9 to 5 is an American sitcom based on the 1980 film of the same name, that aired originally aired on ABC and later in syndication. 9 to 5 features Rachel Dennison, Dolly Parton's younger sister, in Parton's role of Doralee Rhodes; Rita Moreno portrayed the Lily Tomlin role of Violet Newstead, and Valerie Curtin took the Jane Fonda role of Judy Bernly. In the truncated third season, Curtin's Judy Bernly was replaced with Leah Ayres as secretary Linda Bowman. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers replaced Moreno, and Curtin returned as Judy. 9 to 5 premiered on March 25, 1982, and ended on March 26, 1988, with a total of 85 episodes over the course of 5 seasons. The season 3 episodes "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Pillow Talk" never aired.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 4 | March 25, 1982 | April 15, 1982 | ABC | |
| 2 | 22 | September 28, 1982 | May 10, 1983 | ||
| 3 | 7 | September 29, 1983 | October 27, 1983 | ||
| 4 | 26 | September 13, 1986 | March 28, 1987 | Syndication | |
| 5 | 26 | September 13, 1987 | March 26, 1988 | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (1982)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "New Kid on the Block" | Noam Pitlik |
Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser | March 25, 1982 | 1U01 |
| Violet and Judy suspect a new secretary has been hired for her physical attributes. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Herassment" | Noam Pitlik | Larry Balmagia | April 1, 1982 | 1U03 |
| An image change for Judy works too well and attracts the amorous Mr. Hart. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The China Sin-Drome" | Nell Cox | Debra Frank, Scott Rubenstein | April 8, 1982 | 1U02 |
|
Hart's chance to land a big contract in Taiwan hinges on whether Doralee is willing to go along as part of the package. The title is a pun on the 1979 Jane Fonda film The China Syndrome. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Secretary" | Hy Averback | Larry Balmagia | April 15, 1982 | 1U04 |
| Violet risks her job when she refuses to take a polygraph test ordered by Hart. | ||||||
Season 2 (1982–83)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | "The Loverwear Party" | Michael Zinberg | Wendy Kout, Michele Willens | September 28, 1982 | 2C01 |
|
Violet decides to supplement her income by selling erotic apparel but Roz mistakes the coffeeroom sales conferences for union organizing. * Marian Mercer also appeared in the movie version as Missy Hart. | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | "The Security Guard" | Michael Zinberg | Dale McRaven | October 12, 1982 | 2C02 |
| Jane Fonda (who portrayed Judy in the movie) plays a cynical security guard who learns about "pink collar" life from stories the secretaries tell. | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | "Real Men Don't Make Quiche" | Michael Zinberg | Story by : Ron Bloomberg Story and teleplay by : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | October 19, 1982 | 2C04 |
| Judy mistakes the computer's power switch for the light switch, wipes out the office data, and loses her job. | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | "Dick Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | October 26, 1982 | 2C03 |
| Judy lets her estranged husband (John Larroquette) and his girlfriend stay at her place. | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | "Home is Where the Hart is" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 9, 1982 | 2C07 |
| Doralee's boyfriend (Howard Hessman) comes up from Tennessee for a visit—and won't go home without her. | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | "Don't Take My Wife, Please (aka An Affair to Forget)" | Michael Lessac | Garry Ferrier, Aubrey Tadman | November 16, 1982 | 2C09 |
| It seems that Mr. Hart has been neglecting his wife; Roz sees her at dinner with another man. | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | "The Party's Over (aka Time to Panic)" | Michael Lessac | Story by : Ron Bloomberg Teleplay by : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 23, 1982 | 2C06 |
| If the mail clerk's rumor is true, company budget cuts call for the firing of one employee, and everyone thinks they'll be the unlucky one. | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | "Temporarily Disconnected" | Michael Lessac | Teleplay by : Wendy Kout Story and teleplay by : Maxine Herman | November 30, 1982 | 2C10 |
| A chance meeting with her former in-laws leads Violet to drop her new beau like a hot potato. | ||||||
| 13 | 9 | "Hard Sell" | Michael Zinberg | Ron Bloomberg | December 7, 1982 | 2C05 |
| Harry quits the company, but Violet can't join the others in urging him to stay—she's next in line for his job. | ||||||
| 14 | 10 | "Power Failure" | Peter Bonerz | Fredric Weiss | December 14, 1982 | 2C11 |
| Felled by back spasms, Hart tells Roz to "hold down the fort" and she does—like a drill sergeant. | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | "Did it Happen One Night?" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | January 4, 1983 | 2C13 |
| A power blackout in snowbound Cleveland gives rise to some unusual survival tactics like Hart building a fire in his office. | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | "Torn Between One Lover" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Wendy Kout | January 11, 1983 | 2C14 |
