About this season
Me and Maxx is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC starting in 1980. The plot involved a young girl, Maxx, moving in with her dad, Norman, who had created a life for himself as a swinging bachelor.
Episodes (10)
1. Pilot
Aired 22 March 1980 • 30 min
Maxx's mother abandons her at the door of her divorced father.
2. Lunch at the Plaza
Aired 29 March 1980 • 30 min
Filled with high hopes of meeting her mother at the Plaza Hotel for her birthday lunch, Maxx ventures to the posh New York hotel, but it's her father who shows up to cheer the waiting 11-year-old.
3. Maxx's Friend
Aired 5 April 1980 • 30 min
Norman plans for a romantic dinner date with a beautiful neighbor are cut short when he begins worrying about Maxx and a male sleep-over guest.
4. Sparrow
Aired 16 April 1980 • 30 min
When an injured sparrow that Maxx has been nursing dies in his care, Norman wonders what to tell his daughter.
5. Robert
Aired 30 May 1980 • 30 min
All wrapped up in his work, Norman is angry when he learns that Maxx's constant companion, Robert, is an imaginary "perfect" father and substitute for him.
6. The Negotiation
Aired 6 June 1980 • 30 min
Maxx holds off on household chores until her father agrees to settle her strike for the same necessities of life that her friend Karen has - a stereo, bicycle, and telephone.
7. 4
Aired 13 June 1980 • 30 min
Maxx catches her father reading her diary.
8. The Commitment
Aired 20 June 1980 • 30 min
Norman wants his partnership with Barbara to go beyond business, but she won't agree to rekindle their romance until he pledges fidelity.
9. Dad's Day
Aired 27 June 1980 • 30 min
When Norman learns of the death of his father, whom he hadn't seen for years, he forgoes a baseball game to attend Dad's Day at Maxx's school.
10. Some Are Savers
Aired 25 July 1980 • 30 min
When Norman absent-mindedly throws out a drawing Maxx gave him, she counters by tossing out some of the things he gave her.