thirtysomething Season 3 Episode 9 New Parents 1989
CAPSULE: Gary's decision to quit teaching and stay at home with his new baby causes a conflict between him and his mother. Gary and Susannah's new baby Emma cries for twelve hours and they can't figure out why. In the morning Susannah is reluctant to go to work, but Gary insists. She finds out there that the nearby homeless shelter might be closed to make way for condos, which gets her fighting spirit up. Gary's mother Eileen comes by while Hope is there and mistakenly thinks she is Susannah. After Susannah comes home late and the baby is put to bed, Gary tells his mother he's not going back to teaching; rather, he's going to be a househusband. His mother's reaction is simply, ""Oh."" During the next day or two, however, Eileen makes it clear that she's not thrilled with Gary's decision to quit teaching. They argue about his deceased father, who wanted badly for him to go to law school. Eileen tells Gary that he's avoided every big decision he ever had to make and should concentrate on g
- Released: 1989-12-05
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield, Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton
- Director: Lindsley Parsons III, Ann Lewis Hamilton, Paul Haggis, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
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1. Nancy's Mom 1989-09-19
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2. Love and Sex 1989-10-03
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3. Mr. Right 1989-10-10
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4. New Baby 1989-10-24
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6. Strangers 1989-11-07
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7. Pilgrims 1989-11-21
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8. The Burning Bush 1989-11-28
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9. New Parents 1989-12-05
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10. Michael's Campaign 1989-12-12
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11. Pulling Away 1990-01-09
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12. Another Country 1990-01-16
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13. Post-Op 1990-01-23
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14. Once a Mermaid 1990-02-06
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15. Fathers and Lovers 1990-02-13
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16. Her Cup Runneth Over 1990-02-20
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17. Good Sex, Bad Sex, What Sex, No Sex 1990-02-27
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18. The Other Shoe 1990-03-20
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19. The Three Year Itch 1990-04-03
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20. I'm Nobody, Who Are You? 1990-04-10
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21. Arizona 1990-04-17
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22. Going Limp 1990-05-01
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23. Towers of Zenith Part 1: The Go-Between 1990-05-15
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24. Towers of Zenith Part 2: Samurai Adman 1990-05-22
