# List of The Upper Hand episodes

The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom which broadcast on ITV. It was adapted from the American series, Who's the Boss?, created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, who went on to serve as creative consultants for the British version. The series was produced by Central, in association with Columbia Pictures Television, and later Columbia TriStar Central and Carlton Productions. It stars Joe McGann, Diana Weston, Honor Blackman, Kellie Bright and William Puttock.
During the course of the programme, 94 episodes of The Upper Hand aired over seven series, between 1 May 1990 and 14 October 1996.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 May 1990 (1990-05-01) | 27 December 1990 (1990-12-27) |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | 18 February 1991 (1991-02-18) | 20 May 1991 (1991-05-20) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05) | 11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) |
| 4 | 19 | 19 | 20 October 1992 (1992-10-20) | 22 February 1993 (1993-02-22) |
| 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 September 1993 (1993-09-09) | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) |
| 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 January 1995 (1995-01-06) | 8 April 1995 (1995-04-08) |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 September 1996 (1996-09-02) | 14 October 1996 (1996-10-14) |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (1990)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Just the Job" | Martin Dennis | Martin Cohan & Blake Hunter | 1 May 1990 (1990-05-01) |
| Charlie Burrows and his daughter Joanna leave London. On arriving at his new job, Charlie meets his new boss Caroline for the first time. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Briefless Encounter" | Martin Dennis | Martin Cohan & Blake Hunter | 8 May 1990 (1990-05-08) |
| Charlie decides to take a bath in Caroline's bathroom but he gets more than he bargains for when he goes in there. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Dinner for Two" | Martin Dennis | Bud Wiser | 15 May 1990 (1990-05-15) |
| Caroline orders in a dinner for two for her date but her date gets stuck in Brussels. Charlie forfeits his date to stay with Caroline. ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Old Girl Network" | Martin Dennis | Dawn Aldredge, Judith Bustany | 22 May 1990 (1990-05-22) |
| Trish (Susan Kyd), an old friend of Caroline's, comes to stay and makes a play for Charlie. ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Caroline's First Fight" | Martin Dennis | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, A: Nicholas Hyde | 29 May 1990 (1990-05-29) |
| Joanna and Tom get into trouble for fighting and they run away to Joanna's old neighbourhood. Charlie and Caroline go after them but soon Caroline finds herself in trouble. ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Who's Who?" | Mike Holgate | S: Monica Parker, T: Bud Wiser | 5 June 1990 (1990-06-05) |
| Both Caroline and Charlie are mistaken for other people, but they do not admit to their mistaken identities, which makes things difficult with their respective dates. ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Growing Pains" | Martin Dennis | Paul Robinson Hunter | 10 July 1990 (1990-07-10) |
| Charlie needs to accept that Joanna is growing up. Laura and Caroline are on hand to help. ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Paint Your Wagon" | Martin Dennis | Lissa Levin | 17 July 1990 (1990-07-17) |
| Employer and employee lines are crossed when Charlie makes a decision about Caroline's car. ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Welcome Home (Part 1)" | Mike Holgate | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser | 24 July 1990 (1990-07-24) |
| Charlie finds himself in the way when Caroline's adventurer husband Michael (Nicky Henson) returns from the jungle. ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Welcome Home (Part 2)" | Mike Holgate | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser | 31 July 1990 (1990-07-31) |
| Whilst the relationship between Caroline and her husband becomes strained, Charlie find himself a perfect new job, but something is missing. ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Just Like Charlie" | Martin Dennis | Ken Cinnamon, Karen Wengrod | 7 August 1990 (1990-08-07) |
