Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.
Season 4 Episodes
E1
Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player. Nicholas is upset that his young girlf…
E2
David returns and is determined to win Janet back from her new boyfriend. Merle confides to Nicholas that he wants to…
E3
David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan decided to move up the wedding da…
E4
Chaos hits the Bradford house when everyone's activities go around the clock. In order to get her Ph.D. more quickly,…
E5
Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, comes from the farm and visits the Bradford…
E6
Joannie gets a job in the research department of a TV station. Mary finds a hidden home pregnancy test and tries to find…
E7
Three Bradfords struggle to meet the expectations of others: Nicholas turns truant to escape the long shadow of his sibl…
E8
Tom's sister Vivian sweeps into town with an offer to take the entire family on vacation to Hawaii, where she secretly p…
E9
Still in Hawaii, Tom and his father contemplate whether they can or should bother to reconcile their relationship.
E10
When Tommy is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Mary and Nicholas both feel culpable for different reasons; …
E11
The furnace is on the blink, causing a cold front in the Bradford house, but Tom dismisses Mary's offer to fix it; Susan…
E12
Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn that she is pregnant. The girls try to chee…
E13
Tom talks David into hiring Tommy as a construction worker but Tommy has to prove himself to his fellow workers by stand…
E14
Joannie tries to convince her boss that she is ready for more responsibility at work. Joannie wants to do a documentary …
E15
Upset that an all girl band was chosen to play at prom, Tommy protests by running for prom queen. Joannie pushes her …
E16
Tom is upset that everyone is neglecting their household duties so Abby and the kids pool their resources to hire a maid…
E17
Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of teh youth movement at work and believes th…
E18
Tommy is upset when Jill's idea of a commitment is not the same as his and then misinterprets signals from Mary's friend…
E19
It's winter break and Joannie, Nancy, and Mary meet strange men that drive Tom and Abby crazy. Tom fixes Tommy up wit…
E20
Tom's new temporary secretary is overly attentive. Joe Simons, the con man who helped Nicholas return from San Diego,…
E21
Ernie misreads Elizabeth's friendly gestures. David is jealous that Janet is working long hours with a male colleague…
E22
Abby needs time to deal with memories of her late husband after a fellow prisoner of war shows up in Sacramento. She wor…
E23
Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team. Tom is jealous when a publisher offers to publish Abby's thes…
E24
Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss will be expecting a favor in return. Joa…
E25
Tom is upset that Tommy hasn't sent in any college applications but Tommy wants to be a musician and is not interested i…
E26
Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service. Nancy falls in love with the 5-year-old daughter of the young widower she is d…
E27
Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small party after graduation. Nicholas and Irv…
Cast
