Episode
One Day at a Time: Spare the Child
Overview
Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
Details
- Series
- One Day at a Time
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1983-01-30
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Spare the Child is Episode 15 in Season 8 of One Day at a Time. It aired on 1983-01-30. The runtime is 24 min.
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