Episode
Empty Nest: Overdue for a Job
Overview
Carol gets a job at a library, where she meets an obnoxious college professor. Charley joins a Big Buddy program. Barbara teaches Dreyfuss to play Frisbee.
Details
- Series
- Empty Nest
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1989-12-09
Episode context
Overdue for a Job is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Empty Nest. It aired on 1989-12-09.
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Episode 9: Green Eggs and Harry
Harry enlists the help of Carol when he is asked to write a children's book, but he soon finds out that Barbara has better ideas. Charley is smitten with another juror during jury duty.
Episode 11: A Christmas Story
The Westons prepare for their annual holiday skiing trip until Dreyfuss runs away. Laverne refuses to accept Christmas gifts from Harry.
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Laverne moves in with the Westons after a fight with Nick and proceeds to take control of the house. A young patient who can't get a date for a school dance asks Harry to take her.
Episode 12: Change of Heart
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Episode 7: You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not
Carol objects when Harry asks her to tutor a boy she used to baby-sit, until she sees how handsome he has become. Carol feels guilty after the two end up sleeping together. Laverne misses best friend, Lurlene's birthday party because of a double work load at the office.
Episode 13: Harry's Choice
Harry is thrilled when Barbara quits the police force, but feels he may have pushed her into a different job. Carol tries to save enough money to pay for Harry's birthday present: an oil portrait of herself.
Episode 6: Rambo of Neiman Marcus
Carol and Barbara are witnesses to a mall robbery and surprisingly it's Carol who nabs the thief, not police officer, Barbara. Neighbor Rose hits Harry's car and offers to pay for the damages.
Episode 14: Complainin' in the Rain
Tired of her complaining, Barbara persuades Carol to go with her on a spontaneous adventure. Harry and Laverne recall the day she came to work for him, but their stories have several variations.
Episode 5: Just You and My Kid
An old patient returns and asks Harry to be the father of her child.
Episode 15: M.D., P.O.V.
Harry tries to avoid a reporter who is doing a story on him. A young patient is on the verge of death and no one can figure out why.
Episode 4: Between a Cop and a Hard Place
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Episode 16: Everything But Love
Harry's visiting niece starts dating Charley. Laverne's friend Lurlene visits and accuses Laverne of being ""citified.""