Dear John
1988 · 4 seasons · 90 episodes · Ended · NBC
Comedy
TMDB 5.7 · 19 votes
Life after divorce is never easy, but it's easier with friends
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).
Episodes
- S01E01Pilot1988-10-0630m
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)
- S01E02Ralph's Curse1988-10-2730m
- S01E03Hello/Goodbye1988-11-0330m
A young man claims to be John' son.
- S01E04The Younger Girl1988-11-1030m
John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
- S01E05Matthew's Dilemma1988-11-1730m
John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
- S01E06Dear Mike1988-11-2430m
- S01E07Politics as Usual1988-12-0130m
- S01E08Dancing in the Dark1988-12-1530m
- S01E09Was It Good for Me?1989-01-0530m
- S01E10Honest John1989-01-1230m
- S01E11The Return of Ricky1989-01-1930m
- S01E12Dream Babe1989-01-2630m
- S01E13Stand by Your Man1989-02-1630m
- S01E14Love and Marriage1989-02-2330m
- S01E15For a Friend1989-03-0230m
- S01E16The Second Time Around1989-03-0930m
- S01E17The Last Dance1989-03-1630m
- S01E18Sisters1989-03-3030m
Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
- S01E19Gone Camping1989-04-0630m
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)
- S01E20Margo1989-04-2730m
The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
- S01E21Friends and Lovers1989-05-0430m
- S01E22Bound for Gloria1989-05-1130m
