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The R.N. Who Came to Dinner is the eighth episode of the second season of Empty Nest and the thirtieth episode overall. Directed by Steve Zuckerman and written by David Tyron King, it premiered on NBC-TV on November 25th, 1989.
Laverne's husband Nick is in town for their tenth anniversary, but when they get into a fight, she moves in with the Westons and drives them crazy with her reorganizing. A young patient has no date for her school dance, so Harry tries to boost her confidence by saying he would go with her in a minute -- and she takes him up on it.
The episode is a reference to the critically-acclaimed 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to Dinner. In the play, an opinionated and arrogant radio personality injures himself slipping on ice and becomes an unexpected houseguest for a prominent area family. The radio personality proceeds to make brash proclamations and offer his unsolicited advice to the family members.
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
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↑Empty Nest, Season 2, Episode 8, “The R.N. Who Came to Dinner”. King, David Tyron (writer) & Zuckerman, Steve (director) (November 25th, 1989)