Kate & Allie

S01 E01 · 1984-03-19 · 30 min

Allie's First Date

S01 E02 · 1984-03-26 · 30 min

The Very Loud Family

When the kids are assigned a class project to show ""change"", Emma makes a video on her family.

S01 E03 · 1984-04-16 · 30 min

Odd Boy Out

Allie discovers that Chips friends think hes a sissy because of his background.

S01 E04 · 1984-04-23 · 30 min

The Family Business

When Kate gets a promotion at the travel agency, Allie starts to feel she may have missed out on life.

S01 E05 · 1984-04-30 · 30 min

Dear Diary

Kate's curiosity gets the best of her when she finds a diary which belongs to Allie.

S01 E06 · 1984-05-07 · 30 min

A Weekend to Remember

Allie finds herself alone when Kate goes on a ski trip with her ex-husband and the kids are off doing their own thing.

S02 E01 · 1984-10-08 · 30 min

Baby

Excited about a co-worker's pregnancy, Kate seriously considers having another baby.

S02 E02 · 1984-10-15 · 30 min

Landlady

Kate and Allie face a rent increase when their landlady realizes that there are two families occupying a one-family dwelling.

S02 E03 · 1984-10-22 · 30 min

Diner

Allie finally has someone who wants to buy her house... but, is she willing to sell?

S02 E04 · 1984-10-29 · 30 min

Lottsa Luck

Kate's elderly aunt Ofelia dies, leaving behind a cryptic will

S02 E05 · 1984-11-05 · 30 min

Candidate

Allie offers to be a campaign volunteer to a would-be congressman

S02 E06 · 1984-11-12 · 30 min

Kate and the Plumber

Kate's relationship with plumber Ted runs hot and cold -- the only thing they can agree on is a mutual attraction.

S02 E07 · 1984-11-19 · 30 min

The Safe Caper

After finding a 55-year-old love letter hidden in the wall, Kate and Allie try to rekindle the romance by mailing the letter.

S02 E08 · 1984-11-26 · 30 min

Pirates

When Jennie and Emma vie for the same part in the school production of ""Pirates of Penzance,"" their friendship is tested along with their acting skills.

S02 E09 · 1984-12-03 · 30 min

Country Dog

Chip's birthday causes problems when Charles goes overboard on presents.

S02 E10 · 1984-12-10 · 30 min

Piano Lesson

When Max leaves for L.A., Emma inherits the piano, complete with a handsome piano teacher who soon has the whole family interested in ""music"" — but who strikes a note of discord when he becomes more interested in Kate than in his pupil.

S02 E11 · 1984-12-31 · 30 min

New Year's Eve

Dateless, Kate and Allie spend New Year's Eve at home together.

S02 E12 · 1985-01-07 · 30 min

Back to School

S02 E13 · 1985-01-14 · 30 min

Charles Marries Claire

Allie has new hope of a reconciliation after ex-husband Charles becomes suddenly attentive because he has broken up with girlfriend Clare.

S02 E14 · 1985-02-04 · 30 min

If She Goes, I Go

Despite Kate's doubts about working with her friend, Allie gets a job at Sloan Travel and quickly fouls up so completely that she is fired—whereupon Kate threatens to quit.

S02 E15 · 1985-02-11 · 30 min

Rear Window

Chip's imagination could get him into trouble when he ""witnesses"" a murder from his bedroom window.

S02 E16 · 1985-02-18 · 30 min

Lovely Rita

Guess who's coming to dinner? Kate's potential step-mom. But when Kate takes an instant dislike to her father's fiancée, he calls the engagement off.

S02 E17 · 1985-02-25 · 30 min

Sons and Lovers

Allie begins dating Steven, a cute graduate student, but resists getting serious. Her doubts about age-differences are confirmed when she accidentally meets Steven's mom at his apartment and finds she has more in common with her that with her son.

S02 E18 · 1985-03-04 · 30 min

Author, Author

Kate and Allie's crush on an old college professor is rekindled when each imagines she is the inspiration for his recently published romantic novel.

S02 E20 · 1985-03-18 · 30 min

The Bad Seed

Jenny falls into bad company but finds herself all alone at the police station.

S02 E21 · 1985-04-08 · 30 min

Goodbye, Plumber

Ted proposes to Kate.

S02 E22 · 1985-05-06 · 30 min

My Dinner With Kate and Allie

After Allie's ex Charles remarries and Kate breaks up with Ted, they try to cheer themselves up with a lobster dinner.

S03 E01 · 1985-09-30 · 30 min

The Reunion

Invited to their 20th high school reunion, Kate & Allie both go determined to settle old scores.

S03 E02 · 1985-10-07 · 30 min

Make Mine Mink

Kate "inherits" a lovely mink coat from a lover's quarrel and finds that it changes her lifestyle.

S03 E03 · 1985-10-14 · 30 min

Whatever Happened to Romance?

Allie's advertisement for part-time work ends up in the Personals Column by mistake, and the return mail brings such bizarre responses that she is appalled.

S03 E04 · 1985-10-21 · 30 min

Evening in Paris

On a free trip to Paris, Allie comes down with the flu while Jennie plans a rendezvous with a Frenchman.

S03 E05 · 1985-10-28 · 30 min

Picture of An Affair

Allie receives devastating news about her father.

S03 E06 · 1985-11-04 · 30 min

The Maltese Chotchke

Max sends Emma a mystery for her birthday, and Allie is soon in on it, catching up the family in an exotic world of menacing art dealers and homicidal maniacs.

S03 E07 · 1985-11-11 · 30 min

Allie's Affair

Allie's new professor from Ohio begins visiting on ""academic business"" but their relationship soon heats up, with surprising results.

S03 E08 · 1985-11-25 · 30 min

Thanksgiving

Kate and Allie invite a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner/disaster.

S03 E09 · 1985-12-02 · 30 min

Max's New Girlfriend

Kate is worried that Max's new girlfriend, Darla, is turning Emma's head in a glamorous world of celebrities and premieres.

S03 E10 · 1985-12-16 · 30 min

Kate's Friend

Kate's old friend Betsy visits, and far outstays her welcome.

S03 E11 · 1985-12-23 · 30 min

Dress to Kill

Invited to the Russian Ballet, Kate searches frantically for the perfect dress. She finds it, but it costs more than Kate and Allie's combined monthly salaries.

S03 E12 · 1986-01-06 · 30 min

Dark Victory

Trapped in her dentist's office during a blackout, Kate makes a date with a stranger—and then discovers he's black.

S03 E13 · 1986-01-13 · 30 min

Grand Central Station

A singing telegram provided more information than intended when Kate and Allie referee another family's dispute.

S03 E14 · 1986-01-20 · 30 min

Chip's Divorce

Chip feels he's being replaced when he finds out Charles' girlfriend Claire is pregnant.

S03 E15 · 1986-01-27 · 30 min

Too Late The Rebel

A protest rally gives Allie a taste of what she missed during the '60s, while for Kate it's a march down memory lane.

S03 E16 · 1986-02-03 · 30 min

The Croissant Jungle

Jenny gets more than she bargained for in her new job: a bonus of sexual harassment.

S03 E17 · 1986-02-10 · 30 min

Privacy

Allie jumps to conclusions when she discovers Kate with a former boyfriend who's now married.

S03 E18 · 1986-02-17 · 30 min

High Anxiety

Allie is so afraid of appearing on a talk show about modern families that she follows Kate's advice and goes to a hypnotist.

S03 E19 · 1986-02-24 · 30 min

Thank You, Shirley

Kate and Allie are both attracted to the same lawyer.

S03 E20 · 1986-03-03 · 30 min

Ted's Back

Faced with a lonely Saturday night, Kate calls former boyfriend Ted on the pretense of returning a sweater.

S03 E21 · 1986-03-17 · 30 min

Chip's New Friend

Chip befriends a mentally handicapped man who's homeless and invites him to sleep in the basement.

S03 E22 · 1986-04-07 · 30 min

Winning

Emma questions the importance of being elected class president when she learns that her opponent has leukemia.

S03 E23 · 1986-05-12 · 30 min

Late Bloomer

Kate takes a cooking class given by a woman who also teaches acting, and studies psychology when not arguing with her mother about moving home.

S04 E01 · 1986-09-22 · 30 min

The Trouble With Jason

Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.

S04 E02 · 1986-09-29 · 30 min

Found Money

Kate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.

S04 E03 · 1986-10-06 · 30 min

The Bully

Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.

S04 E04 · 1986-10-13 · 30 min

General Hospital

Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.

S04 E05 · 1986-10-20 · 30 min

Rx for Love

His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...

S04 E06 · 1986-10-27 · 30 min

Halloween II

The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.

S04 E07 · 1986-11-03 · 30 min

Jennie and Jason

Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.

S04 E08 · 1986-11-10 · 30 min

Bringing Up Charles

Allie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.

S04 E09 · 1986-11-24 · 30 min

Emma's Coming Out Party

Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.

S04 E10 · 1986-12-01 · 30 min

Stage Mother

Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.

S04 E11 · 1986-12-08 · 30 min

The Goodbye Girl

Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.

S04 E12 · 1986-12-15 · 30 min

Dates of Future Past

While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.

S04 E13 · 1987-01-05 · 30 min

Gift of the Magi

Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.

S04 E14 · 1987-01-26 · 30 min

Allie's Graduation

Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.

S04 E15 · 1987-02-02 · 30 min

Upstairs, Downstairs

Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.

S04 E16 · 1987-02-09 · 30 min

Emma Goes to College

Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.

