Eight Is Enough S04E17 · Semi-Centennial Bradford

Overview

Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of teh youth movement at work and believes that the Register wants to replace him with a younger columnist. Merle and Susan try to pick names for their baby. Nicholas is helping Merle come up with a name for the new baby.

Torrents

Subtitles

Episodes

1. 1 1. Merle the Pearl1979-09-05Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player. Nicholas is upset that his young girlfriend is moving out of town and wants to introduce her to Me
2. 2 2. The Cupid Crisis1979-09-12David returns and is determined to win Janet back from her new boyfriend. Merle confides to Nicholas that he wants to propose to Susan but Susan is upset when the entire Bradfor
3. 3 3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do1979-09-19David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan decided to move up the wedding day to accomodate Merle's ballplaying career move. Nancy ge
4. 4 4. Ten Ships in the Night1979-09-26Chaos hits the Bradford house when everyone's activities go around the clock. In order to get her Ph.D. more quickly, Abby attends school full-time and has little time for the f
5. 5 5. The Night They Raided Bradfords1979-10-03Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, comes from the farm and visits the Bradfords and is shocked at what she finds. Joannie talks Nancy into
6. 6 6. The Devil and Mr. Bradford1979-10-24Joannie gets a job in the research department of a TV station. Mary finds a hidden home pregnancy test and tries to find the owner. Joannie ""scoops"" Tom on a story on a porno the
7. 7 7. Big Shoes, Little Feet1979-10-31Three Bradfords struggle to meet the expectations of others: Nicholas turns truant to escape the long shadow of his siblings; Tom's boss pressures him to participate in a father-so
8. 8 8. Fathers and Other Strangers (1)1979-11-07Tom's sister Vivian sweeps into town with an offer to take the entire family on vacation to Hawaii, where she secretly plans to reunite Tom with their estranged father.
9. 9 9. Fathers and Other Strangers (2)1979-11-07Still in Hawaii, Tom and his father contemplate whether they can or should bother to reconcile their relationship.
10. 10 10. Letter to One Bradford1979-11-14When Tommy is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Mary and Nicholas both feel culpable for different reasons; Merle and Susan adjust to the give and take of married life;
11. 11 11. Separate Ways1979-11-21The furnace is on the blink, causing a cold front in the Bradford house, but Tom dismisses Mary's offer to fix it; Susan's chance for an internship conflicts with Merle's offer to
12. 12 12. Arrivals1979-11-28Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn that she is pregnant. The girls try to cheer her up. Joannie meets a psychic and holds a seance to help
13. 13 13. Brotherhood, Sisterhood1979-12-05Tom talks David into hiring Tommy as a construction worker but Tommy has to prove himself to his fellow workers by standing up to them on his own. Nicholas needs to write a spee
14. 14 14. Mary, He's Married1979-12-12Joannie tries to convince her boss that she is ready for more responsibility at work. Joannie wants to do a documentary on her family. Mary learns that being an adult can be pai
15. 15 15. My Son, the Prom Queen1980-01-09Upset that an all girl band was chosen to play at prom, Tommy protests by running for prom queen. Joannie pushes her boss for some on-camera work.
16. 16 16. The Courage To Be1980-01-16Tom is upset that everyone is neglecting their household duties so Abby and the kids pool their resources to hire a maid. Tommy tries to help his friend Ernie, who won't admit h
17. 17 17. Semi-Centennial Bradford1980-01-23Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of teh youth movement at work and believes that the Register wants to replace him with a younger columnis
18. 18 18. The Commitment1980-01-30Tommy is upset when Jill's idea of a commitment is not the same as his and then misinterprets signals from Mary's friend, Kerry, and gets deeper into trouble. Tommy presents Jil
19. 19 19. Seven More Days in February1980-02-06It's winter break and Joannie, Nancy, and Mary meet strange men that drive Tom and Abby crazy. Tom fixes Tommy up with his boss's niece.
20. 20 20. The Return of Joe Simons1980-02-13Tom's new temporary secretary is overly attentive. Joe Simons, the con man who helped Nicholas return from San Diego, shows up pretending to have struck it rich in the Yukon and
21. 21 21. Bradford vs. Bradford1980-02-27Ernie misreads Elizabeth's friendly gestures. David is jealous that Janet is working long hours with a male colleague. Tom counsels David and Abby counsels Janet, and they end u
22. 22 22. Memories1980-03-05Abby needs time to deal with memories of her late husband after a fellow prisoner of war shows up in Sacramento. She works out her feelings and returns to the family. Nicholas g
23. 23 23. Official Positions1980-03-19Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team. Tom is jealous when a publisher offers to publish Abby's thesis and Tom can't get his accepted. They pool their efforts,
24. 24 24. A Matter of Mentors1980-03-26Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss will be expecting a favor in return. Joannie blows her chance at a big story. An experienced reporte
25. 25 25. Roll Over Bradford1980-04-02Tom is upset that Tommy hasn't sent in any college applications but Tommy wants to be a musician and is not interested in college. Auntie V brings her new fiance to meet the Bra
26. 26 26. A Little Triangle1980-04-09Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service. Nancy falls in love with the 5-year-old daughter of the young widower she is dating, but doesn't fall in love with her father. Ernie ca
27. 27 27. (Finally) Grad Night1980-04-30Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small party after graduation. Nicholas and Irving are working on a school project when Irving gets hurt an