The Check Isn't in The Mail

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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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"The Check Isn't in The Mail"

Episode Information

Series

Empty Nest

Season

1

Episode Number

2

Network/Country

NBC-TV / United States

Air Date

October 22, 1988

Production ID

1.02 / 004

Viewers

23.0 million

IMDb link

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0571574

Written by

Gary Jacobs

Directed by

Hal Cooper

Episode Chronology
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Pilot	Barbara Gets A Shot

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The Check Isn't in The Mail is the second episode of the first season of Empty Nest and the second episode overall. Directed by Hal Cooper and written by Gary Jacobs, it aired on NBC-TV on October 22nd, 1988.

Synopsis[]

Carol gets all dolled up for a date with her contemptible ex-husband, only to learn he wanted to give her the last alimony check in person. Harry thinks Dreyfuss may be sick.

Plot[]

To be added.^[1]

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston
Dinah Manoff as Carol Weston
Kristy McNichol as Barbara Weston
David Leisure as Charley Dietz
Park Overall as Laverne Todd
Bear the Dog as Dreyfuss

Guest List[]

Adrian Zmed as Gary
Ann Ryerson as Mrs. Bridges
Leo Geter as Dr. Ross
Craig Richard Nelson as Waiter

Notes[]

Production[]

Craig Richard Nelson previously starred in The Golden Girls episode "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas".^[2]

Cultural references[]

“The check is in the mail” is usually a delaying tactic used by those who have not mailed a check, but are bluffing and blaming the postal service for not delivering a payment in a timely manner.

Site Navigation[]

V - E - H List of Empty Nest episodes
Season 1	Pilot • The Check Isn't in the Mail • Barbara Gets A Shot • Fatal Attraction • Father of the Bride • Harry's Vacation • Tinker to Evers to Tucson • What's a Father to Do? • Harry's Friend • Libby's Gift • The First Time, Again • Full Nest • Here's a Howdy-Do • Strange Bedfellows • Tears of a Clown • Blame It on the Moon • Dumped • The More Things Change • Man of the Year • Cyrano de Weston • My Sister, My Friend • A Life in the Day
Season 2	Settling • Harry Snubs Laverne • On The Interpretation of Dreams • Between a Cop and a Hard Place • Just You and My Kid • Rambo of Neiman Marcus • You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not • The R.N. Who Came to Dinner • Green Eggs and Harry • Overdue for a Job • A Christmas Story • A Change of Heart • Harry's Choice • Complainin' in the Rain • M.D., P.O.V. • Everything But Love • Timing • It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes • Love Is Blind • Goodbye, Mr. Dietz • Lessons • Take My Mom, Please • Did You Ever See a Dream Dying? • Still Growing After All These Years
Season 3	A Flaw Is Born • Harry's Excellent Adventure • There's No Accounting • Barbara the Mom • The Tortoise and The Harry • Mad About the Boy • Honey, I Shrunk Laverne • The Boy Next Door • A Family Affair • Someone to Watch Over Me • Harry Knows Best • Whenever I Feel Afraid • A Shot in the Dark • Sucking Up Is Hard to Do • The Man That Got Away • The Mentor • The Dog Who Knew Too Much • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? • All About Harry • Drive, He Said • The Last Temptation of Laverne • What's Eating You? • The Cruise • The Way We Are
Season 4	50 Million Men and a Baby • Almost Like Being in Love • Her Cheatin' Heart • Food for Thought • Harry's Got A Gun • The Dreyfuss Affair • Country Weston • Windy • Talk, Talk, Talk • Lonely Are The Brave • If You Knew Andy Like I Know... • My Nurse Is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble... • The Son of a Preacherman • Ex-Appeal • The Great Escape • The Mismatchmaker • The Return of Aunt Susan • The Unimportance of Being Charley • Sayonara • Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde • Charley for President • Good Neighbor Harry • Final Analysis • Roots
Season 5	Why Do Fools Fall in Love? • Take My Garage, Please • R.N. on the Rebound • ...Or Forever Hold Your Peace • The Boomerang Affair • Cruel and Unusual Punishment • It's Not Easy Being Green • Dirty Harry • Timing Is Everything • Thanksgiving at the Westons • The Body Beautiful • Overboard • Emily • The Sting • The Fracas in Vegas • Pardon My Flashback • Dog Day Afternoon • More to Love • My Dad, My Doctor • Love and Marriage • The All-American Boy - Not! • Two for the Road • Aunt Verne Knows Best • My Mother, My Self • Charley to the Rescue • Surprise! Surprise!
Season 6	When The Rooster Dies • Bye-Bye Baby...Hello, Part 1 • Bye-Bye Baby...Hello, Part 2 • Mama Todd, The Sequel • Mom's the Word • Diary of a Mad Housewife • Mother Dearest • No Volunteers, Please • Das Boob • The Girl Who Cried Baby • Superbaby • Read All About It • Love a la Mode • What's A Mother to Do? • Gesundheit • Under the Gun • Brotherly Shove • The Ballad of Shady Pines • Hog Heaven • Charley's Millions • Half That Jazz • The Devil and Dr. Weston • A Foreign Affair • Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy • Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder • Best Friends
Season 7	Let's Give Them Something to Talk About • Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town • Just for Laughs • The Woman Who Came to Dither • Carol Gets a Raise • The Courtship of Carol's Father • The Tinker Grant • Would You Believe... • Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Pain • Single White Male • Dear Aunt Martha • Goodbye, Charley • Family Practice • Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have • Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings • And Kevin Makes Three • Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend • The Ex-Files • Stand By Your Man • Life Goes On, Part 1 • Life Goes On, Part 2 • My Pal Valy-Val • Remembrance of Clips Past

References[]

↑ Empty Nest, Season 1, Episode 2, “The Check Isn't in the Mail”. Jacobs, Gary (writer) & Cooper, Hal (director) (October 22nd, 1988)
↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 11, “'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 20th, 1986)

[1] Empty Nest, Season 1, Episode 2, “The Check Isn't in the Mail”. Jacobs, Gary (writer) & Cooper, Hal (director) (October 22nd, 1988)

[2] The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 11, “'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (December 20th, 1986)

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