thirtysomething - Season 2 - Eps 15: Be a Good Girl

1989-04-2560 min⭐ 6.3/10

CAPSULE: Melissa must deal with her aging grandmother who wants her to take over her business. Melissa is preparing to go to her parents for a birthday dinner for herself, her mother Elaine and her beloved grandmother Rose, or Nana, who has runs a dress store for fifty-five years. Elaine thinks her mom needs to move in with her and her husband Murray, but Melissa thinks her mom treats Nana ""like Grandma Moses"", even though she has congestive heart failure! Ellyn, who is therapy now, comes to Melissa with a job offer from City Hall and Melissa takes it, even though she's quite busy. At her parents house, Melissa is taking a family portrait with a couple of other aunts included when Nana has a vivid flashback of a young girl skating. Her behavior worries the others, and they call a doctor. Soon, though, Nana is back at work, critiquing customers, when she has a pain attack. She asks Melissa not to call Elaine, but she does call her, along with a doctor. Nana also has another flashback of

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About thirtysomething

thirtysomething

Title: thirtysomething

First Air Date: 1987-09-29

Last Air Date: 1991-05-28

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.3/10 (from 24 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 5

Total Episodes: 85

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

Cast

Ken Olin

Ken Olin

Michael Steadman

Mel Harris

Mel Harris

Hope Steadman

Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield

Elliot Weston

Patricia Wettig

Patricia Wettig

Nancy Weston

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

Gary Shepherd

Melanie Mayron

Melanie Mayron

Melissa Steadman

Polly Draper

Polly Draper

Ellyn Warren

Patricia Kalember

Patricia Kalember

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