Kate & Allie

Two divorced mothers and their children share an apartment.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Susan Saint James , Jane Curtin , Frederick Koehler , Allison Smith , Ari Meyers , Sam Freed , Greg Salata , Paul Hecht , Peter Onorati , Jack Gilpin , Michael Countryman , Wendie Malick , Dylan Walsh , Raymond Rosario , Alan North , Tanny McDonald , James Downey , Christa Miller

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Allie's First Date

Mon, Mar 19, 1984

Allie is wallpapering the closet. Kate has a first date with David. The date doesn't go well but he takes a liking to Allie instead.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Very Loud Family

Mon, Mar 26, 1984

The kids individually are all doing a school project on the theme, Our Changing World. While Jennie and Chip - on Allie's urging - do something elaborate for their respective projects, Emma, the self-proclaimed C student, takes the easy way out and does something quick and simplistic. Kate has never pushed Emma in this manner because Kate saw herself at that age much like Emma is. But Allie convinces Kate to convince Emma to apply herself a little bit more. Emma accepts the challenge and decides to do a video for her project on the subject of Our Changing World of Divorce, with her own household as the subject matter. Kate and Allie want the video to be a sanitized version of what their household is really like. What starts as encouragement from the adult figures quickly changes to exasperation as Emma films everything everywhere. But the nature of the video hits a personal moment for Emma when she experiences a moment resulting from being the daughter of divorced parents.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Odd Boy Out

Mon, Apr 16, 1984

Allie asks Charles to spend time with Chip, who's being teased for living in a house of women.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Family Business

Mon, Apr 23, 1984

Kate quits her job after failing to get a promotion, so she talks Allie into starting a business baking cakes in order to support their families.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Dear Diary

Mon, Apr 30, 1984

Allie starts a turf war with Kate when she moves her belongings into the apartment.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ A Weekend to Remember

Mon, May 7, 1984

Allie spends the weekend alone while the kids are away and Kate is on a ski trip with her ex-husband.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Baby

Mon, Oct 8, 1984

Kate considers having another baby because of a co-worker's pregnancy.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Landlady

Mon, Oct 15, 1984

The landlady gives Kate and Allie a huge increase in the rent when she learns about their living arrangements.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Diner

Mon, Oct 22, 1984

Allie revisits her old suburban home in Connecticut.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Lottsa Luck

Mon, Oct 29, 1984

Kate is left with a lucky monkey's paw.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Candidate

Mon, Nov 5, 1984

A handsome candidate gets Allie interested in politics.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Kate and the Plumber

Mon, Nov 12, 1984

Kate begins an on-again/off-again relationship with a plumber.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Safe Caper

Mon, Nov 19, 1984

Kate and Allie reacquaint a long since broken up couple after finding a 55 year old love letter in their wall safe.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Pirates

Mon, Nov 26, 1984

An intense rivalry develops between Jenny and Emma after they both compete for the lead role in their school's production of Pirates of Penzance.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Country Dog

Mon, Dec 3, 1984

When Charles buys Chip an expensive gift, Allie tries to outdo him.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Piano Lesson

Mon, Dec 10, 1984

Emma's piano teacher shows more interest in Kate.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ New Year's Eve

Mon, Dec 31, 1984

Kate and Allie try to find something to do on New Year's Eve.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Back to School

Mon, Jan 7, 1985

A crusty professor has it in for Allie and tries to get her expelled when he catches her copying answers off another student's paper.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Charles Marries Claire

Mon, Jan 14, 1985

Much to Kate's chagrin, Allie begins seeing Charles again after Claire and him abruptly break up.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ If She Goes, I Go

Mon, Feb 4, 1985

Kate sticks up for Allie to Mr. Sloan after he fires Allie from her new part-time job. Allie resents Kate's retelling of the story of her firing to everyone she knows and soon they are feuding. Jenny, Emma and Chip hatch a scheme to force Kate and Allie to reconcile.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Rear Window

Mon, Feb 11, 1985

When Chip is sent to his room, he looks out the window at the apartment across the way.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Lovely Rita

