• 1988
  • 30m
Dear John

Summary A divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife. View more details

  • 1988
  • 30m

Dear John

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Judd Hirsch Jere Burns Isabella Hofmann Jane Carr

All cast & crew

6.8

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Oct 5, 1988

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Paramount Television Ed Weinberger Productions

Summary A divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Oct 5, 1988

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Paramount Television Ed Weinberger Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 05, 1988
Pilot
John comes home to find out his wife left him. After a few days, his sister suggests he go to a meeting of a support group for the widowed, divorced, and single.
Episode 2 • Oct 26, 1988
Ralph's Curse
The group has a party. Ralph is excited but doesn't show up. John and Kate are concerned. They find Ralph at home crying over the Curse of Tutankhamun.
Episode 3 • Nov 02, 1988
Hello/Goodbye
Andrew Garberg comes to John claiming to be his son.
Episode 4 • Nov 09, 1988
The Younger Girl
The group leaves John alone at a bar and he's approach by 23 year old hairdresser Karen. They met before but he can't remember her. She may be too much for him but that's the least of it.
Episode 5 • Nov 16, 1988
Matthew's Dilemma
John's ex-wife Wendy wants him to stop having his weekend visits with their despondent son Matthew.
Episode 6 • Nov 23, 1988
Dear Mike
John's former best friend Mike gets dumped by John's ex-wife Wendy. Mike gets invited to the group by Louise while pretending to be Bill.
Episode 7 • Nov 30, 1988
Politics as Usual
Kate is volunteering for Eleanor Guthrie running for congress. Louise, John, and Ralph join her. Kirk invites himself to the party.
Episode 8 • Dec 14, 1988
Dancing in the Dark
John is looking forward to spending Christmas in his apartment with his young son, only to find out at the last minute that the boy is going to Disneyland instead. So John winds up spending Christmas in his apartment with his elderly neighbor, Mrs. Lumenski.
Episode 9 • Jan 04, 1989
Was It Good for Me?
John and Kate spend the night together. And awake up in each other's arms embarrassed.
Episode 10 • Jan 11, 1989
Honest John
John's ex-wife Wendy wants him to lie about their divorce to get their son Matthew into a Catholic school.
Episode 11 • Jan 18, 1989
The Return of Ricky
The support group arranges for Ricky to play a concert in a small venue to boost his sagging morale over a faded career but Ricky is mortified to be outclassed when Freddie and the Dreamers perform.
Episode 12 • Jan 25, 1989
Dream Babe
Kirk starts an awkward relation with an overly fawning young Japanese woman who stumbles into the support group while looking for English class at the center and John is often inconvenienced to translate.
Episode 13 • Feb 15, 1989
Stand by Your Man
Tony Larkin joins the group.
Episode 14 • Feb 22, 1989
Love and Marriage
When Louise's stomach begins to expand, the group is curious who the father is and why he isn't helping her. She tells them that he doesn't yet know. She decides to tell him and he proposes. But she is not sure she wants to marry him.
Episode 15 • Mar 01, 1989
For a Friend
John's married friend Gary has his eye on Kate. He joins the group pretending to be a widower.
Episode 16 • Mar 08, 1989
The Second Time Around
John reconnects with old flame Yvonne but the 30 years separation has left her an older grandmother. The memories don't match the reality.
Episode 17 • Mar 15, 1989
The Last Dance
Pregnant Louise is away getting some bed rest. Ralph is afraid to go to a dance and too shy to meet Barbara, a teacher at the community center.
Episode 18 • Mar 29, 1989
Sisters
Kate tells the group her sister is coming for a visit and she tells them that she always makes a play for every guy she's with. And when they tell Kate she's being paranoid, she decides to prove by introducing Kirk as her beau and to see if she makes a move. And when she doesn't, John takes her home with him. And when he talks about how he and Kate went out once, she comes on to him.
Episode 19 • Apr 05, 1989
Gone Camping
John clashes with his ex-wife over visitation issues with their son Matthew. To maximize the time they have, John takes him to a cabin in the woods. When an epic snowfall traps them in, it looks as though he doesn't plan to return him.
Episode 20 • Apr 26, 1989
Margo
A woman who just broke up with her husband joins the group. She tells them that they broke up because she found out he's a cross dresser. She tells them that they have an amicable relationship, that they go out together though he's in drag. And when people ask what they are they say they're sisters. And that they're meeting at the bar near the center after the meeting. John who wasn't able to attend goes to the bar and meets with a woman named Margo who says she's there to meet her sister who's at a support group at the center.
Episode 21 • May 03, 1989
Friends and Lovers
John's work friend Ken comes to him about his failing marriage. John mistakenly lets slip some of Ken's lies to his wife. John's date falls through. Everything is going wrong. At a party, Louise sets John up with Liz.
Episode 22 • May 10, 1989
Bound for Gloria
John brings Gloria to the group. It's six months since her husband died. Kirk's callousness actually helps and they start going out. Surprisingly, Gloria has Kirk all bound up.
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