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 Knight , Nancy Dussault , Jim J. Bullock , Deborah Van Valkenburgh , Lydia Cornell , Pat Carroll , Lisa Antille , Audrey Meadows , Deena Freeman , Michael Philip Cannon , William Thomas Cannon , Joshua Goodwin , Selma Diamond , Eric Michael Wills , Jason Robert Wills , Warren Berlinger , Ray Middleton , Beverly Sanders

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Tue, Nov 11, 1980

It is getting a little crowded in the Rush family's duplex row house. Sisters Jackie and Sara want to move out, but their father, Henry, doesn't like the idea of two young girls living in the big city by themselves. However, they might be headed to a win-win situation when Jackie and Sara contemplate on renting the downstairs apartment from their dad.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ It Didn't Happen One Night

Sun, Nov 16, 1980

Sara goes on a trip to Lake Tahoe with her friends, and Henry panics after he inadvertently finds birth control pills in her room.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Bag Lady

Tue, Nov 18, 1980

Henry and Muriel hire two ex-convicts to repair a damaged wall in their kitchen. Meanwhile, Jackie was tasked to deposit a large sum of money for her work at the bank. When the bank closes before she gets there, Jackie had to take the cash home. As a result, Henry tries to hide the cash, not wanting the ex-cons to spot it.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Sara's Monroe Doctrine

Tue, Nov 25, 1980

On the Rushes 24th Anniversary, Monroe Ficus follows Sarah home. Then he never leaves.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Que Sara, Sara

Tue, Dec 2, 1980

Sarah gets a job as a waitress. Muriel moves in with Jackie and Sarah after a fight with Henry over Sarah's new job.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Tenants, Anyone?

Tue, Dec 9, 1980

Mildred Rafkin, the sister of the former tenant of Jackie and Sara's apartment, returns to claim her late brother's belongings, including all the furniture. With an unfurnished apartment, the girls find another apartment to rent, albeit in a seedy and high-crime neighborhood.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?

Tue, Dec 16, 1980

Sara is a new hire at Jackie's bank. Jackie is suspicious when her boss promotes Sara to a manager level position after only a week on the job.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Mister Big

Tue, Jan 6, 1981

Henry's comic book company is being acquired by Wainwright Publishings, and he thinks his job is in jeopardy when new boss Arthur Wainwright prefers to hire more youthful people.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Location

Tue, Jan 13, 1981

Sara rents her apartment to a film crew for a movie, which involves live animals. Unfortunately, one of the animals, a male lion, escapes and ventures into Henry and Muriel's apartment during their dinner engagement with Arthur Wainwright.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ A Friend in Need

Tue, Jan 27, 1981

Monroe feels it's time to finally lose his virginity. Henry hopes talking will help, while Sara thinks a sex surrogate is a better idea. Oddly enough, Mrs. Rafkin may be the answer.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ A Fine Romance

Tue, Feb 3, 1981

Muriel's friend from college, Sylvia Walker, pays her a visit after undergoing a divorce. While left alone with Henry, Sylvia makes advances towards him.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Boy in the Band

Tue, Feb 10, 1981

Rich Holland, Muriel's old drummer, is in town. Rich takes a liking to Jackie, which does not exactly thrill Muriel.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Deadline for Henry

Tue, Feb 17, 1981

Arthur Wainwright gives Henry an assignment that requires him to work overnight, which is a huge burden for Henry as he has jury duty. Therefore, Muriel, Jackie and Monroe take turns keeping Henry awake at night.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Huey

Tue, Feb 24, 1981

Henry's father, Huey, gets kicked out of his retirement home and is thinking of venturing out on his own. Meanwhile, Jackie is considering moving to New York for a new job opportunity.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Centerfold

Tue, Mar 3, 1981

An "oversexed quarterback" chooses Muriel to photograph him nude.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ What's Wrong with Mr. Right?

