Harry and the Hendersons (1991–1993)
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.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01The ArrivalJanuary 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 u
- S01E02The Day AfterJanuary 20, 1991—Harry's need for attention takes its toll on the Hendersons, especially George, who bigfoot-sits while preparing a work assignment.
- S01E03CoolJanuary 27, 1991—Harry feels uncomfortable in the Henderson home so he decides to run away.
- S01E04Harry Goes Home (1)February 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
- S01E05Whose Forest Is It Anyway? (2)February 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 sav
- S01E06The Father-Son GameFebruary 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 i
- S01E07Baggin' the Big OneFebruary 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.
- S01E08Harry the HeroMarch 3, 1991—The Hendersons try to close down an animal research lab by protesting after finding an escapee, a scruffy dog, on their doorstep.
- S01E09Roots, the HerbMarch 10, 1991—Harry and an American Indian medicine man try to cure George's knee but he is reckless.
- S01E10The MentorMarch 17, 1991—The only doctor who can help a dying Harry is an elderly embittered anthropologist whose theories about Bigfoot were stamped out.
- S01E11The BodyguardMarch 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 str
- S01E12Harry and the Homeless ManApril 7, 1991—Harry befriends a homeless intruder who reveals that he built the Hendersons' house. Meanwhile, the Hendersons are celebrating a birthday.
- S01E13Harry Goes ApeApril 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 deci
- S01E14Pet PsychicApril 28, 1991—When Harry hides Nancy's diamond ring, the Hendersons ask a pet psychic (Michael Winslow) to read Harry's mind.
- S01E15The Bigfoot That Ate SeattleMay 5, 1991—A monster-movie director (Pat Morita) wants permission from the Hendersons to use Harry in one of his films.
- S01E16Harry and the Masked WrestlerMay 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
- S01E17When Harry Met SammyMay 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 b
- S01E18Harry and the CheerleadersMay 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 Harr
Season02
- S02E01RetrospectiveSeptember 29, 1991—While the Hendersons prepare for Harry's first birthday party, they recall some of their memorable moments since his arrival.
- S02E02The Terror of the TreesOctober 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 H
- S02E03Sarah Sings the BluesOctober 13, 1991—Sarah is chosen to sing at the school dance with a new student but hesitates when she learns that he's blind.
- S02E04MomOctober 20, 1991—Nancy welcomes the arrival of her pregnant sister, Emily, unaware that another arrival is soon to follow.
- S02E05The Ransom of BigfootOctober 27, 1991—Harry is home alone and left to the fate of two burglars who think a Bigfoot might draw a big reward.
- S02E06HalloweenNovember 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 suspic
- S02E07Brett Hits HomeNovember 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 Harr
- S02E08George's White LightNovember 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.
- S02E09Working StiffsNovember 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.
- S02E10Love MaskJanuary 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
- S02E11Blue ParrotJanuary 19, 1992—When Harry sets Ernie's pet parrot free, George and Nancy go shopping for a quick replacement.
- S02E12WinningJanuary 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.
- S02E13Til Theft Do Us PartFebruary 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.
- S02E14The GeniusFebruary 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 an
- S02E15Wild ThingsFebruary 16, 1992—The Hendersons are shaken when Harry, fearing impending danger, traps them and a menagerie of forest friends inside their home.
- S02E16FatherhoodFebruary 23, 1992—In a case of mistaken identity, a baby is left on the doorstep with a note claiming that Brett is the father.
- S02E17Sara Spills the Bigfoot BeansMarch 1, 1992—Sarah tells her boyfriend about Harry and jeopardizes the Hendersons' secret, and her love life, when she invites him to dinner.
- S02E18MoonlightingMarch 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.
- S02E19The Green-Eyed BigfootMarch 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.
- S02E20The IchthyologistApril 5, 1992—George tries to help his cousin, who broke the law trying to save a polluted lake and its fish population.
- S02E21Selling OutApril 26, 1992—A businessman offers to buy George's magazine but the buyer's vision of yellow journalism makes George see red.
