Season 1

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  8.0/108 votes

  Pilot

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/1987

  A 14-year-old genius (Corey Haim) and the 42 year old ex Marine (Burt Young) become college roommates and deal with a kind of Odd Couple relationship in their dorm room, eventually finding something to learn from each other.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/107 votes

  Wrestling

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/1987

  Matthew asks his dad to come and watch him wrestle, then is dismayed that he has to wrestle a girl.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/107 votes

  The One That Got Away

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/3/1987

  Matthew's concern for the survival of a rare fish prompts the boys to form a rescue party.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/107 votes

  To Tell the Truth

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/1987

  Nick tries some self-analysis after he follows a date with his psychology professor with a visit to another woman.

  Director: Jim Drake

  Writer: Hollis Rich

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  7.6/107 votes

  The Ditch

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/24/1987

  During the yearly 'Stupid Documentary Festival' the college has for the students, an old military training film is shown which triggers Nick who has memories of all of the young people lost in war during his time in the Marines.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1055 votes

  Bobby Midnight

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/1987

  Matthew becomes a campus sensation as the newest radio station DJ "Bobby Midnight."

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/107 votes

  Obsession

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/8/1987

  Matthew hooks up with a girl who's as obsessed with plants as he is with fish, but a mishap causes suspicion, threatening their romance.

  Director: Jim Drake

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/107 votes

  Mid-Term Fever

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/15/1987

  Mid-terms approach, and the guys pull an all-nighter for their first one, but Nick's subsequent low grade sends him reeling for home (with Matthew in tow).

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown