The Worst Episodes of Empty Nest

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

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

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

Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

A good deed backfires on Harry when a neurotic woman refuses to leave him alone. Carol's new boyfriend seems perfect except for his hideously annoying laugh.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

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

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

With the gang fretting over Laverne's elopement, Kevin comes to see Carol and the two decide to get married with Laverne's father performing the ceremony. Laverne and Matt return unhitched and the ceremony becomes a double wedding. Barbara returns home to pack her things, but Harry has second thoughts about moving...until he is confronted by his dead wife Libby's ghost.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: Dennis Snee

After being dumped yet again, Carol flips out and falls in love with the first man she can find: an oddball who passes out cheese samples at the mall. Laverne decides to spice up Harry's biography for a hospital newsletter.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

Harry's lust for his girlfriend sparks marital thoughts.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

After finding a man guilty during jury duty, Carol tires to clear her conscience by hiring a former criminal to work at her catering business.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

A storm strands cruise passenger Charley adrift in a raft and he returns a different man. Carol and Patrick have a chance to work together, but she becomes jealous when he gets the job and she doesn't.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: Dennis Snee

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

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

Reporter Carol tries her best to meet Hillary Clinton, who is visiting the clinic, but only ends up getting thrown in jail along with Laverne and Charley.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

Harry looks forward to a visit from a childhood sweetheart, until a childhood rival also resurfaces. Charley wonders what FICA is when the company starts taking part of his paycheck.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

Harry attempts to start a relationship with an old friend. Carol tries to assemble exercise equipment she bought for Patrick, and when she can't do it she reluctantly calls on Charley for help.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: Cheryl Holliday

Carol is upset when cousin Little Carol visits and announces her wedding plans. Charley is sentenced to community service at the hospital and gets some helpful tips from Jack Trenton.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

Charley's mother arrives to tell him that she and his father are divorced and ends up falling in love with Harry. Carol goes on a trip to meet Patrick's mother. Laverne battles her insurance company.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

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

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