Eight Is Enough

Season 5 - Eight Is Enough

• Season 5 Episode 22: Father Knows Best? (1981) Jeremy's father wants him back; David attends his high-school reunion.
• Season 5 Episode 21: Goals (1981) A shoulder injury ends Merle's baseball career; Mary has an unwelcome suitor.
• Season 5 Episode 20: Starting Over (1981) David and Janet try to reconcile; Jeremy finds a skull in the yard.
• Season 5 Episode 19: The Idolbreaker (1981) Ellen miscarries; Joannie envies an attractive reporter; Jeremy's birthday.
• Season 5 Episode 18: The Idolbreaker (1981) A former girlfriend says she is pregnant just as Tommy is about to leave on a road tour.
• Season 5 Episode 17: Yet Another Seven Days in February (1981) If his daughter can be lead singer, a radio-station owner will promote Tommy's band.
• Season 5 Episode 16: The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento (1981) Joannie organizes local talent for a telethon -- beginning with the Bradfords.
• Season 5 Episode 15: If the Glass Slipper Fits (1981) A lucrative modeling assignment requires Nancy to pose seminude.
• Season 5 Episode 14: The Way We Were (1981) Ernie dates Tommy's old flame; David moves into a singles complex.
• Season 5 Episode 13: Vows (1981) Bradford and Abby renew their vows; David and Janet separate.
• Season 5 Episode 12: David's Rib (1981) Janet's client wants to raze an opera house David is renovating.
• Season 5 Episode 11: Second Thoughts (1981) Joannie falls for a co-worker; model Nancy copes with fame.
• Season 5 Episode 10: Darlene Dilemma (1981) Jeremy falls for a flirtatious, manipulative girl.
• Season 5 Episode 9: Bradfordgate (1981) Bradford gets a political appointment; undercover Joannie can't get a date.
• Season 5 Episode 8: Strike (1980) Bradford must cross a picket line; Nicholas starts a barter system.
• Season 5 Episode 7: The Maltese Airline Bag (1980) Nicholas' first delivery-service customer entrusts him with a bag of money.
• Season 5 Episode 6: Holly (1980) Tommy falls for an older woman; Jeremy cuts classes.
• Season 5 Episode 5: Generations (1980) Joan's parents visit for the first time since her death and immediately dislike Abby.
• Season 5 Episode 4: Welcome to Memorial, Dr. Bradford (1980) Abby is a counselor at an inner-city school; Bradford's driver's license expires.
• Season 5 Episode 3: Jeremy (1980) Abby's rebellious, orphan nephew alienates the Bradfords.
• Season 5 Episode 2: And Baby Makes Nine (1980) When Merle is called to the major league, Susan keeps pregnancy complications to herself.
• Season 5 Episode 1: And Baby Makes Nine (1980) Susan has an emergency caesarian; Elizabeth moves back home.

