Eight Is Enough

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1977

6.0 / 10

Episodes

EP 1: Merle the Pearl

Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player. Nicholas is upset that his young girlfriend is m...

EP 2: The Cupid Crisis

David returns and is determined to win Janet back from her new boyfriend. Merle confides to Nicholas that he wants to propose t...

EP 3: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan decided to move up the wedding day to accom...

EP 4: Ten Ships in the Night

Chaos hits the Bradford house when everyone's activities go around the clock. In order to get her Ph.D. more quickly, Abby atte...

EP 5: The Night They Raided Bradfords

Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, comes from the farm and visits the Bradfords and is s...

EP 6: The Devil and Mr. Bradford

Joannie gets a job in the research department of a TV station. Mary finds a hidden home pregnancy test and tries to find the owner...

EP 7: Big Shoes, Little Feet

Three Bradfords struggle to meet the expectations of others: Nicholas turns truant to escape the long shadow of his siblings; Tom'...

EP 8: Fathers and Other Strangers (1)

Tom's sister Vivian sweeps into town with an offer to take the entire family on vacation to Hawaii, where she secretly plans to re...

EP 9: Fathers and Other Strangers (2)

Still in Hawaii, Tom and his father contemplate whether they can or should bother to reconcile their relationship....

EP 10: Letter to One Bradford

When Tommy is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Mary and Nicholas both feel culpable for different reasons; Merle and ...

EP 12: Arrivals

Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn that she is pregnant. The girls try to cheer her up. ...

EP 13: Brotherhood, Sisterhood

Tom talks David into hiring Tommy as a construction worker but Tommy has to prove himself to his fellow workers by standing up to ...

EP 14: Mary, He's Married

Joannie tries to convince her boss that she is ready for more responsibility at work. Joannie wants to do a documentary on her fam...

EP 15: My Son, the Prom Queen

Upset that an all girl band was chosen to play at prom, Tommy protests by running for prom queen. Joannie pushes her boss for s...

EP 16: The Courage To Be

Tom is upset that everyone is neglecting their household duties so Abby and the kids pool their resources to hire a maid. Tommy...

EP 17: Semi-Centennial Bradford

Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of teh youth movement at work and believes that the Reg...

EP 18: The Commitment

Tommy is upset when Jill's idea of a commitment is not the same as his and then misinterprets signals from Mary's friend, Kerry, a...

EP 19: Seven More Days in February

It's winter break and Joannie, Nancy, and Mary meet strange men that drive Tom and Abby crazy. Tom fixes Tommy up with his boss...

EP 20: The Return of Joe Simons

Tom's new temporary secretary is overly attentive. Joe Simons, the con man who helped Nicholas return from San Diego, shows up ...

EP 21: Bradford vs. Bradford

Ernie misreads Elizabeth's friendly gestures. David is jealous that Janet is working long hours with a male colleague. Tom coun...

EP 22: Memories

Abby needs time to deal with memories of her late husband after a fellow prisoner of war shows up in Sacramento. She works out her...

EP 23: Official Positions

Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team. Tom is jealous when a publisher offers to publish Abby's thesis and Tom...

EP 24: A Matter of Mentors

Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss will be expecting a favor in return. Joannie blows...

EP 25: Roll Over Bradford

Tom is upset that Tommy hasn't sent in any college applications but Tommy wants to be a musician and is not interested in college....

EP 26: A Little Triangle

Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service. Nancy falls in love with the 5-year-old daughter of the young widower she is dating, but...

EP 27: (Finally) Grad Night

Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small party after graduation. Nicholas and Irving are wo...

Overview

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.

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Episodes >>

Merle the Pearl

Episode 1

Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player. ...

The Cupid Crisis

Episode 2

David returns and is determined to win Janet back from her new boyfriend. Mer...

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

Episode 3

David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and...

Ten Ships in the Night

Episode 4

Chaos hits the Bradford house when everyone's activities go around the clock. ...

The Night They Raided Bradfords

Episode 5

Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, com...

The Devil and Mr. Bradford

Episode 6

Joannie gets a job in the research department of a TV station. Mary finds a hidd...

Big Shoes, Little Feet

Episode 7

Three Bradfords struggle to meet the expectations of others: Nicholas turns trua...

Fathers and Other Strangers (1)

Episode 8

Tom's sister Vivian sweeps into town with an offer to take the entire family on ...

Fathers and Other Strangers (2)

Episode 9

Still in Hawaii, Tom and his father contemplate whether they can or should bothe...

Letter to One Bradford

Episode 10

When Tommy is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Mary and Nicholas bo...

Separate Ways

Episode 11

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Arrivals

Episode 12

Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn tha...

Brotherhood, Sisterhood

Episode 13

Tom talks David into hiring Tommy as a construction worker but Tommy has to prov...

Mary, He's Married

Episode 14

Joannie tries to convince her boss that she is ready for more responsibility at ...

My Son, the Prom Queen

Episode 15

Upset that an all girl band was chosen to play at prom, Tommy protests by runnin...

The Courage To Be

Episode 16

Tom is upset that everyone is neglecting their household duties so Abby and the ...

Semi-Centennial Bradford

Episode 17

Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of te...

The Commitment

Episode 18

Tommy is upset when Jill's idea of a commitment is not the same as his and then ...

Seven More Days in February

Episode 19

It's winter break and Joannie, Nancy, and Mary meet strange men that drive Tom a...

The Return of Joe Simons

Episode 20

Tom's new temporary secretary is overly attentive. Joe Simons, the con man wh...

Bradford vs. Bradford

Episode 21

Ernie misreads Elizabeth's friendly gestures. David is jealous that Janet is ...

Memories

Episode 22

Abby needs time to deal with memories of her late husband after a fellow prisone...

Official Positions

Episode 23

Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team. Tom is jealous when a...

A Matter of Mentors

Episode 24

Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss ...

Roll Over Bradford

Episode 25

Tom is upset that Tommy hasn't sent in any college applications but Tommy wants ...

A Little Triangle

Episode 26

Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service. Nancy falls in love with the 5-year-ol...

(Finally) Grad Night

Episode 27

Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small par...