• Rank #
  • Premiered: Mar 1987
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Friday at 20
  • Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Pilot
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 19, 1987
A 14-year-old genius (Corey Haim) and the 42 year old ex Marine (Burt Young) become college roommates and deal with a kind of Odd Couple relationship in their dorm room, eventually finding something to learn from each other.
1x2
Wrestling
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 1987
Matthew asks his dad to come and watch him wrestle, then is dismayed that he has to wrestle a girl.
1x3
The One That Got Away
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 03, 1987
Matthew's concern for the survival of a rare fish prompts the boys to form a rescue party.
1x4
To Tell the Truth
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 10, 1987
Nick tries some self-analysis after he follows a date with his psychology professor with a visit to another woman.
1x5
The Ditch
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 24, 1987
During the yearly 'Stupid Documentary Festival' the college has for the students, an old military training film is shown which triggers Nick who has memories of all of the young people lost in war during his time in the Marines.
1x6
Bobby Midnight
Episode overview
Air date
May 01, 1987
Matthew becomes a campus sensation as the newest radio station DJ "Bobby Midnight."
1x7
Obsession
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1987
Matthew hooks up with a girl who's as obsessed with plants as he is with fish, but a mishap causes suspicion, threatening their romance.
1x8 Show finale
Mid-Term Fever
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 1987
Mid-terms approach, and the guys pull an all-nighter for their first one, but Nick's subsequent low grade sends him reeling for home (with Matthew in tow).

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