Tue, Mar 17, 1981

Jackie is dating a married (actually separated) man.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Up Your Easter Bonnet

Tue, Mar 24, 1981

Henry and Muriel go on a skiing trip, which gives Sara the opportunity to offer her parents' apartment to Monroe to stay during Spring Break, as Monroe's parents do not want him to visit.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office

Tue, May 5, 1981

Henry loses his job when he writes a satire of Cosmic Cow and Nancy Reagan fixing the country's problems. To combat the salary loss, Muriel takes a job and the Rushes deal with the role reversal.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ The Return of Rafkin

Tue, May 12, 1981

The Rush's hire a medium to conduct a séance for Miss Rafkin, as she thinks her late brother is trying to communicate with her from the other side.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Guess Who's Coming to Burp?

Tue, Oct 13, 1981

It's Muriel's 42nd birthday, and she discovers she's pregnant.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Your Guest Is as Good as Mine

Tue, Oct 27, 1981

Henry's niece April comes to stay with the Rushes, and he finds it difficult to tolerate her free-spirited ways.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Who's Sara Now?

Tue, Nov 3, 1981

The Rushes start to doubt whether Sara is their real daughter.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ The Prince and the Frog

Tue, Nov 10, 1981

A guy who was pursuing Jackie years ago comes back to town. When Jackie learns this, she makes herself scarce. Sara meets him when he arrives and is amazed by how great he looks. She makes a play for him and they go out. When Jackie learns of this, she's upset.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ What's Our Rush?

Tue, Nov 17, 1981

Henry and Muriel decide not to find out what the gender of their baby is; however, Henry's father wants to know. He drags Monroe with him to help break into the doctor's office to find out.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Rafkin's Bum

Tue, Nov 24, 1981

A bum shows up and says that he and their previous tenant were close. However, he appears not to know that their tenant was a transvestite and they don't tell him. When he leaves something behind, they bring it back to him and discover that he's also keeping a secret.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Where There's a Will

Tue, Dec 1, 1981

Henry decides to make out a will, which causes a family squabble.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Remaking of Monroe

Tue, Dec 8, 1981

Sara comes home from a concert angry at Monroe because he didn't stand up to someone who took their seats. She takes him to an assertiveness training class which does wonders for his self-confidence but it also makes him pushy, arrogant and rude to the point that he is told never to set foot in the Rush home again.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ When the Bough Breaks

Tue, Dec 15, 1981

Henry and Muriel's 25th wedding anniversary is approaching and Muriel is expected to go on a photo shoot in a helicopter on the same date, which worries Henry due to Muriel's pregnancy.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Cop-Out

Tue, Jan 5, 1982

Against her father's wishes, Jackie falls for and accepts a marriage proposal from a police officer she's only known for a couple of months. After Muriel succeeds in getting Henry to let Jackie make her own decisions, Will Henry's biggest concern and Jackies' worst nightmare come true?

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ April and September

Tue, Jan 12, 1982

April has a fling with a much older music executive, much to Henry's chagrin.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ A Fan for Henry

Tue, Jan 19, 1982

Henry's Cosmic Cow puppet is stolen by an over-zealous fan.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Brotherly Hate

Tue, Feb 2, 1982

April's father, Bill, comes to visit. April and Muriel plan a reunion between Bill and Henry to put an end to their childhood argument from which they haven't spoken in forty years. A bad cheesecake almost ruins their reunion.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Charlie's Last Hurrah

Tue, Feb 9, 1982

Henry's practical joker rival, Charlie, makes a visit. Henry schemes with Monroe to finally pull one over on Charlie. But Charlie has his own plan that throws Henry for a loop.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Last Weekend

Tue, Feb 16, 1982

Henry treats Jackie and Sara to a ski weekend in Aspen.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ My Unfavorite Martin

Tue, Feb 23, 1982

Muriel sides with Henry when her mother visits and voices her disapproval of him.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Seventh Month Blues

Tue, Mar 2, 1982

Muriel is in her seventh month of pregnancy and is feeling unattractive.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ As the Cookie Crumbles

Tue, Mar 9, 1982

Sara, April and Monroe start a business selling Grandma Rush's cookies, which doesn't quite work out the way they expected.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Foreign Exchange

Tue, Mar 16, 1982

Jackie and Sara, in order to be able to afford a vacation, exchanges apartments with a European couple whom Henry thinks may be terrorists.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ A Matter of Degree

Tue, Mar 23, 1982

Sara decides to pursue a job on a TV talk show instead of getting her college degree.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ A Policeman's Wife Is Not a Happy One

Tue, May 4, 1982

Brad breaks off his engagement to Jackie when he goes back to being a street police officer.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Don't Shoot the Piano Movers

Tue, May 11, 1982

April's father ships a piano to her, which gets stuck while being delivered and blocks Muriel and Monroe's way to the hospital when Muriel goes into labor.

