Jackie et Sara

Épisode 1 - Pilot

11 novembre 1980

Henry and Muriel Rush are the owners of a duplex in San Francisco, where they live with their two adult daughters: 21-year-old banker Jackie and 18-year-old college freshman Sara, in a cramped, awkward arrangement. Henry is a cartoonist of a comic strip called Cosmic Cow, while Muriel is a former musician currently working as a photographer. When Henry and Muriel's downstairs tenant, Myron Rafkin, suddenly dies, the family discovers Rafkin was living a secret life as a transvestite, and the many mysterious women Henry had been opening the door for all those years were actually Rafkin himself. Sara comes up with the idea for her and Jackie to convince their parents to let them to move into Rafkin's former apartment. Henry rejects the idea at first, but after Henry interviews a couple of prospective tenants he doesn't approve of, Muriel convinces him that having the girls move in may not be such a bad idea.

Épisode 2 - It Didn't Happen One Night

16 novembre 1980

With Sara and Jackie living downstairs, Henry has become a snoop-aholic. Sara asks for permission to go to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, leaving behind birth control pills that Henry assumes is hers and Jackie lets her navy boyfriend spend the night, causing Henry to hit the roof.

Épisode 3 - The Bag Lady

18 novembre 1980

Jackie, who works at a bank, tries to make a money delivery to a supermarket, but finds it closed. After calling her boss, she finds herself in charge of a bag with $100,000 in it. Meanwhile, Muriel and Henry are convinced that the ex-convict plumbers are going to rip them off, but soon Jackie's bag of money enters the fray.

Épisode 4 - Sara's Monroe Doctrine

25 novembre 1980

Sara befriends Monroe Ficus, a recently dumped young man, who quickly follows her all over the place even following her home. Meanwhile, Henry and Muriel plan on celebrating their anniversary but just before heading out for the evening they get a phone call from Sara and Monroe with news that they have been arrested.

Épisode 5 - Que Sara, Sara

2 décembre 1980

Jackie and Sara have split the cost of rent but when Sara is unable to pay her half, Henry tells her to go out and get a job. Sara easily gets a job as a waitress, but Henry is in no way thrilled with the skimpy costume that she has to wear. This leads to a blow up between Henry and Muriel leading her to move in with Jackie and Sara.

Épisode 6 - Tenants Anyone?

9 décembre 1980

The furniture of the previous tenant, Rafkin, has become Jackie and Sara's but when his sister shows up to claim his belongings, they find themselves in an unfurnished apartment. When Henry refuses to pay for new furniture, the girls decide to move out and into an unsafe part of town.

Épisode 7 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?

16 décembre 1980

When Sara gets a part-time job at Jackie's bank, things go smoothly. Jackie quickly warns her of the branch manager, Mr. Wolfe, and his "friendliness" toward the women tellers. However, Jackie quickly finds herself changing her mind about Sara, when Sara begins dating him and then suddenly gets a promotion.

Épisode 8 - Mister Big

6 janvier 1981

Henry is worried about his job when the new mystery loving boss, Arthur Wainwright, takes over and begins a steady practice of age discrimination. However, things may swing his way, when Muriel invites Arthur over for dinner which quickly embroils him in a quest to find the man who had snatched Sara's purse.

Épisode 9 - The Location

13 janvier 1981

Sara and Monroe are ecstatic when a movie director decides Jackie and Sara's apartment would be perfect to film a movie. However, Henry and Muriel are totally unsure of the situation. Things get out of hand when a lion, being used for the film, gets loose and takes up residence in Henry and Muriel's kitchen.

Épisode 10 - A Friend in Need

27 janvier 1981

Monroe has been struggling with the fact he is still a virgin and seeks out a psychologist for help. The psychologist suggests that Monroe hire a sex surrogate to solve his problem, but unfortunate circumstances cause Monroe to mistake Mrs. Rafkin for the surrogate, and the surrogate to mistake Henry for Monroe.

Épisode 11 - A Fine Romance

3 février 1981

Sylvia Walker, an old college friend and recently divorced friend of Muriel's arrives in town for a visit and decides to make the most of the rest of her life. Meanwhile, Henry becomes insecure about his age after glancing over the obituaries and thinks he may be on death's doorstep soon. However, things turn around for him, when Sylvia makes a play for him.

