Harry and the Hendersons (1991–1993)

Harry and the Hendersons poster

Plot

The Hendersons, an upwardly mobile Seattle family, bring home what they believe to be a dead Bigfoot. But he has only been wounded by a hunter, and the Hendersons offer the creature who they come to call Harry a temporary home until a recovers his health.

Email me if Harry and the Hendersons returns or gets revived

Episodes by season

Season0118Episodes1991AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The ArrivalJanuary 13, 1991The Henderson family returning from vacation accidentally hits an eight foot Bigfoot and brings it home. They decide to nurse him, and end u
  2. S01E02The Day AfterJanuary 20, 1991Harry's need for attention takes its toll on the Hendersons, especially George, who bigfoot-sits while preparing a work assignment.
  3. S01E03CoolJanuary 27, 1991Harry feels uncomfortable in the Henderson home so he decides to run away.
  4. S01E04Harry Goes Home (1)February 3, 1991The family takes Harry back to the woods, only to discover that his home territory has been clearcut. Meanwhile, Ernie doesn't want Harry to
  5. S01E05Whose Forest Is It Anyway? (2)February 10, 1991A local congressman's (Steve Landesberg) aid is sought when Harry's (Kevin Peter Hall) habitat is found destroyed. The clan petitions to sav
  6. S01E06The Father-Son GameFebruary 17, 1991George'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 i
  7. S01E07Baggin' the Big OneFebruary 24, 1991A British explorer, the son of a famous hunter, wants to outshine his father. In order to do that, he plans to bag Harry.
  8. S01E08Harry the HeroMarch 3, 1991The Hendersons try to close down an animal research lab by protesting after finding an escapee, a scruffy dog, on their doorstep.
  9. S01E09Roots, the HerbMarch 10, 1991Harry and an American Indian medicine man try to cure George's knee but he is reckless.
  10. S01E10The MentorMarch 17, 1991The only doctor who can help a dying Harry is an elderly embittered anthropologist whose theories about Bigfoot were stamped out.
  11. S01E11The BodyguardMarch 24, 1991A bully (Aeryk Egan) steals Ernie's special pair of sneakers needed by George for a presentation. Ernie uses Harry's formidable size and str
  12. S01E12Harry and the Homeless ManApril 7, 1991Harry befriends a homeless intruder who reveals that he built the Hendersons' house. Meanwhile, the Hendersons are celebrating a birthday.
  13. S01E13Harry Goes ApeApril 21, 1991A 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 deci
  14. S01E14Pet PsychicApril 28, 1991When Harry hides Nancy's diamond ring, the Hendersons ask a pet psychic (Michael Winslow) to read Harry's mind.
  15. S01E15The Bigfoot That Ate SeattleMay 5, 1991A monster-movie director (Pat Morita) wants permission from the Hendersons to use Harry in one of his films.
  16. S01E16Harry and the Masked WrestlerMay 12, 1991Harry becomes a wrestler to help Sarah raise money to save an injured sea lion. George asks wrestler 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan to judge a benefit
  17. S01E17When Harry Met SammyMay 19, 1991When Tiffany brings Harry home, George and Nancy tell Samantha the truth, whetting her appetite for a good news story. Samantha decides to b
  18. S01E18Harry and the CheerleadersMay 26, 1991When three Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders come to town on a mascot search, Ernie dreams that he loses his pal Harry to stardom. Ernie fears Harr