Mon, Feb 18, 1985

Kate's father calls off his engagement when his daughter doesn't approve of his fiancée.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Sons and Lovers

Mon, Feb 25, 1985

A young college student is determined to date Allie.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Author, Author

Mon, Mar 4, 1985

Kate and Allie each believe that they're the inspiration for a professor's novel about a teacher's courtship with a student.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Dead Cat

Mon, Mar 11, 1985

When the kitten Kate gave to Chip dies, it's up to Allie to tell her son the bad news.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ The Bad Seed

Mon, Mar 18, 1985

Carter, Jenny's new friend, gets her in trouble at home and then with the law.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Goodbye, Plumber

Mon, Apr 8, 1985

Ted proposes to Kate, who stops to think that her marriage to him could be the end of her independence.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ My Dinner with Kate and Allie

Mon, May 6, 1985

With the apartment to themselves, Kate and Allie try to get over their problems and enjoy a lobster dinner.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Reunion

Mon, Sep 30, 1985

Kate convinces Allie to accompany her to their 20th High School Reunion where Allie finds herself questioning her life's successes and failures.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Make Mine Mink

Mon, Oct 7, 1985

A mink coat throws Kate's life into chaos when a case of mistaken identity leaves her having to make a huge presentation at work.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Whatever Happened to Romance?

Mon, Oct 14, 1985

Jenny and Emma create a fictitious person to answer a romantic personal ad in the newspaper, but what will they do when Mr. Whatever Happened to Romance wants to meet?

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Evening in Paris

Mon, Oct 21, 1985

Allie is ecstatic when Charles gives her and Jenny tickets to Paris for the weekend, but will a sudden attack of the flu stop her from taking in the City of Lights?

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Picture of an Affair

Mon, Oct 28, 1985

Allie suspects her father might be having an affair but refuses to confront him with her fears.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Maltese Chotchke

Mon, Nov 4, 1985

Emma's birthday present from her dad throws the whole house into chaos when art buyers, smugglers and cops come out of the woodwork trying to get it off her.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Allie's Affair

Mon, Nov 11, 1985

Allie becomes romantically involved with her poetry professor on a two-week teaching appointment at her university.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Thanksgiving

Mon, Nov 25, 1985

Allie is set to host a slew of guests for Thanksgiving including Charles' new wife Claire, but when everyone else cancels and Charles is called to work, Allie and Claire get some long-awaited bonding time.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Max's New Girlfriend

Mon, Dec 2, 1985

Kate becomes jealous after Max's new model girlfriend Darla bonds with Emma.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Kate's Friend

Mon, Dec 16, 1985

Allie is run ragged when a good friend of Kate's arrives in New York and imposes on the household (mostly Allie) while apartment-hunting.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Dress to Kill

Mon, Dec 23, 1985

Via a flashback, Kate relates to a sympathetic dry cleaner how she came to accidentally stain a $900 dress.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Dark Victory

Mon, Jan 6, 1986

Kate questions just how liberal she is when she agrees to go out with a man she met during a power outage who is black.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Grand Central Station

Mon, Jan 13, 1986

The apartment becomes the scene of a family melodrama when an aspiring actor delivering a singing telegram for Allie and his overbearing parents descend upon the household.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Chip's Divorce

Mon, Jan 20, 1986

An announcement that Charles' new wife is expecting sends everyone--especially Chip--into a tizzy.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Too Late the Rebel

Mon, Jan 27, 1986

Kate accompanies Allie to a protest at her university bringing with her her own unique memories of protesting in the 60s.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Croissant Jungle

Mon, Feb 3, 1986

Jennie's first job in a café finds her having to contend with a lecherous boss and Allie forced to let her fight her own battles.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Privacy

Mon, Feb 10, 1986

Craving solitude, Kate cat-sits for a friend but her secretive way of doing it has Allie convinced she's seeing a married man.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ High Anxiety

Mon, Feb 17, 1986

Allie's fear of public speaking gets the better of her when a producer friend of Kate's tries to do a television exposé on Kate and Allie as an example of the new, modern family of the 80s.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Thank You, Shirley