Season 4 - Eight Is Enough

• Season 4 Episode 27: Finally Grad Night (1980) Abby and Tom enjoy a night out while Tommy hosts a few friends for a graduation celebration; Nicholas calls Tommy for help.
• Season 4 Episode 26: A Little Triangle (1980) Nancy befriends a widower's young daughter but takes no romantic interest in the father; Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service.
• Season 4 Episode 25: Roll Over Bradford (1980) Aunt Vivian arrives with a new fiance; Tommy wants to skip college to be a professional musician.
• Season 4 Episode 24: A Matter of Mentors (1980) Joanie works with another reporter on a big story; Nicholas takes a beating from a big girl; Tommy manages family finances for a month.
• Season 4 Episode 23: Official Positions (1980) Abby and Tom decide to co-author his book; Merle tries to coach Mary, Joanie, Janet, Elizabeth and Nancy for a charity basketball game.
• Season 4 Episode 22: Memories (1980) Abby needs time alone after a visit from her dead husband's friend stirs up old memories; trusting Nancy lends money to her siblings.
• Season 4 Episode 21: Bradford vs. Bradford (1980) Tom counsels David while Abby counsels Janet when David becomes jealous of Janet's close working relationship with a male colleague.
• Season 4 Episode 20: The Return of Joe Simons (1980) A con man who helped Nicholas when he ran away to San Diego shows up for a visit; an older woman in the office makes a play for Tom.
• Season 4 Episode 18: The Commitment (1980) The Bradfords give Susan a baby shower; Tommy gives Jill his class ring; Nicholas plays Cyrano for a friend.
• Season 4 Episode 17: Semi-Centennial Bradford (1980) Nicholas helps Merle choose a name for the baby; Tom has anxiety over turning 50.
• Season 4 Episode 16: The Courage to Be (1980) Tommy tries to help his friend and fellow band member deal with an alcohol problem; the Bradfords hire a male maid.
• Season 4 Episode 15: My Son, the Prom Queen (1980) After Tommy loses a gig to an all-female rock band, he decides to run for prom queen.
• Season 4 Episode 14: Mary, He's Married (1980) Mary falls for a married man; Joanie wants to make a documentary film on her family.
• Season 4 Episode 13: Brotherhood, Sisterhood (1979) Elizabeth tries to meet a nice guy; David hires Tommy; Nicholas spends the day with Tom at the office.
• Season 4 Episode 12: Arrivals (1979) Abby, Joanie, Mary and Tom try to cheer a pregnant Susan who has reconciled herself to divorce if Merle doesn't try to win her back.
• Season 4 Episode 11: Separate Ways (1979) Susan returns to the Bradford household after a spat with Merle; Nicholas goes on strike for more allowance money.
• Season 4 Episode 10: Letter to One Bradford (1979) Susan and Merle adjust to marriage; Nancy escorts a Chinese client out on the town; Nicholas receives a chain letter.
• Season 4 Episode 9: Fathers and Other Strangers (1979) Tom reluctantly reunites with his father as the rest of the family enjoys Hawaii.
• Season 4 Episode 8: Fathers and Other Strangers (1979) Tom's sister Vivian offers to take the Bradfords on a Hawaiian vacation after she learns her long-lost father is living there.
• Season 4 Episode 7: Big Shoes, Little Feet (1979) Nicholas takes comfort from Abby when he tries to live up to a teacher's expectations of him because he is a Bradford.
• Season 4 Episode 6: The Night They Raided Bradfords (1979) Merle's sister arrives from the farm for a visit and misunderstands the chaotic events at the Bradford household.
• Season 4 Episode 5: The Devil and Mr. Bradford (1979) Joanie's new job as an investigative reporter leads her to a story on a local porno theater.
• Season 4 Episode 4: Ten Ships in the Night (1979) Tom tries to bring order to chaos when everyone's activities keep the Bradford house bustling round the clock.
• Season 4 Episode 3: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (1979) Merle and Susan move up their wedding date and it falls on the same day David and Janet have picked.
• Season 4 Episode 2: The Cupid Crisis (1979) Nicholas acts as go-between when Merle decides to propose to Susan while David tries to win back Janet.
• Season 4 Episode 1: Merle the Pearl (1979) Nicholas tries to impress a new girl by introducing her to Merle 'the Pearl' a local baseball star; Merle falls for Susan.