| Judy invites her new racquetball partner to the apartment, unaware he's also the psychology professor Doralee is smitten with. | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | "Hex Marks the Spot" | Peter Baldwin | Gary H. Miller | January 18, 1983 | 2C15 |
| Doralee claims that the company's new toothpaste logo is the same symbol her grandmother told her was a bad luck sign. | ||||||
| 18 | 14 | "Three for the Money" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | February 1, 1983 | 2C16 |
| The secretaries each add their own personal ingredients to their food-processor demonstration as they audition for a new job. | ||||||
| 19 | 15 | "The Oldest Profession" | Peter Baldwin | Fredi Towbin | February 15, 1983 | 2C18 |
| The secretaries do moonlighting work delivering singing telegrams. Their costumes give a vice cop the wrong idea and the girls are arrested for prostitution. | ||||||
| 20 | 16 | "When Violet Gets Blue" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Marty Farrell | February 22, 1983 | 2C20 |
| Violet is offered a big promotion—after a night of romance with a visiting executive. | ||||||
| 21 | 17 | "Big Bucks" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Ron Bloomberg | March 1, 1983 | 2C19 |
| Judy learns she's being paid more than her friends and tells Mr. Hart—hoping he'll raise their salaries. | ||||||
| 22 | 18 | "I Want to Dance" | Peter Baldwin | Wendy Kout | March 15, 1983 | 2C21 |
| Violet is acting strange: waltzing in the office, sneaking into the executive steamroom, and refusing Hart's demand that she reschedule her trip to New York. | ||||||
| 23 | 19 | "Movin' On" | Michael Lessac | Gary H. Miller | March 22, 1983 | 2C23 |
| Violet has 24 hours to raise $100,000 or the bank will foreclose on her house. | ||||||
| 24 | 20 | "Eight Hours" | Peter Baldwin | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | April 12, 1983 | 2C22 |
| With their company formal just eight hours away, the secretaries rush to reproduce the reports that Hart mistakenly shredded. | ||||||
| 25 | 21 | "Off Broadway" | Michael Lessac | Ron Bloomberg | May 3, 1983 | 2C12 |
| Judy suggests that the company's products show feature live performers—the employees. | ||||||
| 26 | 22 | "The Phantom" | Peter Baldwin | Ron Friedman | May 10, 1983 | 2C17 |
| Items missing from the office suggest that a thief has been at work, so Hart teaches the women self-defense. | ||||||
Season 3 (1983)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "'Till Tomorrow Do Us Part" |
Al Jean, Michael Reiss | September 29, 1983 | 1S05 |
| Hart asks Violet to pose as his wife as a college reunion. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "The Frog Inside Prince Charming" | George Bloom | October 6, 1983 | 1S02 |
| New salesman Michael charms the secretaries, but only Violet finds the nerve to ask him out. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Mid-Wife Crisis" | Diane Wilk | October 13, 1983 | 1S01 |
| Hart is an emotional wreck after learning his wife wants a divorce, so he seeks comfort at the secretaries' apartment. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Eleven-Year Itch" | Stan Cutler | October 20, 1983 | 1S03 |
| Doralee advises 11-year-old Tommy how to kiss a girl, then innocently leaves the boy alone with Linda in the apartment. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Family Business" | Dave Hackel | October 27, 1983 | 1S07 |
| Hart hopes a new contract results from Linda's meeting with her father, an Army purchasing agent, but Linda just wants a quiet evening with her dad. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "Dag Day Afternoon" | George Bloom | November 3, 1983 | 1S04 |
| Ornery Dag Lawson intends to close the factory and fire everyone. | |||||
| 33 | 7 | "Pillow Talk" | Susan Sebastian, Diane Ayers | November 10, 1983 | 1S06 |
| The threat of competition from another firm has Hart wining and dining his rivals---and spilling a few of his own company secrets as well. | |||||
Season 4 (1986–87)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | "Reach Out and Touch Someone" | John Robins | Michael Kagan & Ava Nelson | September 13, 1986 | 4V01 |
| Marsha is stumped by the new phone system, which stumps everyone when it goes kaput. | ||||||
| 35 | 2 | "You Don't Know Me" | John Robins | Michael Kagan | September 20, 1986 | 4V04 |
| Marsha receives flowers and gifts from a secret admirer. | ||||||
| 36 | 3 | "A Date with Judy" | Tom Trbovich | Jack Carrerow & Lisa A. Bannick | September 27, 1986 | 4V05 |
| Marsha has second thoughts after suggesting that Judy go on a date with Marsha's ex-husband---particularly when the date goes well. | ||||||
| 37 | 4 | "Even Super Women Gets the Blues" | Tom Trbovich | Story by : Paul K. Taylor Teleplay by : Michael Kagan | October 4, 1986 | 4V06 |
| Sharman is voted a "Superwoman of the '80s" by a magazine, but Marsha is interviewed by the reporter when Sharman is tied up with a project. | ||||||
| 38 | 5 | "Uh, About Last Night" | Unknown | Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman | October 11, 1986 | 4V03 |
| Marsha's meeting with her estranged husband leads to a meeting of more than minds---and second thoughts about the divorce. | ||||||