| Tom steals a car hub cap as a prank, in order to emulate Charlie in his younger days. ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "First Kiss" | Martin Dennis | S: Bud Wiser, T: Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Ellen Guylas | 14 August 1990 (1990-08-14) |
| It is Caroline's birthday, but everyone seems to have forgotten, even Charlie. She goes out for a meal with friends, and returns home drunk, as does Charlie. Charlie feels bad for forgetting her birthday, so they head into the kitchen to bake a cake. ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Requiem" | Martin Dennis | T: Paul Robinson Hunter, Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, S: Blake Hunter & Martin Cohan | 27 December 1990 (1990-12-27) |
| Charlie is short of money. Laura trails him and suspects a woman. But the truth is that Charlie cannot say goodbye. Caroline helps him move on. ||||||

### Series 2 (1991)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Common Entrance" | Martin Dennis | Norm Gunzenhauser, Tom Seeley | 18 February 1991 (1991-02-18) |
| Joanna's friend Camilla is transferring to St Hilda's School for Girls; the same school that Caroline attended. ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "When Worlds Collide" | Martin Dennis | Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon | 25 February 1991 (1991-02-25) |
| Caroline invites Charlie's poker playing cronies to play in Henley on Saturday night; unfortunately, she has forgotten she has an old friend coming for dinner on the same night. ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Wedding Bells (Part 1)" | Martin Dennis | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser | 4 March 1991 (1991-03-04) |
| Caroline's former husband, Michael, plans to remarry in the south of France and makes an unexpected announcement to Caroline. ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Wedding Bells (Part 2)" | Martin Dennis | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser | 11 March 1991 (1991-03-11) |
| The whole family is still in the South of France and Caroline is still coming to terms with Michael's request for joint custody of Tom. ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Cupid's Arrows" | Mike Holgate | Paul Robinson Hunter | 18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) |
| Tom sets up a romantic blind date for his mother and Charlie. ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "The Babysitter" | Martin Dennis | Bud Wiser | 8 April 1991 (1991-04-08) |
| When their regular babysitter lets them down, Caroline and Charlie agree that Joanna can babysit for Tom. ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Playing to Win" | Mike Holgate | T: Steve Curwick, S: Carrie Honigblum, Michele Buehler Glazer, Renee Phillips, | 15 April 1991 (1991-04-15) |
| Tom is encouraged by his school to take a more active role so he chooses gymnastics. When he breaks his shoulder, Caroline blames Charlie for the accident. ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "The Heiress" | Mike Holgate | Alan L. Gansberg | 22 April 1991 (1991-04-22) |
| When Laura inherits some money from a mystery man Caroline does a bit of innocent investigating to find out who he was, and comes across a secret that was meant to stay hidden. ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "A Friend in Need" | Mike Holgate | T: Carrie Honigblum, Michele Buehler Glazer, Renee Phillips, S: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner, | 29 April 1991 (1991-04-29) |
| Caroline foolishly lets her neighbour, Diana Wilkinson (Linda Hayden), stay on the sofa for a few nights after she catches her husband cheating. ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "And the Winner Is..." | Martin Dennis | Seth Weisbord | 6 May 1991 (1991-05-06) |
| Caroline loses out on an advertising award but she feels even more aggravated that the winner is a young prodigy whom she trained. When Charlie wins a darts competition, she believes she is even more of a failure. After receiving an invitation to the advertising awards ceremony, it takes a great deal of strength and decorum on Caroline's part to act benevolently when Charlie persuades her to attend. ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "She's My Girl" | Martin Dennis | T: Renee Phillips, Michele Buehler Glazer, S: Carrie Honigblum | 13 May 1991 (1991-05-13) |
| Tom gets upset went a girl he likes gets a crush on Charlie. ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "The Anniversary" | Martin Dennis | Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Ellen Guylas | 20 May 1991 (1991-05-20) |