Mon, Feb 24, 1986

Kate and Allie find themselves vying for the attentions of the same guy after Kate's meddling cousin in California sets her up with a blind date who turns out to be cute and charming.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Ted's Back

Mon, Mar 3, 1986

Feeling the empty nest syndrome, Kate gets back in touch with her old boyfriend Ted to give it another go.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Chip's New Friend

Mon, Mar 17, 1986

Chip befriends a handicapped man and hides him in the basement.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Winning

Mon, Apr 7, 1986

Emma launches herself into the campaign for class president with Jenny's help, but considers dropping out when she learns a secret about her opponent.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Late Bloomer

Mon, May 12, 1986

Tired of everyone's criticism of her cooking, Kate hires a tutor to teach her culinary skills.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Trouble with Jason

Mon, Sep 22, 1986

The new boy at school focuses his intense attentions on Emma, much to her dismay.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Found Money

Mon, Sep 29, 1986

Kate and Allie each have $250 to spend from a reward they receive in returning a man's wallet - Kate heads to a day spa, while Allie spends the day debating how to spend hers.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Bully

Mon, Oct 6, 1986

Chip is being bullied at school, but things become even more complicated when Allie intervenes and sparks fly between her and the bully's father.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ General Hospital

Mon, Oct 13, 1986

Allie joins Kate in the hospital to have a mole removed, but her fear of hospitals and paranoia get the best of her when she has an allergic reaction to a needle.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Rx for Love

Mon, Oct 20, 1986

Still in the hospital, Kate is romanced by her suave doctor but soon learns an unpleasant truth about the man.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Halloween II

Mon, Oct 27, 1986

Halloween night finds Kate dragging Allie to a parade only to accidentally return with a strange man--and his phantom ex-wife.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Jennie & Jason

Mon, Nov 3, 1986

Allie arrives at the moment all mothers dread when she finds out Jennie is contemplating sex with her boyfriend.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Bringing Up Charles

Mon, Nov 10, 1986

Allie's ex-husband is neglecting Chip and Jennie, prompting her to pay a visit to his new wife and their new home in Connecticut.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Emma's Coming Out Party

Mon, Nov 24, 1986

Sick in bed, Kate relates the story of her and Allie reuniting in the early 70s in New York City, told in flashbacks.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Stage Mother

Mon, Dec 1, 1986

Allie's thirst for more in her life leads her to get involved with an underfunded cable channel and its ragtag group of employees led by special guest star Andrea Martin.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Goodbye Girl

Mon, Dec 8, 1986

When the city is paralyzed by an intense blizzard, Allie helps Eddie fill 18 hours of public television programming.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Dates of Future Past

Mon, Dec 15, 1986

A chance meeting at a grocery store finds Allie discovering her spontaneous streak with a new beau. First appearance of Sam Freed as Bob Barsky.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Gift of the Magi

Mon, Jan 5, 1987

Kate and Allie try to outdo one another when it's time to celebrate the anniversary of their two families moving in together.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Allie's Graduation

Mon, Jan 26, 1987

Allie's graduation day and her new Bachelor of Arts fail to bring her any success or comfort in her hunt for a new career.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Upstairs, Downstairs

Mon, Feb 2, 1987

Jennie's attempt to set up Emma with a boy backfires, resulting in the entire household not speaking to one another.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Emma Goes to College

Mon, Feb 9, 1987

Kate panics when Emma is accepted at UCLA.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Allie and the Three Wolves

Mon, Feb 16, 1987

At a singles bar, Allie finds herself the target of a competition in seduction by three lecherous barflies.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Louis in Love

Mon, Feb 23, 1987

Kate mistakenly gives Louis the impression she likes him and tries to rectify the situation by setting him up with his co-worker.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Reruns

Mon, Mar 2, 1987

Allie receives a mysterious letter for Charles by mistake causing her imagination to get the better of her concerning its contents.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Send Me No Flowers