- S02E22The Girl Who Cried BigfootMay 3, 1992—Darcy discovers the Hendersons' secret and her parents, who doubt her story, send for a psychiatrist.
- S02E23The BusybodyMay 10, 1992—A tabloid prints stories about a dangerous Bigfoot and turns the Hendersons' public life into a nightmare.
- S02E24I Got Your Birthday Right HereMay 17, 1992—Nancy takes a seat as vice principal at Sarah's school, which doesn't sit well with Sarah and Lorraine.
Season03
- S03E01Yo Richie!September 18, 1992—Nancy's friend visits with her nephew, a boy who gives mischief a bad name.
- S03E02The CandidateSeptember 25, 1992—When George's friend is bullied from a political race, George finds a write-in candidate: a Bigfoot with a pristine past.
- S03E03The Bride and the GloomOctober 2, 1992—Darcy's scheme to have her Albanian housekeeper deported goes awry when the woman finds herself a husband: Brett.
- S03E04Born AgainOctober 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.
- S03E05The Old BigfootNovember 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 gorgeou
- S03E06The OutingNovember 13, 1992—The media and an animal control officer discover Harry, so the family turn to sleazy talk show host Tony Lane for help.
- S03E07Harry Henderson National TreasureNovember 20, 1992—With Harry's existence made public, the neighborhood is flooded with tourists, prompting angry residents to legally force Harry out.
- S03E08Breaking Up is Hard to DoJanuary 1, 1993—When George's cousin Melvin breaks up with his fiancee, he goes to the Hendersons for some advice and comfort.
- S03E09Blood Is Thicker Than...January 22, 1993—Family ties unravel when George's brother visits and turns the Henderson home into a New Age shrine for Harry.
- S03E10Pitch, Pitch, PitchJanuary 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.
- S03E11Harry the MascotFebruary 5, 1993—Hoping to join the "cool" contingent at school, Ernie arranges for Harry to be school mascot for Madison Junior High.
- S03E12The Big Kiss OffFebruary 12, 1993—Everyone is skeptical when Brett's long-lost wife shows up after leaving him to pursue a movie career.
- S03E13The FrenchmanFebruary 19, 1993—A French linguist studying Harry's speech speaks the language of romance to Sara and that translates into trouble.
- S03E14Laid UpFebruary 26, 1993—George and Harry become hospital roommates when Harry visits George and drops a television set on his foot.
- S03E15Harrywood BabylonMarch 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.
- S03E16Witness (1)March 12, 1993—The Hendersons' lives are put in danger when Harry sees a philanthropist commit murder. (Part 1 of 2)
- S03E17Harry the Hostage (2)March 19, 1993—Murder-witness Harry becomes a target; but Nancy devises a daring plan to stop the murderer. (Part 2 of 2)
- S03E18The Ex-TerminatorMarch 26, 1993—Nancy's fear of a mouse prompts George to hire an exterminator while Harry tries to protect his fellow creature.
- S03E19Beauty and the BeastApril 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-sta
- S03E20Big Feet, Small MindsApril 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 lea
- S03E21Surf's DownApril 16, 1993—George learns that shore waters are being polluted by a construction company owned by his friend and biggest advertiser.
- S03E22Follow Your ArtApril 23, 1993—When Sara considers enrolling at an arts college 200 miles away, an overprotective George has trouble letting go.
- S03E23Them BonesApril 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
- S03E24The Three Facts of BrettMay 7, 1993—Ernie and Harry find a book of sorcery and cast a spell on Brett that makes him assume others' personalities.
- S03E25Ernie ConfidentialMay 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 ever
- S03E26Uncle Mack Comes BackMay 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.
- S03E27Skin DeepMay 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 b
- S03E28Retrospective ThreeJune 4, 1993—A publisher rejects George's book about Harry. In a retrospective, we get another look at the past.
- S03E29The Long Goodbyes (1)June 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
- S03E30The Long Goodbyes (2)June 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 B
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