| Charlie and Caroline celebrate his first anniversary as her housekeeper. ||||||

### Series 3 (1991–92)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 26 | 1 | "Bedtime Story" | Martin Dennis | Ellen Guylas | 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05) |
| Caroline is interviewed at home by the famous local reporter, Becky Barnes. ||||||
| 27 | 2 | "First Date" | Martin Dennis | Daniel Palladino | 12 November 1991 (1991-11-12) |
| After Caroline takes an escort to the advertising awards, Charlie decides it is time that he took her out for a date. He decides that a Comedy Club is the ideal place for a first date however, Caroline is not impressed. ||||||
| 28 | 3 | "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" | Martin Dennis | Jan Worthington | 19 November 1991 (1991-11-19) |
| Joanna unsuccessfully tries to hide from Charlie the love bite the coolest guy in the school, gave her. He tries to warn her about how teenage boys can be manipulative with girls. ||||||
| 29 | 4 | "Older Than Springtime" | Martin Dennis | Alan Mandel | 26 November 1991 (1991-11-26) |
| Caroline pursues an advertising account with a trendy, young fashion design agency. ||||||
| 30 | 5 | "Neighbours" | Martin Dennis | Don Segall, Phil Margo | 3 December 1991 (1991-12-03) |
| Problems ensure when new neighbours decide to re-establish their garden boundaries. More problems occur when Charlie and Caroline catch the neighbours' daughter kissing Tom. ||||||
| 31 | 6 | "Old Flames" | Martin Dennis | Daniel Palladino | 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) |
| An old friend of Caroline's, Brian Thomas, appears at the door and declares that he is Caroline's husband. Note: William Puttock (Tom) is credited for, but does not appear in, this episode. Guest starring Rolf Saxon. ||||||
| 32 | 7 | "Wheels" | Martin Dennis | Alan Mandel | 17 December 1991 (1991-12-17) |
| Charlie is torn about replacing the van. This episode features the 1976 hit "You to Me Are Everything" by The Real Thing during the episode and in the credits, replacing the theme tune. ||||||
| 33 | 8 | "The Honeymooners" | Martin Dennis | Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow | 7 January 1992 (1992-01-07) |
| Charlie takes Caroline to a footballers' reunion with Kevin Keegan. Charlie bumps into an old flame and pretends he and Caroline are married. ||||||
| 34 | 9 | "The Whiz Kid" | Martin Dennis | Joe Fisch | 14 January 1992 (1992-01-14) |
| Charlie starts to get jealous when Caroline is spending all her time with the new guy at work. Guest starring Martin Clunes. ||||||
| 35 | 10 | "Family Ties" | Martin Dennis | Ellen Guylas | 21 January 1992 (1992-01-21) |
| Charlie's father-in-law Nick turns up, but their relationship is not the best. However, things change when Nick claims he is dying - but things may not be what they seem. Guest starring Anthony Newley. ||||||
| 36 | 11 | "The Proposal" | Martin Dennis | Ellen Guylas | 28 January 1992 (1992-01-28) |
| Geoffrey creates a special evening for Caroline and confides in Laura that he is going to offer her a share in his timeshare, but Caroline is expecting an entirely different proposal. Guest starring Simon Williams. ||||||
| 37 | 12 | "Business and Pleasure" | Martin Dennis | Bob Perlow, Gene Braunstein | 4 February 1992 (1992-02-04) |
| Caroline gifts Charlie with a high-class golf membership, but Laura wants him to use his charm to get her a rich business client in return. ||||||
| 38 | 13 | "Pillow Talk" | Martin Dennis | Ken Cinnamon, Karen Wengrod | 11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) |
| Caroline is distraught when she realises she has been talking loudly in her sleep. ||||||

### Series 4 (1992–93)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 39 | 1 | "Come Dancing" | Martin Shardlow | Daniel Palladino | 20 October 1992 (1992-10-20) |
| Caroline and Charlie go dancing and make some new friends who are about to make a big commitment. ||||||
| 40 | 2 | "Blind Date" | Martin Shardlow | Paul Robinson Hunter | 27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) |
| Charlie convinces Caroline to go on a pity date with his recently divorced friend Trevor (Tim Brooke-Taylor). ||||||
| 41 | 3 | "Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape" | Martin Shardlow | Seth Weisbord | 3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) |
| Caroline joins a health club and feels insecure about fitting in with the "in-crowd". ||||||
