Charles in Charge - Season 1

First aired: 10/3/1984 22 episodes

Episodes

1. Pilot

Aired: 10/3/1984

Jill and Stan Pembroke are a working couple whose uncertain schedules propel them into hiring a nineteen-year-old college student, Charles, to move in and help them with their three children: Lila 14; Douglas, 12; and Jason, 10.

2. Extracurricular Activity

Aired: 10/10/1984

Charles is put in the awkward position of helping and encouraging Lila, Jason and Douglas to seek out new and exciting extracurricular activities.

3. Another Saturday Night

Aired: 10/17/1984

Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke are spending the evening out, and Charles is baby-sitting. He is busy preparing for Gwendolyn's visit, with whom he plans to study.

4. War

Aired: 10/24/1984

The Wilson's would like to hire a young lady to take care of their children. Mrs. Pembroke suggests that she spend some time with Charles to see if she's up to it.

5. Cousin Elliott

Aired: 11/7/1984

Cousin Elliot shows up at the Pembroke house. His ideas on how to deal with children do not coincide with Charles' opinions.

6. Slumber Party

Aired: 11/14/1984

Charles and Gwendolyn had a fight over something rather trivial, and he feels he doesn't want to deal with the whole WOMEN issue.

7. Discipline

Aired: 11/21/1984

Stan comes home expecting Jill to be ready to go to the Vice President's reception, but home has turned into "Little Crisis Central".

8. Trick or Treat

Aired: 11/28/1984

Diana Marks is a classy lady, and she has agreed to go on a Halloween date with Buddy.

9. A Date with Enid

Aired: 12/5/1984

Charles has his hands full. It is pouring rain outside and everyone in the Pembroke household is confined to the house.

10. Friends And Lovers

Aired: 12/12/1984

Charles and Gwendolyn decide that college itself puts enough pressure on them, so they give themselves some space.

11. Home for the Holidays

Aired: 12/19/1984

It is Christmastime and Grandma Irene, Stan's mother, is expected for her yearly three-week-stay with her grandchildren.

12. Accidental Puppy

Aired: 12/26/1984

Jason and Douglas come in the back door carrying a dog, and they are blaming each other for 'killing' the animal.

13. The Commotion

Aired: 1/2/1985

Charles is pushed for time, and he has to meet a deadline for his school paper. His scholarship depends on it.

14. Mr. President

Aired: 1/16/1985

Charles can't find anything wrong with having a little fun in college, but Gwendolyn has a different opinion.

15. Jill's Decision

Aired: 1/23/1985

Charles has a million things to do before he meets Michelle Harris for coffee at the Lamplight.

16. Pressure from Grandma

Aired: 1/30/1985

Charles is in charge of the Pembroke children when their parents are off on a week's vacation in Jamaica.

17. Snowed In

Aired: 2/6/1985

Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke went to the movies, and an incredible blizzard hits the city, leaving them unable to return to their home.

18. Charles 'R' Us

Aired: 2/13/1985

No matter how hard Charles and Buddy try, between them, they do not have enough cash to even think about going out on dates.

19. Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)

Aired: 2/20/1985

Charles, and his friends, save and scrape together as much money as they possibly can to spend a few days of rest in sunny Florida.

20. The Wrong Guy

Aired: 2/27/1985

Charles and Buddy are excited about their very first bachelor party.

21. Mr. Brilliant

Aired: 3/13/1985

Jill gives Charles two tickets for a Knicks' game. Charles is so excited, he thinks of a way to do something special in return.

22. Meet Grandpa

Aired: 4/3/1985

Charles and Buddy are trying very hard to find themselves summer jobs and are ecstatic when their applications are accepted.