Episode
Empty Nest: Whenever I Feel Afraid
Overview
Laverne is fearful after a mugging. Carol and Barbara compete for a handsome new neighbor.
Details
- Series
- Empty Nest
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1990-12-15
Episode context
Whenever I Feel Afraid is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Empty Nest. It aired on 1990-12-15.
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Episode 11: Harry Knows Best
A young patient of Harry's announces she wants a nose job. Charley thinks about a career as a gigolo. The Westons decide to take a new family portrait.
Episode 13: A Shot in the Dark
Barbara mistakes Carol's boyfriend for a burglar and shoots him. He stays with the Westons to recuperate and only ends up getting hurt worse. Harry helps Laverne confront her fear of public speaking when she has to give a speech at an awards ceremony.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: Someone to Watch Over Me
Charley wants visitors during a hospital stay and when his parents can't come, he hires actors to play them. A neighbor accuses Dreyfuss of fathering his dog's puppies.
Episode 14: Sucking Up is Hard to Do
Carol advises Barbara on how to suck up to get a job promotion. Laverne plays matchmaker for Harry.
Episode 9: A Family Affair
Harry suspects that Barbara's new boyfriend is married, and when he voices his concerns Barbara gets mad. Worried that Dreyfuss is getting too fat, the Westons put him on a diet, but then end up secretly giving him junk food.
Episode 15: The Man That Got Away
Barbara tries to get a man she likes to ask her out. Laverne must cast the deciding vote on an important Hickory issue.
Episode 8: The Boy Next Door
During a moment of weakness, Carol and Charley sleep together. Thinking perhaps their hate for one another is actually masking love, they attempt to build a relationship.
Episode 16: The Mentor
Harry realizes his mentor is getting too old to practice medicine, but is afraid to tell him. Meanwhile, Carol and Barbara prepare for a piano recital.
Episode 7: Honey, I Shrunk Laverne
Laverne quits when Harry complains that she is making too many office decisions without him. Carol talks Barbara into letting her join her poker game.
Episode 17: The Dog Who Knew Too Much
The Westons each pour their hearts out to Dreyfuss when the girls decide to move out after two years at home.
Episode 6: Mad About the Boy
After being dumped yet again, Carol flips out and falls in love with the first man she can find: an oddball who passes out cheese samples at the mall. Laverne decides to spice up Harry's biography for a hospital newsletter.
Episode 18: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Harry dates a 28 year old, which upsets Carol, Barbara, and the girl's parents. Laverne shapes up a nurse trainee.