Épisode 12 - The Boy in the Band

10 février 1981

Rich Holland, a man who took Muriel on the road with a band when she was young arrives in town looking just as young as ever. Henry soon feels old and becomes insecure, however, Muriel also becomes insecure when Rich takes an interest in Jackie.

Épisode 13 - Deadline for Henry

17 février 1981

Henry is not happy with the fact that he has been called in for jury duty. However, things get pressed when Henry's boss, Mr. Wainwright, wanting to avoid any problems associated with a possible strike, orders Henry to cough up next week's comic strip. This forces Henry to stay up all night and leads to him falling asleep in court the next day.

Épisode 14 - Huey

24 février 1981

Henry's father, Huey breaks out of the nursing home, or rather is thrown out when he has a romantic interlude with another resident. He arrives in San Francisco to stay with Henry but soon his presence sends the household into an uproar. Meanwhile, Jackie debates over whether or not to accept a job offer in New York.

Épisode 15 - Centerfold

3 mars 1981

A football player, Buck Krulik, is in town and a fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip, so he comes by for a visit and has Jackie, Sara and Muriel fawn all over him. After admiring some of her photography, Buck remember her when a nude centerfold photo shoot goes awry and he calls her in to take over. However, she may not be quite ready for a male nude spread despite, Henry forbidding her.

Épisode 16 - What's Wrong with Mr. Right?

17 mars 1981

A woman arrives at Sara and Jackie's door accusing Sara of dating her husband. However, the woman has the wrong Rush daughter, Jackie is the one and doesn't see anything wrong with it since they are separated. Still, she begins to feel her relationship coming to an end and quick.

Épisode 17 - Up Your Easter Bonnet

24 mars 1981

Out of pity, Henry reluctantly allows Monroe to crash on his couch for Easter week when Monroe's parents decide they don't want him to visit them in Miami. Henry soon regrets his generosity when he learns that Monroe has ruined his unpublished Cosmic Cow drawings, and in turn his own planned vacation.

Épisode 18 - Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office

5 mai 1981

Henry is fired by Mr. Wainwright when he refuses to publish an apology for his recent Cosmic Cow comic strips that poke fun at President Reagan. Rather than face the indignity of taking unemployment compensation, he makes the regrettable decision to pursue his passion for painting and lets Muriel accept an offer for a full time job she doesn't really want.

Épisode 19 - The Return of Rafkin

12 mai 1981

Sara arranges for a medium to conduct a séance to connect Mildred Rafkin with her deceased brother in an attempt to find a missing antique broach. However, an accusation leveled by Rafkin's "spirit" threatens to split up Henry and Muriel, when the voice of the Rushes' late tenant accuses Henry of marital infidelity.

Épisode 1 - Guess Who's Coming to Burp?

13 octobre 1981

A doctor informs Muriel that she's pregnant after she faints at a restaurant while celebrating her 42nd birthday with her family. While she and Henry are initially elated, they find themselves faced with a serious decision as they begin to realize all of the implications of having another child at this point of their lives.

Épisode 2 - Your Guest is As Good As Mine

27 octobre 1981

Henry's free-spirited niece, April, shows up on his doorstep after moving from Delaware to start a song writing career, and he reluctantly allows her to stay in the guest bedroom of his apartment until she's able to get established. However, their relationship starts off on the wrong foot, and Henry hopes it isn't too late when he finally figures out why.

Épisode 3 - Who's Sara Now?

3 novembre 1981

Muriel and Henry read a newspaper article about a nurse who had switched babies in the maternity ward of the hospital that Sara had been delivered at. They quickly set out to find if indeed Sara had been switched at birth. However, they aren't too pleased when they discover the only other baby girl in the maternity ward is now serving time in prison.

Épisode 4 - The Prince and the Frog

10 novembre 1981

Jackie openly dreads a visit from an annoying, nerdy guy who had a crush on her when she was a kid. However, when Sara is the first to discover his physical appearance has changed completely and starts dating him, Jackie becomes extremely jealous and vindictive.

