Emily Weston

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"It's like we say in St. Olaf, Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy."

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Emily Weston is a major supporting character in the 1988 NBC sitcom Empty Nest. She is the third daughter of Harry and Libby Weston and the younger sister of Carol and Barbara Weston. Emily is a free-spirited wanderer who spends the bulk of the series away at college before returning home for a while during Season 5. Because Emily never ended up catching on with the audience, she was written out of the series at the start of Season 6.

Emily appeared in the latter half of Empty Nest's fifth season. She is portrayed by Lisa Rieffel.

Personality and Traits[]

Emily is quickly established as an independent, adventurous globetrotter who has traveled all over the world. Stopping by the house after a stay in Vietnam, Harry persuades her to stick around. She isn’t too quick to conform to Harry’s fatherly ways when arriving, and he is somewhat surprised at the her actions but respects her right to make her own decisions. No matter what she does, be it staying out until 4 AM or even putting college on hold and going to Vietnam without alerting the family, Emily always manages to stay on Harry’s good side and can almost get away with anything. Harry even finds it cute when she calls him by his first name instead of “Daddy.” Emily’s cheerful disposition and seemingly-perfect life tend to depress Carol, who calls Emily the “personal pet project of God.” Carol looks down on Emily’s fun-loving lifestyle, saying that she is the baby of the family and doesn’t know any better, and often tries to instill in her a higher sense of maturity. But self-assured Emily isn’t thwarted by her big sister’s nagging.

Despite being a little mischievous, Emily does have a level head on her shoulders. She is a sort of mix between her two sisters; fun and free-spirited like Barbara and intelligent like Carol. Her worldly travels have given her an ability to speak several languages.

Biography[]

To be added.

Family[]

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Appearances[]

Empty Nest (1988-1992)[]

Season 1
1. "Pilot":	Mentioned	12. "Full Nest":	Absent
2. "The Check Isn't in The Mail":	Absent	13. "Here's A Howdy-Do":	Absent
3. "Barbara Gets A Shot":	Mentioned	14."Strange Bedfellows":	Absent
4. "Fatal Attraction":	Absent	15. "Tears of a Clown":	Absent
5. "Father of the Bride":	Absent	16. "Blame It on the Moon":	Absent
6. "Harry's Vacation":	Absent	17. "Dumped":	Absent
7. "Tinker to Evers to Tucson":	Absent	18. "The More Things Change":	Absent
8. "What's a Father to Do?":	Absent	19. "Man of the Year":	Absent
9. "Harry's Friend":	Absent	20. "Cyrano de Weston":	Absent
10. "Libby's Gift":	Absent	21. "My Sister, My Friend":	Absent
11. "The First Time, Again":	Absent	22. "A Life in the Day":	Absent

Season 2
1. "Settling":	Absent	13. "Harry's Choice":	Absent
2. "Harry Snubs Laverne":	Absent	14. "Complainin' in the Rain":	Absent
3. "On The Interpretation of Dreams":	Absent	15."M.D., P.O.V.":	Absent
4. "Between a Cop and a Hard Place":	Absent	16. "Everything But Love":	Absent
5. "Just You And My Kid":	Absent	17. "Timing":	Absent
6. "Rambo of Neiman Marcus":	Absent	18. "It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes":	Absent
7. "You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not":	Absent	19. "Love Is Blind":	Absent
8. "The R.N. Who Came to Dinner":	Absent	20. "Goodbye, Mr. Dietz":	Absent
9. "Green Eggs and Harry":	Absent	21. "Lessons":	Absent
10. "Overdue for a Job":	Absent	22. "Take My Mom, Please":	Absent
11. "A Christmas Story":	Mentioned	23. "Did You Ever See a Dream Dying?":	Absent
12. "Change of Heart":	Absent	24. "Still Growing After All These Years":	Absent

Season 3
1. "A Flaw is Born":	Absent	13. "A Shot in the Dark":	Absent
2. "Harry's Excellent Adventure":	Absent	14. "Sucking Up Is Hard to Do":	Absent
3. "There's No Accounting":	Absent	15."The Man That Got Away":	Absent
4. "Barbara the Mom":	Absent	16. "The Mentor":	Absent
5. "The Tortoise and The Harry":	Absent	17. "The Dog That Knew Too Much":	Absent
6. "Mad About the Boy":	Absent	18. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?":	Absent
7. "Honey, I Shrunk Laverne":	Absent	19. "All About Harry":	Absent
8. "The Boy Next Door":	Absent	20. "Drive, He Said":	Absent
9. "A Family Affair":	Absent	21. "The Last Temptation of Laverne":	Absent
10. "Someone to Watch Over Me":	Absent	22. "What's Eating You?":	Absent
11. "Harry Knows Best":	Absent	23. "The Cruise":	Absent
12. "Whenever I Feel Afraid":	Absent	24. "The Way We Are":	Absent

Season 4
1. "50 Million Men and a Baby":	Absent	13. "The Son of a Preacherman":	Absent
2. "Almost Like Being in Love":	Absent	14. "Ex-Appeal":	Absent
3. "Her Cheatin' Heart":	Absent	15. "The Great Escape":	Absent
4. "Food for Thought":	Absent	16."The Mismatchmaker":	Absent
5. "Harry's Got a Gun":	Absent	17. "The Return of Aunt Susan":	Absent
6. "The Dreyfuss Affair":	Absent	18. "The Unimportance of Being Charley":	Absent
7. "Country Weston":	Absent	19. "Sayonara":	Absent
8. "Windy":	Absent	20. "Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde":	Absent
9. "Talk, Talk, Talk":	Absent	21. "Charley for President":	Absent
10. "Lonely Are the Brave]]":	Absent	22. "Good Neighbor Harry":	Absent
11. "If You Knew Andy Like I Know...":	Absent	23. "Final Analysis":	Absent
12. "My Nurse Is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble...:	Absent	24. "Roots":	Absent

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Casting and Development[]

For the first four seasons, Emily was an off-screen character, often talked about but never seen. Producers created Emily with the notion that if Kristy McNichol or Dinah Manoff ever planned on leaving the show, they could bring in another Weston sister that had already been established with the audience. In Season 5, Kristy McNichol left the series for health reasons, and the show brought Emily in to take Barbara's place. However, Emily never caught on with the audience, and after only half a season Emily left and was an off-screen character for the rest of the series.

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