Susan Saint James
Katherine "Kate" McArdle
Series SeasonSeason 4 episodes1986
Kate & Allie
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Episode 130 min1986-09-22
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.
Episode 230 min1986-09-29
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.
Episode 330 min1986-10-06
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.
Episode 430 min1986-10-13
General Hospital
Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
Episode 530 min1986-10-20
Rx for Love
His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...
Episode 630 min1986-10-27
Halloween II
The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
Episode 730 min1986-11-03
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.
Episode 830 min1986-11-10
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.
Episode 930 min1986-11-24
Emma's Coming Out Party
Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
Episode 1030 min1986-12-01
Stage Mother
Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
Episode 1130 min1986-12-08
The Goodbye Girl
Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
Episode 1230 min1986-12-15
Dates of Future Past
While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
Episode 1330 min1987-01-05
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.
Episode 1430 min1987-01-26
Allie's Graduation
Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
Episode 1530 min1987-02-02
Upstairs, Downstairs
Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
Episode 1630 min1987-02-09
Emma Goes to College
Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
Episode 1730 min1987-02-16
Allie and the Three Wolves
At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
Episode 1830 min1987-02-23
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.
Episode 1930 min1987-03-02
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.""
Episode 2030 min1987-03-16
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.
Episode 2130 min1987-03-23
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.
Episode 2230 min1987-04-06
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.
Episode 2330 min1987-05-04
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.
Episode 2430 min1987-05-11
Charles' Dinner
Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
Episode 2530 min1987-05-18
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.
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