Gimme a Break! Season 1

E01

S01E01 Oct 29, 1981 30 MIN

Katie the Crook

In the series premiere, Samantha comes home with a black eye, and Nell teaches her a few skills on how to fight. Julie an her friend are studying on where babies come from, and as…

GUESTS Howard Morton

E02

S01E02 Nov 5, 1981 30 MIN

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Nell and Angie go to a bar to meet guys. However, Nell gets sad that she isn't admired by any of the men. She then goes home and the Chief decides to fix her up with one of his…

GUESTS Ralph Wilcox, Harrison Page, Raymond Vitte

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E03

S01E03 Nov 12, 1981 30 MIN

The Second Time Around

A woman accidently hits the cheifs police car, because her contact lense came out as a moth sat on her face. When she meets the cheif to tell him how sorry she was for smashing…

GUESTS Rue McClanahan

E04

S01E04 Nov 19, 1981 30 MIN

Mom's Birthday

A woman with a perfume gift for Margaret on her birthday shows up, learning that Margaret is deceased. When the Cheif comes home, he is upset because it is Margaret's birthday and…

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E05

S01E05 Nov 26, 1981 30 MIN

Do or Diet

Nell decides to hold her PORKO'S meeting at the house, and when she gets on the scale she gets mad because she gained two pounds. WHen the Cheif comes home he is disgraced by the…

GUESTS Mary Jo Catlett

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E06

S01E06 Dec 3, 1981 30 MIN

A Man in Nell's Room

When the Cheif finds a man in Nell's room, he tells her he doesn't want her fooling around with guys in the same house as his teenage daughters. Nell decides to quit, and moves in…

GUESTS Danny Glover

DIRECTED BY Herbert Kenwith

E07

S01E07 Dec 10, 1981 30 MIN

Your Prisoner is Dead

As he is on an erand at the drug store, the chief witnesses a robber hold up the place. When the robber turns his gun on him, the chief shoots him in self-defense. However, when…

GUESTS Howard Platt, Jay Johnson

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E08

S01E08 Dec 17, 1981 30 MIN

Julie's Rejection

Julie wants to join Katie's club, and gets help from Nell and Katie on how to be cool, sitting, and dancing. When she shows up to Katie's group of friends, she totally messes up,…

GUESTS Julie Anne Haddock

E09

S01E09 Jan 7, 1982 30 MIN

Julie's First Love

Julie goes off to the arcade after having no luck at finding a date to the Junior prom. At the arcade, she meets a worker there who is into computers named Arnold and she asks him…

GUESTS Loren Lester

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E10

S01E10 Jan 14, 1982 30 MIN ★ 6.0

Nell's Ex

Nell's finds out that her ex-husband Tony is in town and wants to meet with her. At the house, he tells her that he is going to be on the Merv Griffith show and needs $1,000. Nell…

GUESTS Ben Powers

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E11

S01E11 Jan 21, 1982 30 MIN ★ 7.0

Katie the Cheat

The chief is counting on Katie to do real good on her final exam, but she gets Julie to take it instead. The family is shocked to hear what has happened, when she declines the…

GUESTS Pete Schrum, Elvia Allman

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E12

S01E12 Feb 4, 1982 30 MIN ★ 8.0

The Emergency

Katie comes home with pain in her stomache and Nell rushes her to the emergency room. Once there, she meets a pushy receptionist and seeks a doctor on her own time to help Katie.…

GUESTS Jack Carter, Liz Sheridan

DIRECTED BY Linda Day

E13

S01E13 Feb 11, 1982 30 MIN

Nell Goes Home

As the Cheif is getting ready to leave for an assignment in New York, Samantha is mad that she can't go fishing with a male friend of her's due to the fact that he will not be…

GUESTS Johnny Brown, Harrison Page

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E14

S01E14 Feb 18, 1982 30 MIN ★ 8.0

Samantha Steals a Squad Car

As the chief is preparing a speech for an awards banquet, Nell accidently sits on his cap, which ticks him off. As the two fight, Samantha comes home, complaining that a girl…

GUESTS Howard Morton

E15

S01E15 Feb 25, 1982 30 MIN

Grandma Fools Around

The family gets ready for Grandma and Grandpa's 55th anniversary at the house. Meanwhile, back at their house, Grandma and Grandpa are reminiscing over old photos and love letters…

GUESTS Pete Schrum, Elizabeth Kerr

E16

S01E16 Mar 11, 1982 30 MIN

Hot Muffins

Katie's band is a big success in Glenlawn as they perform at amateur night at a restaraunt. A big producer spots them, and tells them he loved the act, and offers them a job far…

GUESTS Crystal Bernard, Alexa Kenin

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie

E17

S01E17 Mar 18, 1982 30 MIN

Sam's Affair

Samantha and her friend Scottie from her baseball team decide to sit on the couch and watch some television. As they are intimidated by a love story, they talk about kissing, and…

GUESTS John P. Navin Jr.

DIRECTED BY Jim Drake

E18

S01E18 Mar 25, 1982 30 MIN

The Robbery

The Kaniskis come home to find burglars at work, when they return home from thei cheif's law enforcement officer of the year award ceremony. However, Nell is at a stip club,…

E19

S01E19 Apr 1, 1982 30 MIN ★ 7.0

An Unmarried Couple

Katie's friend Valerie shows up at the Kanisky house, pregnant and due any day. She tells Katie that her boyfriend Jonathan had a fight with her and the two broke up and she has…

GUESTS Helen Hunt, Jay Johnson

DIRECTED BY Will Mackenzie