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.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Enemy Above

Sat, Apr 7, 1984

The Rushes rent their newly built apartment to Monroe

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Making Mountains Out of Molehills

Sat, Apr 14, 1984

Jackie is envious of Sara's many dates, so she decides to get breast implants to make herself more attractive.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Just Another Pretty Face

Sat, Apr 21, 1984

Sara auditions for an anchor position at the station and thinks she's a shoo-in next to her plain Jane competition.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Home Is Where the Bart Is

Sat, Apr 28, 1984

The Rush's home is scheduled for demolition by the city in order to build a new subway station

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ High Infidelity

Sat, May 5, 1984

Monroe's father comes for a vist.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Son of the Groom

Sat, May 12, 1984

Henry's father visits to ask if he will be his best man at his upcoming wedding. The happy news is dampened by Henry's suspicions of his father's much younger fiancée.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Witness for the Persecution

Sat, May 19, 1984

Henry witnesses a robbery and works with the police to identify the suspect. The suspect then threatens Henry not to testify.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Henry Draws a Blank

Sat, May 26, 1984

Henry suffers from a case of writer's block. Surprisingly, Mrs. Rafkin ends up being extremely helpful.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Shipmates

Sat, Jun 2, 1984

Henry runs into his cantankerous former Navy commander who is now a doorman. Despite their antagonizing relationship, Henry invites him to dinner as a way of burying the hatchet. His significant other throws Henry for a loop.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Is There a Doctor in the House?

Sat, Jun 9, 1984

Henry's cartoonist friend suggests donating his early work to a college with the hopes of being awarded an honorary doctorate - and a guaranteed tax break.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ High and Inside

Sat, Jun 16, 1984

Henry eagerly sets Sara up with a major league baseball star. Sara begrudgingly agrees to one date but ends up falling for him. Henry's enthusiasm quickly wanes after he finds out about the star's past drug use and worries it may not be in the past.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ The Runaway

Sat, Jun 23, 1984

Monroe asks if a friend could spend a week with him, but neglects to tell Henry the friend is female and a runaway. When Henry runs into her in the middle of the night, the jig is up.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Graduates

Sat, Jul 14, 1984

As Monroe nears graduation, he is having a hard time finding a job. Monroe twists Henry's concern into an assistant's position.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Goodbye, Mr. Chip

Sat, Jul 21, 1984

Monroe gets a computer and wins big in the stock market and horse racing thanks to computer tips. Soon after, Henry wants in on the action.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ No Patsy, This Kelly

Sat, Oct 6, 1984

Henry almost misses an important meeting with his boss because the guard dog Monroe agrees to watch overnight, traps him in the kitchen.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Hawaii Five-8

Sat, Oct 13, 1984

Jackie and Sara return from a Hawaiian vacation with their grandmother Iris. Jackie fell in love with her surfing instructor and plans to marry him. Henry is opposed to the union until he finds out that he's not just a beach bum.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Quick on the Draw

Sat, Oct 27, 1984

After Henry breaks his arm, his boss sends a young artist to help keep up with his deadlines. The young artist is cocky, abrasive, and very good which upsets Henry.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ The Missing Fink

Sat, Nov 3, 1984

After Muriel's camera is stolen at a gallery opening, her attempts at retrieving it lead Henry to think she's having an affair.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Sound of Mother

Sat, Nov 10, 1984

Muriel's biological mother writes asking to meet. Despite being angry and bitter, Jackie and Sara convince Muriel to meet her.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Return of Mr. Wonderful

Sat, Nov 17, 1984

Iris visits in order to meet up with the Lothario who broke her heart. He lures her there with the premise to ask her "a very important question."

