List of 9 to 5 episodes
9 to 5 is an American sitcom based on the 1980 film of the same name, that aired originally aired on ABC and later in syndication. 9 to 5 features Rachel Dennison, Dolly Parton's younger sister, in Parton's role of Doralee Rhodes; Rita Moreno portrayed the Lily Tomlin role of Violet Newstead, and Valerie Curtin took the Jane Fonda role of Judy Bernly. In the truncated third season, Curtin's Judy Bernly was replaced with Leah Ayres as secretary Linda Bowman. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers replaced Moreno, and Curtin returned as Judy. 9 to 5 premiered on March 25, 1982, and ended on March 26, 1988, with a total of 85 episodes over the course of 5 seasons. The season 3 episodes "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Pillow Talk" never aired.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 4 | March 25, 1982 | April 15, 1982 | ABC | ||
| 2 | 22 | September 28, 1982 | May 10, 1983 | |||
| 3 | 7 | September 29, 1983 | October 27, 1983 | |||
| 4 | 26 | September 13, 1986 | March 28, 1987 | Syndication | ||
| 5 | 26 | September 13, 1987 | March 26, 1988 | |||
Episodes
Season 1 (1982)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "New Kid on the Block" | Noam Pitlik | Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser | March 25, 1982 | 1U01 |
| Violet and Judy suspect a new secretary has been hired for her physical attributes. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Herassment" | Noam Pitlik | Larry Balmagia | April 1, 1982 | 1U03 |
| An image change for Judy works too well and attracts the amorous Mr. Hart. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The China Sin-Drome" | Nell Cox | Debra Frank, Scott Rubenstein | April 8, 1982 | 1U02 |
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Hart's chance to land a big contract in Taiwan hinges on whether Doralee is willing to go along as part of the package. The title is a pun on the 1979 Jane Fonda film The China Syndrome. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Secretary" | Hy Averback | Larry Balmagia | April 15, 1982 | 1U04 |
| Violet risks her job when she refuses to take a polygraph test ordered by Hart. | ||||||
Season 2 (1982–83)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | "The Loverwear Party" | Michael Zinberg | Wendy Kout, Michele Willens | September 28, 1982 | 2C01 |
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Violet decides to supplement her income by selling erotic apparel but Roz mistakes the coffeeroom sales conferences for union organizing. * Marian Mercer also appeared in the movie version as Missy Hart. | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | "The Security Guard" | Michael Zinberg | Dale McRaven | October 12, 1982 | 2C02 |
| Jane Fonda (who portrayed Judy in the movie) plays a cynical security guard who learns about "pink collar" life from stories the secretaries tell. | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | "Real Men Don't Make Quiche" | Michael Zinberg | S : Ron Bloomberg; S/T : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | October 19, 1982 | 2C04 |
| Judy mistakes the computer's power switch for the light switch, wipes out the office data, and loses her job. | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | "Dick Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | October 26, 1982 | 2C03 |
| Judy lets her estranged husband (John Larroquette) and his girlfriend stay at her place. | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | "Home is Where the Hart is" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 9, 1982 | 2C07 |
| Doralee's boyfriend (Howard Hessman) comes up from Tennessee for a visit—and won't go home without her. | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | "Don't Take My Wife, Please (aka An Affair to Forget)" | Michael Lessac | Garry Ferrier, Aubrey Tadman | November 16, 1982 | 2C09 |
| It seems that Mr. Hart has been neglecting his wife; Roz sees her at dinner with another man. | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | "The Party's Over (aka Time to Panic)" | Michael Lessac | S : Ron Bloomberg; T : Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | November 23, 1982 | 2C06 |
| If the mail clerk's rumor is true, company budget cuts call for the firing of one employee, and everyone thinks they'll be the unlucky one. | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | "Temporarily Disconnected" | Michael Lessac | T : Wendy Kout; S/T : Maxine Herman | November 30, 1982 | 2C10 |