Season 3 - Eight Is Enough

• Season 3 Episode 28: Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1979) David and his traveling companion Linda get involved in a hang gliding competition.
• Season 3 Episode 27: Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1979) After David and Janet announce their engagment he sets out on a cross-country trip; Tom sells a short story to 'Man's Man' magazine.
• Season 3 Episode 26: The Graduates (1979) After pulling a prank Elizabeth is banned from her high school graduation where Tom delivers the commencement address; anxious Joanie graduates from college.
• Season 3 Episode 25: The Final Days (1979) The Bradfords study for finals; Elizabeth must hire a band for the Senior Prom; Tom's article praising youth draws fire from a senior citizen.
• Season 3 Episode 24: Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers (1979) David starts his own construction business; Joanie gets involved with a local drama critic who Tom dislikes.
• Season 3 Episode 23: The Better Part of Valor (1979) Abby substitute teaches at Tommy's school; the star basketball player flunks Abby's test.
• Season 3 Episode 22: The Kid Who Came to Dinner (1979) Nicholas befriends Bobby, a boy in foster care; Abby's friend and his wife consider adopting Bobby.
• Season 3 Episode 21: Best of Friends (1979) Though he is not the father, Tommy offers to marry a pregnant friend; Nicholas' lemonade stand faces competition down the block.
• Season 3 Episode 20: Just the Ten of Us (1979) David and Janet's decision to cohabit prevents Tom from becoming 'Father of the Year.'
• Season 3 Episode 19: Horror Story (1979) On a stormy night as Joannie watches the movie 'Psycho' Nancy's blind date, a Tony Perkins look-alike, arrives.
• Season 3 Episode 18: Inlaws and Outlaws (1979) Abby's divorcing parents visit the Bradfords; the girls' apartment rent is raised forcing them to move home.
• Season 3 Episode 17: Mother's Rule (1979) In an effort to keep the remaining children at home, Tom lifts all house rules and curfews.
• Season 3 Episode 16: Moving Out (1979) Nancy, Susan and Joanie move out of the Bradford home into an apartment; Tom tries to accept that his daughters are growing up.
• Season 3 Episode 15: The Yearning Point (1979) Aspiring-dancer Elizabeth tries to win a scholarship to the college of her choice; Tommy tries to earn extra money by scalping concert tickets.
• Season 3 Episode 14: Alone at Last (1978) Wanting some time to be alone, Tom and Abby send the kids on a weekend camping trip.
• Season 3 Episode 13: You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1978) In San Diego, runaway Nicholas partners with an old con man who schemes to reunite the boy with his family in Sacramento.
• Season 3 Episode 12: You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1978) The family prepares to celebrate Tom and Abby's first anniversary; Nicholas runs away after accidentally starting a fire.
• Season 3 Episode 11: All the Vice-President's Men (1978) Nicholas invites the Vice-President of the United States to spend Thanksgiving with the Bradfords.
• Season 3 Episode 10: The War Between the Bradfords (1978) The Bradford family wages a battle of the sexes.
• Season 3 Episode 9: Fast and Loose (1978) David goes on a self-destructive path of behavior after the death of a close friend; Nicholas adopts a stray cat.
• Season 3 Episode 8: The Hipbone Connected to the Thighbone (1978) Susan and Nancy teach Tommy to drive; Mary moves out to study for her medical exams.
• Season 3 Episode 7: Cops and Toddlers (1978) After failing her test to become a cop Susan helps Nancy with her day-care charges.
• Season 3 Episode 6: The Flunked and the Funked (1978) Nancy decides to leave school and get a job; phone-prankster Nicholas gets a dose of his own medicine.
• Season 3 Episode 5: Milk and Sympathy (1978) Nicholas's crush on his teacher spurs him to buy her self-portrait; Tommy develops trenchmouth before a big date.
• Season 3 Episode 4: Cinderella Understudy (1978) Understudy Joanie plays the lead in a play Tom must review; Abby's MG is stolen while Susan uses it for a date.
• Season 3 Episode 3: Oh, No ... Not Again! (1978) Abby suspects she is pregnant; the family helps Tom prepare for an IRS audit.
• Season 3 Episode 2: Nine Is Too Much (1978) After Tom quits as Nicholas' Little League coach Abby takes over the job.
• Season 3 Episode 1: Who's Crazy Here? (1978) While balancing his time between two ladies, Tom seeks a psychologist to rid himself of insomnia.