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Divorce Chicago Style

Sat, Nov 24, 1984

Muriel's best friend, Sylvia, is recently divorced and enjoying every minute of her new life and loves. Muriel is envious of her freedom and decides to start working again to gain a little of her own. Her new male client is very complimentary and throws her for a loop.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Cinderella Update

Sat, Dec 1, 1984

Jackie considers a move to Dallas to find a job in fashion. That is, until she meets Sara's date and they hit it off. Sara and Jackie's relationship is tested.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Henry Bites the Big Apple

Sat, Dec 8, 1984

Henry considers taking a job in New York City when a new, younger executive takes over at Wainwright Publishing.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Drawing Room

Sat, Feb 2, 1985

Henry decides to work at a downtown office, due to life at home getting crazier, but it turns out there were more distractions downtown than he bargained for.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Nearly Departed

Sat, Feb 9, 1985

After his father's death, Henry decides it's time to plan his own funeral. He soon starts to examine his life decisions.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ My Son, the PhD

Sat, Feb 16, 1985

Andrew might be a genius and is recruited by a school for gifted children.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ All in a Day's Unemployment

Sat, Feb 23, 1985

Budgets are tight throughout the Rush household. Henry coaches Monroe to ask for a raise at work, but the coaching backfires and Monroe is fired. Henry works overtime to find Monroe a new job.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Devereaux & Son

Sat, Mar 2, 1985

The Rushes' friend Paul pretends to be a member of their family to impress his long-lost son.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ And Baby Makes Two

Sat, May 4, 1985

Jackie drops a bomb on Henry and Muriel when she announces that she wants to become a single mother.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Reconcilable Differences

Sat, May 11, 1985

Henry and Muriel end up in counseling thanks to the strain of helping another couple settle a squabble.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ The Two Faces of Muriel

Sat, May 18, 1985

Muriel considers cosmetic surgery to revive Henry's interest in her.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ No Mas, Monroe

Sat, May 25, 1985

The Rushes hire an illegal housekeeper with good looks, minimal English, and an urge to become a naturalized citizen.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ For Every Man, There's Two Women

Sat, Jul 20, 1985

Monroe is kidnapped and raped by two women in a van. When the police dismiss Monroe's story, Henry searches for the rapists himself.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Finders Keepers

Sat, Jul 27, 1985

Henry and Monroe find a bag full of money and decide they want to keep it, but then hear their neighbors have been robbed.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ These Stupid Things Remind Me of You

Sat, Aug 3, 1985

The Rush's recall how they met Monroe.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Terms of Endangerment

Sat, Sep 28, 1985

Monroe's new love interest is not only mature but possibly married. Henry and Muriel butt in to make sure Monroe doesn't get his heart broken.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ The British Are Coming, the British Are Coming

Sat, Oct 5, 1985

Henry discovers that his war-time buddy visiting from England is still a womanizer.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ No Deposit, No Return

Sat, Oct 12, 1985

Henry takes drastic measures to avoid paying a high penalty for library books that are 5 years overdue.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Off and Running

Sat, Oct 19, 1985

Henry poses with Cosmic Cow in a photo with a politician which causes his job to be in jeopardy.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Accused, Confused and Abused

Sat, Oct 26, 1985

Monroe and Sara decide to help a teenage boy who was going to juvenile hall for stealing. The boy has a history of being abused, and when Henry tries to step in to offer his own help the boy rejects him and runs away.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Arrivederci, Jackie

Sat, Nov 2, 1985

Jackie has been offered a job working at The House of Aldo, an Italian designer, but she doesn't tell her father about it. She invites Senor Aldo to the house without telling Henry who he is. When the man tells Henry he wants Jackie for his House, Henry thinks he's a dirty old man so he throws him out. Later, he is told the truth. Jackie can't believe what Henry did so she decides to move out. Henry calls the man and tries to apologize. He asks him to give Jackie a chance, but Aldo doesn't think it would be good for Jackie because of how overprotective he is.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Ars Gratia Iris

