thirtysomething - Season 3 Episode 13 Post-Op
CAPSULE: Nancy, family and friends deal with the aftermath of her cancer surgery.
Nancy has come out of surgery and Elliot calls the Steadman house to tell Hope and Ethan the news--she's OK. Hope tells a stunned Melissa that Nancy had the operation. Nancy's mom Eleanor is there at the hospital, and soon her sister Deb arrives too. They're both glad to see Deb, who is a nurse, but a little of the familiar mother/daughter tension surfaces immediately. Ellyn comes by to see Nancy bearing a gift of banana bread (a running joke in this episode.) She appears to be extremely uncomfortable. Nancy comes home, to the delight of her children.
Eleanor and Deb take up temporary residence at the Weston house and Ethan and Brittany go to stay with the Steadmans for a while. Nancy misses her kids, though, and wants to get back to a semblance of normality. Elliot is very solicitous, though, and wants her to take things very easily. Gary, Melissa, Hope and Michael discuss Nancy's condition. Nancy had a
Year: 1991
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: ABC
Director: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield, Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton, Melanie Mayron
Crew: Lindsley Parsons III (Producer), Ann Lewis Hamilton (Producer), Paul Haggis (Producer), Edward Zwick (Executive Producer), Marshall Herskovitz (Executive Producer), Ellen S. Pressman (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 29, 1987
Last Air date: May 28, 1991
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 85 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 23.00 users
Popularity: 110.075
Language: English
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