Eight is Enough

  • Premiered: Mar 1977
  • Episodes: 112
  • Followers: 14
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Unknown
  • Comedy Drama Family

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Season 2
2x1
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 14, 1977
Dr. Max shows up on Tom's doorstep after a fight with his wife and ends up staying with the Bradfords, driving them crazy with his fussy ways. David tries to borrow money from his .. show full overview
2x2
Trial Marriage
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Air date
Sep 21, 1977
This episode introduces Betty Buckley in the contract role of Sue " Abby" Abbott. At first, she was a special guest star. Tommy breaks his ankles at a touch football game and will miss .. show full overview
2x3
Triangles
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 28, 1977
David's new roommate romance both Susan and Joannie.Tom decides he has been neglecting Nicholas and drives Nicholas crazy by spending too much time with him. Tommy organizes a family garage sale to earn money.
2x4
Double Trouble
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 1977
After Tom and Abby break up, the Bradford children set Tom up with another woman in an effort to make Abby jealous. Nancy enters the Miss Sacramento beauty contest. David and Tommy hang around a laundromat in hopes of meeting girls.
2x5
Mortgage Burnin' Blues
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Air date
Oct 19, 1977
Tom throws a party to celebrates paying off the mortgage on the Bradford house. Unfortunately, the kids get into a melee when Susan punches a heckler at David and Tommy's singing .. show full overview
2x6
Dark Horse
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Air date
Oct 26, 1977
Mary runs for a seat on the Board of Education and enlists the family's help on her campaign. Abby is too busy to keep her dates with Tom. Tom proposes to Abby after she and Mary are .. show full overview
2x7
The Bard and the Bod
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1977
Joannie agrees to do a nude scene in a Shakespearean play and is relives when Tom says he can't make it to the show, or so it goes. [Obviously, a sweeps stunt.] Abby's former .. show full overview
2x8
Children of the Groom (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1977
After much debate, Tom and Abby decide on November 9th as their wedding date and agree to let the children handle the wedding plans, but it almost does not happen when things get too .. show full overview
2x9
Children of the Groom (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1977
The children get carried away with the wedding plans and nearly cause the wedding to be canceled. Abby asks Elizabeth to be her maid of honor and develop a special relationship.
2x10
I Quit
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1977
Tom and Abby take the kids to San Francisco where Tom is scheduled to accept an award for his column and the trip doubles as a honeymoon. Mary is upset when she is rejected by a .. show full overview
2x11
All's Fair in Love and War
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Air date
Nov 23, 1977
Abby coordinates Spring cleaning at the Bradford house. Mary is upset when the son of Tom's friend comes to Sacramento to open an army recuriting office on campus, which does not .. show full overview
2x12
The Return of Auntie V
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Air date
Nov 30, 1977
Auntie V. Tom's eccentric sister, returns for another visit with the Bradfords and surpries Tom and Abby with a new house as a wedding present. The kids are excited, but as they fix up .. show full overview
2x13
Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1977
The Bradfords celebrate their first Christmas without their late mother,Joan. Nicholas mistakenly assumes the man he finds in the house on Christmas Eve is Santa Claus and lets him .. show full overview
2x14
Yes Nicholas, there is a Santa Claus (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1977
The kids convince Tom to shoiw some Christmas spirit by bailing Sam out of jail and inviting him to the house for Christmas dinner as they celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Tommy receives a special Christmas present from his mom.
2x15
A Hair of the Dog
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 04, 1978
The family gives Tom a day of peace for his birthday, and it drives him crazy. David goes for the weekend and gives Tommy the use of his apartment but Tommy winds up throwing a party. Abby's parenting skills are tested when Tommy gets drunk.
2x16
Author! Author!
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 11, 1978
With Abby's encouragement, Tom takes a leave of absence to pursue the dream of writing a book about his family. He can't get it published the norman way, but has a special issue done for .. show full overview
2x17
Much Ado about Garbage
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Air date
Jan 18, 1978
Abby is upset about when David gives Nicholas a BB gun. Tom's column about garbage causes a controverty when he writes a tongue-in-cheek column. That's when his troubles start to pile .. show full overview
2x18
Dear Miss Dinah
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Air date
Jan 25, 1978
Tom is upset when Abby makes arrangements for Elizabeth to get birth control pills. Tom is drafted into doing a "Dear Abby" for the paper. Abby's studies are keeping her busy and .. show full overview
2x19
Hard Hats and Hard Heads
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Air date
Feb 01, 1978
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2x20
Seven Days in February
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Air date
Feb 08, 1978
Joannie, Nancy, and Susan meet new guys at a disco over winter break and love times three drives the Bradford household crazy. David's friend tries to convince him to go on a blind .. show full overview
2x21
The Boyfriend
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Air date
Feb 15, 1978
Susan and Tom are jealous when Abby spends too much time with Susan's new boyfriend she brought home for dinner, and Abby strikes up too much connection with her date. Nicholas is .. show full overview
2x22
Great Expectations
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Air date
Feb 22, 1978
Frustrated by the transporation arrangements, Tommy, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Susan buy their own car. Tom is upset that Tommy is failing English and pressures him to get a good grade. .. show full overview
2x23
Long Night's Journey into Day
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 1978
Abby suffers a concussion when she falls off a ladder. Tha Bradfords take turns keeping Abby awake by telling her stories and sharing memories, which are flashbacks from previous episodes.
2x24
The Lost Weekend
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Air date
Apr 28, 1978
Abby convinces Tom to spend the weekend with her parents in Pasadena, leaving the kids alone for the weekend. While they are away, despite a rule against having any non-Bradfords in the .. show full overview
2x25
Poor Little Rich Girl
Episode overview
Air date
May 03, 1978
David meets an attractive young woman who is the daughter of a wealthy construction man. Joannie tries to get the family to communicate better using encounter-like truth games. Tom, which helping Nicholas build a car, takes over completely.
2x26 Season finale
Who's on First?
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 1978
Joannie directs a talent show to raise money, for the orphanage she is vo;unteering at . Joannie tries to get the whole family to enterain. Nicholas believes ha has seen a UFO, but .. show full overview

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