Sat, Nov 9, 1985

Against Iris' wishes, Henry submits a design for the Interworld Travel Association's logo.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Henry Enters the '80s

Sat, Nov 16, 1985

Sara agrees to go on a blind date with a man that Muriel had set her up with. To everyone's amazement, Bob is gorgeous. After several dates, Bob and Sara make plans to move in together, which Henry is totally against.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Freddie Loves It, We Love It, You're Cancelled

Sat, Nov 23, 1985

Henry gets the chance to make Cosmic Cow a Saturday morning cartoon. But when heads of programming keep changing, he's constantly asked for several (sometimes absurd) changes.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Henry's Change of Life

Sat, Apr 5, 1986

Henry, Muriel and Monroe move to Mill Valley, CA. The Rushes buy a new home. Henry bought a 49% share in a newspaper with a demanding 51% owner. Monroe is now his assistant and Muriel his photographer.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Front Page Monroe

Sat, Apr 12, 1986

Monroe publishes a front page story about corporate pollution and gets sent to jail for not revealing his source.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Four Is a Crowd

Sat, Apr 19, 1986

The Rush's friends visit and overstay their welcome.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Henry

Sat, Apr 26, 1986

The Rushes and Mrs. Stinson help a Vietnamese family who opened a restaurant achieve the American dream.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Miss Marin Bugler

Sat, May 3, 1986

The Marin Bugler holds a beauty contest with unexpected repercussions for the winner.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler

Sat, May 10, 1986

Henry strikes up a deal to run the Garfield comic strip in the Marin Bugler.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Bedtime for Henry

Sat, May 17, 1986

All Henry wants to do is spend a relaxing day in bed, but is constantly interrupted.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Educating Lisa

Sat, May 24, 1986

The Rush's housekeeper Lisa enrolls in classes to become a naturalized American citizen.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Henry's Novel Solution

Sat, May 31, 1986

Henry's admiration for a famous author diminishes when he learns the man (Peter Haskell) gets his inspiration from the bottle.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Henry Gets Taken for a Ride

Sat, Jun 7, 1986

Henry decides to buy a car for Lisa. He attempts to show his business prowess by getting the best deal but in the process gets far less than he bargained for.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Late, Great Herbert Maxwell

Sat, Jul 12, 1986

Monroe and Henry learn about a coverup with regards to death of a friend of Mrs. Stinson.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Muriel's Fish Story

Sat, Jul 19, 1986

Muriel is offered a photography job from a famous oceanographer for his next expedition.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Ya Gotta Have Heart

Sat, Sep 27, 1986

When Mrs. Stinson's niece begins works as an intern at the newspaper, it causes friction.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Monroe's Critical Condition

Sat, Oct 4, 1986

Monroe's life is threatened after he gives a singer a bad review.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Cyrano Henry

Sat, Oct 11, 1986

Mr. Forester asks for Henry's help in writing a personal ad, which turns Henry into a ghost writer of sorts for all of his correspondence with the women who answer.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Family Feud

Sat, Oct 18, 1986

Muriel quits the Marin Bugler when Henry decides to use a reader's photo in a story instead of hers.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Rock Around Henry

Sat, Nov 1, 1986

Henry rallies behind two rock musicians who were banned from performing at a local music festival.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ Herb Kisses, Henry Tells

Sat, Nov 8, 1986

Henry and Muriel are caught in the middle of Herb and Marsha Kennedy's marriage problems after it's discovered that Herb has had an affair.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ Believing Is Seeing

Sat, Nov 15, 1986

Henry suddenly becomes editor of the paper when Mrs. Stinson quits. Henry realizes he needs her at the paper and Mrs. Stinson realizes quitting was the wrong move.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ Acropolis Now

Sat, Nov 22, 1986

Henry suspects Iris' Greek fiancé is after her money.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Presenting Buddy Ficus

Sat, Jan 31, 1987

Monroe decides to become a stand up comedian, billing himself as "Buddy Ficus."

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Lisa Goes Lottery Loco

Sat, Feb 7, 1987

In the final show, all but Mr. Rush play lottery scratch ticket games. Lisa is overjoyed when she wins $5 and becomes addicted to playing.