What a Country

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  • Premiered: Feb 1986
  • Episodes: 22
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Season 1
1x17
Citizen Pain
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 28, 1986
Russian immigrant Nikolai Rostopovich becomes more and more paranoid, convinced that he is being watched and followed by KGB agents.
1x1
The First Class
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1986
Taylor Brown is a night-school teacher and after meeting his new U.S. citizenship class for the first time tonight, has second thoughts about being an instructor.
1x2
The Soul Man
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Air date
Oct 04, 1986
Russian immigrant Nikolai Rostopovich attempts to give a somewhat reluctant Robert Muboto a few instructions on how to be "cool."
1x3
A Busboy Named Desire
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 1986
Immigrant Victor Ortega convinces fellow immigrant Maria Conchita Lopez to go out with him on a date, but the date doesn't turn out to be all he'd hoped for.
1x4
Don't Leave Home Without It
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1986
Russian immigrant Nikolai Rostopovich has a new joy in his life...credit cards, and sets out to use them to their fullest potential. But soon, he also experiences the sorrow of being completely over his head in debt.
1x5
My Fair Yung Hi
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Air date
Oct 25, 1986
Student Yung Hi is extremely shy and reluctant to take part in class. So teacher Taylor Brown suggests for Yung to take private lessons to help overcome her shyness.
1x6
Holiday on Ice
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Air date
Nov 01, 1986
When one is good, more must be better. At least in Nikolai's mind when he tries to fight off a toothache with painkillers. Only what results is his getting arrested for being drunk in public.
1x7
The Best Laid Plans
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 1986
As part of the immigration class's curriculum for exposing students to American culture, a trip to Disneyland is planned, only to fall apart after the responsibility of the sojourn's finances are left to Nikolai.
1x11
Taylor Loses His Cool
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 10, 1987
he classroom air conditioning doesn't work in the middle of a heatwave, prompting Mr. Brown to visit the tough new principle, F.J. "Bud" McPherson, played by Don Knotts in his very first episode on "What a Country!"
1x12
The Road from Morocco
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 17, 1987
New student and Moroccan superstar Rajeeb St. Germain quickly finds himself at odds with his new classmates, but his sudden risk of deportation leads the class to band together to help him out.
1x13
Nikolai Speaks
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 24, 1987
Russian immigrant Nikolai Rostopovich gets a crash course in public speaking in the New World when he must go to court as a witness after his taxi is involved in a hit-and-run accident.
1x15
Moonlighting
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 1987
In order to supplement her monthly income, immigration student Maria Conchita Lopez decides to become a part-time taxi dancer, a dance partner for hire by whomever has the cash.
1x16
Play It Again, F
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Air date
Feb 21, 1987
Things get personal for instructor Taylor Brown when he discovers that his own mother was once romantically involved with the school's principal.
1x18
Educating Inga
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Air date
Mar 07, 1987
The group of students experiences a major disruption as Nikolai and Bob become totally of one mind when a new female student from Sweden suddenly joins the citizenship class.
1x19
Victor at an Exhibition
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 14, 1987
After meeting a wealthy American, Maria Conchita Lopez is sure she's finally found her knight in shining armor, that is until her knight insults classmate Victor Ortega with his demeaning words.
1x20
What a Tangled Web We Weave
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 28, 1987
Suspecting something isn't right, the class gets canceled by Bud McPherson after every student gets an A on one of the tests.
1x21
Love Finds Nikolai
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Air date
Apr 04, 1987
Nikolai has caught the eye of a beautiful Russian woman who is also an immigrant but he has vowed not to date anyone except American ladies.
1x22
We're in the Mubotos
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 11, 1987
Citizenship student Robert Muboto gets the news that he is now lined up to receive his family's wealth, that is if he takes as his wife the woman his parents choose for him.
1x23
What Are Friends For?
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 1987
Maria is all set to audition for a television commercial when she comes down with a cold. To help her out, Yung Hi devises a far out fix.
1x24
The Candidate
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Air date
May 09, 1987
Maria Conchia Lopez volunteers to help out with the campaign of a local city council candidate, only to learn lessons concerning politics and love.
1x25
The Apartment
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Air date
May 16, 1987
When class instructor Taylor Brown discovers that student Ali Nadeem has been refused an apartment when there is still a vacancy, he takes it upon himself to find out why.
1x26 Show finale
Old World Charmer
Episode overview
Air date
May 23, 1987
Courtney needs an escort badly, so she breaks down and asks Laszlo to go with her to an awards banquet.

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