Épisode 5 - What's Our Rush?

17 novembre 1981

Muriel goes in for an amniocentesis, but she and Henry decline to learn the sex of the baby. This doesn't sit well with Henry's mischievous father Huey, who is in town to bury his deceased friend. In the meantime, Jackie makes an unexpected decision after taking part in a successful strike at her bank.

Épisode 6 - Rafkin's Bum

24 novembre 1981

An older man dressed like a bum shows up at the Rushes' doorstep looking for the transvestite persona of Rafkin, their deceased former tenant, because they always got together for Thanksgiving dinner. Feeling bad for him for several obvious reasons, they invite him to join their own disastrous get together, and later find out that he too has a big secret that involves his appearance.

Épisode 7 - Where There's a Will

1 décembre 1981

Hearing a story about a man who died intestate causes Henry to have a terrible nightmare, which compels him to finally make out his will. However, he soon regrets his decision to follow Monroe's advice to do it on videotape in the presence of his family.

Épisode 8 - The Remaking of Monroe

8 décembre 1981

Monroe enrolls in an assertiveness class on the advice of the Rush girls after being pushed around at a concert, but the class proves to work a little too well. Meanwhile, one of Henry's colleagues suggests Henry demand a raise from Mr. Wainwright.

Épisode 9 - When the Bough Breaks

15 décembre 1981

Muriel unwisely commits herself to do a coveted helicopter photo shoot, which Henry demands she cancel due to her pregnancy. The back and forth fighting cause a big headache for the girls, who are forced to change their minds several times whether to cancel an elaborate surprise 25th anniversary party they had previously scheduled.

Épisode 10 - Cop-Out

5 janvier 1982

Jackie falls madly in love with a police officer who responds to a false burglary report at the apartment due to April sneaking in late one night after getting stuck on Alcatraz with her boyfriend. She immediately accepts his marriage proposal after just a few dates, refusing her parents' plea to consider the difficulties of being a police wife.

Épisode 11 - April and September

12 janvier 1982

Henry is going up the wall with April keeping such late hours, spending time with her latest boyfriend. However, Henry and Muriel are in for a shock when they discover her boyfriend, Don is old enough to be her father. Henry puts his foot down and that's when Don asks April to move in with him, which she gladly accepts.

Épisode 12 - A Fan for Henry

19 janvier 1982

A fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip who has been sending him increasingly bizarre fan mail breaks into the apartment one night through the unlocked front door, kidnapping his puppet and vowing in a note to return before the end of the weekend. Interpreting the note as a threat on his life, Henry and Monroe set up a stakeout at the apartment with the help of a police officer, who abruptly leaves them to fend for themselves when he is called away.

Épisode 13 - Brotherly Hate

2 février 1982

April secretly arranges for her father Bill to meet face to face with his brother Henry, so they can attempt to reconcile after a petty childhood dispute caused them to stop speaking forty years ago. The effort may be for naught, however, when Bill eats a piece of cheesecake baked by Monroe, who did not realize it was an old Russian recipe for homemade poisoned rat bait.

Épisode 14 - Charlie's Last Hurrah

9 février 1982

Henry is contacted by a rival cartoonist who has perpetrated several practical jokes on him over the years, and Henry schemes with Monroe to pay him back during a dinner visit. However, when Henry is unable to stop the prank after the man claims he is dying, Henry feels obligated to assist him in an elaborate plan to cheat on his wife.

Épisode 15 - The Last Weekend

16 février 1982

Upon realizing the birth of his third child is only six weeks away, Henry feels a sense of guilt for not spending enough time with his two daughters. He decides to invite them on a weekend ski trip, but the experience doesn't turn out quite the way he envisioned when the girls meet a couple of brothers and he discovers that Monroe packed the wrong suitcase in the car.

Épisode 16 - My Unfavorite Martin

23 février 1982

Muriel secretly asks her mother Iris stay with her until she recovers from childbirth, much to the chagrin of Henry, who has always found her to be overbearing. When Muriel unexpectedly takes a stand against her mother's nonstop criticism, it's up to Henry to straighten out the mess, and he learns a big secret about Muriel in the process.

