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The following is a list of episodes of ''[[Wait Till Your Father Gets Home]]''.

==Series overview==
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| link1 = List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes#Season 1 (1972–73)
| episodes1 = 24
| start1 = September 12, 1972
| end1 = February 20, 1973
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| link2 = List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes#Season 2 (1973-74)
| episodes2 = 20
| start2 = September 11, 1973
| end2 = January 29, 1974
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| link3 = List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes#Season 3 (1974)
| episodes3 = 4
| start3 = September 17, 1974
| end3 = October 8, 1974
}}</onlyinclude>

==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1972–73)===
The first 44 episodes (All episodes of the first two seasons) were directed by Peter Luschwitz.
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = The Fling
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|12}}
| ProdCode = 63-1
| ShortSummary = [[Restaurant]]-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Alice's Dress
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|19}}
| ProdCode = 63-2
| ShortSummary = Harry and his family get invited to a party held by Harry's boss, and Harry wants everyone in the family to act and dress their best -- which is easier said than done because Alice wants to wear a racy department-store dress with no [[brassiere|bra]], prompting Harry and Irma to worry about the influence that sex and [[sexuality]] in the [[media (communication)|media]] has on their daughter.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Hippie
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|26}}
| ProdCode = 63-3
| ShortSummary = Chet befriends a [[hippie]] musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his [[anti-Communist]] Army buddies to create a wall around the neighborhood to keep out all hippies, alleged [[Communists]], subversives, and free-thinkers.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = The Beach Vacation
| WrittenBy = Pamela Chais
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|3}}
| ProdCode = 63-4
| ShortSummary = The Boyles rent a [[beach house]], but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a [[string bikini]] and Harry must decide whether or not to press charges against a nude sunbather who will not leave his property.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Help Wanted
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|10}}
| ProdCode = 63-5
| ShortSummary = Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his [[Jewish]] driver and must choose between hiring someone who is right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with the dictates of [[affirmative action]] and [[wikt:diversity|diversity]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Love Story
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|17}}
| ProdCode = 63-6
| ShortSummary = Alice shocks her family again by dating a [[homeless]] man named Norman, but when Harry and Irma find out that Norman has rich parents, they push Alice into staying with him.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Victim
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|24}}
| ProdCode = 63-7
| ShortSummary = Harry gets [[mugged]] and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked away, Chet and Alice want Harry to go soft on his assailant since it is his first offense.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Chet's Job
| WrittenBy = Terry Ryan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|31}}
| ProdCode = 63-8
| ShortSummary = Harry gives his [[slacker]] son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay rent or get out of the house. Chet decides to find a job — and ends up earning more than his father as a [[Household hardware|hardware]]-store grunt.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Chet's Fiancee
| WrittenBy = Mark Kammerman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|7}}
| ProdCode = 63-9
| ShortSummary = Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings her home to meet Harry and Irma...and ends up shocking everyone when he tells Prudence that he does not want to marry her.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Mouse
| WrittenBy = Bill Manhoff
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|14}}
| ProdCode = 63-10
| ShortSummary = Jamie runs away from home after Harry tells him he cannot keep a [[mouse]] as a pet.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Duty Calls
| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|21}}
| ProdCode = 63-11
| ShortSummary = Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Expectant Papa
| WrittenBy = William Raynor and Myles Wilder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|28}}
| ProdCode = 63-12
| ShortSummary = Irma worries that she may be [[pregnant]] again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too overpopulated.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The New Car
| WrittenBy = Harriet Belkin and Norman Belkin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|5}}
| ProdCode = 63-13
| ShortSummary = The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = The New House
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|12}}
| ProdCode = 63-14
| ShortSummary = The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Prowler
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|19}}
| ProdCode = 63-15
| ShortSummary = Ralph starts a neighborhood [[vigilante]] group in order to fight back against a [[burglar]] who has been breaking into houses in the Boyles' neighborhood.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Mama's Identity
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|26}}
| ProdCode = 63-16
| ShortSummary = In an attempt to be more than just a [[housewife]] and mother, Irma takes a job as a [[secretary]] at a law firm, but struggles with sexual discrimination and competition from a younger, prettier coworker, while Harry and Ralph worry that women in the workplace will lead to men being treated like [[sex objects]] and second-class citizens.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Papa the Patient
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|2}}
| ProdCode = 63-17
| ShortSummary = Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related [[stomachaches]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Swimming Pool
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|9}}
| ProdCode = 63-18
| ShortSummary = Harry builds a [[swimming pool]] for his family, but the neighbors end up using it.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Sweet Sixteen
| WrittenBy = Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|16}}
| ProdCode = 63-19
| ShortSummary = Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Commune
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|23}}
| ProdCode = 63-20
| ShortSummary = Alice runs away to a hippie [[Intentional community|commune]] to escape the stresses of school and home life.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Music Tycoon
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|30}}
| ProdCode = 63-21
| ShortSummary = Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new [[garage band]], but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Accidents Will Happen
| WrittenBy = Stanley Ralph Ross
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|6}}
| ProdCode = 63-22
| ShortSummary = Harry splits his [[pants]] after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of pants.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Papa in New York
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|13}}
| ProdCode = 63-23
| ShortSummary = Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = The Neighbors
| WrittenBy = Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|20}}
| ProdCode = 63-24
| ShortSummary = Newlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in [[paradise]] when they fight over a new [[couch]]. The Boyles must get Mona and George back together when George moves in with the Boyles.
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}}

