NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1987
Hope and Michael Steadman are still adjusting to parenthood while struggling with money problems and best-friend crises.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1987
Hope's anxiety over her parents' impending visit taxes everyone's patience.
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Housewarming
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1987
Michael and Hope race to renovate their crumbling mansion for a huge housewarming party.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Couples
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1987
A night out with friends degenerates as Nancy and Elliot's marital woes become apparent.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - We Gather Together
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1987
Hope and Michael plan a quiet Thanksgiving but learn friends are counting on being invited.
Director: Mark Cullingham
Writer: Edward Zwick
NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/1987
Before a deadline, Michael and Elliot wrestle with a creativity block; Ellyn develops a crush on an associate.
Director: Claudia Weill
Writer: Paul Haggis
NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Weaning
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1987
Sensing baby Janey's decreasing dependency on her, depressed Hope decides to go back to work.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1987
Michael and Hope argue about whether their infant's first holiday should be Christmas or Hanukkah. A famous photographer shows interest in Melissa's work.
Director: Rob Lieberman
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - South by Southeast
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1988
It's a Hitchcockian nightmare as Gary falls in love; as the romance progresses, he begins receiving a series of threats against his life.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Paul Haggis
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Therapy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1988
Elliot and Nancy seek professional help for their troubled marriage; Michael finds it hard to keep it a secret.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Competition
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1988
Michael's jealousy is aroused when an important client make it clear he prefers Elliot. Meanwhile, Hope and Nancy try to come to terms with computers.
Director: Rob Cohen
Writer: Joseph Dougherty
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Separation
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/1988
Elliot temporarily moves in with Michael and Hope after separating from Nancy.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Gynecologist
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1988
Competing for the attention of the same man jeopardizes the new found friendship between Ellyn and Melissa.
Director: Scott Winant
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Business as Usual
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1988
Michael's hopes for a joyous reunion with his father are destroyed when he discovers the real reason for the visit.
Director: Claudia Weill
Writer: Marshall Herskovitz, Paul Haggis
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Accounts Receivable
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1988
A rocky relationship between Michael and his brother Brad is further strained when Michael learns the family business is almost bankrupt.
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Whose Forest Is This?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1988
Nancy and Elliot's separation takes its toll on their son; Elliot prepares for a blind date with a chiropractor.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Nancy's First Date
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1988
Melissa's burgeoning romance slows when she learns he doesn't want any more kids. Nancy has her first date since the separation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Undone
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/1988
Michael's old girlfriend from college pays a visit.
Director: Dan Lerner
Writer: Joseph Dougherty
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Tenure
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1988
Gary evaluates the fate of his academic career as he undergoes tenure review at the college. Ellyn learns her building is going co-op, leaving her to decide whether to buy her apartment.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ann Lewis Hamilton
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Born to Be Mild
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1988
Ellyn and Woodman's weekend is ruined when they are forced to babysit Janey.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jerry Stahl
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - We'll Meet Again
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/1988
As she and Michael argue about her working and having another child, Hope learns about some previous tenants of their house. Hope is making tentative moves toward returning to work full-time. Michael suggests, though, that there might be some problems in doing that and muses about having a second child. Hope, Melissa and Gary find an old trunk in the Steadman's basement full of letters and photos of previous residents, Sally and Roy McCauley. Hope gets lost in these, imagining the courtship of Sally Spangler and Roy, who goes to the South Pacific during World War II. Later Hope and Nancy find Sally's journal. There are more fantasy flashbacks about Roy and Sally getting married and him leaving for war. Later that night as Hope works in bed, Michael comes in and begins to get amorous. Hope, not wearing her diaphragm, stops him. Ellyn finds Hope at home crying. Hope has just read about Sally getting a telegram saying Roy is missing in action.
Director: Scott Winant
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - In Re: the Marriage of Weston
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/13/1988
Things get complicated between Elliot and Nancy as they moved toward finalizing their divorce. They both try to establish new relationships. Scenes of Elliot and Nancy's courtship are intercut with the present-day divorce preparations. Elliot has to get cash advances on his salary from an unhappy Michael. Nancy, using the last name Krieger, calls editor Jack Bronstein about her book. He's enthusiastic but says he can't recommend it yet--the story's a ""little weak."" Meanwhile Elliot's lawyer Adrian tries to talk business with him at a restaurant, but he's more interested in coming on to her. She declines to go out with him. Nancy is working at an office job, and a younger employee there, Terry O'Neil, seems to like her. Later when she and Jack are at her house working on the book, he kisses her. Nancy tells Melissa she's been carrying around her diaphragm! Later, Nancy has a physical encounter with Terry.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - The Mike Van Dyke Show
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/20/1988
As Christmas and Hanukkah near, Hope suffers a minor injury and an unknown illness. Michael has a crisis of faith and imagines his life as a 1960's TV sitcom. Michael and Hope are negotiating over Christmas/Hanukkah celebrations. Mike starts watching TV and sees himself in an old black & white TV sitcom, with the Westons interrupting his plans to be with Hope. The next day at work, Elliot tells Mike he seems distracted. Michael gets a phone call--Hope has been in an accident with Janey. Rushing to the hospital, he finds Janey unhurt and Hope looking tired with some contusions on her face, but otherwise apparently OK. Mike watches the TV show again, this time with Santa in it. He drives Melissa to the synagogue and she encourages him to come on Friday. Michael returns home with a tree and finds Hope getting ill in the bathroom. He tells her to go to the doctor about the dizzy spells she's been having. Another flash to the TV show: Hope is missing on a wintry night.
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Trust Me
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/3/1989
Melissa and Gary consider having a child together. Gary volunteers his time at a social services center, where he is irritated by and attracted to a brusque administrator. Gary and Melissa's relationship seems to be drawing closer as they both have rejection at work in common, along with thoughts of parenthood for themselves now that Hope and Michael are expecting. Gary goes to a private social welfare agency, the Race Street Project, and meets with Susannah Hart there about a mentoring program for a local youth. Susannah is skeptical of Gary's commitment. Gary meets his charge, Curtis Caldwell, a Stanford-bound student who does not want to be in the program. At a wedding, Melissa meets Russell Weller, a painter who has noticed her at the galleries. He invites her to a party. Melissa goes to the party with Russell. When his good mood turns bleak after a phone call, she realizes that he's gay and has just heard about a friend contracting AIDS.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of thirtysomething
Every episode of thirtysomething ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of thirtysomething!
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "thirtysomething". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Marshall Herskovitz and written by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, it aired on 9/29/1987. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming".
