Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
Dear John (Season 1)
Pilot (Episode 1)
Air date: 1988-10-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)
Ralph's Curse (Episode 2)
Air date: 1988-10-27
Runtime: 30 min
Hello/Goodbye (Episode 3)
Air date: 1988-11-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A young man claims to be John' son.
The Younger Girl (Episode 4)
Air date: 1988-11-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
Matthew's Dilemma (Episode 5)
Air date: 1988-11-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
Dear Mike (Episode 6)
Air date: 1988-11-24
Runtime: 30 min
Politics as Usual (Episode 7)
Air date: 1988-12-01
Runtime: 30 min
Dancing in the Dark (Episode 8)
Air date: 1988-12-15
Runtime: 30 min
Was It Good for Me? (Episode 9)
Air date: 1989-01-05
Runtime: 30 min
Honest John (Episode 10)
Air date: 1989-01-12
Runtime: 30 min
The Return of Ricky (Episode 11)
Air date: 1989-01-19
Runtime: 30 min
Dream Babe (Episode 12)
Air date: 1989-01-26
Runtime: 30 min
Stand by Your Man (Episode 13)
Air date: 1989-02-16
Runtime: 30 min
Love and Marriage (Episode 14)
Air date: 1989-02-23
Runtime: 30 min
For a Friend (Episode 15)
Air date: 1989-03-02
Runtime: 30 min
The Second Time Around (Episode 16)
Air date: 1989-03-09
Runtime: 30 min
The Last Dance (Episode 17)
Air date: 1989-03-16
Runtime: 30 min
Sisters (Episode 18)
Air date: 1989-03-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
Gone Camping (Episode 19)
Air date: 1989-04-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
Margo (Episode 20)
Air date: 1989-04-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
Friends and Lovers (Episode 21)
Air date: 1989-05-04
Runtime: 30 min
Bound for Gloria (Episode 22)
Air date: 1989-05-11
Runtime: 30 min
Seasons
Episodes 22
Episodes 24
Episodes 22
Episodes 22