Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Season 1

TV-PG

Harry Boyle, a mostly conservative businessman, has a son, Chet, and a daughter Alice. Chet is a hippie and Alice is sexually liberated. Harry's shrewd youngest son Jamie is often an ally, but Harry's wife Irma is a neutral in the ongoing generational war. Their paranoid reactionary neighbor, Ralph, prepares them for the oncoming takeover by the Communists.

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24 Episodes

The Fling
E1
The FlingRestaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma.
Alice's Dress
E2
Alice's DressThe Boyles are invited to a party. Alice decides to buy a dress for the event, but it turns out to be way too revealing.
The Hippie
E3
The HippieChet befriends a hippie musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his anti-Communist Army buddies to create a wall around the neighborhood to keep out all hippies, alleged Communists, subversives, and free-thinkers.
The Beach Vacation
E4
The Beach VacationThe Boyles rent a beach house, but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a string bikini and Harry must decide whether or not to press charges against a nude sunbather who will not leave his property.
Help Wanted
E5
Help WantedHarry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his Jewish driver and must choose between hiring someone who is right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with the dictates of affirmative action and diversity.
Love Story
E6
Love StoryAlice falls for a young beggar that asked Harry for money. Worse yet, when the young man asks her to marry him she says yes, which horrifies Harry. However, when he meets the young man's wealthy parents he see's dollar signs in his little girl's future.
The Victim
E7
The VictimHarry gets mugged and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked away, Chet and Alice want Harry to go soft on his assailant since it is his first offense.
Chet's Job
E8
Chet's JobHarry gives his slacker son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay rent or get out of the house. Chet decides to find a job — and ends up earning more than his father as a hardware-store grunt.
Chet's Fiancee
E9
Chet's FianceeChet announces that he finally has met "the one" and announces that he intends to spend the rest of his life with her. However, Harry and Irma are shocked when they find out that spending the rest of his life with the girl doesn't necessarily mean getting married when he tells him that he will be living with her and that he still won't go to work, but will live off the system.
The Mouse
E10
The MouseJamie brings home a mouse that he intends to not only keep as a pet, but to train so he can charge admission when it performs. However, this doesn't sit well with Irma and Alice who are both deathly afraid of it. Harry, behind Irma's back, tells Jamie he can keep it as long as it stays in the garage. Unfortunately, when the mouse turns up missing, Jamie blames Harry and decides to run away from home.
Duty Calls
E11
Duty CallsChet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army.
Expectant Papa
E12
Expectant PapaIrma worries that she may be pregnant again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too overpopulated.
The New Car
E13
The New CarThe Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them.
The New House
E14
The New HouseThe Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it.
The Prowler
E15
The ProwlerRalph starts a neighborhood vigilante group in order to fight back against a burglar who has been breaking into houses in the Boyles' neighborhood.
Mama's Identity
E16
Mama's IdentityIn an attempt to be more than just a housewife and mother, Irma takes a job as a secretary at a law firm, but struggles with sexual discrimination and competition from a younger, prettier coworker, while Harry and Ralph worry that women in the workplace will lead to men being treated like sex objects and second-class citizens.
Papa the Patient
E17
Papa the PatientHarry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomachaches.
The Swimming Pool
E18
The Swimming PoolHarry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it.
Sweet Sixteen
E19
Sweet SixteenIrma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it.
The Commune
E20
The CommuneAlice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home life.
Music Tycoon
E21
Music TycoonChet and his friends get famous as a hot, new garage band, but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle.
Accidents Will Happen
E22
Accidents Will HappenHarry splits his pants after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of pants.
Papa in New York
E23
Papa in New YorkHarry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him.
The Neighbors
E24
The NeighborsNewlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in paradise when they fight over a new couch. The Boyles must get Mona and George back together when George moves in with the Boyles.