Eight Is Enough

5,3

1977

6.0 / 10

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Season 5

Episodes

EP 1: And Baby Makes Nine (1)

Nicholas and Tom start boy scouts and Nicholas volunteers Tom to be the assistant scout master. Elizabeth considers moving in w...

EP 2: And Baby Makes Nine (2)

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EP 4: Welcome to Memorial Dr. Bradford

Abby gets a job as a guidance counselor at a rough high school filled with trouble. Tom discovers his driver's license has expi...

EP 5: Generations

Susan brings the baby, Sandra Sue, home from the hospital. When Joan's parents visit the Bradford household to see the family a...

EP 6: Holly

Ernie introduces Tommy to a slightly older songwriting woman who has a 4-year old son. When he falls for her, she has second thoug...

EP 7: Maltese Airline Bag

Nicholas and his friend, Melvin, start a messenger service to earn money and get more than they bargained for. One of their first ...

EP 8: Strike

Caught up in a newspaper strike and laid-off, Tom tries to bring the feuding parties together thanks to something Nicholas says ab...

EP 9: Bradfordgate

Tom is nominated for a political post by the governor. A political appointment for him ends up more than he can live with. Joan...

EP 10: Darlene Dilemma

Abby is proud of the progress one of her students has made and invites her to the house for dinner. Jeremy falls for 16-year-ol...

EP 11: Second Thoughts

Joannie is tired of not getting any serious assignments at work and Abby encourages her to take a leave of absence to evaluate her...

EP 12: David's Rib

Joannie involves David in the renovation of an old opera house. However, Janet is the legal counsel for the developer who wants to...

EP 13: Vows

Jeremy meets a new girlfriend at a Fred Astaire film festival. Tom and Abby decide to renew their marriage vows on their 3rd an...

EP 14: The Way We Were

Tommy and Ernie, back from college with a ""preppy"" look, run into Jill, Tommy's old girlfriend. When Jill picks Ernie over Tommy...

EP 15: If The Glass Slipper Fits

Nancy's modeling career is about to take off but she needs to make an important decision as she later finds out she has to pose to...

EP 16: The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento

Jeremy wants to manage Tommy's band and tries to get him a gig. Joannie is chosen to organize a charity telethon and tries to g...

EP 17: Yet Another Seven Days in February

This year it's the boys' turn to meet new women. Tommy dates the daughter of a radio station owner in order to get his band some a...

EP 18: Idolbreaker (1)

Just as Tommy's career is about to take off, his old girlfriend returns to tell Tommy she is pregnant after it is announced that h...

EP 19: Idolbreaker (2)

Ellen tells Tommy that she doesn't want to marry him and Tommy isn't sure what he wants to do. At the last minute, they both reali...

EP 20: Starting Over

Jeremy is suspicious when he finds a skull while digging in the garden. David and Janet consider getting back together. Nich...

EP 21: Goals

Merle suffers a career-ending shoulder injury and doesn't know what to do if he can't play baseball. Merle comes upon Nicholas and...

EP 22: Father Knows Best

Finally ready to be a father, Jeremy's father returns for a visit and wants to take him back to Los Angeles. David relives old ...

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.