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Gimme a Break!: Season 3: Episode 5

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Joey (2)

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NBC | Air Date: November 3, 1983
Starring: Nell Carter, Joey Lawrence, John Hoyt, Lara Jill Miller, Lauri Hendler, Howard Morton, Kari Michaelson, Dolph Sweet
Summary: Joey goes on a hunger strike and says he is not going to an orphanage. Nell then lies to Joey and tells him that she made a friend of a man whose window she broke years ago when she was a child. Joey believes her, and knows Nell is not a liar, like many adults he knows are. Nell then tells the Chief he owes her, and she deserves to takeJoey goes on a hunger strike and says he is not going to an orphanage. Nell then lies to Joey and tells him that she made a friend of a man whose window she broke years ago when she was a child. Joey believes her, and knows Nell is not a liar, like many adults he knows are. Nell then tells the Chief he owes her, and she deserves to take Joey in as her foster child. The Chief objects, but Joey tells him he is right, and even he himself wouldn't want him as a foster child. The Chief's feelings change, and Joey is accepted into the family as their foster child.… Expand
Creator: Sy Rosen and Mort Lachman
Genre(s): Comedy

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