Gimme a Break! - Season 2 - Eps 16: The Custody Suit

1983-02-1030 min⭐ 6.7/10

Aunt Blanche pays a visit to the Chief on his birthday and threatens to take custody of the girls after seeing what looks like Nell and the Chief doing an indecent act in the kitchen, when she really was doing the heimlick maneauver on him as he was choking on a piece of his sandwich. In court, Aunt Blanche breaks down, after Nell tells her that Blanche really doesn't want her to raise the girls because she is black. Blanche then decides to drop the suit in the end.

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About Gimme a Break!

Gimme a Break!

Title: Gimme a Break!

First Air Date: 1981-10-29

Last Air Date: 1987-05-12

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.7/10 (from 27 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 137

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Family

Production Companies: Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates

Synopsis

Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.

Cast

Nell Carter

Nell Carter

Nell Harper

Lara Jill Miller

Lara Jill Miller

Sam Kinisky

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Stanley Kanisky

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence

Joey Donovan

Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins

Addy Wilson

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Donovan

Paul Sand

Paul Sand

Marty

Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell

Maggie O'Brien

Rosetta LeNoire

Rosetta LeNoire

Maybelle Harper

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