Air date: 1/1/87

One weekend, during lunch with Cherie at the apartment, Punky gets a visit from overweight classmate Spud Blugner. He tries hard to get Punky to ask him to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance, but to no avail. Spud convinces Punky that he has a friend named Farley that can get her tickets to any concert going. She takes the bait and promises a date to Farley, which is, of course, Spud's real name. Punky goes and visits his apartment to tell him the deal's off, and after she gets there, he walks onto the outside window ledge and threatens to jump unless she agrees to the date. In attempting to get him back in, Punky ends up trapped on the ledge with him. Part of the ledge breaks off, blocking their way back to Spud's bedroom window. They eventually get rescued by the fire department, and Spud confesses that he loves Punky with all his heart. Punky agrees to go to the dance with him.

So Long, Studio

Air date: 12/2/87

While Henry is closing his studio for the day, he is approached by Matt Glossy, the owner of Glossy's, which is a $40,000,000 dollar empire of photography stores. Glossy admits that his real name is Sam Glossy, and that he thought the name "Matt Glossy" sounded better for business. Glossy is going to be opening a branch in the Midtown Mall, but he wants to give Henry a fair chance and buy out his studio rather than running it out of business. Glossy offers to buy Henry's studio for $100,000 so he can turn it into a branch of Glossy's. Henry, who has been a photographer for 43 years, accepts the offer, and Glossy hires Henry as the manager of that branch of Glossy's. But Henry feels so miserable working for the tyrannical Glossy that he ends up quitting. Punky convinces Henry to use the $100,000 he got from Glossy to open up a new restaurant. Since it was Punky's idea, Henry names the new restaurant "Punky's Place."

Help Wanted

Air date: 1/3/87

Punky is at the restaurant celebrating the beginning of summer, but lamenting that she won't get to go to camp because of a lack of money. When Henry's most valuable employee, Stanley, quits his job after getting mistreated by a customer, Henry tries to find a replacement for Stanley, but to no avail. Punky tells Henry that she needs money to pay her own way into summer camp. Henry is reluctant to take Punky on as an employee, but he finally relents and gives her a chance. Punky's first shift couldn't go any worse than it does, however, and Henry promptly fires her. A hurt Punky wages a war of silence with Henry, until Betty convinces them to talk to each other again. Punky explains that she just wanted to do a good job for Henry. Henry, remembering his own tough father, agrees to give Punky another chance if Punky will be more willing to learn how to do some of the things that she made mistakes doing. Punky agrees, and Henry rehires her.

Remember When

Air date: 12/4/87

After a long day of collecting snowballs for storage and storing them in the refrigerator's freezer, Punky, Cherie, Margaux, and Brandon are ready to wind down. The worst blizzard in years strikes Chicago, however, and a series of mishaps leaves Henry, Betty, Punky, Cherie, Margaux, and Brandon trapped in the apartment without power or heat, with conditions too severe to travel in. With little else to do, the group reminisces about various situations that they've been in. After a period of time, power is restored.

Unhooking Henry

Air date: 12/7/87

In the middle of taking out the garbage, Punky finds an empty sleeping pill bottle. Henry admits that he's been taking sleeping pills for the past six months because of his back sprain. Of course, a back sprain doesn't take six months to heal, so Henry has developed an addiction to the pills. Henry resolves to quit, but he's re-filling the prescription within the night. Punky and Betty attempt to help him sleep naturally in order to cure the habit, but more than 48 sleepless hours pass before Henry makes one last desperate effort to get sleeping pills. Punky has to physically hold Henry from the pills, and that snaps Henry out of it long enough to dump his supply of sleeping pills down the drain of the kitchen sink. Punky explains to Henry that she wants him to be around for a long time. Henry understands, and he ends up getting six hours of sleep.