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thirtysomething Season 1 Episode 2

The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming

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The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming

AIRED: 10/6/87

Hope's anxiety over her parents' impending visit taxes everyone's patience.

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Timothy Busfield	Elliot Francis Weston
Polly Draper	Ellyn Warren
Mel Harris	Hope Murdoch Steadman
Peter Horton	Gary Sheperd
Ken Olin	Michael Steadman

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Shirley Knight	Ruth Murdoch	Guest Star
George Coe	Ted Murdoch	Guest Star
Shiri Appleby	Little Hope	Guest Star
Lacey Craven	Janey Steadman	Recurring Role
Brittany Craven	Janey Steadman	Recurring Role
Maxx, the Dog	Grendel	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Hope and Michael begin to call their baby "Janey" in this episode and the name sticks.
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- In the dialog, it's mentioned that Hope and Michael have been married for "five or six years" and that Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch have been married for 32 years.
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QUOTES (5)
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- Michael: The statute of limitations is up on parental war crimes.
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- Gary: Dirtbag.
  Michael: Crybaby.
  Gary: Wimp.
  Micahel: Academic.
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- Michael: Hey wait wait wait! Hope's in there [the bathroom]!
  Gary: That's why I'm goin' in.
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- Mike (to Hope): Honey, I'm not on her [mother's] side. I just think you're going to be miserable 'til you find a way to confront her about all this stuff.
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- Ruth: But I think it's absurd that we disrupt your lives this way.
  Michael: Hey, it's your job.
  Ruth: Your bedroom is your own.
  Hope: Don't worry, we changed the sheets.
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NOTES (4)
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- Melanie Mayron and Patricia Wettig are credited but don't appear.
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- Lacey Craven and Brittany Craven make their debuts as Janey.
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- This is the first episode featuring parents of the principal characters (Shirley Knight and George Coe as Hope's parents Ruth and Ted Murdoch.) Relationships with parents will be a frequent, recurring theme in this series.
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- Shirley Knight won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for this episode.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- A brief clip of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood featuring Betty Aberlin as Lady Aberlin is seen.
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