S04 E17 · 1987-02-16 · 30 min

Allie and the Three Wolves

At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.

S04 E18 · 1987-02-23 · 30 min

Louis in Love

Kate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.

S04 E19 · 1987-03-02 · 30 min

Reruns

Allie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""

S04 E20 · 1987-03-16 · 30 min

Send Me No Flowers

The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.

S04 E21 · 1987-03-23 · 30 min

Dearly Beloved

To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.

S04 E22 · 1987-04-06 · 30 min

Allie on Strike

Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.

S04 E23 · 1987-05-04 · 30 min

Kate Quits

Emma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.

S04 E24 · 1987-05-11 · 30 min

Charles' Dinner

Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.

S04 E25 · 1987-05-18 · 30 min

Allie's Surprise Party

Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.

S05 E01 · 1987-09-14 · 30 min

Fathers and Sons

An adult Chip brings his son Scotty to the old apartment just before the building is demolished, and reminisces a bout the day he tried to conceal a report card showing that he had failed science -- convincing him that he would always be a failure.

S05 E02 · 1987-09-21 · 30 min

The Dilemma with Emma

Everyone has date problems: Emma has no date for the college dance and must go with Jennie and Jason & Jennie breaks up with Jason & Chip has a fight with Amy upstairs because she was drooling over Matt Dillon in the movie they rent ed & Kate's chiropractor date was a self-centered bore; and Allie has no date at all. But Emma meets someone at the dance: a self-satisfied, arrogrant business major whom everyone else hates on sight.

S05 E03 · 1987-09-28 · 30 min

Kate and the Cab Driver

Kate falls for a charmingly immature cab driver who quit his job as an advertising executive to become an artist -- and who wants Kate to go on impulse with him to Brazil.

S05 E04 · 1987-10-05 · 30 min

Mother's Day

Resenting their daughters' taking them for granted, Kate and Allie guiltily invite their own mothers to lunch -- then regret it when Marion won't stop talking about the food on her recent cruise and Joan won't stop criticizing Allie.

S05 E05 · 1987-10-12 · 30 min

Return of Bob Barsky

After an unexplained absence, Bob Barsky calls to ask Allie out on a date and explains that he is moving back to New York -- and is also seeing someone else.

S05 E06 · 1987-10-19 · 30 min

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

While Kate and Dennis take old clothes to Goodwill, Allie rushes across town to pay Jennie's school fees but l eaves her purse in the cab and is left stranded and penniless in Manhattan.

S05 E07 · 1987-10-26 · 30 min

Ted's Fix-Up

Kate and Angela fix each other up with each other's ex's, with surprising results.

S05 E08 · 1987-11-09 · 30 min

Jennie's New Deal

After Emma moves into the college dorm, Jennie feels cooped up living at home under her mother's rules.

S05 E10 · 1987-11-23 · 30 min

The Marriage Counselor

Bob suggests marriage counseling for the constantly bickering Kate and Allie.

S05 E11 · 1987-12-07 · 30 min

The Triangle Has Four Sides

Kate tries to date Dennis and Peter at the same time, but they end up finding out about each other. When Kate realizes they don't care she is dating other men, she dumps them both and starts dating Ted, again.

S05 E12 · 1987-12-14 · 30 min

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Kate, Allie and the kids work overtime buying and wrapping gifts for the catering clients, promising themselves a skiing vacation in Vermont & but the apartment is burgled and everything stolen, leaving them to redo it all in just one day.

S05 E13 · 1988-01-04 · 30 min

A Catered Affair

S05 E14 · 1988-01-11 · 30 min

The Band Singer

Jenny is enamored of classmate Howard, auditions for his band, and becomes their lead singer. While the band rehearses in their basement, Kate and Allie give combined French dinners/French lessons and worry that Jenny is not willing to be herself with Howard -- to the point where she won't admit she can't rollerskate when he wants her to sing dressed as a skating '50s carhop.

S05 E15 · 1988-01-18 · 30 min

Almost Married (a.k.a.) And Then There Were None

Ted invites everybody to his friends' cabin in the Adirondacks, but there's an escaped convict on the loose.

S05 E16 · 1988-02-01 · 30 min

My Day with Paul Newman

A film crew asks to use the front door in a movie

S05 E17 · 1988-02-03 · 30 min

The Namath of the Game

Sports nut Kate becomes Joe Namath's personal assistant

S05 E18 · 1988-02-08 · 30 min

The Mouse That Squeaked

Kate and Allie panic when Chip's mouse gets loose.

S05 E19 · 1988-02-15 · 30 min

Inside Park Avenue

Kate and Allie get a taste of how the other half lives---and loves---when they cater a society couple's 25th-anniversary party.

