Episode
Empty Nest: Charley for President
Overview
Carol persuades Charley to run for president of the home owner's association. While on undercover assignment at the hospital, Barbara tries to fool Harry with a number of disguises, but he sees through every one.
Details
- Series
- Empty Nest
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1992-03-14
Episode context
Charley for President is Episode 21 in Season 4 of Empty Nest. It aired on 1992-03-14.
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Episode 20: Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde
The full moon on Leap Day causes strange things to happen: after throwing his back out, Harry begins to act very unusual; a series of odd occurrences leads Barbara to believe that a neighborhood repairman is actually Dreyfuss; Charley cancels a date to stay home and watch The Sound of Music.
Episode 22: Good Neighbor Harry
A good deed backfires on Harry when a neurotic woman refuses to leave him alone. Carol's new boyfriend seems perfect except for his hideously annoying laugh.
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Episode 19: Sayonara
Nick leaves Laverne for a woman in Japan. Barbara goes undercover at a college sorority to catch a computer hacker.
Episode 23: Final Analysis
Just as Carol nears a breakthrough, her psychiatrist dies. Harry's new patient enjoys making jokes and smart alack remarks.
Episode 18: The Unimportance of Being Charley
Charley poses as captain of his ship to impress his visiting parents. Worried that Harry favors Barbara over her, Carol decides to keep track of how many times he does so.
Episode 24: Roots
The Westons (and Charley) travel to England to their ancestral home Weston Castle, where Harry is to receive the Sword of Weston in a ceremony. Unfortunately he gets locked in a dungeon after following a secret passage. Meanwhile back home, Laverne tries to teach Dreyfuss to ride a skateboard. Richard Mulligan plays three roles in this episode: the usual Harry, a butler named Basil, and a relative Baroness Daphne Weston.
Episode 17: The Return of Aunt Susan
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Episode 16: The Mismatchmaker
Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.
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 14: Ex-appeal
Carol starts dating Barbara's ex-boyfriend, but Barbara realizes she still has feelings for him.
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 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).