Harry and the Hendersons

Jan 13, 1991

The Henderson family returning from vacation accidentally hits an eight foot Bigfoot and brings it home. They decide to nurse him, and end up letting him stay with them.

Jan 20, 1991

Harry's need for attention takes its toll on the Hendersons, especially George, who bigfoot-sits while preparing a work assignment.

Jan 27, 1991

Harry feels uncomfortable in the Henderson home so he decides to run away.

Feb 3, 1991

The family takes Harry back to the woods, only to discover that his home territory has been clearcut. Meanwhile, Ernie doesn't want Harry to go away. (Part 1 of 2)

Feb 10, 1991

A local congressman's (Steve Landesberg) aid is sought when Harry's (Kevin Peter Hall) habitat is found destroyed. The clan petitions to save the forest. (Part 2 of 2)

Feb 17, 1991

George's and Ernie's attitudes differ over a father-son baseball game. George recruits Ken Griffey Jr. in a plan to spark Ernie's interest in baseball. Guest Stars: Ken Griffey Sr., Ken Griffey Jr.

Feb 24, 1991

A British explorer, the son of a famous hunter, wants to outshine his father. In order to do that, he plans to bag Harry.

Mar 3, 1991

The Hendersons try to close down an animal research lab by protesting after finding an escapee, a scruffy dog, on their doorstep.

Mar 10, 1991

Harry and an American Indian medicine man try to cure George's knee but he is reckless.

Mar 17, 1991

The only doctor who can help a dying Harry is an elderly embittered anthropologist whose theories about Bigfoot were stamped out.

Mar 24, 1991

A bully (Aeryk Egan) steals Ernie's special pair of sneakers needed by George for a presentation. Ernie uses Harry's formidable size and strength in a plan to retrieve them.

Apr 7, 1991

Harry befriends a homeless intruder who reveals that he built the Hendersons' house. Meanwhile, the Hendersons are celebrating a birthday.

Apr 21, 1991

A football legend visits the Hendersons' house along with his wife who is wearing a fur. Harry thinks that the fur is a dead person and decides to bury it.

Apr 28, 1991

When Harry hides Nancy's diamond ring, the Hendersons ask a pet psychic (Michael Winslow) to read Harry's mind.

May 5, 1991

A monster-movie director (Pat Morita) wants permission from the Hendersons to use Harry in one of his films.

May 12, 1991

Harry becomes a wrestler to help Sarah raise money to save an injured sea lion. George asks wrestler 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan to judge a benefit match featuring the debut of reluctant wrestler 'Bigfoot Man'.

May 19, 1991

When Tiffany brings Harry home, George and Nancy tell Samantha the truth, whetting her appetite for a good news story. Samantha decides to break the story of Harry on her news program.

May 26, 1991

When three Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders come to town on a mascot search, Ernie dreams that he loses his pal Harry to stardom. Ernie fears Harry may become the new mascot for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

Sep 29, 1991

While the Hendersons prepare for Harry's first birthday party, they recall some of their memorable moments since his arrival.

Oct 6, 1991

While on a camping trip with his son and his co-worker, George is nervous because his co-worker keeps on playing pranks and later mistakes Harry for a monster.

Oct 13, 1991

Sarah is chosen to sing at the school dance with a new student but hesitates when she learns that he's blind.

Oct 20, 1991

Nancy welcomes the arrival of her pregnant sister, Emily, unaware that another arrival is soon to follow.

Oct 27, 1991

Harry is home alone and left to the fate of two burglars who think a Bigfoot might draw a big reward.

Nov 3, 1991

It's Halloween and Harry finally has a chance to get out. However, the Hendersons' neighbour, who is allergic to animal hair, becomes suspicious of Harry's "costume."

Nov 10, 1991

While George competes with an obnoxious co-worker for a promotion, Nancy's brother Brett moves in at home and is forced to contend with Harry.

Nov 17, 1991

George examines his life after he's trapped in a steam room and, in a heat-induced delirium, sees God. He decides to quit his job.

Nov 24, 1991

George's decision to quit his job and launch a magazine with Brett rockets the rest of the Hendersons into the job market.

Jan 12, 1992

Brett thinks a primitive mask can cure his ailing love life by casting a spell on Darcy's Swedish au pair Uma, and it seems to work; but his date with her is spoiled by Harry, who is strangely obsessed with the mask as well.

Jan 19, 1992

When Harry sets Ernie's pet parrot free, George and Nancy go shopping for a quick replacement.

Jan 26, 1992

Angered at the foul attitude of Ernie's baseball coach, Nancy meets his challenge and strikes out on her own as a coach.

Feb 2, 1992

The Hendersons suspect that all that glistens is not gold but their missing silver when Brett suddenly comes into a large sum of money.

Feb 9, 1992

Harry scores high on Ernie's IQ test, which changes the way everyone relates to Ernie especially when his teacher Ms. Hall comes to visit and encounters Harry.

Feb 16, 1992

The Hendersons are shaken when Harry, fearing impending danger, traps them and a menagerie of forest friends inside their home.

Feb 23, 1992

In a case of mistaken identity, a baby is left on the doorstep with a note claiming that Brett is the father.