| 39 | 6 | "The Party" | Tom Trbovich | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | October 18, 1986 | 4V08 |
| The staff brings a variety of dates and non-dates to the company's anniversary party. | ||||||
| 40 | 7 | "An American Dream" | Unknown | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | October 25, 1986 | 4V10 |
| The ladies tutor Morgan for his American citizenship test, while Russ gets an offer from another company. | ||||||
| 41 | 8 | "The Acid Test" | Tom Trbovich | Steve Kreinberg & Andrew Guerdat | November 1, 1986 | 4V07 |
| Judy refuses to comply with the company's drug-testing program; Bud takes up knitting to relieve stress. | ||||||
| 42 | 9 | "The Naked City" | Doug Rogers | Story by : Norm Chandler Fox Teleplay by : Jack Carrerow & Lisa A. Bannick | November 8, 1986 | 4V09 |
| Sharman takes a self-defense class after being mugged---and is subsequently charged herself with assault and battery. | ||||||
| 43 | 10 | "What's Up, Curtis?" | Doug Rogers | Steve Kreinberg & Andy Guerdat | November 15, 1986 | 4V11 |
| Doralee fears her husband's disinterest in romance means her marriage is over; Russ prepares for a trip to Central America. | ||||||
| 44 | 11 | "The Russians Are Coming" | Doug Rogers | Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubenstein | November 22, 1986 | 4V12 |
| A Soviet representative finds that business and pleasure mix, as long as both are done with Sharman. | ||||||
| 45 | 12 | "The Ghostwriter" | John Robins | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | December 6, 1986 | 4V02 |
| Judy is upset when Russ gets the credit for speeches she has written. | ||||||
| 46 | 13 | "Blue Christmas" | Doug Rogers | Jack Carrerow | December 13, 1986 | 4V15 |
| A blue Christmas may be in store since Marsha's kids are away, Doralee's husband is working and Judy is alone. | ||||||
| 47 | 14 | "Sharman Cunningham, Vice President" | Unknown | Deborah K. Scott | January 3, 1987 | 4V13 |
| Sharman is considered for a vice-presidency in the company, but would her departure also mean Marsha's? | ||||||
| 48 | 15 | "Judy's Dream" | Unknown | Duncan Scott McGibbon | January 10, 1987 | 4V14 |
| Judy seizes the opportunity when Bud is dateless for an art show. | ||||||
| 49 | 16 | "Bud Knows Best" | Doug Rogers | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | January 17, 1987 | 4V17 |
| A peculiar closeness evolves when Bud gives Marsha help with financial planning. | ||||||
| 50 | 17 | "Make Room for Corky" | Doug Rogers | Michael Kagan | January 24, 1987 | 4V18 |
| Everyone manages to have difficulty adjusting to the new office manager, a quirky fellow named Corky ( Gailard Sartain). | ||||||
| 51 | 18 | "Move Over Millie Maple" | Doug Rogers | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | January 31, 1987 | 4V16 |
| Marsha mounts a campaign to stop the ouster of Barkley Foods' trademark. | ||||||
| 52 | 19 | "Bud's Mid-Life Crisis" | Gary Shimokawa | Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman | February 7, 1987 | 4V20 |
| Bud worries that life is passing him by, while Doralee worries about collecting a debt from Marsha. | ||||||
| 53 | 20 | "She Gives Good Phone" | Doug Rogers | Joelyn Grippo | February 14, 1987 | 4V21 |
| Russ is elated at the prospect of meeting the woman he's grown to love over the phone. | ||||||
| 54 | 21 | "You're Dating My Baby" | Doug Rogers | Lisa A. Bannick | February 21, 1987 | 4V22 |
| Judy's new relationship is complicated by the fact that the man is somewhat younger than herself. | ||||||
| 55 | 22 | "The Interns" | Doug Rogers | Steve Kreinberg & Andrew Guerdat | February 28, 1987 | 4V23 |
| Two college interns make definite---and unfavorable---impressions. | ||||||
| 56 | 23 | "From Here to Kingdom Come" | Doug Rogers | Jeffrey Sachs | March 7, 1987 | 4V24 |
| Judy counsels a newly fired employee, who takes to heart her advice to become more aggressive. | ||||||
| 57 | 24 | "Look But Don't Touch" | Gary Shimokawa | Jack Carrerow | March 14, 1987 | 4V25 |
| Doralee's assignment working for Bud's boss turns into a touchy situation. | ||||||
| 58 | 25 | "The Big Game" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by : Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman Teleplay by : Michael Kagan | March 21, 1987 | 4V26 |
| Judy and Russ beg coach Bud for positions on the company softball team before a big game with a business rival. | ||||||
| 59 | 26 | "Love and Death" | Gary Shimokawa | Michael Kagan | March 28, 1987 | 4V19 |
| Marsha's first date in 16 years ends abruptly. | ||||||
Season 5 (1987–88)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [1] |
Prod. code [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 1 | "Meet Mr. Felb" | Unknown | Unknown | September 12, 1987 | 4X28 |
| Marsha fears for her job when the firm hires a new vice president, a man who has no scruples---but does have an eye for the ladies. | ||||||
| 61 | 2 | "Barkley's Beauties" | Unknown | Unknown | September 19, 1987 | 4X30 |
| When Barkley Foods decides to have a contest to select a company spokesperson, Judy is chosen as the department's entrant---but her confidence drops when she sees another section's candidate. | ||||||
| 62 | 3 | "We're Gonna Be Rich" | Unknown | Unknown | September 26, 1987 | 4X27 |
