Baby Boom

Season

1988

USA

5.7

A stylish, single, Harvard-educated lawyer aggressively pushing her way up the executive ladder at a large corporation. Then on her doorstep appeared baby Elizabeth, left to her by a recently deceased English relative.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

J.C. tries to cope with a new assistant at work and a lost "blankie" at home.

S1 • E2

Guilt

J.C. gets some advice from TV moms Margaret Anderson and June Cleaver.

S1 • E3

The Right School for Elizabeth

J.C. finagles her way into an intensive learning course for Elizabeth, but the experience may be too intense---for J.C.

S1 • E4

Stress

J.C. stands back to look at her life when she begins to fear that, like her father, she'll die of a heart attack.

S1 • E5

Saturday

Elizabeth has a play date with her friend Jamie. When Jamie and her parents show up J.C. becomes nervous because of their appearance, and spends all day worrying.

S1 • E6

The He-Man Woman's Hater Club

J.C's boss asks her to give a presentation to secure a $2 million account. She arrives at the company's headquarters only to discover that it is an all men's "club".

S1 • E7

Christmas '88

J.C. makes sure Santa goes to town for her first Christmas with Elizabeth, while Fritz celebrates his wife's return from the Betty Ford Center.

S1 • E8

One Wednesday

The loss of an important account and Elizabeth's mischief at the office make it a frustrating day for J.C.

S1 • E9

X-y-l-o-p-h-o-n-e

J.C. finds her dating drought quenched by a wonderful guy, but she hopes an old pattern's not repeating itself when he seems afraid of being eaten alive by the "Tiger Lady."