Mother's Rule

Name: Mother's Rule
Genre: Drama, Kids
Released: January 10, 1979
Cast: Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames, Dick Van Patten, Adam Rich

Eight is Enough: Season 3: Episode 17

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ABC | Air Date: January 10, 1979

Starring: Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Willie Aames, Dick Van Patten, Adam Rich, Connie Needham, Dianne Kay, Susan Richardson, Laurie Walters, Lani O'Grady

Summary: With the girls off on their own, Tom decides to cancel the rest of the kids' curfews to give them a bit of leniency. However, everyone soon learns that it's possible to have too much of a good thing, and the girls have trouble in their new apartment.

Genre(s): Drama, Kids

Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E28. Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2)
Air Date: May 2, 1979
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S3:E27. Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1)
Air Date: May 2, 1979
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S3:E26. The Graduates
Air Date: May 2, 1979

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 29, 1980
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 5, 1979
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 6, 1978
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  S3:E28. Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2)
  Air Date: May 2, 1979
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  S3:E27. Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1)
  Air Date: May 2, 1979
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  S3:E26. The Graduates
  Air Date: May 2, 1979
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  S3:E25. The Final Days
  Air Date: March 7, 1979
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  S3:E24. Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers
  Air Date: February 28, 1979
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  S3:E23. The Better Part of Valor
  Air Date: February 21, 1979
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  S3:E22. The Kid Who Came to Dinner
  Air Date: February 14, 1979
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  S3:E21. Best of Friends
  Air Date: February 7, 1979
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  S3:E20. Just The Ten of Us
  Air Date: January 31, 1979
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  S3:E19. Horror Story
  Air Date: January 24, 1979
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  S3:E18. Inlaws and Outlaws
  Air Date: January 17, 1979
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  S3:E17. Mother's Rule
  Air Date: January 10, 1979
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  S3:E16. Moving Out
  Air Date: January 3, 1979
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  S3:E15. The Yearning Point
  Air Date: December 13, 1978
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  S3:E14. Alone At Last
  Air Date: December 6, 1978
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  S3:E13. You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (2)
  Air Date: November 29, 1978
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  S3:E12. You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1)
  Air Date: November 29, 1978
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  S3:E11. All The Vice President's Men
  Air Date: November 22, 1978
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  S3:E10. War Between the Bradfords
  Air Date: November 15, 1978
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  S3:E9. Fast and Loose
  Air Date: November 8, 1978
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  S3:E8. The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone
  Air Date: November 1, 1978
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  S3:E7. Cops and Toddlers
  Air Date: October 25, 1978
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  S3:E6. The Flunked and the Funked
  Air Date: October 18, 1978
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  S3:E5. Milk and Sympathy
  Air Date: October 11, 1978
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  S3:E4. Cinderella's Understudy
  Air Date: September 27, 1978
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  S3:E3. Oh No...Not Again! (aka Here We Go Again)
  Air Date: September 20, 1978
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  S3:E2. Nine Is Too Much
  Air Date: September 13, 1978
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  S3:E1. Who's Crazy Here?
  Air Date: September 6, 1978
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1977
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 15, 1977