| A broke Marsha rises to the challenge of making some extra dough: she tries to market a recipe for corn fritters. | ||||||
| 63 | 4 | "Love is Having to Say You're Sorry" | Unknown | Unknown | October 3, 1987 | 4X29 |
| Judy's work and friendships suffer when her new boyfriend takes top priority in her life. | ||||||
| 64 | 5 | "Doralee Buys the Farm" | Unknown | Unknown | October 10, 1987 | 4X32 |
| When Doralee and her husband buy a farm, Doralee discovers she has a tough row to hoe when her farm chores cause her office work to suffer. | ||||||
| 65 | 6 | "Starting Over" | Unknown | Unknown | October 17, 1987 | 4X31 |
| Marsha's self-confidence plummets when Don announces his wedding and Marsha can't get a handsome date to take to the ceremony. | ||||||
| 66 | 7 | "Mother Bernly" | Unknown | Unknown | October 24, 1987 | 4X33 |
| Judy's mother gets a job in the Barkley cafeteria and---hungry for a son-in-law---proceeds to interfere in her daughter's personal life. | ||||||
| 67 | 8 | "One of the Girls" | Unknown | Unknown | October 31, 1987 | 4X34 |
| When his old flame starts working at Barkley Foods, Bud tries to fan the fire, but the woman ( Gail Strickland), whose sexual interests have changed, wants to douse it. | ||||||
| 68 | 9 | "Morgan by Moonlight" | Unknown | Unknown | November 7, 1987 | 4X35 |
| Morgan's work performance suffers when he takes a second job to make ends meet, so the girls persuade him to demand a raise since he hasn't had one in six years. | ||||||
| 69 | 10 | "The Poker Game" | Unknown | Unknown | November 14, 1987 | 4X36 |
| Bud initially declines Felb's challenge to a poker game, but eventually folds to his gambling addiction. | ||||||
| 70 | 11 | "Marsha's Short Story" | Unknown | Unknown | November 21, 1987 | 4X37 |
| When a psychologist comes to evaluate Barkley employees everyone goes nuts and spills their guts, including short Marsha, who thinks salary is related to height. | ||||||
| 71 | 12 | "It Happened One Night" | Unknown | Unknown | December 5, 1987 | 4X38 |
| Doralee accompanies Bud on a business trip to Paris, where her luggage is lost and the two are forced to share a room---which causes rumors to fly at the office. | ||||||
| 72 | 13 | "My Fair Marsha" | Unknown | Unknown | December 12, 1987 | 4X39 |
| Marsha is courted by Mr. Barkley's son Ellison ( Douglas Barr), who tries to mold her into the perfect upper-class woman. | ||||||
| 73 | 14 | "Barkley Strikes Out" | Unknown | Unknown | December 19, 1987 | 4X10 |
| When the secretaries organize a strike, Marsha can't decide whether to follow her conscience or her pocketbook, while Doralee refuses outright to join her peers. | ||||||
| 74 | 15 | "James in Love" | Unknown | Unknown | January 9, 1988 | 4X43 |
| When the janitor gets engaged, the girls plan a coed bridal shower for his fiancée ( Mari Gorman), while the men in the office throw a macho bachelor party. | ||||||
| 75 | 16 | "The Witches of Barkley" | Unknown | Unknown | January 16, 1988 | 4X42 |
| The girls put a curse on Felb, then panic when it seems to be working. | ||||||
| 76 | 17 | "Felb Slept Here" | Unknown | Unknown | January 23, 1988 | 4X41 |
| When Felb's wife kicks him out of the house, Marsha reluctantly agrees to take him in---until the situation becomes unbearable. | ||||||
| 77 | 18 | "The Big Sleep" | Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 1988 | 4X44 |
| When Mr. Barkley dies, his daughter asks Bud to take over the company---but there's a hitch. | ||||||
| 78 | 19 | "The Custody Fight" | Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 1988 | 4X46 |
| Marsha's ex asks for joint custody of their children, but when the going gets tough, he wants the kids to get going. | ||||||
| 79 | 20 | "Strictly Personal" | Unknown | Unknown | February 13, 1988 | 4X46 |
| After hearing about how Doralee's friend met her husband through the personals, Marsha and Judy both take out ads. | ||||||
| 80 | 21 | "Play Fatal Attraction for Me" | Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 1988 | 4X47 |
| Felb's niece chooses Bud as the subject for her school thesis---and as the subject of her obsessive love. | ||||||
| 81 | 22 | "Marsha's Lie" | Unknown | Unknown | February 27, 1988 | 4X48 |
| When Felb misplaces an important report, he gets Marsha to lie for him, and a man ( Steve Landesberg) in the mailroom is demoted as a result. | ||||||
| 82 | 23 | "Felb's Big Secret" | Unknown | Unknown | March 5, 1988 | 4X49 |
| When Marsha finally meets the woman she suspects is Felb's mistress, she discovers a surprising side of her boss. | ||||||
| 83 | 24 | "Marsha Grows Up" | Unknown | Unknown | March 12, 1988 | 4X50 |
| Jealous of her ex-husband's young new wife, Marsha decides to update her image---and turns into a valley girl. | ||||||
| 84 | 25 | "Rockabye Bernly" | Unknown | Unknown | March 19, 1988 | 4X51 |
| Judy's an instant mother when an old friend pays her a brief surprise visit---and leaves her baby behind. | ||||||
| 85 | 26 | "Goodbye, Pops" | Unknown | Unknown | March 26, 1988 | 4X52 |
| Pops Dugan's funeral becomes an embarrassment when everyone realizes how little they actually knew him. Meanwhile, Felb spreads a nasty rumor about Russ. | ||||||
References
- ^ a b 9 to 5 at epguides.com
External links
- 9 to 5 at epguides.com
