Gimme a Break! - Season 3 Episode 14 Flashback
When the Chief tells Samantha that she cannot go out on a date with a boy, Nell decides to tell the girls the story of how she met their mother and how she became a second mother to them. Nell goes to perform in California in 1974, and Margaret remembered Nell from when she saw her sing before and caught her performance. Nell then quits her job when her boss gets kinky with her, and Margaret takes her home to stay with her. She meets the family and she sleeps in Carl's room. When Carl comes home he is shocked to find another woman in his bed, and then grows sick of Nell, since she doesn't have a job. After a few days, a job offer in Bakersfield is thrown upon Nell, and when she gets the aceptance, Margaret tells her she is dying and wants her to raise the girls. She madly regrets it, but deep inside Margaret knows she loves the girls. Nell then refuses the job in Bakersfield and decides she will promise to be there for the girls from then on.
Year: 1987
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director: Morton Lachman, Sy Rosen
Cast: Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, John Hoyt, Joey Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Matthew Lawrence
First Air Date: Oct 29, 1981
Last Air date: May 20, 1987
Season: 6 Season
Episode: 137 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.70/10 by 23.00 users
Popularity: 24.424
Language: English
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Katie's Commitment
Joey (1)
Joey (2)
The Mayor
Melissa
Nell's Friend
Grandpa's Rebellion
A Kanisky Christmas
Herbie
James Returns
Samantha's Protest
Flashback
Knock Three Times
Valentine
The Big Apple (1)
The Big Apple (2)
Rodeo
Katie's College
The Center
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