6th Season 1993

  1. "When the Rooster Dies"
    gs: Michael McGuire [ Dr. Marty Fitzgerald ], April Grace [ Irene, the Clinic receptionist ], Rudy Salazar [ Preganant Woman ], Barbara Lux [ Street Woman ]

    Big changes: Harry decides to sell his practice and retire, leaving a devastated Laverne behind; and Sophia moves back into Shady Pines. Before leaving for a European vacation, Harry must decide if the hospital's inner-city clinic should continue to receive funding; and despite his support of the need for increased funding, the Board decides to close it down. Harry decides to help Dr. Maxine Douglas keep the Clinic open as a private business; and Laverne, having been fired by Harry's replacement, gets the job as nurse.

    b: 25 Sep 93 pc: 121 w: Peter Gallay d: Steve Zuckerman
  2. "Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1)"
    gs: Brian Reddy [ Mr. Vogle ], S. Marc Jordan [ Mr. McCully ], Kimberly Newberry [ Female Patient ], Ryan MacDonald [ Mr. Jensen ], Jake Price (Delivery Boy ], Russ Fega [ Arm Man ], Julie Stein [ Miss Hidalgo ]

    rc: Patrick Arcola, Casey MacAfee

    Carol wants Patrick to grow up and demands that he go for a job interview; when he turns down the job, she throws him out - then discovers she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Maxine gives Laverne the okay to come up with ideas for a new system for the clinic - one that drives everyone crazy.

    b: 2 Oct 93 pc: 122 w: Pat Dougherty d: Steve Zuckerman
  3. "Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (2)"
    gs: Stephanie Dunham [ Diane ], Courtney Peldon [ Libby ]

    rc: Patrick Arcola

    Carol can't decide whether to tell Patrick he is about to become a father. Charley proposes to Carol; Laverne discovers the situation but refuses to tell Maxine, who jumps to the conclusion that Harry has impregnated one of his patients.

    b: 9 Oct 93 pc: 123 w: Pat Dougherty d: Steve Zuckerman
  4. "Mama Todd, the Sequel"
    gs: Ann Guilbert [ Mama Todd ], Trevor Goddard [ Joe ]

    rc: Casey MacAfee

    Laverne has a problem: a fabulous new Australian boyfriend, and an ex-mother-in-law visiting - unaware that Laverne divorced her son over a year ago. Meanwhile, Carol struggles to find a godfather for her unborn child, and Charley wants to be chosen.

    b: 16 Oct 93 pc: 125 w: Ursula Ziegler & Steve Sullivan d: Steve Zuckerman
  5. "Mom's the Word"
    gs: Tony Carreiro [ Mike ], Stan Roth [ Waiter ], Debbie Gregory [ Tracie ]

    Pregnant Carol frets after a successful date with a new man because she is afraid to tell him she's pregnant; Laverne and Maxine clash over plans for a surprise baby shower for Carol.

    b: 23 Oct 93 pc: 124 w: Regina Stewart Larsen d: Steve Zuckerman
  6. "Diary of a Mad Housewife"
    gs: Fred Stoller [ Mr. Garrison ], Marty Pollio [ Kenny Finnegan, the mime ]

    Worried because she feels no bond with her unborn child, Carol discovers her mother's diary and reads that her own conception was unplanned. The clinic staff are bothered by a mime who has an ulcer as a result of "mime-bashing" and an especially insistent hypochondriac - and Maxine feels she has failed as a doctor when Harry discovers the latter may have a malignant lump.

    b: 30 Oct 93 pc: 126 w: Bob Tischler d: Steve Zuckerman
  7. "Mother Dearest"
    gs: Marla Gibbs [ Josephine Douglas ], Annie Corley [ Anita ]

    rc: Casey MacAfee

    Maxine's mother visits from New York and drives her crazy, especially when it's discovered her headaches are due to incipient glaucoma but she refuses to consider corrective surgery. Charley intercepts the lab results that reveal the sex of Carol's unborn child; and Harry and Casey MacAfee try to set time for a date.

    b: 6 Nov 93 pc: 129 w: Paul B. Price d: Steve Zuckerman
  8. "No Volunteers, Please"
    gs: Kari Lizer [ Doris ], Peter Sands [ Mr. Ellis ], Mary Kane [ Brenda ]

    When the shy woman who brings Dreyfuss home turns out to be a waitress who used to serve Harry, he asks her to volunteer at the clinic; but Maxine worries that Doris has become too attached to Laverne - especially when she sends the nurse a dozen red roses. Meanwhile, Carol's jogging partner persuades her to apply for a pre-acceptance interview at a posh preschool; and Carol finds herself telling appalling lies about her family to impress the handsome interviewer.

    b: 13 Nov 93 pc: 127 w: Rick Newberger d: Steve Zuckerman
  9. "Das Boob"

    Harry and Charley get stranded at sea; Maxine refuses to face her fear of public speaking; Carol ponders possible names for her baby.