Season 2 - Eight Is Enough

• Season 2 Episode 26: Who's on First? (1978) Joanie enlists the family to serve as the entertainment at a benefit; Nicholas thinks he has seen a UFO.
• Season 2 Episode 25: Poor Little Rich Girl (1978) David falls for the daughter of a wealthy man; Tom helps Nicholas build a Soapbox racer.
• Season 2 Episode 24: The Lost Weekend (1978) The kids throw a party while Tom and Abby are away for the weekend.
• Season 2 Episode 23: Long Night's Journey Into Day (1978) Abby suffers a concussion and the family keeps her awake to prevent her from lapsing into a coma.
• Season 2 Episode 22: Great Expectations (1978) Tom puts pressure on Tommy to do better in English with disastrous results.
• Season 2 Episode 21: The Boyfriend (1978) Susan becomes jealous of her boyfriend working with Abby; Nicholas is appointed household water commissioner.
• Season 2 Episode 20: Seven Days in February (1980) Tommy gets fixed-up with the niece of Tom's friend; Nancy decides to go to Africa with her archaeologist friend during winter break.
• Season 2 Episode 19: Hard Hats and Hard Heads (1978) David quits his construction job; Tommy goes out for football; the girls diet.
• Season 2 Episode 18: Dear Miss Dinah (1977) Tom takes over the advice column at the paper; Abby wants to be a better homemaker.
• Season 2 Episode 17: Much Ado About Garbage (1978) Tom has trouble with his garbage service, which prompts him to write a column about the subject.
• Season 2 Episode 16: Author, Author (1978) Tom takes a leave of absence from the newspaper to write a book about his family.
• Season 2 Episode 15: A Hair of the Dog (1978) Tommy borrows David's apartment to throw a party; the kids give Tom a day of peace for his birthday.
• Season 2 Episode 14: Yes, Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus, Part II (1977) The family celebrates the true meaning of Christmas; Tommy receives a special gift.
• Season 2 Episode 13: Yes, Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus, Part I (1977) The Bradford family's Christmas is disrupted when all the presents are stolen.
• Season 2 Episode 12: The Return of Auntie V (1977) Tom's sister Vivian returns and decides that the Bradfords need a new house.
• Season 2 Episode 11: All's Fair in Love and War (1977) Tom's military buddy recruits locally, to Mary's dismay; one of Tommy's money-making schemes backfires.
• Season 2 Episode 10: I Quit (1977) The family accompanies Tom and Abby on their honeymoon; Abby uses her influence to get Mary into medical school.
• Season 2 Episode 9: Children of the Groom, Part II (1977) Tommy can't attend his father's bachelor party; Elizabeth and Abby mend their relationship; Tom and Abby are married.
• Season 2 Episode 8: Children of the Groom, Part I (1977) The children plan Tom and Abby's wedding; memories cause a conflict for Nicholas and Elizabeth.
• Season 2 Episode 7: The Bard and the Bod (1977) Joanie lands a part in a play; Abby's ex-father-in-law visits and Abby tells him of her plans to remarry.
• Season 2 Episode 6: Dark Horse (1977) Abby and Mary clash when Mary runs for a school board seat; Tom proposes to Abby.
• Season 2 Episode 5: Mortgage Burning Blues (1977) Tom celebrates paying off the mortgage; Susan punches a heckler at David and Tommy's gig.
• Season 2 Episode 4: Double Trouble (1977) The kids' attempt to make Abby jealous of Tom backfires; Nancy enters a beauty contest.
• Season 2 Episode 3: Triangles (1977) David's roommate romances Joanie and Susan; Tom pays Nicholas too much attention.
• Season 2 Episode 2: Trial Marriage (1977) Mary's decision to move in with her boyfriend causes Tom concern; Tommy is tutored after breaking his ankle.
• Season 2 Episode 1: Is There a Doctor in the House? (1977) Doctor Maxwell moves in with the Bradfords; David tries to cover his poker losses.

Season 1 - Eight Is Enough

• Season 1 Episode 9: The Gipper Caper (1977) Tom's dentist challenges the family to a touch football game.
• Season 1 Episode 8: Hit and Run (1977) Joanie has a fender-bender; Elizabeth makes three dates for the prom.
• Season 1 Episode 7: V Is for Vivian (1977) Tom's sister encourages the kids to follow their dreams.
• Season 1 Episode 6: Quarantine (1977) The Bradford household is quarantined when Nancy's boyfriend comes down with a mysterious ailment.
• Season 1 Episode 5: Turnabout (1977) Tom forbids David to bring his date, an older woman and Dr. Maxwell's political opponent, to an anniversary party.
• Season 1 Episode 4: Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory (1977) Tommy's date stands him up; David and Tom cancel an annual duck hunt.
• Season 1 Episode 3: Pieces of Eight (1977) While Tom is acting as editor in chief, the printers go on strike.
• Season 1 Episode 2: Schussboomer (1977) Mary's pregnant friend is against marriage; Susan takes a ski trip with a man.
• Season 1 Episode 1: Never Try Eating Nectarines as Juice May Dispense (1977) Tom learns the importance of family relationships when David (Mark Hamill) moves out.