S05 E20 · 1988-02-22 · 30 min

Working Women

Arrogant businessman Jack Brompton hires the women to cater ""an authentic early American dinner for 24"" at his place in the Hamptons, then repeatedly changes the theme and menu from American Civil War to Victorian England. Jenny's video project on working women for her women's study course prompts fantasy sequences with Kate and Allie as immigrant women in a sweatshop and as WWII factory workers. Inspired to stand up for themselves, they confront Brompton about his shoddy treatment of them -- and discover that he is a henpecked husband only obeying his shrewish wife's whims.

S05 E21 · 1988-03-14 · 30 min

I Don't, I Don't

Bob is in a panic because he feels he's not ready for marriage---which no one has mentioned.

S05 E22 · 1988-03-21 · 30 min

Bob Smells the Roses

Shaken by a friend's heart attack, Bob decides he should live life to the fullest---with Allie as his wife. Part 1 of two.

S05 E23 · 1988-03-28 · 30 min

Allie Makes Up Her Mind

Conclusion. Allie can't decide whether to accept Bob's marriage proposal.

S05 E24 · 1988-05-23 · 30 min

The Clip Show

The series' 100th episode is celebrated with clips from past shows.

S06 E01 · 1988-12-11 · 30 min

Wedding Belle Blues

As the nervous bride-to-be, Allie has nightmares about meeting her fiancé's parents.

S06 E02 · 1988-12-12 · 30 min

Kate Gets Dumped

While honeymooners Allie and Bob fly off to Hawaii, Bob dumps Kate.

S06 E03 · 1988-12-19 · 30 min

Allie Doesn't Live Here Anymore

As Allie moves into her new high-rise condo, Kate interviews a potential housemate.

S06 E04 · 1988-12-26 · 30 min

The Odd Couples

Kate is saved from perky Haven and Blair when Allie suggests that Kate move in.

S06 E05 · 1989-01-09 · 30 min

Anchor Away

Watching a tape of Bob's sportscast, Allie notices an attractive anchor making an on-air play for her husband.

S06 E06 · 1989-01-16 · 30 min

Better Never Than Late

Bob's mother questions Allie about having another child.

S06 E07 · 1989-01-23 · 30 min

Moving On

Kate spends her 40th birthday wondering what she has done with her life -- and, shaken by Emma's transfer to UCLA, decides to join the Peace Corps.

S06 E08 · 1989-01-30 · 30 min

A Tree Grows on West 56th Street

Kate organizes a block association to save a park.

S06 E09 · 1989-02-06 · 30 min

The Nearlyweds

Allie's reaction upon hearing that Jennie and her boyfriend are sharing a dorm room doesn't compare with her reaction when they announce they're getting married.

S06 E10 · 1989-02-13 · 30 min

Wanted: One Husband

A rich neighbour offers a hefty sum to Kate and Allie if they can find her ""a Bob..""

S06 E11 · 1989-02-20 · 30 min

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Kate is dating a man with no charm, looks or personality, yet everyone loves him -- except Kate.

S06 E12 · 1989-02-27 · 30 min

I've Got a Secret

Kate has trouble keeping quiet about Bob's broadcasting future.

S06 E13 · 1989-03-06 · 30 min

Chip's Notes

Chip is so thrilled to be associated with the ultracool Mike Sheridan that he becomes his partner in a scam.

S06 E14 · 1989-03-13 · 30 min

Love Thy Neighbor

Trying to mend a broken romance, Kate feigns love in front of the woman who dumped her neighbor -- but he thinks Kate's serious.

S06 E15 · 1989-03-20 · 30 min

Trojan War

Allie discovers a condom in Chip's pocket.

S06 E16 · 1989-03-27 · 30 min

Loan-some Bob

Kate and Allie get a loan from Bob.

S06 E17 · 1989-04-10 · 30 min

The Review

When Allie's sushi draws a bad review from a critic, Kate determines to please the man's palate to gain a retraction.

S06 E18 · 1989-04-24 · 30 min

The Wedding

Kate reluctantly agrees to accompany Lou to his cousin's wedding.

S06 E19 · 1989-05-01 · 30 min

The Last Temptation of Allie

While Allie prepares her entry for Cousin Cabot's Country Cookbook contest, Kate cooks up a way to help Lou.

S06 E20 · 1989-05-08 · 30 min

Hockey Team

Bob lets Chip join the hockey team without consulting Allie.

S06 E21 · 1989-05-15 · 30 min

My Boyfriend's Back

Allie's ex-boyfriend returns to New York for the opening of his off-Broadway play, which turns out to be based on their romance. Unfortunately for Allie, he has eyes only for Kate.

S06 E22 · 1989-05-22 · 30 min

What a Wonderful Episode (a.k.a. It's a Wonderful Episode a.k.a. Kate and Allie Go to Hell)

A job offer and a $2000 check from a man named Gabriel prompt Kate and Allie to take account of their lives.