Episode guide
Too Close for Comfort: Season 2
22 episodes · premiered Oct 13, 1981
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- Episode 1: Guess Who's Coming to Burp? Oct 13, 1981 A doctor informs Muriel that she's pregnant after she faints at a restaurant while celebrating her 42nd birthday with her family. While she and Henry are initially elated, they find…
- Episode 2: Your Guest is As Good As Mine Oct 27, 1981 Henry's free-spirited niece, April, shows up on his doorstep after moving from Delaware to start a song writing career, and he reluctantly allows her to stay in the guest bedroom of his…
- Episode 3: Who's Sara Now? Nov 3, 1981 Muriel and Henry read a newspaper article about a nurse who had switched babies in the maternity ward of the hospital that Sara had been delivered at. They quickly set out to find if…
- Episode 4: The Prince and the Frog Nov 10, 1981 Jackie openly dreads a visit from an annoying, nerdy guy who had a crush on her when she was a kid. However, when Sara is the first to discover his physical appearance has changed…
- Episode 5: What's Our Rush? Nov 17, 1981 Muriel goes in for an amniocentesis, but she and Henry decline to learn the sex of the baby. This doesn't sit well with Henry's mischievous father Huey, who is in town to bury his deceased…
- Episode 6: Rafkin's Bum Nov 24, 1981 An older man dressed like a bum shows up at the Rushes' doorstep looking for the transvestite persona of Rafkin, their deceased former tenant, because they always got together for…
- Episode 7: Where There's a Will Dec 1, 1981 Hearing a story about a man who died intestate causes Henry to have a terrible nightmare, which compels him to finally make out his will. However, he soon regrets his decision to follow…
- Episode 8: The Remaking of Monroe Dec 8, 1981 Monroe enrolls in an assertiveness class on the advice of the Rush girls after being pushed around at a concert, but the class proves to work a little too well. Meanwhile, one of Henry's…
- Episode 9: When the Bough Breaks Dec 15, 1981 Muriel unwisely commits herself to do a coveted helicopter photo shoot, which Henry demands she cancel due to her pregnancy. The back and forth fighting cause a big headache for the girls…
- Episode 10: Cop-Out Jan 5, 1982 Jackie falls madly in love with a police officer who responds to a false burglary report at the apartment due to April sneaking in late one night after getting stuck on Alcatraz with her…
- Episode 11: April and September Jan 12, 1982 Henry is going up the wall with April keeping such late hours, spending time with her latest boyfriend. However, Henry and Muriel are in for a shock when they discover her boyfriend, Don…
- Episode 12: A Fan for Henry Jan 19, 1982 A fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip who has been sending him increasingly bizarre fan mail breaks into the apartment one night through the unlocked front door, kidnapping his puppet…
- Episode 13: Brotherly Hate Feb 2, 1982 April secretly arranges for her father Bill to meet face to face with his brother Henry, so they can attempt to reconcile after a petty childhood dispute caused them to stop speaking forty…
- Episode 14: Charlie's Last Hurrah Feb 9, 1982 Henry is contacted by a rival cartoonist who has perpetrated several practical jokes on him over the years, and Henry schemes with Monroe to pay him back during a dinner visit. However…
- Episode 15: The Last Weekend Feb 16, 1982 Upon realizing the birth of his third child is only six weeks away, Henry feels a sense of guilt for not spending enough time with his two daughters. He decides to invite them on a weekend…
- Episode 16: My Unfavorite Martin Feb 23, 1982 Muriel secretly asks her mother Iris stay with her until she recovers from childbirth, much to the chagrin of Henry, who has always found her to be overbearing. When Muriel unexpectedly…
- Episode 17: Seventh Month Blues Mar 2, 1982 Henry's generous offer to arrange a job interview for an attractive art student backfires when she begins showing affection for him, which puts him in the doghouse with an increasingly…
- Episode 18: As the Cookie Crumbles Mar 9, 1982 Just before heading off on a Las Vegas vacation, Henry reluctantly lends $100 to Sara, April, and Monroe so they can start a business selling home-baked cookies using Grandma Rush's…
- Episode 19: Foreign Exchange Mar 16, 1982 In order to reduce the cost of a trip to Europe, Jackie and Sara swap apartments with an English couple who wants to visit America. Henry's misgivings are confirmed when he accidentally…
- Episode 20: A Matter of Degree Mar 23, 1982 Henry refuses to accept Sara's decision to drop out of college to become the weather announcer on a local television station, which causes her to announce that she's moving out in protest…
- Episode 21: A Policeman's Wife is Not a Happy One May 4, 1982 Jackie's boyfriend Brad has recovered from his gunshot wound and decides he can't work a desk job, which causes him to reconsider the appropriateness of a long term relationship with her…
- Episode 22: Don't Shoot the Piano Movers May 11, 1982 April's father sends her his baby grand piano, and she takes up Monroe's offer to move it into the apartment with the help of a large friend for $20. This proves to be a big mistake when…