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0224Episodes1991–92AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01RetrospectiveSeptember 29, 1991While the Hendersons prepare for Harry's first birthday party, they recall some of their memorable moments since his arrival.
  2. S02E02The Terror of the TreesOctober 6, 1991While 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 H
  3. S02E03Sarah Sings the BluesOctober 13, 1991Sarah is chosen to sing at the school dance with a new student but hesitates when she learns that he's blind.
  4. S02E04MomOctober 20, 1991Nancy welcomes the arrival of her pregnant sister, Emily, unaware that another arrival is soon to follow.
  5. S02E05The Ransom of BigfootOctober 27, 1991Harry is home alone and left to the fate of two burglars who think a Bigfoot might draw a big reward.
  6. S02E06HalloweenNovember 3, 1991It's Halloween and Harry finally has a chance to get out. However, the Hendersons' neighbour, who is allergic to animal hair, becomes suspic
  7. S02E07Brett Hits HomeNovember 10, 1991While George competes with an obnoxious co-worker for a promotion, Nancy's brother Brett moves in at home and is forced to contend with Harr
  8. S02E08George's White LightNovember 17, 1991George 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.
  9. S02E09Working StiffsNovember 24, 1991George's decision to quit his job and launch a magazine with Brett rockets the rest of the Hendersons into the job market.
  10. S02E10Love MaskJanuary 12, 1992Brett 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
  11. S02E11Blue ParrotJanuary 19, 1992When Harry sets Ernie's pet parrot free, George and Nancy go shopping for a quick replacement.
  12. S02E12WinningJanuary 26, 1992Angered at the foul attitude of Ernie's baseball coach, Nancy meets his challenge and strikes out on her own as a coach.
  13. S02E13Til Theft Do Us PartFebruary 2, 1992The Hendersons suspect that all that glistens is not gold but their missing silver when Brett suddenly comes into a large sum of money.
  14. S02E14The GeniusFebruary 9, 1992Harry scores high on Ernie's IQ test, which changes the way everyone relates to Ernie especially when his teacher Ms. Hall comes to visit an
  15. S02E15Wild ThingsFebruary 16, 1992The Hendersons are shaken when Harry, fearing impending danger, traps them and a menagerie of forest friends inside their home.
  16. S02E16FatherhoodFebruary 23, 1992In a case of mistaken identity, a baby is left on the doorstep with a note claiming that Brett is the father.
  17. S02E17Sara Spills the Bigfoot BeansMarch 1, 1992Sarah tells her boyfriend about Harry and jeopardizes the Hendersons' secret, and her love life, when she invites him to dinner.
  18. S02E18MoonlightingMarch 22, 1992Nancy moonlights as an aid to a foreign official and suspects his possession of a chimpanzee is on the dark side of the law.
  19. S02E19The Green-Eyed BigfootMarch 29, 1992Harry's friendship with Brett, and George's interview with a beautiful author, set off a wave of jealousy in the Henderson household.
  20. S02E20The IchthyologistApril 5, 1992George tries to help his cousin, who broke the law trying to save a polluted lake and its fish population.
  21. S02E21Selling OutApril 26, 1992A businessman offers to buy George's magazine but the buyer's vision of yellow journalism makes George see red.
  22. S02E22The Girl Who Cried BigfootMay 3, 1992Darcy discovers the Hendersons' secret and her parents, who doubt her story, send for a psychiatrist.
  23. S02E23The BusybodyMay 10, 1992A tabloid prints stories about a dangerous Bigfoot and turns the Hendersons' public life into a nightmare.
  24. S02E24I Got Your Birthday Right HereMay 17, 1992Nancy takes a seat as vice principal at Sarah's school, which doesn't sit well with Sarah and Lorraine.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0330Episodes1992–93AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Yo Richie!September 18, 1992Nancy's friend visits with her nephew, a boy who gives mischief a bad name.
  2. S03E02The CandidateSeptember 25, 1992When George's friend is bullied from a political race, George finds a write-in candidate: a Bigfoot with a pristine past.
  3. S03E03The Bride and the GloomOctober 2, 1992Darcy's scheme to have her Albanian housekeeper deported goes awry when the woman finds herself a husband: Brett.
  4. S03E04Born AgainOctober 30, 1992The Hendersons plan a weekend of laid-back happenings for Nancy and Brett's visiting mother, only to find she would rather party.
  5. S03E05The Old BigfootNovember 6, 1992Harry brings home an old bigfoot, so the family consults Dr. Arnesen, who concludes he is preparing to die; Darcy introduces Brad to gorgeou
  6. S03E06The OutingNovember 13, 1992The media and an animal control officer discover Harry, so the family turn to sleazy talk show host Tony Lane for help.
  7. S03E07Harry Henderson National TreasureNovember 20, 1992With Harry's existence made public, the neighborhood is flooded with tourists, prompting angry residents to legally force Harry out.
  8. S03E08Breaking Up is Hard to DoJanuary 1, 1993When George's cousin Melvin breaks up with his fiancee, he goes to the Hendersons for some advice and comfort.
  9. S03E09Blood Is Thicker Than...January 22, 1993Family ties unravel when George's brother visits and turns the Henderson home into a New Age shrine for Harry.
  10. S03E10Pitch, Pitch, PitchJanuary 29, 1993Nancy finds stardom when she's asked to be in a commercial. In her absence, the family finds out how much they need her.
  11. S03E11Harry the MascotFebruary 5, 1993Hoping to join the "cool" contingent at school, Ernie arranges for Harry to be school mascot for Madison Junior High.
  12. S03E12The Big Kiss OffFebruary 12, 1993Everyone is skeptical when Brett's long-lost wife shows up after leaving him to pursue a movie career.
  13. S03E13The FrenchmanFebruary 19, 1993A French linguist studying Harry's speech speaks the language of romance to Sara and that translates into trouble.
  14. S03E14Laid UpFebruary 26, 1993George and Harry become hospital roommates when Harry visits George and drops a television set on his foot.
  15. S03E15Harrywood BabylonMarch 5, 1993When Harry frightens shoppers, Brett sets out to change Harry's public image; but the documentary on Harry he produces demeans the family.
  16. S03E16Witness (1)March 12, 1993The Hendersons' lives are put in danger when Harry sees a philanthropist commit murder. (Part 1 of 2)
  17. S03E17Harry the Hostage (2)March 19, 1993Murder-witness Harry becomes a target; but Nancy devises a daring plan to stop the murderer. (Part 2 of 2)
  18. S03E18The Ex-TerminatorMarch 26, 1993Nancy's fear of a mouse prompts George to hire an exterminator while Harry tries to protect his fellow creature.
  19. S03E19Beauty and the BeastApril 2, 1993When 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-sta
  20. S03E20Big Feet, Small MindsApril 9, 1993George is challenged by his church when he writes an article about Harry suggesting he is the missing link between apes and humans which lea
  21. S03E21Surf's DownApril 16, 1993George learns that shore waters are being polluted by a construction company owned by his friend and biggest advertiser.
  22. S03E22Follow Your ArtApril 23, 1993When Sara considers enrolling at an arts college 200 miles away, an overprotective George has trouble letting go.
  23. S03E23Them BonesApril 30, 1993When George makes the "archaeological discovery of the century," he sees a chance to spend time with his dad, an amateur geologist with the
  24. S03E24The Three Facts of BrettMay 7, 1993Ernie and Harry find a book of sorcery and cast a spell on Brett that makes him assume others' personalities.
  25. S03E25Ernie ConfidentialMay 14, 1993Ernie 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 ever
  26. S03E26Uncle Mack Comes BackMay 21, 1993George's Great-Uncle Mac from Scotland arrives to settle his affairs and die, which he does, but his ghost has some unsettled business.
  27. S03E27Skin DeepMay 28, 1993Brett can't seem to choose between a witty waitress who wants a commitment and a more voluptuous cosmetician who doesn't demand commitment b
  28. S03E28Retrospective ThreeJune 4, 1993A publisher rejects George's book about Harry. In a retrospective, we get another look at the past.
  29. S03E29The Long Goodbyes (1)June 11, 1993Tefta pines for Brett, who loves Mary. Meanwhile, Yetta, a female bigfoot from China, and Harry pine for one another but they need to avoid
  30. S03E30The Long Goodbyes (2)June 18, 1993In 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 B