| 13 | 9 | "Hard Sell" | Michael Zinberg | Ron Bloomberg | December 7, 1982 | 2C05 |
| Harry quits the company, but Violet can't join the others in urging him to stay—she's next in line for his job. | ||||||
| 14 | 10 | "Power Failure" | Peter Bonerz | Fredric Weiss | December 14, 1982 | 2C11 |
| Felled by back spasms, Hart tells Roz to "hold down the fort" and she does—like a drill sergeant. | ||||||
| 15 | 11 | "Did it Happen One Night?" | Michael Zinberg | Susan Seeger | January 4, 1983 | 2C13 |
| A power blackout in snowbound Cleveland gives rise to some unusual survival tactics like Hart building a fire in his office. | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | "Torn Between One Lover" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Ferro, Wendy Kout | January 11, 1983 | 2C14 |
| Judy invites her new racquetball partner to the apartment, unaware he's also the psychology professor Doralee is smitten with. | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | "Hex Marks the Spot" | Peter Baldwin | Gary H. Miller | January 18, 1983 | 2C15 |
| Doralee claims that the company's new toothpaste logo is the same symbol her grandmother told her was a bad luck sign. | ||||||
| 18 | 14 | "Three for the Money" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | February 1, 1983 | 2C16 |
| The secretaries each add their own personal ingredients to their food-processor demonstration as they audition for a new job. | ||||||
| 19 | 15 | "The Oldest Profession" | Peter Baldwin | Fredi Towbin | February 15, 1983 | 2C18 |
| The secretaries do moonlighting work delivering singing telegrams. Their costumes give a vice cop the wrong idea and the girls are arrested for prostitution. | ||||||
| 20 | 16 | "When Violet Gets Blue" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Marty Farrell | February 22, 1983 | 2C20 |
| Violet is offered a big promotion—after a night of romance with a visiting executive. | ||||||
| 21 | 17 | "Big Bucks" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Ron Bloomberg | March 1, 1983 | 2C19 |
| Judy learns she's being paid more than her friends and tells Mr. Hart—hoping he'll raise their salaries. | ||||||
| 22 | 18 | "I Want to Dance" | Peter Baldwin | Wendy Kout | March 15, 1983 | 2C21 |
| Violet is acting strange: waltzing in the office, sneaking into the executive steamroom, and refusing Hart's demand that she reschedule her trip to New York. | ||||||
| 23 | 19 | "Movin' On" | Michael Lessac | Gary H. Miller | March 22, 1983 | 2C23 |
| Violet has 24 hours to raise $100,000 or the bank will foreclose on her house. | ||||||
| 24 | 20 | "Eight Hours" | Peter Baldwin | Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss | April 12, 1983 | 2C22 |
| 25 | 21 | "Off Broadway" | Michael Lessac | Ron Bloomberg | May 3, 1983 | 2C12 |
| Judy suggests that the company's products show feature live performers—the employees. | ||||||
| 26 | 22 | "The Phantom" | Peter Baldwin | Ron Friedman | May 10, 1983 | 2C17 |
| Items missing from the office suggest that a thief has been at work, so Hart teaches the women self-defense. | ||||||
Season 3 (1983)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "'Till Tomorrow Do Us Part" | Al Jean, Michael Reiss | September 29, 1983 | 1S05 |
| Hart asks Violet to pose as his wife as a college reunion. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "The Frog Inside Prince Charming" | George Bloom | October 6, 1983 | 1S02 |
| New salesman Michael charms the secretaries, but only Violet finds the nerve to ask him out. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Mid-Wife Crisis" | Diane Wilk | October 13, 1983 | 1S01 |
| Hart is an emotional wreck after learning his wife wants a divorce, so he seeks comfort at the secretaries' apartment. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Eleven-Year Itch" | Stan Cutler | October 20, 1983 | 1S03 |
| Doralee advises 11-year-old Tommy how to kiss a girl, then innocently leaves the boy alone with Linda in the apartment. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Family Business" | Dave Hackel | October 27, 1983 | 1S07 |
| Hart hopes a new contract results from Linda's meeting with her father, an Army purchasing agent, but Linda just wants a quiet evening with her dad. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "Dag Day Afternoon" | George Bloom | N/A | 1S04 |