Mon, Mar 16, 1987

An anonymous flower delivery has the household sharing sob stories about their bad day.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Dearly Beloved

Mon, Mar 23, 1987

Chip starts a pet burial business when he's short on funds to take the new girl next door out on a date.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Allie on Strike

Mon, Apr 6, 1987

Fed up with everyone's lack of thanks for all she does, Allie goes on strike leaving Kate and the kids to fend for themselves.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Kate Quits

Mon, May 4, 1987

Kate considers quitting her job as a travel agent after Allie gets a great new job.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Charles' Dinner

Mon, May 11, 1987

Charles convinces Allie to cook for his and Claire's anniversary dinner party, and Kate to serve it, but a sprained ankle forces Allie to swallow her pride and confront her old life.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ Allie's Surprise Party

Mon, May 18, 1987

Allie complicates her and Kate's foray into the catering business by demanding--and then continually spoiling--a surprise party for her 39th birthday.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Fathers and Sons

Mon, Sep 14, 1987

A grown up Chip relates to his son the time he failed science class and the silly lengths he went to in order to hide it.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ The Dilemma with Emma

Mon, Sep 21, 1987

Kate faces a classic mother-daughter crisis when Emma brings home a new boyfriend that she cannot stand.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Kate and the Cab Driver

Mon, Sep 28, 1987

Kate begins dating a carefree, Bohemian cab driver but finds it difficult to accept his lackadaisical lifestyle.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Mother's Day

Mon, Oct 5, 1987

Kate and Allie begrudgingly invite their mothers over to help them do a catering job.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Return of Bob Barsky

Mon, Oct 12, 1987

Allie is delighted to find out Bob Barsky has moved to New York but is disappointed when he wants to keep seeing other people.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Mon, Oct 19, 1987

Allie experiences another way of life when she leaves her purse in a cab and must walk home perceived as a homeless person.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Ted's Fix-Up

Mon, Oct 26, 1987

Kate regrets setting up her new girlfriend with her ex-boyfriend Ted.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Jennie's New Deal

Mon, Nov 9, 1987

Emma moves into the dorm when a spot opens up, leaving Jennie unhappily at home under Allie's thumb.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Hired Wife

Mon, Nov 16, 1987

Kate agrees to pose as the wife of a businessman seeking a promotion, but things become complicated when she falls for his co-worker.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ The Marriage Counselor

Mon, Nov 23, 1987

Constant bickering finds Allie and Kate going to a marriage counselor to resolve tension in the household.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Triangle Has Four Sides

Mon, Dec 7, 1987

Dating in the 80s: Kate juggles two dates at once while trying to figure out which one she likes more.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Nightmare Before Christmas

Mon, Dec 14, 1987

The family decides to forgo a traditional Christmas in favor of a ski trip and commit to hiring themselves out as helper elves for other people's holiday celebrations.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ A Catered Affair

Mon, Jan 4, 1988

Taken to court, Kate and Allie recount to a judge how they inadvertently exposed the infidelity of one of their catering clients.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ The Band Singer

Mon, Jan 11, 1988

Jennie goes to great lengths to woo the manager of her new band, including a couple of drastic image makeovers.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Almost Married

Mon, Jan 18, 1988

Kate and Allie head to the woods with their boyfriends but the group arrives to find it a little more rustic than they had hoped.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ My Day with Paul Newman

Mon, Feb 1, 1988

Allie loses her cool when a movie is filming outside her door with Paul Newman.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Namath of the Game

Wed, Feb 3, 1988

Kate and Allie's friendship and working relationship are put to the test when Kate accepts a job as Joe Namath's personal assistant. Joe Namath appears as himself.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ The Mouse That Squeaked

Mon, Feb 8, 1988

Chip brings home a mouse from school which escapes into the apartment.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Inside Park Avenue

Mon, Feb 15, 1988

A high-end catering job on Park Avenue finds Kate and Allie keeping a hormonal husband at bay in the midst of his wedding anniversary.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Working Women