- 9 to 5 at IMDb
9 to 5 is an American sitcom based on the 1980 film of the same name, that aired originally aired on ABC and later in syndication. 9 to 5 features Rachel Dennison, Dolly Parton's younger sister, in Parton's role of Doralee Rhodes; Rita Moreno portrayed the Lily Tomlin role of Violet Newstead, and Valerie Curtin took the Jane Fonda role of Judy Bernly. In the truncated third season, Curtin's Judy Bernly was replaced with Leah Ayres as secretary Linda Bowman. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers replaced Moreno, and Curtin returned as Judy. 9 to 5 premiered on March 25, 1982, and ended on March 26, 1988, with a total of 85 episodes over the course of 5 seasons. The season 3 episodes "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Pillow Talk" never aired.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 4 | March 25, 1982 | April 15, 1982 | ABC | |
| 2 | 22 | September 28, 1982 | May 10, 1983 | ||
| 3 | 7 | September 29, 1983 | October 27, 1983 | ||
| 4 | 26 | September 13, 1986 | March 28, 1987 | Syndication | |
| 5 | 26 | September 13, 1987 | March 26, 1988 | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (1982)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "New Kid on the Block" | Noam Pitlik |
Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser | March 25, 1982 | 1U01 |
| Violet and Judy suspect a new secretary has been hired for her physical attributes. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Herassment" | Noam Pitlik | Larry Balmagia | April 1, 1982 | 1U03 |
| An image change for Judy works too well and attracts the amorous Mr. Hart. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The China Sin-Drome" | Nell Cox | Debra Frank, Scott Rubenstein | April 8, 1982 | 1U02 |
|
Hart's chance to land a big contract in Taiwan hinges on whether Doralee is willing to go along as part of the package. The title is a pun on the 1979 Jane Fonda film The China Syndrome. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Secretary" | Hy Averback | Larry Balmagia | April 15, 1982 | 1U04 |
| Violet risks her job when she refuses to take a polygraph test ordered by Hart. | ||||||
Season 2 (1982–83)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | "The Loverwear Party" | Michael Zinberg | Wendy Kout, Michele Willens | September 28, 1982 | 2C01 |
|
Violet decides to supplement her income by selling erotic apparel but Roz mistakes the coffeeroom sales conferences for union organizing. * Marian Mercer also appeared in the movie version as Missy Hart. | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | "The Security Guard" | Michael Zinberg | Dale McRaven | October 12, 1982 | 2C02 |
| Jane Fonda (who portrayed Judy in the movie) plays a cynical security guard who learns about "pink collar" life from stories the secretaries tell. | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | "Real Men Don't Make Quiche" | Michael Zinberg | Story by : Ron Bloomberg Story and teleplay by : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | October 19, 1982 | 2C04 |
| Judy mistakes the computer's power switch for the light switch, wipes out the office data, and loses her job. | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | "Dick Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | October 26, 1982 | 2C03 |
| Judy lets her estranged husband (John Larroquette) and his girlfriend stay at her place. | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | "Home is Where the Hart is" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 9, 1982 | 2C07 |
| Doralee's boyfriend (Howard Hessman) comes up from Tennessee for a visit—and won't go home without her. | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | "Don't Take My Wife, Please (aka An Affair to Forget)" | Michael Lessac | Garry Ferrier, Aubrey Tadman | November 16, 1982 | 2C09 |
| It seems that Mr. Hart has been neglecting his wife; Roz sees her at dinner with another man. | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | "The Party's Over (aka Time to Panic)" | Michael Lessac | Story by : Ron Bloomberg Teleplay by : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 23, 1982 | 2C06 |
| If the mail clerk's rumor is true, company budget cuts call for the firing of one employee, and everyone thinks they'll be the unlucky one. | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | "Temporarily Disconnected" | Michael Lessac | Teleplay by : Wendy Kout Story and teleplay by : Maxine Herman | November 30, 1982 | 2C10 |
| A chance meeting with her former in-laws leads Violet to drop her new beau like a hot potato. | ||||||
| 13 | 9 | "Hard Sell" | Michael Zinberg | Ron Bloomberg | December 7, 1982 | 2C05 |
| Harry quits the company, but Violet can't join the others in urging him to stay—she's next in line for his job. | ||||||
| 14 | 10 | "Power Failure" | Peter Bonerz | Fredric Weiss | December 14, 1982 | 2C11 |
| Felled by back spasms, Hart tells Roz to "hold down the fort" and she does—like a drill sergeant. | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | "Did it Happen One Night?" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | January 4, 1983 | 2C13 |
