thirtysomething - Season 4 Episode 6 The Guilty Party
CAPSULE: Hope tries to do it all, including throwing a surprise birthday party for Michael. Her relentless perfectionism might be rubbing off on Janey.
Contractors and repairmen are tearing up the Steadmans' kitchen causing Hope to fall behind with the laundry, groceries, etc. She thinks she's short-changing Michael in the domestic department, and when she gets a request from Princeton to write something about herself for the alumni directory, she feels even more inadequate. Hope imagines herself back in college, facing criticism from a professor over what she's done with her life. (This fantasy recurs throughout the episode.) She wants to throw a surprise pary for Michael; Melissa and Nancy are dubious. Janey's pre-school teacher tells Hope that Janey got very upset when she couldn't cut perfectly on the dotted lines with scissors. At DAA, Ernest, a new aide to Miles, brings him pain medication for his back. Michael and Elliot have a very important presentation to make to new Japanese
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: Edward Zwick (Executive Producer), Ellen S. Pressman (Producer), Lindsley Parsons III (Producer), Marshall Herskovitz (Executive Producer), Ann Lewis Hamilton (Producer), Joseph Dougherty (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: 34.5
Language: English
Episode
Prelude to a Bris
Life Class
Control
The Distance
The Haunting of DAA
The Guilty Party
Photo Opportunity
Never Better
Guns & Roses
Happy New Year
Melissa and Men
Advanced Beginners
Sifting the Ashes
A Second Look
Fighting the Cold
The Difference Between Men and Women
The Wedding
Closing the Circle
Out the Door
Hopeless
A Stop at Willoughby
Melissa in Wonderland
California