    b: 20 Nov 93 pc: 128 w: Dennis Snee d: Steve Zuckerman
  10. "The Girl Who Cried Baby"
    gs: Jeanine Jackson [ Rachelle ], Jane Lynch [ Tammy ], David Cromwell [ Dr. Rubenstein ], Tom Nibley [ Rachelle's Husband ], J. David Krassner [ Man ]

    Harry and Maxine compete to sell charity opera tickets, and after a series of false labour alarms, Carol finally delivers her baby - during the performance of the opera.

    b: 27 Nov 93 pc: 131 w: Susan Beavers d: Steve Zuckerman
  11. "Superbaby"
    gs: Richard McKenzie [ Rudnick ], Geraldine Leer [ Mrs. Stanford ], Mark L. Taylor [ Mr. Stanford ], Harvey Vernon [ Bundy ]

    While Harry tries not to be a boringly proud grandparent, Carol thinks her baby is unusually polite and neat - and fears the hospital gave her the wrong child.

    b: 11 Dec 93 pc: 132 w: Peter Gallay d: Steve Zuckerman
  12. "Read All About It"
    gs: Megan Gallagher [ Dr. Heather Cook ], Eric Christmas [ Mr. Garrison ], Robert Costanzo [ Mr. Millard ], Jeannie Elias [ Jane Walsh ], Kimberly Cullum [ Kid ]

    When Maxine breaks a tooth on the "lucky Brazil nut" in Laverne's brownies, Harry must fill in for her at a newspaper interview; but the reporter, a former sports writer, gets on with Harry so well that his story gives Harry all the credit for the clinic, infuriating Maxine and Laverne. Then another reporter comes to set the record straight by inter viewing Maxine, and Harry fears the worst - until the interview is printed and is full of praise for him. Laverne gets her revenge by giving an interview to a grade school paper. Meanwile, Charley takes Dreyfuss to the vet as a favor to Carol and falls for the attractive female veterinarian.

    b: 18 Dec 93 pc: 130 w: Greg Phillips d: Dinah Manoff
  13. "Love a la Mode"
    gs: Heidi Swedberg [ Patty Olsen ]

    rc: Ursula, Fred

    Charley announces that he's going to marry Patty, his favorite waitress from the local pancake house.

    b: 8 Jan 94 pc: 135 w: Ursula Ziegler & Steve Sullivan d: Steve Zuckerman
  14. "What's A Mother To Do?"
    gs: Lisa Darr [ Laurie ], Anna Gerger [ Bella ], Jack Kruschen [ Heshy ], Michael A. Nickles [ Athlete ], Rachel Fox [ Mommy #1 ]

    When Carol rejects all of Charley's gifts for baby Scotty because they might harm his development, Harry decides she needs perspective and suggests she join a mother-infant group. But the experience only convinces Carol that she's "the worst mother in the whole world" - especially when she manages to lock Scotty inside her car. Meanwhile, Laverne and Harry convince Maxine to get a long-overdue physical, and are concerned when upon getting the results she immediately asks for emergency leave.

    b: 15 Jan 94 pc: 133 w: Ellen Sandler & Cindy Chupak d: Steve Zuckerman
  15. "Gesundeit"
    gs: Bill Cobbs [ Jerome ], Irena Ward [ Sandy ], Jean Speegle Howard [ Mildred ], Gary Hudson [ Drake ]

    When baby Scotty keeps sneezing, Carol fears he is allergic to dust, and hires "Studs with Suds" to clean the house from top to bottom [ while Sophia charges her friends to watch). Then it seems Scotty's allergy is to Dreyfuss, so a heartbroken Harry gives the dog to Charley. Meanwhile, Laverne becomes convinced the sealed second floor of the clinic is haunted by the ghosts of six murdered gangsters, and sets out to exorcise them with a takeaway Chinese meal.

    b: 22 Jan 94 pc: 136 w: Dennis Snee d: Steve Zuckerman
  16. "Under the Gun"
    gs: John Reilly [ Adam Blakely ], Jonathan Carrasio [ Oscar ], Andrew Keegan [ T.J. ]

    Harry worries about Oscar, a young patient who has developed an ulcer from being bullied at school; Laverne becomes obsessed with a scandal involving the mayor of her hometown; Sophia promises to introduce her to a famous anthropologist.

    b: 29 Jan 94 pc: 137 w: ______________ d: Steve Zuckerman
  17. "Brotherly Shove"
    gs: Peter Scolari [ Dieter Dietz ], Philip Baker Hall [ Jerod ], Maureen Arthur [ Mrs. Carlton ], Dennis Bailey [ Salesman ]

    Charley quits his job and fears his successful younger brother's reaction, and winds up working at Dieter's used car lot - but when Charley lands a difficult sale, Dieter takes the credit.

