Gimme a Break! S02E05 Take My Baby, Please

Katie's friend, Valerie shows up at the Kanisky house with her new baby David. She tells the family that she and her husband Jonathan broke up since he left her for a bleached blonde lady at ""Kentucky Friend Chicken"". Valerie is serious about putting Dvid up for adoption, since she doesn't have a job to afford his upkeep. Nell and the girls take Valerie shopping for baby supplies and leave David with the Cheif, who grows attached to him. When the girls return home the Cheif tells Vallerie that they would have to kill him first before he lets her put David up for adoption and that the family will help her find a job. Nell then takes Valerie to a job interview to become a receptionist and uses her keen sense to drive off fellow competators for the job. In the end, everyone is glad to hear that Valerie got the job and can afford to keep David.

FAN DESK VERDICT A top-shelf entry. Not quite canon, but you’ll be quoting it all week — the fan desk says don’t skip.

Nell Carter AS NELLIE RUTH 'NELL' HARPER John Hoyt AS GRANDPA STANLEY KANISKY Kari Michaelson AS KATIE KANISKY Lauri Hendler AS JULIE KANISKY MAXWELL Lara Jill Miller AS SAMANTHA KANISKY Joey Lawrence AS JOEY DONOVAN Dolph Sweet AS CHIEF CARL KANISKY Telma Hopkins AS DR. ADELAIDE "ADDY" WILSON