| A power blackout in snowbound Cleveland gives rise to some unusual survival tactics like Hart building a fire in his office. | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | "Torn Between One Lover" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Wendy Kout | January 11, 1983 | 2C14 |
| Judy invites her new racquetball partner to the apartment, unaware he's also the psychology professor Doralee is smitten with. | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | "Hex Marks the Spot" | Peter Baldwin | Gary H. Miller | January 18, 1983 | 2C15 |
| Doralee claims that the company's new toothpaste logo is the same symbol her grandmother told her was a bad luck sign. | ||||||
| 18 | 14 | "Three for the Money" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | February 1, 1983 | 2C16 |
| The secretaries each add their own personal ingredients to their food-processor demonstration as they audition for a new job. | ||||||
| 19 | 15 | "The Oldest Profession" | Peter Baldwin | Fredi Towbin | February 15, 1983 | 2C18 |
| The secretaries do moonlighting work delivering singing telegrams. Their costumes give a vice cop the wrong idea and the girls are arrested for prostitution. | ||||||
| 20 | 16 | "When Violet Gets Blue" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Marty Farrell | February 22, 1983 | 2C20 |
| Violet is offered a big promotion—after a night of romance with a visiting executive. | ||||||
| 21 | 17 | "Big Bucks" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Ron Bloomberg | March 1, 1983 | 2C19 |
| Judy learns she's being paid more than her friends and tells Mr. Hart—hoping he'll raise their salaries. | ||||||
| 22 | 18 | "I Want to Dance" | Peter Baldwin | Wendy Kout | March 15, 1983 | 2C21 |
| Violet is acting strange: waltzing in the office, sneaking into the executive steamroom, and refusing Hart's demand that she reschedule her trip to New York. | ||||||
| 23 | 19 | "Movin' On" | Michael Lessac | Gary H. Miller | March 22, 1983 | 2C23 |
| Violet has 24 hours to raise $100,000 or the bank will foreclose on her house. | ||||||
| 24 | 20 | "Eight Hours" | Peter Baldwin | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | April 12, 1983 | 2C22 |
| With their company formal just eight hours away, the secretaries rush to reproduce the reports that Hart mistakenly shredded. | ||||||
| 25 | 21 | "Off Broadway" | Michael Lessac | Ron Bloomberg | May 3, 1983 | 2C12 |
| Judy suggests that the company's products show feature live performers—the employees. | ||||||
| 26 | 22 | "The Phantom" | Peter Baldwin | Ron Friedman | May 10, 1983 | 2C17 |
| Items missing from the office suggest that a thief has been at work, so Hart teaches the women self-defense. | ||||||
Season 3 (1983)
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "'Till Tomorrow Do Us Part" |
Al Jean, Michael Reiss | September 29, 1983 | 1S05 |
| Hart asks Violet to pose as his wife as a college reunion. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "The Frog Inside Prince Charming" | George Bloom | October 6, 1983 | 1S02 |
| New salesman Michael charms the secretaries, but only Violet finds the nerve to ask him out. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Mid-Wife Crisis" | Diane Wilk | October 13, 1983 | 1S01 |
| Hart is an emotional wreck after learning his wife wants a divorce, so he seeks comfort at the secretaries' apartment. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Eleven-Year Itch" | Stan Cutler | October 20, 1983 | 1S03 |
| Doralee advises 11-year-old Tommy how to kiss a girl, then innocently leaves the boy alone with Linda in the apartment. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Family Business" | Dave Hackel | October 27, 1983 | 1S07 |
| Hart hopes a new contract results from Linda's meeting with her father, an Army purchasing agent, but Linda just wants a quiet evening with her dad. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "Dag Day Afternoon" | George Bloom | November 3, 1983 | 1S04 |
| Ornery Dag Lawson intends to close the factory and fire everyone. | |||||
| 33 | 7 | "Pillow Talk" | Susan Sebastian, Diane Ayers | November 10, 1983 | 1S06 |
| The threat of competition from another firm has Hart wining and dining his rivals---and spilling a few of his own company secrets as well. | |||||
Season 4 (1986–87)
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | "Reach Out and Touch Someone" | John Robins | Michael Kagan & Ava Nelson | September 13, 1986 | 4V01 |
| Marsha is stumped by the new phone system, which stumps everyone when it goes kaput. | ||||||
| 35 | 2 | "You Don't Know Me" | John Robins | Michael Kagan | September 20, 1986 | 4V04 |
| Marsha receives flowers and gifts from a secret admirer. | ||||||
| 36 | 3 | "A Date with Judy" | Tom Trbovich | Jack Carrerow & Lisa A. Bannick | September 27, 1986 | 4V05 |
| Marsha has second thoughts after suggesting that Judy go on a date with Marsha's ex-husband---particularly when the date goes well. | ||||||
| 37 | 4 | "Even Super Women Gets the Blues" | Tom Trbovich | Story by : Paul K. Taylor Teleplay by : Michael Kagan | October 4, 1986 | 4V06 |
| Sharman is voted a "Superwoman of the '80s" by a magazine, but Marsha is interviewed by the reporter when Sharman is tied up with a project. | ||||||
| 38 | 5 | "Uh, About Last Night" | Unknown | Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman | October 11, 1986 | 4V03 |
