Thunder Alley Season 2, Episode 17: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1

Never Say Die

Bobbi and Gil clash over how to soothe Harry's fears over an impending tonsilectomy.

23 min

2

Speak No Evil

Gil addresses Harry's class on career day, but Bobbie doesn't like the message he gives about the worth of formal education

23 min

3

Easy Money

Gill takes the kids to the racetrack, to Bobbi's consternation.

23 min

4

Get a Job

Gil is left to content with the kids after he shames Bobbie in looking for a ""real job"".

23 min

5

First Date

A boy asks Claudine to the school dance, but Bobbi and Gil impose conditions she rebels against.

23 min

6

Give 'Em Hell, Bobbi

As the new coach of Jenny's basketball team, Bobbie renames it the Bluebirds and puts its members (and their parents) in a foul mood with a winning-isn't-everything philosophy.

23 min

7

Sex, Lies and Popcorn

Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.

23 min

8

Sex, Lies & Popcorn

Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.

23 min

9

The Garage Sale

A family garage sale finds Bobbie and Gil in a rhubarb over ownership of a 1972 baseball card collection that may bring in as much as $2200

23 min

10

Accidentally at First Sight

Bobbi meets an attractive new man, but the rest of the family don't approve of her dating him.

23 min

11

Are We There Yet?

It's time for the stock-car racers' reunion, but Harry puts the brakes on Gill's enthusiasm when he decides to ta g along; Bobbie tries to sell the girls on the idea of a mother-daughter slumber party

23 min

12

Breaking Away

Bobbi and Harry both learn lessons about trust and letting go when Bobbie, worrying that Claudine doesn't confide in her, is tempted to read her diary; and Gil prods Harry to lose his bicycle training wheels

23 min

13

The Trouble with Harry

The girls convince Harry that he has ruined Gil's prized stock-car engine with a dropped marble, but the prank backfires when Harry confesses and an overheated Gil explodes, prompting Harry to run away from home

23 min

14

Workin' Man's Blues

When the kids misbehave, Gil metes out their punishment: Harry must work in the garage, and the girls are evicted from their rooms. Meanwhile, Bobbie laughs at Gil's plan to ""lock the tigers outside of their cage.""

23 min

15

A Little Me Time

Bobbie takes a break from the demands of the kids and Gil by going bowling with Rita and her friends -- on the night Gil plans to watch ""the fight of the century.""

23 min

16

I Am Spartacus

When Bobbie finally takes Gil's advice about demanding the kids respect her authority, they seem singularly unimpressed

23 min

17

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Gill's romantic evening is spoiled by the surprise arrival of Bobbie and the kids; but the disastrous evening only warms him up for the kids' well-intentioned plans to make amends.

23 min

18

Just a Vacation

Bobbi reserves a week at a family vacation spot in the hopes that it will leave the children with wonderful memories, but it looks like the only camp regulation at Scattered Pines is Murphy's Law.

23 min

19

Buzz off, Buzzard Boy

Harry wants his birthday party to be in the theme of his favorite superhero, Buzzard Boy; but Bobbi wants a less violent alternative -- Enviro-Man, a superhero that only Mother Earth could love.

23 min

20

No Swing Set

Bobbi can't afford the expensive toy the kids have their hearts set on.

23 min