Dear John (1988)
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
Dear John: Season 1 - 22 Episode s
1x1 - Pilot
October 6, 1988
John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)
1x2 - Ralph's Curse
October 27, 1988
1x3 - Hello/Goodbye
November 3, 1988
A young man claims to be John' son.
1x4 - The Younger Girl
November 10, 1988
John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
1x5 - Matthew's Dilemma
November 17, 1988
John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
1x6 - Dear Mike
November 24, 1988
1x7 - Politics as Usual
December 1, 1988
1x8 - Dancing in the Dark
December 15, 1988
1x9 - Was It Good for Me?
January 5, 1989
1x10 - Honest John
January 12, 1989
1x11 - The Return of Ricky
January 19, 1989
1x12 - Dream Babe
January 26, 1989
1x13 - Stand by Your Man
February 16, 1989
1x14 - Love and Marriage
February 23, 1989
1x15 - For a Friend
March 2, 1989
1x16 - The Second Time Around
March 9, 1989
1x17 - The Last Dance
March 16, 1989
1x18 - Sisters
March 30, 1989
Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
1x19 - Gone Camping
April 6, 1989
On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
1x20 - Margo
April 27, 1989
The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
1x21 - Friends and Lovers
May 4, 1989
1x22 - Bound for Gloria
May 11, 1989
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