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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Thunder Alley - S2 - E17
Gill's romantic evening is spoiled by the surprise arrival of Bobbie and the kids; but the disastrous evening only warms him up for the kids' well-intentioned plans to make amends.
Thunder Alley: Season 2 - 20 Episode s
2x1 - Never Say Die
September 14, 1994
Bobbi and Gil clash over how to soothe Harry's fears over an impending tonsilectomy.
2x2 - Speak No Evil
September 21, 1994
Gil addresses Harry's class on career day, but Bobbie doesn't like the message he gives about the worth of formal education
2x3 - Easy Money
September 28, 1994
Gill takes the kids to the racetrack, to Bobbi's consternation.
2x4 - Get a Job
October 5, 1994
Gil is left to content with the kids after he shames Bobbie in looking for a ""real job"".
2x5 - First Date
October 12, 1994
A boy asks Claudine to the school dance, but Bobbi and Gil impose conditions she rebels against.
2x6 - Give 'Em Hell, Bobbi
October 15, 1994
As the new coach of Jenny's basketball team, Bobbie renames it the Bluebirds and puts its members (and their parents) in a foul mood with a winning-isn't-everything philosophy.
2x7 - Sex, Lies and Popcorn
October 26, 1994
Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.
2x8 - Sex, Lies & Popcorn
October 26, 1994
Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.
2x9 - The Garage Sale
November 2, 1994
A family garage sale finds Bobbie and Gil in a rhubarb over ownership of a 1972 baseball card collection that may bring in as much as
2x10 - Accidentally at First Sight
March 7, 1995
Bobbi meets an attractive new man, but the rest of the family don't approve of her dating him.
2x11 - Are We There Yet?
March 14, 1994
It's time for the stock-car racers' reunion, but Harry puts the brakes on Gill's enthusiasm when he decides to ta g along; Bobbie tries to sell the girls on the idea of a mother-daughter slumber party
2x12 - Breaking Away
March 21, 1995
Bobbi and Harry both learn lessons about trust and letting go when Bobbie, worrying that Claudine doesn't confide in her, is tempted to read her diary; and Gil prods Harry to lose his bicycle training wheels
2x13 - The Trouble with Harry
March 28, 1995
The girls convince Harry that he has ruined Gil's prized stock-car engine with a dropped marble, but the prank backfires when Harry confesses and an overheated Gil explodes, prompting Harry to run away from home
2x14 - Workin' Man's Blues
April 4, 1995
When the kids misbehave, Gil metes out their punishment: Harry must work in the garage, and the girls are evicted from their rooms. Meanwhile, Bobbie laughs at Gil's plan to ""lock the tigers outside of their cage.""
2x15 - A Little Me Time
April 11, 1995
Bobbie takes a break from the demands of the kids and Gil by going bowling with Rita and her friends -- on the night Gil plans to watch ""the fight of the century.""
2x16 - I Am Spartacus
April 18, 1995
When Bobbie finally takes Gil's advice about demanding the kids respect her authority, they seem singularly unimpressed
2x17 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
April 25, 1995
Gill's romantic evening is spoiled by the surprise arrival of Bobbie and the kids; but the disastrous evening only warms him up for the kids' well-intentioned plans to make amends.
2x18 - Just a Vacation
May 2, 1995
Bobbi reserves a week at a family vacation spot in the hopes that it will leave the children with wonderful memories, but it looks like the only camp regulation at Scattered Pines is Murphy's Law.
2x19 - Buzz off, Buzzard Boy
May 9, 1995
Harry wants his birthday party to be in the theme of his favorite superhero, Buzzard Boy; but Bobbi wants a less violent alternative -- Enviro-Man, a superhero that only Mother Earth could love.
2x20 - No Swing Set
July 4, 1995
Bobbi can't afford the expensive toy the kids have their hearts set on.