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Dear John

30min

Comedy

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).

Production Companies

Paramount Television

Ed Weinberger Productions

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Pilot

1. Pilot

30min

6th Oct 1988

John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)

Ralph's Curse

2. Ralph's Curse

30min

27th Oct 1988

Hello/Goodbye

3. Hello/Goodbye

30min

3rd Nov 1988

A young man claims to be John' son.

The Younger Girl

4. The Younger Girl

30min

10th Nov 1988

John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.

Matthew's Dilemma

5. Matthew's Dilemma

30min

17th Nov 1988

John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.

Dear Mike

6. Dear Mike

30min

24th Nov 1988

Politics as Usual

7. Politics as Usual

30min

1st Dec 1988

Dancing in the Dark

8. Dancing in the Dark

30min

15th Dec 1988

Was It Good for Me?

9. Was It Good for Me?

30min

5th Jan 1989

Honest John

10. Honest John

30min

12th Jan 1989

The Return of Ricky

11. The Return of Ricky

30min

19th Jan 1989

Dream Babe

12. Dream Babe

30min

26th Jan 1989

Stand by Your Man

13. Stand by Your Man

30min

16th Feb 1989

Love and Marriage

14. Love and Marriage

30min

23rd Feb 1989

For a Friend

15. For a Friend

30min

2nd Mar 1989

The Second Time Around

16. The Second Time Around

30min

9th Mar 1989

The Last Dance

17. The Last Dance

30min

16th Mar 1989

Sisters

18. Sisters

30min

30th Mar 1989

Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)

Gone Camping

19. Gone Camping

30min

6th Apr 1989

On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)

Margo

20. Margo

30min

27th Apr 1989

The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)

Friends and Lovers

21. Friends and Lovers

30min

4th May 1989

Bound for Gloria

22. Bound for Gloria

30min

11th May 1989

First air date

6th Oct 1988

Last air date

22nd Jul 1992

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks