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TV-14
ABC
Sep 22, 1991

TV-14
ABC
Sep 22, 1991

Summary Meet the Thatchers, Drew, Libby, Becca, and Corky. Corky suffers from Down Syndrome. The show dealt with many issues. Some of which included drinking, sex, and HIV in the third season when Becca started dating a man that was HIV positive. Drew also had a daughter from a previous marriage, whose name was Paige.

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Directed By: Michael Lange

Written By: Michael Nankin

TV-14
ABC
Sep 22, 1991

TV-14
ABC
Sep 22, 1991

S3 • Episode 1

Toast

Air Date: Sep 22, 1991

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Summary Meet the Thatchers, Drew, Libby, Becca, and Corky. Corky suffers from Down Syndrome. The show dealt with many issues. Some of which included drinking, sex, and HIV in the third season when Becca started dating a man that was HIV positive. Drew also had a daughter from a previous marriage, whose name was Paige.

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Episode 1 • Sep 22, 1991

The Thatchers toast the reopening their newly-renovated Glen Brook Grill, but their dreams go up in smoke when the restaurant burns down and Corky finds himself at fault.

Episode 2 • Sep 29, 1991

While the Thatchers rise from the ashes of the restaurant, Becca prepares to take wing for Paris in a student-exchange program, and Paige and Corky go hunting for jobs.

Episode 3 • Oct 6, 1991

Out of the Mainstream

Corky is nearly swamped when he tries to help Tyler's brother Donny, who also has Down's, mainstream at Marshall High. Meanwhile, Tyler's difficulty adjusting to a repeat of his senior year causes friction between him and Becca.

Episode 4 • Oct 13, 1991

The new order of Libby as the primary breadwinner and Drew as the homemaker creates new strains in their marriage that scares Corky into thinking that they might divorce.

Episode 5 • Oct 20, 1991

Becca is about to have her Sweet 16, which might go sour when she wants to take her relationship with Tyler to the next level, to Drew's dismay. Meanwhile, Corky opens his own checking account.

Episode 6 • Nov 3, 1991

Life After Death

Becca is devastated to learn that Jesse has tested HIV-positive, and during a scuffle between him and Tyler, she blurts out in front of everyone that he has AIDS. When word gets out, new PTA President Libby is pitted in the middle.

Episode 7 • Nov 10, 1991

Libby's vivacious cousin Gaby breezes in from Sicily like a whirlwind, touching everyone's lives and leaving Libby turning green with envy.

Episode 8 • Nov 17, 1991

Invasion of the Thatcher Snatchers

After seeing a B-movie called "Body Snatchers From Venus", Corky imagines that his family is turning into Venusians.

Episode 9 • Nov 24, 1991

Loaded Question

After the Thatcher household is burglarized, suspicions center on Paige's African-American acquaintance, Drew and Libby debate over having a gun.

Episode 10 • Dec 1, 1991

Corky takes a tumble for the new assistant manager while Becca is torn between Tyler, who isn't over her; and Jesse, who goes in search for the girl who infected him with HIV.

Episode 11 • Dec 15, 1991

The Smell of Fear

Christmas brings anxieties to all, with Drew reopening the grill; Libby in charge of the holiday show; but most of all to Becca, who fears the worst when Jesse is hospitalized with pneumonia.

Episode 12 • Jan 5, 1992

Struck by Lightning

The Thatcher home is struck by lightning which results in Corky predicting the future, Arnold the dog running away, Becca with a major static problem in her hair, Drew attracted to another woman, and Paige enchanted by the boss' son.

Episode 13 • Jan 19, 1992

Jerry's dad shows up at the ad agency and starts pushing him around, so he quits and starts to help "run" the grill, much to Drew's annoyance.

Episode 14 • Feb 9, 1992

Becca, Libby, and Paige have entered the "man zone" as they tear down a wall in the Thatcher house to reveal another room and the mementos left behind.

Episode 15 • Feb 16, 1992

An ordinary graffiti-covered wall that the students are ordered to repaint becomes a symbol of the future for Jesse as he waits for his medical test results. Meanwhile, Corky finds an abandoned baby in the theatre.

Episode 16 • Feb 23, 1992

Jesse gets hired to work as a waiter at Drew's place, but declining patronage forces Drew to let him go; however, later they bond over their love of blues music.

Episode 17 • Mar 1, 1992

Libby writes a fairy tale about Corky who later enters it in a contest. Libby then gets an offer to get it printed as a children's book, but in a rewritten form.

Episode 18 • Mar 15, 1992

Hearts & Flowers

Inspired by her grandparents' upcoming 50th wedding anniversary, Becca proposes to Jesse, and he agrees, but then they think twice. Meanwhile, Kenny wants Paige to marry him, but Paige isn't so sure.

Episode 19 • Mar 29, 1992

Corky's Romance

Romance blossoms between Corky and Amanda, a girl with Albinism-related Down Syndrome, but her parents nip it in the bud. Elsewhere, Jerry sponsors Becca in a need-based scholarship contest.

Episode 20 • Apr 26, 1992

More Than Friends

Drew and Libby leave the kids in charge of the house and they decide to have a party--which is crashed by Tyler and his college frat buddies.

Episode 21 • May 3, 1992

In the aftermath of the car accident, Corky is still rendered mute while Becca grapples with guilt and grief over Tyler's death. Meanwhile, Paige bonds with Michael while they're locked in a refrigerated room.

Episode 22 • May 10, 1992

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