| Marsha's meeting with her estranged husband leads to a meeting of more than minds---and second thoughts about the divorce. | ||||||
| 39 | 6 | "The Party" | Tom Trbovich | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | October 18, 1986 | 4V08 |
| The staff brings a variety of dates and non-dates to the company's anniversary party. | ||||||
| 40 | 7 | "An American Dream" | Unknown | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | October 25, 1986 | 4V10 |
| The ladies tutor Morgan for his American citizenship test, while Russ gets an offer from another company. | ||||||
| 41 | 8 | "The Acid Test" | Tom Trbovich | Steve Kreinberg & Andrew Guerdat | November 1, 1986 | 4V07 |
| Judy refuses to comply with the company's drug-testing program; Bud takes up knitting to relieve stress. | ||||||
| 42 | 9 | "The Naked City" | Doug Rogers | Story by : Norm Chandler Fox Teleplay by : Jack Carrerow & Lisa A. Bannick | November 8, 1986 | 4V09 |
| Sharman takes a self-defense class after being mugged---and is subsequently charged herself with assault and battery. | ||||||
| 43 | 10 | "What's Up, Curtis?" | Doug Rogers | Steve Kreinberg & Andy Guerdat | November 15, 1986 | 4V11 |
| Doralee fears her husband's disinterest in romance means her marriage is over; Russ prepares for a trip to Central America. | ||||||
| 44 | 11 | "The Russians Are Coming" | Doug Rogers | Leonard Mlodinow & Scott Rubenstein | November 22, 1986 | 4V12 |
| A Soviet representative finds that business and pleasure mix, as long as both are done with Sharman. | ||||||
| 45 | 12 | "The Ghostwriter" | John Robins | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | December 6, 1986 | 4V02 |
| Judy is upset when Russ gets the credit for speeches she has written. | ||||||
| 46 | 13 | "Blue Christmas" | Doug Rogers | Jack Carrerow | December 13, 1986 | 4V15 |
| A blue Christmas may be in store since Marsha's kids are away, Doralee's husband is working and Judy is alone. | ||||||
| 47 | 14 | "Sharman Cunningham, Vice President" | Unknown | Deborah K. Scott | January 3, 1987 | 4V13 |
| Sharman is considered for a vice-presidency in the company, but would her departure also mean Marsha's? | ||||||
| 48 | 15 | "Judy's Dream" | Unknown | Duncan Scott McGibbon | January 10, 1987 | 4V14 |
| Judy seizes the opportunity when Bud is dateless for an art show. | ||||||
| 49 | 16 | "Bud Knows Best" | Doug Rogers | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | January 17, 1987 | 4V17 |
| A peculiar closeness evolves when Bud gives Marsha help with financial planning. | ||||||
| 50 | 17 | "Make Room for Corky" | Doug Rogers | Michael Kagan | January 24, 1987 | 4V18 |
| Everyone manages to have difficulty adjusting to the new office manager, a quirky fellow named Corky ( Gailard Sartain). | ||||||
| 51 | 18 | "Move Over Millie Maple" | Doug Rogers | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | January 31, 1987 | 4V16 |
| Marsha mounts a campaign to stop the ouster of Barkley Foods' trademark. | ||||||
| 52 | 19 | "Bud's Mid-Life Crisis" | Gary Shimokawa | Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman | February 7, 1987 | 4V20 |
| Bud worries that life is passing him by, while Doralee worries about collecting a debt from Marsha. | ||||||
| 53 | 20 | "She Gives Good Phone" | Doug Rogers | Joelyn Grippo | February 14, 1987 | 4V21 |
| Russ is elated at the prospect of meeting the woman he's grown to love over the phone. | ||||||
| 54 | 21 | "You're Dating My Baby" | Doug Rogers | Lisa A. Bannick | February 21, 1987 | 4V22 |
| Judy's new relationship is complicated by the fact that the man is somewhat younger than herself. | ||||||
| 55 | 22 | "The Interns" | Doug Rogers | Steve Kreinberg & Andrew Guerdat | February 28, 1987 | 4V23 |
| Two college interns make definite---and unfavorable---impressions. | ||||||
| 56 | 23 | "From Here to Kingdom Come" | Doug Rogers | Jeffrey Sachs | March 7, 1987 | 4V24 |
| Judy counsels a newly fired employee, who takes to heart her advice to become more aggressive. | ||||||
| 57 | 24 | "Look But Don't Touch" | Gary Shimokawa | Jack Carrerow | March 14, 1987 | 4V25 |
| Doralee's assignment working for Bud's boss turns into a touchy situation. | ||||||
| 58 | 25 | "The Big Game" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by : Martin Sage & Sybil Adelman Teleplay by : Michael Kagan | March 21, 1987 | 4V26 |
| Judy and Russ beg coach Bud for positions on the company softball team before a big game with a business rival. | ||||||
| 59 | 26 | "Love and Death" | Gary Shimokawa | Michael Kagan | March 28, 1987 | 4V19 |
| Marsha's first date in 16 years ends abruptly. | ||||||
Season 5 (1987–88)
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [1] |
Prod. code [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 1 | "Meet Mr. Felb" | Unknown | Unknown | September 12, 1987 | 4X28 |
| Marsha fears for her job when the firm hires a new vice president, a man who has no scruples---but does have an eye for the ladies. | ||||||
| 61 | 2 | "Barkley's Beauties" | Unknown | Unknown | September 19, 1987 | 4X30 |
| When Barkley Foods decides to have a contest to select a company spokesperson, Judy is chosen as the department's entrant---but her confidence drops when she sees another section's candidate. | ||||||
| 62 | 3 | "We're Gonna Be Rich" | Unknown | Unknown | September 26, 1987 | 4X27 |
