Overview
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
S01E01 Pilot
October 3, 1984 8.0 30 min
Jill and Stan Pembroke are a working couple whose uncertain schedules propel them into hiring a nineteen-year-old college student, Charles, to move in and help them with their three children: Lila 14; Douglas, 12; and...
S01E02 Extracurricular Activity
October 10, 1984 8.0 30 min
Charles is put in the awkward position of helping and encouraging Lila, Jason and Douglas to seek out new and exciting extracurricular activities.
S01E03 Another Saturday Night
October 17, 1984 7.0 30 min
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke are spending the evening out, and Charles is baby-sitting. He is busy preparing for Gwendolyn's visit, with whom he plans to study.
S01E04 War
October 24, 1984 7.0 30 min
The Wilson's would like to hire a young lady to take care of their children. Mrs. Pembroke suggests that she spend some time with Charles to see if she's up to it.
S01E05 Cousin Elliott
November 7, 1984 8.0 30 min
Cousin Elliot shows up at the Pembroke house. His ideas on how to deal with children do not coincide with Charles' opinions.
S01E06 Slumber Party
November 14, 1984 8.0 30 min
Charles and Gwendolyn had a fight over something rather trivial, and he feels he doesn't want to deal with the whole WOMEN issue.
S01E07 Discipline
November 21, 1984 8.0 30 min
Stan comes home expecting Jill to be ready to go to the Vice President's reception, but home has turned into "Little Crisis Central".
S01E08 Trick or Treat
November 28, 1984 30 min
Diana Marks is a classy lady, and she has agreed to go on a Halloween date with Buddy.
S01E09 A Date with Enid
December 5, 1984 30 min
Charles has his hands full. It is pouring rain outside and everyone in the Pembroke household is confined to the house.
S01E10 Friends And Lovers
December 12, 1984 30 min
Charles and Gwendolyn decide that college itself puts enough pressure on them, so they give themselves some space.
S01E11 Home for the Holidays
December 19, 1984 8.0 30 min
It is Christmastime and Grandma Irene, Stan's mother, is expected for her yearly three-week-stay with her grandchildren.
S01E12 Accidental Puppy
December 26, 1984 8.0 30 min
Jason and Douglas come in the back door carrying a dog, and they are blaming each other for 'killing' the animal.
S01E13 The Commotion
January 2, 1985 30 min
Charles is pushed for time, and he has to meet a deadline for his school paper. His scholarship depends on it.
S01E14 Mr. President
January 16, 1985 30 min
Charles can't find anything wrong with having a little fun in college, but Gwendolyn has a different opinion.
S01E15 Jill's Decision
January 23, 1985 30 min
Charles has a million things to do before he meets Michelle Harris for coffee at the Lamplight.
S01E16 Pressure from Grandma
January 30, 1985 30 min
Charles is in charge of the Pembroke children when their parents are off on a week's vacation in Jamaica.
S01E17 Snowed In
February 6, 1985 30 min
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke went to the movies, and an incredible blizzard hits the city, leaving them unable to return to their home.
S01E18 Charles 'R' Us
February 13, 1985 6.0 30 min
No matter how hard Charles and Buddy try, between them, they do not have enough cash to even think about going out on dates.
S01E19 Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)
February 20, 1985 30 min
Charles, and his friends, save and scrape together as much money as they possibly can to spend a few days of rest in sunny Florida.
S01E20 The Wrong Guy
February 27, 1985 30 min
Charles and Buddy are excited about their very first bachelor party.
S01E21 Mr. Brilliant
March 13, 1985 30 min
Jill gives Charles two tickets for a Knicks' game. Charles is so excited, he thinks of a way to do something special in return.
S01E22 Meet Grandpa
April 3, 1985 30 min
Charles and Buddy are trying very hard to find themselves summer jobs and are ecstatic when their applications are accepted.