Dear John
1988–1992
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- Production
Paramount TelevisionEd Weinberger Productions
Seasons
Season 1
- E1 Pilot John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)
- E2 Ralph's Curse
- E3 Hello/Goodbye A young man claims to be John' son.
- E4 The Younger Girl John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
- E5 Matthew's Dilemma John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
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E6
Dear Mike
- E7 Politics as Usual
- E8 Dancing in the Dark
- E9 Was It Good for Me?
- E10 Honest John
- E11 The Return of Ricky
- E12 Dream Babe
- E13 Stand by Your Man
- E14 Love and Marriage
- E15 For a Friend
- E16 The Second Time Around
- E17 The Last Dance
- E18 Sisters Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
- E19 Gone Camping On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
- E20 Margo The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
- E21 Friends and Lovers
- E22 Bound for Gloria
Season 2
- E1 A New Leash on Life
- E2 The Other Group
- E3 Ralph's Second Chance Blomlika, the bride who skipped out on Ralph at their wedding reception, bounds back into his life, eager to pick up where they left off 14 months before.
- E4 John's Blind Date After one night with John, a flight attendant is ready to fly with him forever. (TV Guide)
- E5 The Secret of Success Ralph peddles a book promoting the power of positivity, which John could use, but won't, to publish his poetry. (TV Guide)
- E6 The British Are Coming Unwed mother Louise needs a hubby to present to her strait-laced father---and gets more help than she can handle. (TV Guide)
- E7 Something on the Side (aka Mike's Other Girl)
- E8 Fathers Know Best
- E9 The Dilemma with Emma
- E10 Kate, a Date & Fate
- E11 Honolulu Baby It's the second anniversary of the day John's wife left him (DJ Day), and the group is concerned because John is binging on junk food. Mrs. Philbert is preparing to attend her 60th high school anniversary, her first because she was always afraid of meeting her former fiance, Lloyd, and her best friend, Clara, who eloped together. John is deputized to escort her to New Jersey, where Lloyd and Clara show up after all -- so Mrs. Philbert introduces him as her fiance, invites them back to ""their"" place, and sets about seducing Lloyd with her patented technique: playing ""Honolulu Baby"" on the ukelele.
- E12 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do John's relationship with his new lady would be just great were it not for her daughter, who thinks all her mother's dates are grown-up dweebs. (TV Guide)
- E13 Kirk's Problem Attractive newcomer Mary Beth brings out the worst in Kirk, and it's much worse than even he imagined. (TV Guide)
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E14
John's Friend
- E15 Unwelcome to the Club An ex-con wants to join the group, and no one wants to say no to a killer whose temper is triggered by rejection. (TV Guide)
- E16 Some Nights to Remember
- E17 John's New Job (1) John's going to kick himself if he can't find the cash to send Matthew to Europe for a soccer tourney. (TV Guide)
- E18 John's New Job (2) John discovers his wonderful new job has a catch: the ex-student who got it for him expects a more intimate form of thanks. (Part 2 of 2)
- E19 Babyface John, Kirk and Ralph give new meaning to ""change the baby"" when Louise leaves Nigel in their care. (TV Guide)
- E20 John's Night Out Afraid he's becoming a support-group addict, John takes a night off to wing it on his own. (TV Guide)
- E21 True Confessions The group throws a surprise birthday party for Kirk, but the surprise is on them. (TV Guide)
- E22 To John with Love John basks in the adulation Mary Beth lavishes on him for helping her write an article.
- E23 Aunt Red Kate chooses John as her nephew's role model—but the boy prefers Kirk.
- E24 No More Mr. Nice Guy
Season 3
- E1 Pretty Man John goes on a blind double-date with Kirk, and finds himself mistaken for a professional escort.
- E2 And Baby Makes Four (1) John hopes for a reconciliation whe his ex-wife Wendy says she wants another child—but she only wants her sperm.
- E3 And Baby Makes Four (2) Feeling pressured and rushed, John breaks into the insemination clinc to retrieve his sperm.
- E4 A Priest's Story John tries to mediate a fight over a woman between Kirk and his amazingly similar brother—a priest.
- E5 That's Big of Me A new member proposes to both Kate and Louise.
- E6 Hot Lips Lacey John sort of fulfills his dream of playing clarinet at Carnegie Hall.
- E7 Hole in One At her aunt's funeral, Kate confronts her ex-husband Blake, a cad nonetheless loved by the rest of her family.
- E8 The Blunder Years John seeks a reunion with famous adventure author Jessica Stone, whom he recalls in flashbacks as the great love of his youth.
- E9 Down and Out in Rego Park Despite interruptions by a newly svelte woman from Overeaters Anonymous (new recurring guest Olivia Brown), the groups tries to heer up Mary Beth, who's lost her job.
- E10 Homeward Bound John wants his aging mother to move in with him.
- E11 Matter of Trust (1) John's job is jeopardized and the group disbands after a tabloid links him to a promiscuous movie star. (Part 1 of 2)
- E12 Matter of Trust (2)
- E13 Molly and Me Ralph falls for a married fellow toll-taker.
- E14 Love Stories (1) John meets a pretty periodontist, Kate a suave South American, and Kirk his fiesty match. (Part 1 of 2)
- E15 Love Stories (2) Jackie agrees to live with Kirk, under exacting conditions; Louse gets a date with her IRS auditor. (Part 2 of 2)
- E16 Love Stories (3) Everyone gets dumped except Ralph; John's ex-wife Wendy brings news of a new baby. (Part 3 of 3)
- E17 John and Kirk's Excellent Adventure Kirk loses John's antique watch to a pretty thief.
- E18 The Poet (1) When John's college poetry teacher visits, he steals some of John's poems for a book. Meanwhile, the group preps for a talent show.
- E19 The Poet (2) John huddles with the group members over whether to expose the former professor who plagaarized his poems. (Part 2 of 2)
- E20 Louise, the Hero After they learn she'd been institutionalized, the groups scoffs at Louise's claim she can save the financiall strapped center.
- E21 Matthew and the Baby John tries getting his son Matthew to discuss his hurt feelings about the baby his mom and John are having.
- E22 John's Week Off John is stranded in remove Hawaiian airports after buying a discount ticket from Kirk; Alejandro proposes to Kate.
Season 4
- E1 Brothers Kirk convinces John they're long-lost brothers, and moves in with him.
- E2 Kirk's Ex-wife Kirk goes into hiding when the group discovers his wife left him for another woman.
- E3 Kate's Cop Kate faces her fear of intimacy by dating the cop who takes the report when the group is held at gunpoint.
- E4 Whose Soap Opera Is It Anyway?
- E5 Hello, Annie
- E6 Lust & Death
- E7 The Bachelor Shower John and Kirk's windfall at an automated bank teller comes to light at a police officer's bachelor party.
- E8 I Do, Baby (1) Kirk claims there is good reason to terminate Kate's wedding plans; John has trouble at childbirth class.
- E9 I Do, Baby (2)
- E10 Once I Had a Secret Love Louise confesses to an affair with a club member.
- E11 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas John unwittingly hires a Santa Claus with problems for a Christmas party at the day-care center.
- E12 Do the Wrong Thing
- E13 The Big Payday
- E14 John's Divided Heart Scriptwriter Mary Beth sees John's problems as soap-opera fodder for her show ""The Divided Heart.""
- E15 Who's Who John is suddenly willing to take risks after a near-death experience in an elevator.
- E16 Poor John (1) Lack of funds clouds John's ski weekend with a new flame. (Part 1 of 1)
- E17 Poor John (2) John overextends his credit to impress his new girlfriend. (Part 2 of 2)
- E18 The Write Stuff John tries his hand at soap opera scripts.
- E19 Heartburn and Heartache A doctor links John's stomach pain to Kirk.
- E20 Adult Education Kirk finally gets his high school diploma.
- E21 Freddy's Back John babysits his boss's parrot.
- E22 The Nightmare Continues Louise encourages the group to tackle their relationship problems through creative visualization.
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