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The Best Episodes of Empty Nest Season 6

Every episode of Empty Nest Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Empty Nest Season 6!

Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people...
Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"When the Rooster Dies" is the best rated episode of "Empty Nest" season 6. It scored 7.7/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Steve Zuckerman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1993. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1)".

  • When the Rooster Dies
    7.7/10107 votes

    #1 - When the Rooster Dies

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1993

    Harry sells his pediatrics practice to another doctor, who ends up firing Laverne. When the hospital sends Harry to check out an inner-city clinic, he ends up teaming up with the owner, Dr. Maxine Douglas, to keep the place open. Laverne joins them as nurse. Meanwhile, Sophia Petrillo moves back into nearby Shady Pines retirement home and drops by the Weston house.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1)
    7.7/10105 votes

    #2 - Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1)

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1993

    Carol throws Patrick out when she realizes that he'll never grow up, but later learns that she's pregnant. Laverne goes too far when trying to organize things at the clinic.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (2)
    7.7/10106 votes

    #3 - Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (2)

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1993

    Carol can't decide how to tell Patrick about her pregnancy. Laverne refuses to tell Maxine a secret.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Mama Todd, the Sequel
    7.7/10102 votes

    #4 - Mama Todd, the Sequel

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1993

    Laverne's mother-in-law visits, unaware that Nick and Laverne are divorced. Charley tries to persuade Carol to make him godfather of the baby.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Mom's the Word
    7.7/10102 votes

    #5 - Mom's the Word

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1993

    Carol is afraid to tell a date that she is pregnant. Laverne and Maxine disagree when trying to plan a baby shower.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Diary of a Mad Housewife
    7.5/10103 votes

    #6 - Diary of a Mad Housewife

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1993

    Carol reads her mother's old diary and thinks she wasn't wanted. Maxine is annoyed by a mime and a hypochondriac at the clinic.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Bob Tischler

  • Mother Dearest
    7.5/10105 votes

    #7 - Mother Dearest

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1993

    Maxine's mother visits and drives her crazy, but then finds out she may have glaucoma. Charley finds out the sex of Carol's baby, something she didn't want to know. Harry and Casey MacAfee try to make a date.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • No Volunteers, Please
    7.6/10104 votes

    #8 - No Volunteers, Please

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1993

    A shy woman volunteers at the clinic and starts sending Laverne flowers and cooking her dinner, which prompts Maxine to think the lady is a lesbian. Carol tries to get her unborn child enrolled in a posh preschool.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Das Boob
    7.4/10103 votes

    #9 - Das Boob

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1993

    Harry and Charley get stranded at sea. Maxine tries to overcome her fear of public speaking.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dennis Snee

  • The Girl Who Cried Baby
    7.4/10104 votes

    #10 - The Girl Who Cried Baby

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1993

    Maxine and Harry compete to sell opera tickets. After a series of false alarms, Carol gives birth to son Scotty while at the opera.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Susan Beavers

  • Superbaby
    7.4/10106 votes

    #11 - Superbaby

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1993

    When the baby starts ""singing Beethoven,"" Carol fears the hospital has given her the wrong child.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Read All About It
    7.3/10103 votes

    #12 - Read All About It

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1993

    When Maxine has a dental emergency, Harry steps in and gives an interview in her place, but the journalist makes the article sound as though Harry deserves all the credit for the clinic's success. Meanwhile, Charley falls for Dreyfuss' vet.

    Director: Dinah Manoff

    Writer: N/A

  • Love a la Mode
    7.7/10103 votes

    #13 - Love a la Mode

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1994

    Charley plans to marry a waitress from a pancake house. When she finds out they have the same birthday, Laverne thinks that explains why she and Maxine are so much alike, which Maxine thinks is ridiculous.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • What's A Mother To Do?
    7.7/10103 votes

    #14 - What's A Mother To Do?

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1994

    Carol joins a mother-daughter support group and ends up feeling that she is the worst mother in the world, especially after locking the baby in the car. Laverne thinks Maxine is dying when she mysteriously asks for time off after a check-up.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Cindy Chupack

  • Gesundheit
    7.4/10105 votes

    #15 - Gesundheit

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1994

    When the baby can't stop sneezing, Carol hires Studs With Suds to clean the house from top to bottom, and Sophia charges her friends to come and see them in action. But when they think it may be Dreyfuss causing the allergy, Harry takes him to stay with Charley, who doesn't want to give him back. Meanwhile, strange noises from upstairs make Laverne think the clinic is haunted by the ghosts of men who were murdered there years before.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dennis Snee

  • Under the Gun
    7.2/10109 votes

    #16 - Under the Gun

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1994

    Harry gets shot when a young boy brings a gun to the clinic. Carol has a date with a famous anthropologist, who opts instead to go party with Charley.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Brotherly Shove
    7.6/10104 votes

    #17 - Brotherly Shove

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1994

    Charley ends up working at his brother's used car lot, but when he makes a big sale his brother takes all the credit. Maxine and Laverne become competitive when they start jogging to get in shape.

    Director: Dinah Manoff

    Writer: Drake Sather

  • The Ballad of Shady Pines
    7.6/10103 votes

    #18 - The Ballad of Shady Pines

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1994

    Laverne fills in for a friend at Shady Pines, where Sophia's boyfriend hits on her. Sophia catches the two together and thinks Laverne is stealing her man.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Hog Heaven
    7.5/10100 votes

    #19 - Hog Heaven

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/1994

    Laverne's old biker boyfriend returns and the two rekindle their romance, which annoys Harry, who doesn't think the guy is good enough for her. Carol makes a memory video for baby Scotty.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Bob Tischler

  • Charley's Millions
    7.7/10105 votes

    #20 - Charley's Millions

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/1994

    After receiving an inheritance, Charley assembles a group of people who have meant a lot to him over the years (which includes Harry, Carol, Sophia, and Don Adams from Get Smart) and takes them all on a trip to Mardi Gras. Laverne's hideous looking cat dies.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Half That Jazz
    7.6/10103 votes

    #21 - Half That Jazz

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/1994

    Harry persuades his old jazz idol Sonny Baxter to come out of retirement and play at a benefit. Strange things start happening after Sophia vows revenge on Charley for dumping her niece.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dennis Snee

  • The Devil and Dr. Weston
    7.3/10102 votes

    #22 - The Devil and Dr. Weston

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/9/1994

    A wealthy philanthropist eyes Harry. Carol tries to help shy Doris (who once volunteered at the clinic but now sales roll-on moose door-to-door) come out of her shell.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Kari Lizer

  • A Foreign Affair
    7.3/10100 votes

    #23 - A Foreign Affair

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 4/16/1994

    Maxine's boyfriend, an African cultural attache, proposes marriage. Sophia and Charley get Carol (who meanwhile has started to play the guitar again) hooked on the dog races.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy
    7.5/10101 votes

    #24 - Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 4/23/1994

    When their good-for-nothing landlord refuses to repair the problems at the clinic, Laverne threatens a rent strike and ends up getting the gang evicted. Meanwhile, Sophia convinces Carol to spend some time away from baby Scotty but she can't seem to bring herself to let him out of her sight.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Friends
    7.7/1099 votes

    #25 - Best Friends

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 5/21/1994

    Carol is upset when her childhood friend returns and starts dating Harry. A patient at the clinic turns out to be a member of the family which has feuded with Laverne's for years, which sparks a mini-war between the two.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Tischler