"Empty Nest" tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed pediatrician named Harry Weston and his two adult daughters, Barbara and Carol, who have come back to live with him after failed marriages.
Cast:Richard Mulligan , Dinah Manoff , David Leisure , Park Overall , Kristy McNichol , Bear the Dog , Estelle Getty , Marsha Warfield , Paul Provenza , Lisa Rieffel , D. David Morin , Todd Susman , Marsha Clark , Edan Gross , Elise Ogden , Sid Melton , Robert Lesser , Stan Roth
Harry gets involved with a clinic run by Dr. Maxine Douglas, while Sophia Petrillo moves back into the neighborhood.
Carol throws Patrick out before discovering she's pregnant with his baby.
Carol tries to figure out how to tell Patrick she is pregnant.
Laverne's ex-mother-in-law visits: Carol seeks a godfather for her baby.
Pregnant Carol goes on a date and is afraid to tell him that she is expecting; Maxine and Laverne fight over baby-shower details.
After reading her mother's old diary, Carol thinks that she was not wanted; meanwhile, Maxine is annoyed by a mime and a hypochondriac at the clinic.
Maxine's mother arrives in Miami for a visit. She's been having headaches, so Maxine and Harry trick her into seeing an eye doctor; the results are a surprise. Meanwhile, Laverne tries to give Harry a haircut.
A somewhat socially awkward woman volunteers at the clinic and starts to send flowers and dinner invitations to Laverne which gives her the wrong idea. Meanwhile Carol does her best to get her unborn child enrolled in a posh preschool.
Harry and Charley are lost at sea, Maxine attempts to conquer her fear of public speaking.
Carol goes twice into what she thinks is labor -- but the third time's the charm.
Carol's baby arrives home but Carol thinks he was switched at birth.
Harry subs for Maxine in an newspaper interview; Charley makes a dogged attempt to date a vet.
Carol joins a mother-child support group where she gets the impression she's a bad parent.
Baby Scotty's allergies act up around Dreyfuss, who's sent to live with Charley.
Harry befriends a boy who starts taking a gun to school for protection.
Charley starts working alongside his brother at a used-car lot.
Laverne helps out at Shady Pines and Sophia's boyfriend makes a pass at her. Meanwhile Maxine house sits (with help from Charley) for Harry and Carol who go to Orlando.
Laverne goes hog-wild when her old boyfriend roars into town on his motorcycle, while Carol becomes an amateur filmmaker after her uncle sends her a video camera.
Charley receives an inheritance, he assembles all the people that mean a lot to him over the years. Harry, Sophia, Carol and Don Adams from Get Smart all join him on a trip to Mardi Gras.
Harry's jazz idol Sonny Baxter is asked to come out of retirement to play a benefit for him. Sophia puts a curse on Charley after he dumps her niece.
Harry is hit on by a wealthy philanthropist. Meanwhile socially awkward Doris, who used to volunteer at the clinic, is helped by Carol who now sells door to door roll on mousse.
A Marriage proposal from Maxine's boyfriend catches her off guard. Carol starts to learn how to play guitar.
When the horrible landlord for the clinic refuses to fix the problems Laverne threatens a rent strike, which ends up getting them evicted. Carol is convinced by Sophia to take a little time away from the baby, but she is unable to let go.
When Carol's childhood friend starts dating Harry, she become very upset. A member of the family that's feuded with Laverne for years shows up as a patient.
After filling in at his old practice Harry falls for the new nurse. Meanwhile the day that Harry and Laverne first started working together dawns and she is upset that Harry totally forgot about it.