Gimme a Break! - Season 3 - Eps 5: Joey (2)

1983-11-0330 min⭐ 6.7/10

Joey goes on a hunger strike and says he is not going to an orphanage. Nell then lies to Joey and tells him that she made a friend of a man whose window she broke years ago when she was a child. Joey beleives her, and knows Nell is not a lier, like many adults he knows are. Nell then tells the Cheif he owes her, and she deserves to take Joey in as her foster child. The Chief objects, but Joey tells him he is right, and even himself wouldnt want him as a foster child. The Cheif's feelings change, and Joey is accepted into the family as their foster child

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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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