
About this season
The Hendersons, an upwardly mobile Seattle family, bring home what they believe to be a dead Bigfoot. But he has only been wounded by a hunter, and the Hendersons offer the creature who they come to call Harry a temporary home until a recovers his health.
Episodes (24)
1. Retrospective
Aired 29 September 1991 • 22 min
While the Hendersons prepare for Harry's first birthday party, they recall some of their memorable moments since his arrival.
2. The Terror of the Trees
Aired 6 October 1991 • 22 min
While on a camping trip with his son and his co-worker, George is nervous because his co-worker keeps on playing pranks and later mistakes Harry for a monster.
3. Sarah Sings the Blues
Aired 13 October 1991 • 22 min
Sarah is chosen to sing at the school dance with a new student but hesitates when she learns that he's blind.
4. Mom
Aired 20 October 1991 • 22 min
Nancy welcomes the arrival of her pregnant sister, Emily, unaware that another arrival is soon to follow.
5. The Ransom of Bigfoot
Aired 27 October 1991 • 22 min
Harry is home alone and left to the fate of two burglars who think a Bigfoot might draw a big reward.
6. Halloween
Aired 3 November 1991 • 22 min
It's Halloween and Harry finally has a chance to get out. However, the Hendersons' neighbour, who is allergic to animal hair, becomes suspicious of Harry's "costume."
7. Brett Hits Home
Aired 10 November 1991 • 22 min
While George competes with an obnoxious co-worker for a promotion, Nancy's brother Brett moves in at home and is forced to contend with Harry.
8. George's White Light
Aired 17 November 1991 • 22 min
George examines his life after he's trapped in a steam room and, in a heat-induced delirium, sees God. He decides to quit his job.
9. Working Stiffs
Aired 24 November 1991 • 22 min
George's decision to quit his job and launch a magazine with Brett rockets the rest of the Hendersons into the job market.
10. Love Mask
Aired 12 January 1992 • 22 min
Brett thinks a primitive mask can cure his ailing love life by casting a spell on Darcy's Swedish au pair Uma, and it seems to work; but his date with her is spoiled by Harry, who is strangely obsessed with the mask as well.
11. Blue Parrot
Aired 19 January 1992 • 22 min
When Harry sets Ernie's pet parrot free, George and Nancy go shopping for a quick replacement.
12. Winning
Aired 26 January 1992 • 22 min
Angered at the foul attitude of Ernie's baseball coach, Nancy meets his challenge and strikes out on her own as a coach.
13. Til Theft Do Us Part
Aired 2 February 1992 • 22 min
The Hendersons suspect that all that glistens is not gold but their missing silver when Brett suddenly comes into a large sum of money.
14. The Genius
Aired 9 February 1992 • 22 min
Harry scores high on Ernie's IQ test, which changes the way everyone relates to Ernie especially when his teacher Ms. Hall comes to visit and encounters Harry.
15. Wild Things
Aired 16 February 1992 • 22 min
The Hendersons are shaken when Harry, fearing impending danger, traps them and a menagerie of forest friends inside their home.
16. Fatherhood
Aired 23 February 1992 • 22 min
In a case of mistaken identity, a baby is left on the doorstep with a note claiming that Brett is the father.
17. Sara Spills the Bigfoot Beans
Aired 1 March 1992 • 22 min
Sarah tells her boyfriend about Harry and jeopardizes the Hendersons' secret, and her love life, when she invites him to dinner.
18. Moonlighting
Aired 22 March 1992 • 22 min
Nancy moonlights as an aid to a foreign official and suspects his possession of a chimpanzee is on the dark side of the law.
19. The Green-Eyed Bigfoot
Aired 29 March 1992 • 22 min
Harry's friendship with Brett, and George's interview with a beautiful author, set off a wave of jealousy in the Henderson household.
20. The Ichthyologist
Aired 5 April 1992 • 22 min
George tries to help his cousin, who broke the law trying to save a polluted lake and its fish population.
21. Selling Out
Aired 26 April 1992 • 22 min
A businessman offers to buy George's magazine but the buyer's vision of yellow journalism makes George see red.
22. The Girl Who Cried Bigfoot
Aired 3 May 1992 • 22 min
Darcy discovers the Hendersons' secret and her parents, who doubt her story, send for a psychiatrist.
23. The Busybody
Aired 10 May 1992 • 22 min
A tabloid prints stories about a dangerous Bigfoot and turns the Hendersons' public life into a nightmare.
24. I Got Your Birthday Right Here
Aired 17 May 1992 • 22 min
Nancy takes a seat as vice principal at Sarah's school, which doesn't sit well with Sarah and Lorraine.