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It's Your Move

TV·1984–1985·1 season, 18 episodes·NBC·Comedy·30m·Created by Michael G. Moye, Ron Leavitt

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Matt Burton may have met his match when his widowed mother begins dating their new neighbor Norman who's wise to Matt's schemes and attempts to foil every one of them hoping to set his would be stepson on the straight and narrow. IT'S YOUR MOVE is an American sitcom starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella, David Garrison, and Garrett Morris. The show originally aired on NBC from 1984 to 1985.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0118Episodes1984–85AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01It's Your Move S01E01PilotSeptember 26, 1984Imagine J.R. Ewing at the age of 14. That's Matthew Burton. Imagine Matthew Burton 20 years on. That's Norman Lamb. When Norman moves into t
  2. S01E02It's Your Move S01E02Put to the TestOctober 3, 1984Matt's plans to sell answers to an upcoming English test hit a snag when his teacher goes on maternity leave.
  3. S01E03It's Your Move S01E03Dating GamesOctober 17, 1984In a rare righteous moment, Matt assures his friend Eli of a date with Julie to the Harvest Ball. Julie has no intention of dating 'this low
  4. S01E04It's Your Move S01E04Night WorkOctober 24, 1984For the first time in his young life, con-artist Matt meets resistance to his devious courting strategies, which are complicated by some cle
  5. S01E05It's Your Move S01E05Pajama PartyOctober 31, 1984Matt and Eli plan their greatest conspiracy - bugging Julie's pajama party!
  6. S01E06It's Your Move S01E06Love LettersNovember 14, 1984Romance may be slipping through Matt and Norman's fingers as a web of suspicion surrounds love letters each receives from supposed secret ad
  7. S01E07It's Your Move S01E07Dad and MeNovember 21, 1984When burglars clean out the Burtons' apartment, Matt and Norman are forced into an unlikely partnership - posing as father and son on a TV g
  8. S01E08It's Your Move S01E08The RivalNovember 28, 1984Matt is determined to break up his mother's and Norman's relationship and hits on a scheme guaranteed to drive Norman into a jealous rage -
  9. S01E09It's Your Move S01E09Top DogDecember 5, 1984Matthew finds he has created a monster when his scheme to prevent Norman from replacing his retiring teacher goes horribly wrong.
  10. S01E10It's Your Move S01E10Don't Leave Home Without ItDecember 12, 1984When Norman gets a new credit card, it means two things - a romantic weekend alone with Eileen and freedom from Matt's economic clutches.
  11. S01E11It's Your Move S01E11The Christmas ShowDecember 19, 1984The Burton family is poised to celebrate their Christmas in their traditional fashion, complete with Christmas-day bowling, guacamole, and p
  12. S01E12It's Your Move S01E12The Dregs of Humanity (1)January 2, 1985The band Matt and Eli put together for the school dance creates an impression that is out of this world, and trouble that leaves the boys' b
  13. S01E13It's Your Move S01E13The Dregs of Humanity (2)January 9, 1985The apparant success of Matt and Eli's ""band"" hits a snag when various money-hungry lowlifes sue the nonexistant group for 25 million doll
  14. S01E14It's Your Move S01E14Caught in the ActJanuary 26, 1985Eileen's image of her perfect son is permanently shattered after his scheme to get her a well-deserved pay-rise backfires.
  15. S01E15It's Your Move S01E15Eli's SongFebruary 2, 1985When a reluctant Norman is appointed coach of the high school's losing soccer team, Matt persuades him to give Eli the opportunity of a life
  16. S01E16A Woman Is Just a WomanFebruary 9, 1985When Eileen turns down a marriage proposal, opting for Norman's affections over fame and fortune, Norman feels obliged to make an equally no
  17. S01E17It's Your Move S01E17The ExpertsFebruary 16, 1985Acting on Matt's financial advice, Norman and Dwight make a killing on the stock market. But rather than dining out on their new-found wealt
  18. S01E18It's Your Move S01E18Goodbye, Farewell, and AmenFebruary 23, 1985The story of Julie Burton, a cheerleader. But, strangely enough, a cheerleader without cheer. For a perverse crime is about to strike Julie

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