| 42 | 4 | "Summoned to the Head" | Martin Shardlow | John Donley, Clay Graham | 10 November 1992 (1992-11-10) |
| Tom's school wants him to move a year ahead and Caroline is thrilled, but has to decide whether to cope with the influence of the older children. ||||||
| 43 | 5 | "The Girl Next Door" | Martin Shardlow | Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon | 17 November 1992 (1992-11-17) |
| Charlie takes the family to help Auntie Pat at the summer fayre and meets up with some people he used to know, including the only girl from his neighborhood who refused to date him. ||||||
| 44 | 6 | "Charlie's Auntie's Uncle" | Martin Shardlow | Lee Aronsohn | 24 November 1992 (1992-11-24) |
| Auntie Pat's uncle Al needs someone to help him mend his criminal ways and Charlie volunteers. ||||||
| 45 | 7 | "Match of the Day" | Martin Shardlow | Adam I. Lapidus | 1 December 1992 (1992-12-01) |
| When Charlie agrees to coach Caroline's volleyball team, she is the one that gets left out. ||||||
| 46 | 8 | "Surprise, Surprise" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein | 8 December 1992 (1992-12-08) |
| Laura's innocent dinner party throws up some surprises. ||||||
| 47 | 9 | "The Fugitive" | Martin Shardlow | Cheri Eichen, BillSteinkellner | 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) |
| Joanna is devastated to discover that, according to Charlie, her grandfather is not in Spain, but in prison. ||||||
| 48 | 10 | "You Shall Go to the Ball" | Martin Shardlow | Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon, Danny Kallis, Joe Fisch | 22 December 1992 (1992-12-22) |
| Laura takes on Caroline's identity so that she can gatecrash a society ball, but bites off more than she can chew. ||||||
| 49 | 11 | "To Let or Not to Let" | Martin Shardlow | Daniel Palladino | 28 December 1992 (1992-12-28) |
| Charlie and Caroline cannot agree over Charlie's choice of tenant for Caroline's cottage. ||||||
| 50 | 12 | "Big Bad Burrows" | Martin Shardlow | Dawn Aldredge, Judith Bustani | 4 January 1993 (1993-01-04) |
| A boxing match is used as a school fundraiser. ||||||
| 51 | 13 | "Working Girls" | Martin Shardlow | Jake Weinberger, Mike Weinberger | 11 January 1993 (1993-01-11) |
| Charlie agrees to let Joanna spend a week with him on work experience. However, she soon wishes she was back at school. ||||||
| 52 | 14 | "A Model Grandmother" | Martin Shardlow | Bud Wiser | 18 January 1993 (1993-01-18) |
| When Laura strikes a sexy pose for a magazine, it hampers Tom's chances of becoming form rep. ||||||
| 53 | 15 | "The Manageress" | Martin Shardlow | Daniel Palladino | 25 January 1993 (1993-01-25) |
| Charlie tries to stop Joanna from managing Al's band, but when he changes his mind and tries to help her it causes a bigger row. ||||||
| 54 | 16 | "Wish You Were Here" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow | 1 February 1993 (1993-02-01) |
| On a family trip to the Caribbean, Charlie feels left out, but a walk with Caroline in the moonlight soon turns out to be very revealing. ||||||
| 55 | 17 | "A Walk on the Mild Side" | Martin Shardlow | John Donley, Clay Graham | 8 February 1993 (1993-02-08) |
| Charlie fears Caroline is asking for trouble when she asks out the youth club's wildest member. ||||||
| 56 | 18 | "Take Your Pick" | Martin Shardlow | Dawn Aldredge, Mona Marshall | 15 February 1993 (1993-02-15) |
| Auntie Pat and Laura find their passions aroused by the same man, forcing Charlie and Caroline to take sides. ||||||
| 57 | 19 | "Tunnel of Love" | Martin Shardlow | Michele J. Wolff | 22 February 1993 (1993-02-22) |
| It is time for declarations of love. Katherine Helmond (the only person to appear on Who's The Boss? and the British version) appears as Madame Alexandra, who predicts Charlie will marry the last woman he kisses before midnight. ||||||

### Series 5 (1993)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 58 | 1 | "Not in Front of the Children" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein | 9 September 1993 (1993-09-09) |
| Charlie and Caroline at last admit that they are in love. Charlie, however, wants to keep it secret. ||||||
| 59 | 2 | "Misery" | Martin Shardlow | Clay Graham | 16 September 1993 (1993-09-16) |
| Caroline has sprained her ankle and is laid-up in bed. She becomes alarmed by Charlie's possessive behaviour. ||||||
| 60 | 3 | "Cheers" | Martin Shardlow | Claylene Jones | 23 September 1993 (1993-09-23) |
| Joanna is allowed to go to a party, but she gets drunk and becomes very ill as a consequence. ||||||
| 61 | 4 | "Duck Soup" | Martin Shardlow | Michele J. Wolff | 30 September 1993 (1993-09-30) |