Épisode 17 - Seventh Month Blues

2 mars 1982

Henry's generous offer to arrange a job interview for an attractive art student backfires when she begins showing affection for him, which puts him in the doghouse with an increasingly insecure Muriel and causes him to panic when Monroe tells him that she tried to jump out a window after her last break up. Henry and Muriel also host a Lamaze class in their apartment, which turns out to be a bad idea.

Épisode 18 - As the Cookie Crumbles

9 mars 1982

Just before heading off on a Las Vegas vacation, Henry reluctantly lends $100 to Sara, April, and Monroe so they can start a business selling home-baked cookies using Grandma Rush's recipe. However, a promising and profitable start quickly turns into a disaster that includes a trashed kitchen, hefty fines, a potential lawsuit, and a visit from the immigration service.

Épisode 19 - Foreign Exchange

16 mars 1982

In order to reduce the cost of a trip to Europe, Jackie and Sara swap apartments with an English couple who wants to visit America. Henry's misgivings are confirmed when he accidentally opens a piece of their luggage that contains a high powered rifle, and concludes they are on a mission to assassinate a Russian ambassador.

Épisode 20 - A Matter of Degree

23 mars 1982

Henry refuses to accept Sara's decision to drop out of college to become the weather announcer on a local television station, which causes her to announce that she's moving out in protest. Meanwhile, Monroe's clumsy method of wallpapering the baby's nursery has an unexpected outcome, and a wealthy family friend brings the Rushes a much appreciated gift.

Épisode 21 - A Policeman's Wife is Not a Happy One

4 mai 1982

Jackie's boyfriend Brad has recovered from his gunshot wound and decides he can't work a desk job, which causes him to reconsider the appropriateness of a long term relationship with her. Meanwhile, the Rushes' furnace goes out, and Monroe's desire to help only increases Henry's agony.

Épisode 22 - Don't Shoot the Piano Movers

11 mai 1982

April's father sends her his baby grand piano, and she takes up Monroe's offer to move it into the apartment with the help of a large friend for $20. This proves to be a big mistake when everyone gets trapped in the apartment just as Muriel begins feeling labor pains and Henry's just-married friend becomes desperate to be reunited with his bride.

Épisode 1 - Break Out the Pampers (1)

30 septembre 1982

Épisode 2 - Break Out the Pampers (2)

30 septembre 1982

Épisode 3 - Guess Who's Coming Forever?

14 octobre 1982

Épisode 4 - A Snip in Time

21 octobre 1982

Épisode 5 - The Luck of the Iris

28 octobre 1982

Épisode 6 - Do You Take This Woman Again?

4 novembre 1982

Épisode 7 - Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?

11 novembre 1982

Épisode 8 - Monroe's Secret Love's Secret

18 novembre 1982

Épisode 9 - A Thanksgiving Tale

25 novembre 1982

Épisode 10 - Pressure's Rising

9 décembre 1982

Épisode 11 - Mr. Christmas

16 décembre 1982

Épisode 12 - The Yearning Point

6 janvier 1983

Épisode 13 - Briefly at the Counter

13 janvier 1983

Épisode 14 - To Buy or Not to Buy

20 janvier 1983

Épisode 15 - The Seperation

27 janvier 1983

Épisode 16 - Girls of the Media

3 février 1983

Épisode 17 - The Courier

17 février 1983

Épisode 18 - The Adoption Story

24 février 1983

Épisode 19 - Out to Lunch

10 mars 1983

Épisode 20 - A Portrait of Henry

17 mars 1983

Épisode 21 - Don't Rock the Boat

28 avril 1983

The wedding of Henry's lifelong friend to a young Las Vegas showgirl upsets the groom's sons from his previous marriage.

Épisode 22 - Family Business

5 mai 1983

Épisode 1 - The Enemy Above

7 avril 1984

Épisode 2 - Making Mountains Out of Molehills

14 avril 1984

Épisode 3 - Just Another Pretty Face

21 avril 1984

Épisode 4 - Home Is Where the Bart Is

28 avril 1984

Épisode 5 - High Infidelity

5 mai 1984

Épisode 6 - Son of the Groom

12 mai 1984

Épisode 7 - Witness for the Persecution

19 mai 1984

Épisode 8 - Henry Draws a Blank

26 mai 1984

Épisode 9 - Shipmates

2 juin 1984

Épisode 10 - Is There a Doctor in the House?

