Episode
Empty Nest: Lonely Are the Brave
Overview
Just as Carol conquers her emotional problems, she becomes jealous of Barbara, who is up for a medal of honor for saving a man's life (something she did by accident). Laverne upsets Harry when she asks for a second opinion after he diagnoses her visiting niece's symptoms as allergies.
Details
- Series
- Empty Nest
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1991-11-23
Episode context
Lonely Are the Brave is Episode 10 in Season 4 of Empty Nest. It aired on 1991-11-23.
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Episode 9: Talk, Talk, Talk
Harry becomes host of a call-in radio show; Carol, Barbara, and Charley enter a chili cook-off.
Episode 11: If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . .
Harry hires an old friend's son as an associate, but isn't pleased with the way he practices medicine. Meanwhile, Carol begins a relationship with the new associate and realizes he is arogant and self-absorbed.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: Windy
A hurricane hits just as the Westons decide to sell their house. Laverne's mother-in-law visits.
Episode 12: My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . .
Harry's old nurse Winifred returns to fill in while Laverne goes out of town, and a war erupts between the two ladies when Winifred reveals that she's out to get Laverne's job. While on a trip to New York with Barbara, Carol manages to annoy the entire planeload of passengers (including a nun).
Episode 7: Country Weston
Country music star Garth Brooks offers Barbara a job as security chief on his tour. Charley moves in with the Westons while his house is being fumigated.
Episode 13: The Son of a Preacherman
As a favor to a minister friend, Harry takes in his brilliant young son as an observer, but becomes distressed when the boy confesses it's only his father's pressure that makes him want to be a doctor. Carol is excited about catering her friend Suzanne's posh Palm Beach wedding, until the groom gets excited by Carol.
Episode 6: The Dreyfus Affair
Harry hires a world-famous vet to operate on Dreyfuss. Charley contemplates a career change when he is offered a job at Uncle Buzzy's Pirate World.
Episode 14: Ex-appeal
Carol starts dating Barbara's ex-boyfriend, but Barbara realizes she still has feelings for him.
Episode 5: Harry's Got a Gun
The Westons buy guns after their house is burglarized, a choice they later regret when Carol gets a little trigger happy. Charley decides to head to the woods to do some serious thinking about his life.
Episode 15: The Great Escape
While Harry and Laverne are en route to a medical seminar, an escaped convict takes Barbara and Carol hostage.
Episode 4: Food For Thought
Carol quits her job at the library and buys a catering business.
Episode 16: The Mismatchmaker
Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.