| Someone shot Caroline's biggest client. Charlie and Laura have some explaining to do. ||||||
| 62 | 5 | "Minder" | Martin Shardlow | Danny Kallis, Clay Graham, Daniel Palladino | 7 October 1993 (1993-10-07) |
| Charlie repays a favour owed to an old friend by taking their unruly daughter on to help with the housekeeping. ||||||
| 63 | 6 | "Wheel of Fortune" | Martin Shardlow | David Nathaniel Titcher | 14 October 1993 (1993-10-14) |
| When Laura is stood up, Charlie takes her and Caroline to the Casino as planned. ||||||
| 64 | 7 | "The Price is Right" | Martin Shardlow | Sheldon Krasner, David Saling | 21 October 1993 (1993-10-21) |
| Charlie, disillusioned by the materialistic motives of a footballer, falls out with the rest of the family. ||||||
| 65 | 8 | "Housewife's Choice" | Martin Shardlow | Richard Albrecht, Casey Keller | 28 October 1993 (1993-10-28) |
| When Charlie and Caroline swap roles, Caroline comes off worse. ||||||
| 66 | 9 | "Who's the Boss?" | Martin Shardlow | Linda Va Salle, Mike Teverbaugh | 4 November 1993 (1993-11-04) |
| When Charlie feels nagged, he tries to let Caroline know who the real boss is with disastrous results. ||||||
| 67 | 10 | "The Far Pavilion" | Martin Shardlow | S: Linda Va Salle, Mike Teverbaugh, T: Clay Graham, Michele J. Wolff | 11 November 1993 (1993-11-11) |
| Joanna asks Charlie to help her get a job, but he is reluctant, remembering the disaster he had on his hands after he helped Tom. ||||||
| 68 | 11 | "The Porridge Diet" | Martin Shardlow | Howard Meyers | 18 November 1993 (1993-11-18) |
| Nick is released from prison and Caroline invites him to stay as he has nowhere else to go. ||||||
| 69 | 12 | "Mixed Doubles" | Martin Shardlow | Linda Va Salle, Mike Teverbaugh | 25 November 1993 (1993-11-25) |
| Charlie becomes jealous of a long legged friend of Caroline's, while Caroline is spending time with someone very familiar. ||||||
| 70 | 13 | "Full House" | Martin Shardlow | Linda Va Salle, Mike Teverbaugh | 2 December 1993 (1993-12-02) |
| Al is flat hunting but Charlie messes things up. Caroline has to market a new soft drink which tastes disgusting. ||||||
| 71 | 14 | "Keep It in the Family" | Martin Shardlow | Clay Graham, John Donley | 9 December 1993 (1993-12-09) |
| Caroline is tempted by an offer to merge her company with another advertising agency, but Laura is not part of the package. ||||||
| 72 | 15 | "Happy Ever After? (Part 1)" | Martin Shardlow | Phil Doran, Bob Rosenfarb, Danny Kallis | 16 December 1993 (1993-12-16) |
| Charlie promises not to put pressure on Caroline to marry him. They take an adventure holiday in which they go hiking and cycling. ||||||
| 73 | 16 | "Happy Ever After? (Part 2)" | Martin Shardlow | Phil Doran, Bob Rosenfarb, Danny Kallis | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) |
| Caroline does not want to forgive Charlie for the way in which he proposed. ||||||

### Series 6 (1995)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 74 | 1 | "Moonlighting" | Martin Shardlow | Danny Kallis, Phil Doran, Bob Rosenfarb | 6 January 1995 (1995-01-06) |
| Now that Charlie is engaged to his boss, he is anxious to show he is not a kept man. He buys Caroline a painting he cannot afford and is forced to do a little moonlighting. ||||||
| 75 | 2 | "Fatal Attraction" | Martin Shardlow | Clay Graham | 13 January 1995 (1995-01-13) |
| Charlie is left feeling guilty when his tennis opponent, Fred, drops dead on the court. The arrival of Fred's twin, Ted gives him an opportunity to make amends, but when Ted begins to take advantage, Charlie loses his cool and challenges him to a tennis match. ||||||
| 76 | 3 | "Granny Get Your Gun" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein | 20 January 1995 (1995-01-20) |
| Caroline's domineering grandmother comes to stay and announces she will prevent her marriage to Charlie. She suggests a pre-nuptial agreement, and once the solicitors are brought in the negotiations soon turn into a slanging match. ||||||
| 77 | 4 | "Surgical Spirit" | Martin Shardlow | S: Joe Fisch, T: David Lesser | 27 January 1995 (1995-01-27) |
| Caroline is forced to take in her mother when Laura's flat is damaged by fire. ||||||
| 78 | 5 | "Father of the Bride (Part 1)" | Martin Shardlow | Danny Kallis, Phil Doran, Bob Rosenfarb, Clay Graham | 3 February 1995 (1995-02-03) |
| Joanna brings her new boyfriend home to meet her father and announces that they are engaged. ||||||