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Shows like Harry and the Hendersons all similar shows

The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.

  1. 01Comedy·FamilyThe Simpsons1989–present·FOXStreaming on Disney PlusThe Simpsons is the longest running scripted show in US television history.8.1Compare
  2. 02Comedy·FamilyFamily Guy1999–present·FOXStreaming on HuluFamily Guy follows Peter Griffin the endearingly ignorant dad, and his hilariously offbeat family of middle-class New Englanders in Quahog, RI.7.5Compare
  3. 03Comedy·FamilyAmerican Dad!2005–present·FOXStreaming on HuluIn American Dad!, Stan Smith leads the all-American family in this animated sitcom filled with wild and crazy extremes.7.5Compare
  4. 04Comedy·FamilyModern Family2009–2020·ABCStreaming on HuluModern Family revolves around three different types of families (nuclear, step- and same-sex) living in the Los Angeles area, who are interrelated through Jay Pritchett and his children, Claire Dunphy (née Pritchett)…7.8Compare
  5. 05Comedy·FamilyBob's Burgers2011–present·FOXStreaming on HuluThe series follows Bob who runs Bob's Burgers, with the help of his wife and their three kids.7.9Compare
  6. 06Comedy·FamilyMom2013–2021·CBSStreaming on NetflixChristy is a single mom who, after years of questionable choices, is now sober and trying to get her life on track.7.6Compare

Head-to-head pick any opponent

Stack Harry and the Hendersons's full episode-rating history against a rival, on one chart.

Keep exploring top shows