Bringing Up Charles

1The Trouble With Jason

30 minSep 22, 1986

Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.

2Found Money

30 minSep 29, 1986

Kate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.

3The Bully

30 minOct 6, 1986

Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.

4General Hospital

30 minOct 13, 1986

Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.

5Rx for Love

30 minOct 20, 1986

His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...

6Halloween II

30 minOct 27, 1986

The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.

7Jennie and Jason

30 minNov 3, 1986

Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.

8Bringing Up Charles

30 minNov 10, 1986Now viewing

Allie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.

9Emma's Coming Out Party

30 minNov 24, 1986

Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.

10Stage Mother

30 minDec 1, 1986

Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.

11The Goodbye Girl

30 minDec 8, 1986

Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.

12Dates of Future Past

30 minDec 15, 1986

While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.

13Gift of the Magi

30 minJan 5, 1987

Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.

14Allie's Graduation

30 minJan 26, 1987

Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.

15Upstairs, Downstairs

30 minFeb 2, 1987

Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.

16Emma Goes to College

30 minFeb 9, 1987

Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.

17Allie and the Three Wolves

30 minFeb 16, 1987

At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.

18Louis in Love

30 minFeb 23, 1987

Kate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.

19Reruns

30 minMar 2, 1987

Allie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""

20Send Me No Flowers

30 minMar 16, 1987

The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.

21Dearly Beloved

30 minMar 23, 1987

To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.

22Allie on Strike

30 minApr 6, 1987

Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.

23Kate Quits

30 minMay 4, 1987

Emma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.

24Charles' Dinner

30 minMay 11, 1987

Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.

25Allie's Surprise Party

30 minMay 18, 1987

Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.