| 79 | 6 | "Father of the Bride (Part 2)" | Martin Shardlow | Phil Doran, Bob Rosenfarb, Clay Graham, Danny Kallis | 10 February 1995 (1995-02-10) |
| Joanna and her new-found fiancé, Dan, elope to Gretna Green, but are followed by their relatives who drive through the night to catch them. ||||||
| 80 | 7 | "Married... With Parents" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein | 17 February 1995 (1995-02-17) |
| Newly-weds Joanna and Dan are back from their honeymoon, but the university has thrown them out of the halls of residence, and they move in with Charlie and Caroline. The idea of Joanna and Dan sharing a bed keeps Charlie awake at night. ||||||
| 81 | 8 | "No Place Like Home" | Martin Shardlow | T: Linda Va Salle, Mike Teverbaugh, S: Clay Graham, Michele J. Wolff | 24 February 1995 (1995-02-24) |
| A visitor to the house offers a significant sum to sell up so Charlie and Caroline go house-hunting. ||||||
| 82 | 9 | "Hard Times" | Martin Shardlow | Gene Braunstein, Michele J. Wolff | 3 March 1995 (1995-03-03) |
| Caroline's business goes through a bad patch and she uses money from the household account to support it. Charlie's shopping cheque bounces, and he imposes an economy drive on the family. Caroline, however, cannot stop spending money. ||||||
| 83 | 10 | "Hit the Road" | Martin Shardlow | Deborah Leschin, Barry Vigon | 10 March 1995 (1995-03-10) |
| Tom tries to impress a girlfriend from school by using Charlie's jeep despite the fact that he is too young to drive legally. ||||||
| 84 | 11 | "Home Improvement" | Martin Shardlow | Bob Rosenfarb, Clay Graham, Danny Kallis, Phil Doran | 17 March 1995 (1995-03-17) |
| When a water leak in the ceiling downstairs is traced to Caroline's bedroom, Charlie decides it would be a good time to give the whole bedroom a makeover. ||||||
| 85 | 12 | "Quantum Leap" | Martin Shardlow | Michele J. Wolff | 24 March 1995 (1995-03-24) |
| Charlie is knocked out and dreams that he has remained a football player with all the money and trappings associated with it. ||||||
| 86 | 13 | "Second Thoughts" | Martin Shardlow | Adam Lapidus | 31 March 1995 (1995-03-31) |
| Charlie has an allergic reaction every time he is forced to think about getting married. ||||||
| 87 | 14 | "The Wedding" | Martin Shardlow | Blake Hunter, Martin Cohan | 8 April 1995 (1995-04-08) |
| It is Charlie and Caroline's wedding day and everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. ||||||

### Series 7 (1996)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 88 | 1 | "A Lion Called Laura" | Michael Owen Morris | Colin Bostock-Smith | 2 September 1996 (1996-09-02) |
| Charlie and Caroline are happily married and facing their first nights apart as Caroline goes to Brussels for work. But she feels upset. Little does she know that Charlie has a surprise awaiting her return. ||||||
| 89 | 2 | "Friends" | Michael Owen Morris | Colin Bostock-Smith | 9 September 1996 (1996-09-09) |
| Charlie and Caroline reminisce about their honeymoon. ||||||
| 90 | 3 | "In Marriage We Trust" | Michael Owen Morris | Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon | 16 September 1996 (1996-09-16) |
| Caroline invites a man-eating friend, Emma (Louise Jameson) for dinner; Laura's date turns out to be Caroline's former boyfriend from university. Jealousy threatens to mar the evening - until Charlie and Caroline trust their marriage. ||||||
| 91 | 4 | "The Chunnel of Love" | Michael Owen Morris | Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter | 23 September 1996 (1996-09-23) |
| Dan gets a job in Paris but Jo does not want to go. Charlie cannot resist interfering - for better, or for worse. ||||||
| 92 | 5 | "Nobody's Child" | Michael Owen Smith | Colin Bostock-Smith | 30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) |
| Laura is feeling neglected and unloved - until old friend Dolly (Millicent Martin) turns up and invites her on a world tour. But two stars in one small room means Star Wars. ||||||
| 93 | 6 | "A Couple of Charlies" | Michael Owen Morris | Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow | 7 October 1996 (1996-10-07) |
| Charlie meets an old girlfriend now married to another Charlie. His insecurities mounting, this Charlie challenges Charlie at pool. One Charlie wins, one loses, and both discover new depths to their marriages. ||||||
| 94 | 7 | "Oh Baby, Oh Baby" | Michael Owen Morris | Karen Wengrod, Ken Cinnamon | 14 October 1996 (1996-10-14) |
| Charlie and Caroline are still trying for a baby. The pregnancy test is positive - but whose is it? Caroline's? Or Joanna's? ||||||