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Dear John...

NBC Ended Comedy

4 Seasons · 90 Episodes · Premiered October 6, 1988 · Ended July 22, 1992

John Lacey joins a support group for divorced and widowed people. "Dear John" focuses on a man whose love life has gone sour. He's a New Rochelle teacher whose wife of 10 years left him for his best friend. John (Hirsch) finds depressing new bachelor digs and joins a singles group whose organizer (Jane Carr) is obsessed with other people's sex lives.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Pilot
Thu, Oct 6 1988 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
John Lacey one day comes home and find a letter from his wife saying she is leaving him for his best friend and he has to move out. In order to deal with his new situation, John finds himself attending a meeting of a singles where he meets the rest of the team, namely Kate, Kirk, Ralph, and the group's chairperson Louise.
E02
Ralph's Curse
Thu, Oct 27 1988 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
John and Kate and trying to help Ralph with his insecurity and the fact he thinks of himself as being cursed.
E03
Hello/Goodbye
Thu, Nov 3 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
A guy appears on John's door claiming John is his father because John dated his mother back in the days and age and dates match. Just as John is finally accepting that he has a son and attending his wedding, the DNA test shows they aren't blood-related.
E04
The Younger Girl
Thu, Nov 10 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
John meets a younger girl and later realises she was a student at the school he teaches at.
E05
Matthew's Dilemma
Thu, Nov 17 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
John son's Matthew is not really enjoying his stay at John's place, but Kirk comes to rescue and makes things more interesting.
E06
Dear Mike
Thu, Nov 24 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
John's ex best friend Mike is thrown out the same was John was, and John introduces him to his singles group. He also sees an opportunity to try and get his wife back, which backfires and inadvertently just brings her and Mike back together instead.
E07
Politics as Usual
Thu, Dec 1 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E08
Dancing in the Dark
Thu, Dec 15 1988 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E09
Was It Good for Me?
Thu, Jan 5 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E10
Honest John
Thu, Jan 12 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E11
The Return of Ricky
Thu, Jan 19 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E12
Dream Babe
Thu, Jan 26 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E13
Stand by Your Man
Thu, Feb 16 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E14
Love and Marriage
Thu, Feb 23 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E15
For a Friend
Thu, Mar 2 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E16
The Second Time Around
Thu, Mar 9 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E17
The Last Dance
Thu, Mar 16 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E18
Sisters
Thu, Mar 30 1989 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E19
Gone Camping
Thu, Apr 6 1989 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E20
Margo
Thu, Apr 27 1989 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E21
Friends and Lovers
Thu, May 4 1989 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E22
Bound for Gloria
Thu, May 11 1989 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min

Season 2

24 episodes

Season 3

22 episodes

Season 4

22 episodes

Cast

Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch as John Lacey
Jere Burns
Jere Burns as Kirk Morris
Isabella Hofmann
Isabella Hofmann as Kate McCarron
Jane Carr
Jane Carr as Louise Mercer
Billie Bird
Billie Bird as Mrs. Margie Philbert
Harry Groener
Harry Groener as Ralph Drang
Susan Walters
Susan Walters as Mary Beth Sutton
William O'Leary
William O'Leary as Ben Connors
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