9 juin 1984

Épisode 11 - High and Inside

16 juin 1984

Épisode 12 - The Runaway

23 juin 1984

Épisode 13 - The Graduates

14 juillet 1984

Épisode 14 - Goodbye, Mr. Chip

21 juillet 1984

Épisode 15 - No Patsy, This Kelly

6 octobre 1984

Épisode 16 - Hawaii Five-8

13 octobre 1984

Épisode 17 - Quick on the Draw

27 octobre 1984

Épisode 18 - The Missing Fink

3 novembre 1984

Épisode 19 - The Sound of Mother

10 novembre 1984

Épisode 20 - The Return of Mr. Wonderful

17 novembre 1984

Épisode 21 - Divorce Chicago Style

24 novembre 1984

Épisode 22 - Cinderella Update

1 décembre 1984

Épisode 23 - Henry Bites the Big Apple

8 décembre 1984

Épisode 1 - Drawing Room

2 février 1985

Épisode 2 - Nearly Departed

9 février 1985

Épisode 3 - My Son, the PhD

16 février 1985

Épisode 4 - All in a Day's Unemployment

23 février 1985

Épisode 5 - Devereaux & Son

2 mars 1985

Épisode 6 - And Baby Makes Two

4 mai 1985

Épisode 7 - Reconcilable Differences

11 mai 1985

Épisode 8 - The Two Faces of Muriel

18 mai 1985

Épisode 9 - No Mas, Monroe

25 mai 1985

Épisode 10 - For Every Man, There's Two Women

20 juillet 1985

Épisode 11 - Finders Keepers

27 juillet 1985

Épisode 12 - These Stupid Things Remind Me of You

3 août 1985

Épisode 13 - Terms of Endangerment

28 septembre 1985

Épisode 14 - The British are Coming, The British are Coming

5 octobre 1985

Épisode 15 - No Deposit, No Return

12 octobre 1985

Épisode 16 - Off and Running

19 octobre 1985

Épisode 17 - Accused, Confused and Abused

26 octobre 1985

Épisode 18 - Arrivederci, Jackie

2 novembre 1985

Épisode 19 - Ars Gratia Iris

9 novembre 1985

Épisode 20 - Henry Enters the '80's

16 novembre 1985

Épisode 21 - Freddie Loves it, We Love It, You're Cancelled

23 novembre 1985

Épisode 1 - Henry's Change of Life

5 avril 1986

Épisode 2 - Front Page Monroe

12 avril 1986

Épisode 3 - Four is a Crowd

19 avril 1986

Épisode 4 - Ho-Ho Ho Chi Henry

26 avril 1986

Épisode 5 - Miss Marin Bugler

3 mai 1986

Épisode 6 - Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler

10 mai 1986

Épisode 7 - Bedtime for Henry

17 mai 1986

Épisode 8 - Educating Lisa

24 mai 1986

Épisode 9 - Henry's Novel Solution

31 mai 1986

Épisode 10 - Henry Gets Taken for a Ride

7 juin 1986

Épisode 11 - Late, Great Herbert Maxwell

12 juillet 1986

Épisode 12 - Muriel's Fish Story

19 juillet 1986

Épisode 13 - Ya Gotta Have Heart

27 septembre 1986

Épisode 14 - Monroe's Critical Condition

4 octobre 1986

Épisode 15 - Cyrano Henry

11 octobre 1986

Épisode 16 - Family Fued

18 octobre 1986

Épisode 17 - Rock Around Henry

1 novembre 1986

Épisode 18 - Herb Kiss, Henry Tells

8 novembre 1986

Épisode 19 - Believing is Seeing

15 novembre 1986

Épisode 20 - Acropolis Now

22 novembre 1986

Épisode 21 - Presenting Buddy Ficus

31 janvier 1987

Épisode 22 - Lisa Goes Lottery Loco

7 février 1987