Mon, Feb 22, 1988

Jennie's college project documenting modern-day working women cause Kate and Allie to reflect on their female forebears.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ I Don't, I Don't

Mon, Mar 14, 1988

Bob starts to get panicky about his relationship with Allie when he realizes he has inadvertently become a member of the family.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Bob Smells the Roses

Mon, Mar 21, 1988

When his close friend has a near-fatal heart attack, Bob decides to embrace life--much to the chagrin of Allie and everyone else.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Allie Makes Up Her Mind

Mon, Mar 28, 1988

Kate's premature engagement party for Allie gives Allie cold feet about accepting Bob's marriage proposal.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ The Clip Show

Mon, May 23, 1988

The cast of Kate & Allie sit down with the audience to take them through their favorite moments over the course of the series, including some bloopers.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Wedding Belle Blues

Sun, Dec 11, 1988

Allie's wedding day arrives but an opportunity for Bob to cover a football game on live TV may keep the groom away.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Kate Gets Dumped

Mon, Dec 12, 1988

While Allie and Bob are honeymooning in Hawaii with the IRS, Kate and Ted's relationship takes an unexpected turn.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Allie Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Mon, Dec 19, 1988

Allie's new life is complicated when Bob gets an out-of-town job offer, meanwhile Kate contends with her quirky new roommate Haven.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ The Odd Couples

Mon, Dec 26, 1988

Allie suggests that Kate move in with her and Bob instead of Haven and Blair.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Anchor Away

Mon, Jan 9, 1989

Alice watches a tape of Bob's sportscast and sees an attractive flirting with him.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Better Never Than Late

Mon, Jan 16, 1989

Bob's mother wonders why Allie would want another child.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Moving On

Mon, Jan 23, 1989

Shortly before her 40th birthday, Kate joins the Peace Corps to cope with Emma's transfer to UCLA.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ A Tree Grows on West 56th Street

Mon, Jan 30, 1989

Even though Kate organizes a block association to save a park, Allie is elected president.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ The Nearlyweds

Mon, Feb 6, 1989

Jennie and her boyfriend announce their plans to get married when Allie learns they're sharing a dorm room.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Wanted: One Husband

Mon, Feb 13, 1989

Kate and Allie think of a plan to find a husband for their rich neighbor, who promises a hefty sum for their efforts.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ What's Love Got to Do with It?

Mon, Feb 20, 1989

Allie and Bob fix Kate with an eligible bachelor, while Chip uses girl to court a girl in the building.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ I've Got a Secret

Mon, Feb 27, 1989

Kate is unable to keep secrets about Bob's broadcasting future and Allie's dating past.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Chip's Notes

Mon, Mar 6, 1989

Chip takes notes on Mike Sheridan, who enlists him to help out with a scam.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Love Thy Neighbor

Mon, Mar 13, 1989

Kate fakes interest in front of the woman who broke up with her neighbor, who thinks Kate is serious.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Trojan War

Mon, Mar 20, 1989

Allie is furious when she finds a condom in Chip's pocket.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Loan-some Bob

Mon, Mar 27, 1989

After giving Katie and Allie a loan, Bob offers advice on how to run a profitable business.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ The Review

Mon, Apr 10, 1989

Kate steps in when a critic gives a bad review of Allie's sushi.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ The Wedding

Mon, Apr 24, 1989

Kate finds herself having a good time at Lou's cousin's wedding.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ The Last Temptation of Allie

Mon, May 1, 1989

Allie prepares her entry for Cousin Cabot's Country Cookbook contest, while Kate helps Lou overcome illiteracy.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ The Hockey Team

Mon, May 8, 1989

Bob lets Chip join the hockey team without asking Allie, while Kate loses an earring after selling diamond jewelry on consignment.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ My Boyfriend's Back

Mon, May 15, 1989

Allie's old boyfriend returns to New York for the opening of his off-Broadway play, which happens to be based on their romance.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ What a Wonderful Episode

Mon, May 22, 1989

Kate and Allie plan a party at a children's hospital and mixup the checks in the process and go through a comedy of errors to get it all straight.