| 33 | 7 | "Pillow Talk" | Susan Sebastian, Diane Ayers | N/A | 1S06 |
Season 4 (1986–87)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | "Reach Out and Touch Someone" | Michael Kagan, Ava Nelson | September 13, 1986 | 4V01 |
| Marsha is stumped by the new phone system, which stumps everyone when it goes kaput. | |||||
| 35 | 2 | "Ghoswriter" | Andy Guerdat, Steve Kreinberg | December 6, 1986 | 4V02 |
| 36 | 3 | "Uh, About Last Night" | Martin Sage, Sybil Adleman | October 11, 1986 | 4V03 |
| 37 | 4 | "You Don't Know Me" | Michael Kagan | September 20, 1986 | 4V04 |
| 38 | 5 | "A Date with Judy" | Jack Carrerow, Lisa A. Bannick | September 26, 1986 | 4V05 |
| 39 | 6 | "Every Super Women Gets the Blues" | S : Paul K. Taylor; T : Michael Kagan | October 4, 1986 | 4V06 |
| 40 | 7 | "The Acid Test" | Steve Kreinberg, Andy Guerdat | November 1, 1986 | 4V07 |
| 41 | 8 | "The Party" | David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic | October 18, 1986 | 4V08 |
| 42 | 9 | "The Naked City" | S : Norm Chandler Fox; T : Jack Carrerow, Lisa A. Bannick | November 8, 1986 | 4V09 |
| 43 | 10 | "An American Dream" | S : Norm Chandler Fox; T : Jack Carrerow, Lisa A. Bannick | October 25, 1986 | 4V10 |
| 44 | 11 | "What's Up, Curtis?" | Steve Kreinberg, Andy Guerdat | November 15, 1986 | 4V11 |
| 45 | 12 | "The Russians are Coming" | Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein | November 22, 1986 | 4V12 |
| 46 | 13 | "Sharman Cunningham, Vice President" | Deborah K. Scott | January 3, 1987 | 4V13 |
| 47 | 14 | "Judy's Dream" | Duncan Scott McGibbon | January 10, 1987 | 4V14 |
| 48 | 15 | "Blue Christmas" | Jack Carrerow | December 13, 1986 | 4V15 |
| 49 | 16 | "Move Over Millie Maple" | Jeanne Baruch, Jeanne Romano | January 31, 1987 | 4V16 |
| 50 | 17 | "Bud Knows Best" | Andy Guerdat, Steve Kreinberg | January 17, 1987 | 4V17 |
| 51 | 18 | "Make Room for Corky" | Michael Kagan | January 24, 1987 | 4V18 |
| 52 | 19 | "Love and Death" | Michael Kagan | March 28, 1987 | 4V19 |
| 53 | 20 | "Bud's Mid-Life Crisis" | Martin Sage, Sybil Adelman | February 7, 1987 | 4V20 |
| 54 | 21 | "She Gives Good Phone" | Joelyn Grippo | February 14, 1987 | 4V21 |
| 55 | 22 | "You're Dating My Baby" | Lisa A. Bannick | February 21, 1987 | 4V22 |
| 56 | 23 | "The Interns" | Andy Guerdat, Steve Kreinberg | February 28, 1987 | 4V23 |
| 57 | 24 | "From Here to Kingdom Come" | Jeffrey Sachs | March 7, 1987 | 4V24 |
| 58 | 25 | "Look But Don't Touch" | Jack Carrerow | March 14, 1987 | 4V25 |
| 59 | 26 | "The Big Game" | Michael Kagan | March 21, 1987 | 4V26 |
Season 5 (1987–88)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [1] | Prod. code [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 1 | "We're Gonna Be Rich" | September 26, 1987 | 4X27 |
| 61 | 2 | "Meet Mr. Felb" | September 12, 1987 | 4X28 |
| 62 | 3 | "Love is Having to Say You're Sorry" | October 3, 1987 | 4X29 |
| 62 | 4 | "Barkley's Beauties" | September 19, 1987 | 4X30 |
| 64 | 5 | "Starting Over" | October 17, 1987 | 4X31 |
| 65 | 6 | "Doralee Buys the Farm" | October 10, 1987 | 4X32 |
| 66 | 7 | "Mother Bernly" | October 24, 1987 | 4X33 |
| 67 | 8 | "One of the Girls" | October 31, 1987 | 4X34 |
| 68 | 9 | "Morgan by Moonlight" | November 7, 1987 | 4X35 |
| 69 | 10 | "The Poker Game" | November 14, 1987 | 4X36 |
| 70 | 11 | "Marsha's Short Story" | November 21, 1987 | 4X37 |
| 71 | 12 | "It Happened One Night" | December 5, 1987 | 4X38 |
| 72 | 13 | "My Fair Marsha" | December 12, 1987 | 4X39 |
| 73 | 14 | "Barkley Strikes Out" | December 19, 1987 | 4X40 |
| 74 | 15 | "Felb Slept Here" | January 23, 1988 | 4X41 |
| 75 | 16 | "The Witches of Barkley" | January 16, 1988 | 4X42 |
| 76 | 17 | "James in Love" | January 9, 1988 | 4X43 |
| 77 | 18 | "The Big Sleep" | January 30, 1988 | 4X44 |
| 78 | 19 | "The Custody Fight" | February 6, 1988 | 4X45 |
| 79 | 20 | "Strictly Personal" | February 13, 1988 | 4X46 |
| 80 | 21 | "Play Fatal Attraction for Me" | February 20, 1988 | 4X47 |
| 81 | 22 | "Marsha's Lie" | February 27, 1988 | 4X48 |
| 82 | 23 | "Felb's Big Secret" | March 5, 1988 | 4X49 |
| 83 | 24 | "Marsha Grows Up" | March 12, 1988 | 4X50 |
| 84 | 25 | "Rockabye Bernly" | March 19, 1988 | 4X51 |
| 85 | 26 | "Goodbye, Pops" | March 26, 1988 | 4X52 |
References
External links
- 9 to 5 at epguides.com
- 9 to 5 – list of episodes at IMDb
- List of 9 to 5 episodes at TV.com
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