12-07
Harry hires an old friend's son as an associate, but isn't pleased with the way he practices medicine. Meanwhile, Carol begins a relationship with the new associate and realizes he is arogant and self-absorbed.
Episode 12 - My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . .
Release Date: 1991-12-14
Harry's old nurse Winifred returns to fill in while Laverne goes out of town, and a war erupts between the two ladies when Winifred reveals that she's out to get Laverne's job. While on a trip to New York with Barbara, Carol manages to annoy the entire planeload of passengers (including a nun).
Episode 13 - The Son of a Preacherman
Release Date: 1992-01-04
As a favor to a minister friend, Harry takes in his brilliant young son as an observer, but becomes distressed when the boy confesses it's only his father's pressure that makes him want to be a doctor. Carol is excited about catering her friend Suzanne's posh Palm Beach wedding, until the groom gets excited by Carol.
Episode 14 - Ex-appeal
Release Date: 1992-01-11
Carol starts dating Barbara's ex-boyfriend, but Barbara realizes she still has feelings for him.
Episode 15 - The Great Escape
Release Date: 1992-01-18
While Harry and Laverne are en route to a medical seminar, an escaped convict takes Barbara and Carol hostage.
Episode 16 - The Mismatchmaker
Release Date: 1992-02-01
Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.
Episode 17 - The Return of Aunt Susan
Release Date: 1992-02-08
"The Return of Aunt Susan" is the title of the 17th fourth season episode of the hit NBC sitcom and Golden Girls spin-off Empty Nest. The episode first aired on February 8, 1992.
Episode 18 - The Unimportance of Being Charley
Release Date: 1992-02-15
Charley poses as captain of his ship to impress his visiting parents. Worried that Harry favors Barbara over her, Carol decides to keep track of how many times he does so.
Episode 19 - Sayonara
Release Date: 1992-02-22
Nick leaves Laverne for a woman in Japan. Barbara goes undercover at a college sorority to catch a computer hacker.
Episode 20 - Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde
Release Date: 1992-02-29
The full moon on Leap Day causes strange things to happen: after throwing his back out, Harry begins to act very unusual; a series of odd occurrences leads Barbara to believe that a neighborhood repairman is actually Dreyfuss; Charley cancels a date to stay home and watch The Sound of Music.
Episode 21 - Charley for President
Release Date: 1992-03-14
Carol persuades Charley to run for president of the home owner's association. While on undercover assignment at the hospital, Barbara tries to fool Harry with a number of disguises, but he sees through every one.
Episode 22 - Good Neighbor Harry
Release Date: 1992-03-28
A good deed backfires on Harry when a neurotic woman refuses to leave him alone. Carol's new boyfriend seems perfect except for his hideously annoying laugh.
Episode 23 - Final Analysis
Release Date: 1992-04-25
Just as Carol nears a breakthrough, her psychiatrist dies. Harry's new patient enjoys making jokes and smart alack remarks.
Episode 24 - Roots
Release Date: 1992-05-02
The Westons (and Charley) travel to England to their ancestral home Weston Castle, where Harry is to receive the Sword of Weston in a ceremony. Unfortunately he gets locked in a dungeon after following a secret passage. Meanwhile back home, Laverne tries to teach Dreyfuss to ride a skateboard. Richard Mulligan plays three roles in this episode: the usual Harry, a butler named Basil, and a relative Baroness Daphne Weston.