===Season 2 (1973-74)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Bringing Up Jamie
| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|11}}
| ProdCode = 63-25
| ShortSummary = A [[child psychologist]] recommends that Jamie take up [[photography]] to deal with his [[aggression]], but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = The Lady Detective
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|18}}
| ProdCode = 63-26
| ShortSummary = An eccentric female [[detective]] (played by guest star [[Phyllis Diller]]) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's [[payroll]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Permissive Papa
| WrittenBy = Dave Ketchum and Bruce Shelley
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|25}}
| ProdCode = 63-27
| ShortSummary = Harry bars Alice from going to a [[concert]] and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a [[pervert]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Boyles on TV
| WrittenBy = Arthur Julian
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|2}}
| ProdCode = 63-28
| ShortSummary = The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = My Wife, The Secretary
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|9}}
| ProdCode = 63-29
| ShortSummary = Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Papa, the Housewife
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|16}}
| ProdCode = 63-30
| ShortSummary = Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Jamie's Project
| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|23}}
| ProdCode = 63-31
| ShortSummary = Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Don for the Defence
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|6}}
| ProdCode = 63-32
| ShortSummary = Harry goes to court to contest a [[traffic violation]]—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent [[lawyer]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Alice's Diet
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|13}}
| ProdCode = 63-33
| ShortSummary = After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Mama Loves Monty
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|20}}
| ProdCode = 63-34
| ShortSummary = Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a [[game show]], but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host [[Monty Hall]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Alice's Crush
| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|27}}
| ProdCode = 63-35
| ShortSummary = Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her [[teachers]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Papa's Big Check
| WrittenBy = Sid Dorfman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|4}}
| ProdCode = 63-36
| ShortSummary = Harry gets a [[tax refund]] check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Mama's Charity
| WrittenBy = R.B. Rigby
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|11}}
| ProdCode = 63-37
| ShortSummary = Irma begins spending all of her time working for different [[charities]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Chet's Pad
| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|18}}
| ProdCode = 63-38
| ShortSummary = Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Papa the Coach
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|25}}
| ProdCode = 63-39
| ShortSummary = Harry is named the new coach of the high school [[basketball]] team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Birdman Chet
| WrittenBy = Skip Webster
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|1}}
| ProdCode = 63-40
| ShortSummary = Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California [[condor]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Back to Nature
| WrittenBy = Roy Kammerman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|8}}
| ProdCode = 63-41
| ShortSummary = Harry takes his family on a [[camping]] trip to break them of their [[addiction]] to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harry wants out.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Alice's Freedom
| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|15}}
| ProdCode = 63-42
| ShortSummary = Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her [[freedom]] since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = The Beekeeper
| WrittenBy = Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|22}}
| ProdCode = 63-43
| ShortSummary = The Boyles call an [[Pest control|exterminator]] to get rid of the [[bees]] in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Maude Loves Papa
| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|29}}
| ProdCode = 63-44
| ShortSummary = While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for [[motorcycles]].
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}}

===Season 3 (1974)===
All four episodes of the third and final season were directed by [[Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Rich Little, Supersleuth
| WrittenBy = Harveter Luschwitzey Bullock and R.S. Allen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|9|17}}
| ProdCode = 63-45
| ShortSummary = The [[bank]] next to Harry's store gets robbed.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Model Alice
| WrittenBy = Terry Ryan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|9|24}}
| ProdCode = 63-46
| ShortSummary = Harry objects when a [[painter]] asks Alice to pose nude.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Marriage Counselor
| WrittenBy = R.B. Rigby
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|1}}
| ProdCode = 63-47
| ShortSummary = Harry and Irma's visit to a [[marriage counselor]] threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Car 54
| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|8}}
| ProdCode = 63-48
| ShortSummary = Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a [[kindergarten]], which goes well, until a child goes missing.
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}}
}}

==External links==
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