The Cavanaughs
(1986)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
The Arrangement
Episode 14
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Just Weaseled
Episode 13 - 7-27-1989
James tells the family that he is getting married. But is he?
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The Cavanaugh Curse
Episode 12 - 7-20-1989
It's Pop's 72nd birthday.
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The Last Temptation of Chuck
Episode 11 - 7-06-1989
Deciding Chuck has had enough time to grieve over Nora's death, Pop gallantly sets him up on a blind date. Since Chuck doesn't have the backbone to do so, Kit tells Pop that he has no right to play matchmaker for his son, especially since Chuck is too shy to be fixed up. Despite Kit's protests and Chuck's desire to remain a one-woman guy, Chuck ends up going through with the affair... albeit with a toupee. Although his date, Bonnie, is better-looking than he is, and a good ten years younger, the two of them have a couple things in common -- her mother fixed her up, and she's no more confident on the dating scene than he is. But he comes home from their dinner date feeling like he did everything wrong, starting with his failing to admit to her that he's balding. When Pop apologizes to Chuck for meddling, claiming that he didn't want to see him end up alone like he is, Chuck nervously sees Bonnie a second time, sans the hairpiece -- after which he learns that she knew all along, and like
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Fair Weather Friend
Episode 10 - 6-29-1989
The family think Mary Margaret has been bitten by the acting bug, but she's actually been bitten by the love bug after gaining a crush on a boy who's choreographing her school play.
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Gimme Shelter
Episode 9 - 10-03-1988
Father Chuck, Jr. is in a bit of a bind when the homeless shelter where he was helping out is forced to closed down suddenly. He's managed to find a new home for everyone, save for one person, and asks Pop if they could stay with him temporarily. Pop reluctantly says yes, only to learn that there's two people: a Hispanic woman, Rosa, and her infant son, Bob. But when Rosa (who barely speaks any English) overstays her welcome, Pop and Kit begin to suspect that the Father's motives aren't entirely pure, and Rosa is a scam artist. They get one right -- Father Chuck, Jr. goes on to announce that he's resigning from the priesthood, so that he can marry Rosa and be the other kind of father. Although everyone takes the news hard, only Pop is so angry about it that he nearly disowns his grandson. Pop's increasing feelings towards the baby cause him to eventually have a change of heart... at the same time that Junior has his own about the marriage thing.
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Strange Bedfellows
Episode 8 - 9-26-1988
A politician rejects Pop's offer to handle his campaign, because he's too busy setting his sights on Kit.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes... and Up Your Nose
Episode 7 - 9-19-1988
When Kit struggles to quit smoking, the rest of the clan agree to give up something of their own to support her.
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Many Happy Returns
Episode 6 - 9-12-1988
Pop's plan to help Kit fight a tax audit gets him in hot water with the I.R.S.
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Suggestive Dancing
Episode 5 - 9-05-1988
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Monk's the Word
Episode 4 - 8-29-1988
The Cavanaughs think a week in a monastery is just the thing that will teach them to get along.
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Careers
Episode 3 - 8-22-1988
Chuck can't swallow his pride when Kit outdoes his efforts at the construction company.
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Coastal Disturbance
Episode 2 - 8-15-1988
When Kit's ex comes to town, Kit realizes she still has feelings for him.
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Weasel Waltz
Episode 1 - 8-08-1988
James returns, and he and Pop dig up the past concerning their childhood rivalry over the affections of a girl.
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Season 1
Aunt Mom
Episode 13 - 3-09-1987
Kit has trouble dealing with Kevin's attempts to pass her off as his mother for an upcoming parish talent show.
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He Ain't Heavy, Father...
Episode 12 - 2-23-1987
All hell breaks loose when Pop's wealthy, estranged brother, owner of Cavanaugh Bros. Construction and Chuck's boss, James ""The Weasel,"" pays a visit to the Cavanaugh house, against Pop's wishes. James wants Pop to know that an old basement office they once shared is going to be demolished. Inside the office is a locked safe, each of them has only half of the combination, and Pop stubbornly refuses to hand over his half. The two brothers are forced to work out their 30-year-old differences when they both arrive at their former office. But their bickering causes the staircase out of the building to collapse, leaving them trapped inside just hours before the demolition. While looking for a way out, Pop finally agrees to share and share alike, and his seeing the prized family memories that James saved in the safe leads the pair to have a reconciliation right before Chuck and Kit rescue them.
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Banned in Boston
Episode 11 - 2-16-1987
When the church sets up Father Chuck, Jr. rating videos for family consumption, he discovers something about Kit he didn't know.
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A Chorus Malign
Episode 10 - 2-09-1987
Two of Kit's fast and loose showgirl friends from the '70s, ""Legs"" Lawler and Crystal Line, plan a trip to Southie to stay with Kit for a night, before the three of them head out to Atlantic City together the next day for a ten-year reunion of former showgirls. But even that short amount of time is too long for Pop, who doesn't want Kit's trashy friends in his house, because he assumes they'll be a bad influence on Mary Margaret. Although Kit gets her way, that night after she goes to bed early, ""Legs"" and Crystal drink champagne with the awestruck Mary Margaret present, leave the bottle there, and Mary Margaret helps herself and gets smashed. Pop catches the aftermath of this, alerts Chuck, and they both demand that Kit throw the diabolical duo out. With Mary Margaret suffering a bad hangover, Kit does just that, and tells the girls she's not going to the reunion -- not because Pop said she couldn't, but because she realizes she's changed since coming home.
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The Eyes Have Had It
Episode 9 - 2-02-1987
Pop is humiliated when he loses his driver's license due to his failing eyesight. As if that's not bad enough, Kit is trying to sell his car out from under him. Pop discovers Kit's plans when Maureen Brennan, an elderly, outspoken widow just like him, drops by the house asking to see it. Although Pop refuses to give up his '41 Plymouth -- which he courted his wife in -- without a fight, he falls for Mrs. Brennan and agrees to take her for a spin, license troubles and all. Officer Dennis ends up escorting him home, because, as Pop claims, he crashed the car into a tree. But when Mrs. Brennan comes by the house a second time, Chuck and Kit learn that she asked Pop if she could drive, and the accident was all her fault. As it turns out, she still wants to buy the car, as her dead, Irish husband Robert courted her in a '41 Plymouth. A smitten Pop finally agrees to sell it, and Mrs. Brennan repays him with a little backseat nookie.
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Not So Gently
Episode 8 - 1-26-1987
Neither Pop nor Chuck like that Kit has taken it upon herself to allow Mary Margaret to start dating.
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Strike Too
Episode 7 - 1-19-1987
Pop and Chuck find themselves on opposite sides of a strike at the Cavanaugh Bros. Construction Company.
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Angst a Lot
Episode 6 - 1-12-1987
Kit gets sick of living with her family again, and decides to return to show biz.
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The Bishop's Back
Episode 5 - 12-29-1986
Father Chuck, Jr.'s plans to climb the ladder aren't helped by his father's bitter feud with a clergyman in their church, nor by his own untruthfulness.
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Pop
Episode 4 - 12-22-1986
It's not a very merry Christmas when Pop picks the holiday season to attempt to stop a shopping center from being built.
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Home
Episode 3 - 12-15-1986
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Not So Gently Into the Night
Episode 2 - 12-08-1986
A woman wants to make a film about Pop.
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Member of the Wake-ing
Episode 1 - 12-01-1986
Pop's old chum, Tim, passes away, Pop throws a wake for him, and the occasion brings Kit back to Boston.
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