Episode
The Hogan Family: Oedipus Wrecks
Overview
David takes his dad's new Italian sports car out for a spin to impress a young woman and ends up wrapping it around a tree. Meanwhile, the twins are feeling cooped up with the chicken pox.
Details
- Series
- The Hogan Family
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1987-03-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Oedipus Wrecks is Episode 19 in Season 2 of The Hogan Family. It aired on 1987-03-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 18: Hogan vs. Hogan
When Mark's pet lizard dies while in David's care, Mark decides to haul David into small-claims court.
Episode 20: Shape Up and Move Out
Willie's wanton destruction of his brothers' personal belongings leads David and Mark to give him the silent treatment. Meanwhile, Valerie's dieting failures lead to an exercise in self loathing.
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Episode 17: Community Theatre
Although she's sworn off community theater, Valerie finds herself directing Annie's play, placating overworked stagehands Michael, Willie and Mark and trying to replace a leading lady who's under the weather.
Episode 21: Babes in the Woods
After borrowing Mrs. Poole's camper for a trip, Valerie and the boys are stranded in the woods when thieves with a taste for all the modern conveniences take off with it.
Episode 16: Whose Team is It Anyway?
Valerie, the new coach of the twins' soccer team, benches Willie for laziness in practice while David, who wants a new car stereo, is put to work doing chores.
Episode 22: The Return of Uncle Skip
Valerie is less than thrilled with another visit from Michael's war buddy Skip Franklin who brings a surprise, his new bride, who may soon become his new ex-wife.
Episode 15: A Night to Remember
Willie's fantasy date with the prettiest girl in the seventh grade could be realized if he can just persuade Mark to make it a double date with the girl's cousin.
Episode 14: Bad Timing
Old friends of the family visit for the weekend and one of them is a childhood sweetheart of David's who is now a grown woman who makes it obvious to him that she is still interested in him and suggests that perhaps they should take their friendship to a new level, a sexual one.
Episode 13: Wooly Bully
Valerie's discomfort after a bunion operation is compounded by Mrs. Poole's relentless help. Meanwhile, David takes a sucker punch from his tutor's ex-boyfriend.
Episode 12: Never on Tuesday
At a self-defense class, Valerie puts Annie's arm in a sling. At the same time, David may be in some hot water after he leaves the boys with a babysitter to keep a date.
Episode 11: Boston Tea Party
While heading to Bermuda to meet Michael, Valerie is mistaken for a purse snatcher by airport security and David misses a concert when he's forced to take care of Mrs. Poole's four-year-old niece, Pamela.
Episode 10: The Way We're Not
Michael finds a silver lining in an airline pilots' strike since now he has plenty of time to spend with the family which all too quickly has Valerie and the boys wishing he were airborne again.