| A broke Marsha rises to the challenge of making some extra dough: she tries to market a recipe for corn fritters. | ||||||
| 63 | 4 | "Love is Having to Say You're Sorry" | Unknown | Unknown | October 3, 1987 | 4X29 |
| Judy's work and friendships suffer when her new boyfriend takes top priority in her life. | ||||||
| 64 | 5 | "Doralee Buys the Farm" | Unknown | Unknown | October 10, 1987 | 4X32 |
| When Doralee and her husband buy a farm, Doralee discovers she has a tough row to hoe when her farm chores cause her office work to suffer. | ||||||
| 65 | 6 | "Starting Over" | Unknown | Unknown | October 17, 1987 | 4X31 |
| Marsha's self-confidence plummets when Don announces his wedding and Marsha can't get a handsome date to take to the ceremony. | ||||||
| 66 | 7 | "Mother Bernly" | Unknown | Unknown | October 24, 1987 | 4X33 |
| Judy's mother gets a job in the Barkley cafeteria and---hungry for a son-in-law---proceeds to interfere in her daughter's personal life. | ||||||
| 67 | 8 | "One of the Girls" | Unknown | Unknown | October 31, 1987 | 4X34 |
| When his old flame starts working at Barkley Foods, Bud tries to fan the fire, but the woman ( Gail Strickland), whose sexual interests have changed, wants to douse it. | ||||||
| 68 | 9 | "Morgan by Moonlight" | Unknown | Unknown | November 7, 1987 | 4X35 |
| Morgan's work performance suffers when he takes a second job to make ends meet, so the girls persuade him to demand a raise since he hasn't had one in six years. | ||||||
| 69 | 10 | "The Poker Game" | Unknown | Unknown | November 14, 1987 | 4X36 |
| Bud initially declines Felb's challenge to a poker game, but eventually folds to his gambling addiction. | ||||||
| 70 | 11 | "Marsha's Short Story" | Unknown | Unknown | November 21, 1987 | 4X37 |
| When a psychologist comes to evaluate Barkley employees everyone goes nuts and spills their guts, including short Marsha, who thinks salary is related to height. | ||||||
| 71 | 12 | "It Happened One Night" | Unknown | Unknown | December 5, 1987 | 4X38 |
| Doralee accompanies Bud on a business trip to Paris, where her luggage is lost and the two are forced to share a room---which causes rumors to fly at the office. | ||||||
| 72 | 13 | "My Fair Marsha" | Unknown | Unknown | December 12, 1987 | 4X39 |
| Marsha is courted by Mr. Barkley's son Ellison ( Douglas Barr), who tries to mold her into the perfect upper-class woman. | ||||||
| 73 | 14 | "Barkley Strikes Out" | Unknown | Unknown | December 19, 1987 | 4X10 |
| When the secretaries organize a strike, Marsha can't decide whether to follow her conscience or her pocketbook, while Doralee refuses outright to join her peers. | ||||||
| 74 | 15 | "James in Love" | Unknown | Unknown | January 9, 1988 | 4X43 |
| When the janitor gets engaged, the girls plan a coed bridal shower for his fiancée ( Mari Gorman), while the men in the office throw a macho bachelor party. | ||||||
| 75 | 16 | "The Witches of Barkley" | Unknown | Unknown | January 16, 1988 | 4X42 |
| The girls put a curse on Felb, then panic when it seems to be working. | ||||||
| 76 | 17 | "Felb Slept Here" | Unknown | Unknown | January 23, 1988 | 4X41 |
| When Felb's wife kicks him out of the house, Marsha reluctantly agrees to take him in---until the situation becomes unbearable. | ||||||
| 77 | 18 | "The Big Sleep" | Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 1988 | 4X44 |
| When Mr. Barkley dies, his daughter asks Bud to take over the company---but there's a hitch. | ||||||
| 78 | 19 | "The Custody Fight" | Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 1988 | 4X46 |
| Marsha's ex asks for joint custody of their children, but when the going gets tough, he wants the kids to get going. | ||||||
| 79 | 20 | "Strictly Personal" | Unknown | Unknown | February 13, 1988 | 4X46 |
| After hearing about how Doralee's friend met her husband through the personals, Marsha and Judy both take out ads. | ||||||
| 80 | 21 | "Play Fatal Attraction for Me" | Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 1988 | 4X47 |
| Felb's niece chooses Bud as the subject for her school thesis---and as the subject of her obsessive love. | ||||||
| 81 | 22 | "Marsha's Lie" | Unknown | Unknown | February 27, 1988 | 4X48 |
| When Felb misplaces an important report, he gets Marsha to lie for him, and a man ( Steve Landesberg) in the mailroom is demoted as a result. | ||||||
| 82 | 23 | "Felb's Big Secret" | Unknown | Unknown | March 5, 1988 | 4X49 |
| When Marsha finally meets the woman she suspects is Felb's mistress, she discovers a surprising side of her boss. | ||||||
| 83 | 24 | "Marsha Grows Up" | Unknown | Unknown | March 12, 1988 | 4X50 |
| Jealous of her ex-husband's young new wife, Marsha decides to update her image---and turns into a valley girl. | ||||||
| 84 | 25 | "Rockabye Bernly" | Unknown | Unknown | March 19, 1988 | 4X51 |
| Judy's an instant mother when an old friend pays her a brief surprise visit---and leaves her baby behind. | ||||||
| 85 | 26 | "Goodbye, Pops" | Unknown | Unknown | March 26, 1988 | 4X52 |
| Pops Dugan's funeral becomes an embarrassment when everyone realizes how little they actually knew him. Meanwhile, Felb spreads a nasty rumor about Russ. | ||||||
References
- ^ a b 9 to 5 at epguides.com
External links
- 9 to 5 at epguides.com
- 9 to 5 at IMDb