Too Close for Comfort

Too Close for Comfort

In liberal San Francisco a conservative cartoonist tries to keep his two daughters, who rent an apartment below him, safe. In season 6 the cartoonist buys a small-town newspaper in Tiburon.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Ted KnightNancy DussaultJim J. BullockDeborah Van ValkenburghLydia CornellPat CarrollLisa AntilleAudrey MeadowsDeena FreemanMichael Philip CannonWilliam Thomas CannonJoshua GoodwinSelma DiamondEric Michael WillsJason Robert WillsWarren BerlingerRay MiddletonBeverly Sanders


1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Break Out the Pampers: Part 1

Thu, Sep 30, 1982

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

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Break Out the Pampers: Part 2

Thu, Sep 30, 1982

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

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Guess Who's Coming Forever?

Thu, Oct 14, 1982

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

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ A Snip in Time

Thu, Oct 21, 1982

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

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Luck of the Iris

Thu, Oct 28, 1982

Henry ruins a date for Iris.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Do You Take This Woman Again?

Thu, Nov 4, 1982

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

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?

Thu, Nov 11, 1982

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

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Monroe's Secret Love's Secret

Thu, Nov 18, 1982

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

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ A Thanksgiving Tale

Thu, Nov 25, 1982

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

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Pressure's Rising

Thu, Dec 9, 1982

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

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Mr. Christmas

Thu, Dec 16, 1982

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

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Yearning Point

Thu, Jan 6, 1983

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

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Briefly at the Counter

Thu, Jan 13, 1983

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

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ To Buy or Not to Buy

Thu, Jan 20, 1983

The Rushes are burglarized after Sara lets the burglars into the apartment. Henry decides to get a gun.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Separation

Thu, Jan 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.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Girls of the Media

Thu, Feb 3, 1983

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

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Courier

Thu, Feb 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.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Adoption Story

Thu, Feb 24, 1983

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

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Out to Lunch

Thu, Mar 10, 1983

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

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ A Portrait of Henry

Thu, Mar 17, 1983

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.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Don't Rock the Boat

Thu, Apr 28, 1983

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

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Family Business

Thu, May 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.