Mar 1, 1992

Sarah tells her boyfriend about Harry and jeopardizes the Hendersons' secret, and her love life, when she invites him to dinner.

Mar 22, 1992

Nancy moonlights as an aid to a foreign official and suspects his possession of a chimpanzee is on the dark side of the law.

Mar 29, 1992

Harry's friendship with Brett, and George's interview with a beautiful author, set off a wave of jealousy in the Henderson household.

Apr 5, 1992

George tries to help his cousin, who broke the law trying to save a polluted lake and its fish population.

Apr 26, 1992

A businessman offers to buy George's magazine but the buyer's vision of yellow journalism makes George see red.

May 3, 1992

Darcy discovers the Hendersons' secret and her parents, who doubt her story, send for a psychiatrist.

May 10, 1992

A tabloid prints stories about a dangerous Bigfoot and turns the Hendersons' public life into a nightmare.

May 17, 1992

Nancy takes a seat as vice principal at Sarah's school, which doesn't sit well with Sarah and Lorraine.

Sep 18, 1992

Nancy's friend visits with her nephew, a boy who gives mischief a bad name.

Sep 25, 1992

When George's friend is bullied from a political race, George finds a write-in candidate: a Bigfoot with a pristine past.

Oct 2, 1992

Darcy's scheme to have her Albanian housekeeper deported goes awry when the woman finds herself a husband: Brett.

Oct 30, 1992

The Hendersons plan a weekend of laid-back happenings for Nancy and Brett's visiting mother, only to find she would rather party.

Nov 6, 1992

Harry brings home an old bigfoot, so the family consults Dr. Arnesen, who concludes he is preparing to die; Darcy introduces Brad to gorgeous Kate, but tells him she only likes brainy boys.

Nov 13, 1992

The media and an animal control officer discover Harry, so the family turn to sleazy talk show host Tony Lane for help.

Nov 20, 1992

With Harry's existence made public, the neighborhood is flooded with tourists, prompting angry residents to legally force Harry out.

Jan 1, 1993

When George's cousin Melvin breaks up with his fiancee, he goes to the Hendersons for some advice and comfort.

Jan 22, 1993

Family ties unravel when George's brother visits and turns the Henderson home into a New Age shrine for Harry.

Jan 29, 1993

Nancy finds stardom when she's asked to be in a commercial. In her absence, the family finds out how much they need her.

Feb 5, 1993

Hoping to join the "cool" contingent at school, Ernie arranges for Harry to be school mascot for Madison Junior High.

Feb 12, 1993

Everyone is skeptical when Brett's long-lost wife shows up after leaving him to pursue a movie career.

Feb 19, 1993

A French linguist studying Harry's speech speaks the language of romance to Sara and that translates into trouble.

Feb 26, 1993

George and Harry become hospital roommates when Harry visits George and drops a television set on his foot.

Mar 5, 1993

When Harry frightens shoppers, Brett sets out to change Harry's public image; but the documentary on Harry he produces demeans the family.

Mar 12, 1993

The Hendersons' lives are put in danger when Harry sees a philanthropist commit murder. (Part 1 of 2)

Mar 19, 1993

Murder-witness Harry becomes a target; but Nancy devises a daring plan to stop the murderer. (Part 2 of 2)

Mar 26, 1993

Nancy's fear of a mouse prompts George to hire an exterminator while Harry tries to protect his fellow creature.

Apr 2, 1993

When Sara's stage production of "Beauty and the Beast" lacks an actor to play the Beast, George gets an idea and Harry becomes Sara's co-star.

Apr 9, 1993

George is challenged by his church when he writes an article about Harry suggesting he is the missing link between apes and humans which leads to a boycott of "A Better Life."

Apr 16, 1993

George learns that shore waters are being polluted by a construction company owned by his friend and biggest advertiser.

Apr 23, 1993

When Sara considers enrolling at an arts college 200 miles away, an overprotective George has trouble letting go.

Apr 30, 1993

When George makes the "archaeological discovery of the century," he sees a chance to spend time with his dad, an amateur geologist with the emotions of a rock.

May 7, 1993

Ernie and Harry find a book of sorcery and cast a spell on Brett that makes him assume others' personalities.

May 14, 1993

Ernie explains his moussed hair and missed classes as follows: "I'm a man now. I've got my own trail to blaze." However, in the path of every pubescent pioneer is a protective mother.

May 21, 1993

George's Great-Uncle Mac from Scotland arrives to settle his affairs and die, which he does, but his ghost has some unsettled business.

May 28, 1993

Brett can't seem to choose between a witty waitress who wants a commitment and a more voluptuous cosmetician who doesn't demand commitment because, as Nancy says, "it has three syllables."

Jun 4, 1993

A publisher rejects George's book about Harry. In a retrospective, we get another look at the past.

Jun 11, 1993

Tefta pines for Brett, who loves Mary. Meanwhile, Yetta, a female bigfoot from China, and Harry pine for one another but they need to avoid a customs agent. (Part 1 of 2)

Jun 18, 1993

In the series finale, the Henderson family decides to help Harry and his dear Yetta marry and move to a cave in the woods. Tefta pines for Brett, who loves Mary. (Part 2 of 2)