    b: 5 Feb 94 pc: 138 w: Drake Sather d: Dinah Manoff
  18. "The Ballad of Shady Pines"
    gs: Bill Dana [ Nathan ], Elmarie Wendel [ Vivian ], Ruth Engel [ Sylvia ], Phil Leeds [ Milt ], Sid Melton [ Horace ], Jean Sincere [ Eileen ]

    Laverne is missing work because of filling in on the night shift at Sophia's retirement home, Shady Pines - where Sophia and a Jewish friend have fallen in love. Now Laverene must explain what she was doing in the arms of Sophia's 80-year-old boyfriend Nathan.

    b: 12 Feb 94 pc: 134 w: Rick Newberger d: Steve Zuckerman
  19. "Hog Heaven"
    gs: Eric Allan Kramer [ Sam ], Don Gibb [ Jake ]

    Harry is disturbed when Laverne's old motorcycle gang boyfriend turns up and starts dating her again; Carol tries to make a memory video for her baby son.

    b: 5 Mar 94 pc: 139 w: Bob Tischler d: Steve Zuckerman
  20. "Charley's Millions"
    gs: Don Adams [ Himself ], Chuck McCann [ Coach Biederbeck ], Nita Talbot [ Mrs. Koontz ], Liz Sheridan [ Mrs. Coover ], Gera ldine Leer [ Bonnie ], Paul B. Price [ Mr. Gurman ]

    When a Belgian perfume tycoon leaves Charley a million in her will, the responsibility of his new wealth drives Charley crazy, so he assembles a group of those who have influenced his life and takes them on a Mardi Gras vacation in New Orleans - then reveals that he inherited a million Belgian francs and is now broke again. Laverne's beloved cat General Lee dies, and she replaces him with an iguana, until an irate neighbor produces a hideous kitten the spitting image of its father.

    b: 8 Mar 94 pc: 140 w: Rick Newberger d: Steve Zuckerman

  21. "Half That Jazz"
    gs: Eydie Gorme [ Heckler ], Steve Lawrence [ Sonny Baxter ], Mike Larsen [ Stage Manager ]

    The man who comes to fix the phone turns out to be Harry's old jazz idol, whom he persuades to come out of retirement to play a benefit for the Clinic and who then develops total stage fright. Meanwhile, Sophia vows revenge on Charley for dumping her niece.

    b: 5 Apr 94 pc: 144 w: Dennis Snee & Regina Stewart Larsen d: Doug Smart
  22. "The Devil and Dr. Weston"
    gs: Audrey Meadows [ Margaret Randall ], Kari Lizer [ Doris ], Basil Langton [ Edgar ], Joy Claussen [ Louise ], John Petlock [ George ], Richard Tanner [ Bartender ]

    Margaret Randall, a philanthropist who donated an X-ray machine to the clinic, makes no bones about her desire for Harry. Meanwhile, Carol helps a timid woman, Doris, come out of her shell.

    b: 9 Apr 94 pc: 142 w: Kari Lizer d: Steve Zuckerman
  23. "A Foreign Affair"
    gs: J.A. Preston [ Roland ], Marlon Archey [ Frederick ], Aixa Clemente [ Unknown ]

    Maxine dates an African cultural attache who is intelligent, cultured and sexy, and who wants her to accompany him home as his wife, but whose cultural attitudes turn out not to be so enlightened; Sophia and Charley get Carol hooked on the dog races.

    b: 16 Apr 94 pc: 141 w: Peter Gallay d: Steve Zuckerman
  24. "Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy"
    gs: Fred Applegate [ Mr. Hackler ], Debra Jo Rupp [ Danielle ], Patricia Coleman [ Mrs. Griffin ], Jill Pierce [ Woman ]

    After Laverne blows a fuse trying to get the clinic's landlord to fix the building's electricity, the staff is evicted; then they discover that their most persistently obnoxious and freeloading patient, Mr. Hackler, is actually the owner of the building. Sophia convinces Carol she needs to spend time away from baby Scottie, but she can't bring herself to leave him with the babysitter she hires.

    b: 23 Apr 94 pc: 146 w: Cody R. Farley d: Steve Zuckerman
  25. "Best Friends"
    gs:

    Carol's childhood friend and Harry are mutually attracted; a Southern patient turns out to be in a blood feud with Laverne's family.

    b: 21 May 94 pc: 145 w: Paul B. Price & Bob Tischler d: Doug Smart
  26. "Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder"
    gs: Wendie Malick [ Denise ], Paul Willson [ Dr. Barshilon ], Molly Snee [ Shea ], Brittany Smith [ Shanna ]

    When Harry fills in temporarily for Dr. Tyler in his old practice, he hits it off when the attractive and funny nurse Denise; and Laverne becomes disturbed by her feeling of jealousy - particularly when Harry turns up in her dreams. Meanwhile, Charley needs glasses.

    b: 21 May 94 pc: 143 w: Ursula Ziegler & Steve Sullivan d: Steve Zuckerman

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