Eight Is Enough: Season 4

Bidding adieu to the Seventies, the times are changing for the Bradford clan, as the fourth season brings multiple marriages, pregnancy, and a graduation to the ever-expanding family. First up, minor league ball player Merle “the Pearl” Stockwell (Brian Patrick Clarke) sweeps Susan (Susan Richardson) off her feet. An engagement soon follows, but there’s one problem - David (Grant Goodeve) has already set THEIR date for HIS wedding while Nancy (Dianne Kay) has a singing telegram gig that day…Then comes Mary (Lani O’Grady) finding a positive home pregnancy test! Meanwhile, Joanie (Laurie Walters) and Tom (Dick Van Patten) become competing journalists, Nicholas (Adam Rich) curses the family by breaking a chain letter, and Tommy (Willie Aames) runs for Prom Queen! On the more tender side, Abby (Betty Buckley) comes to grips with the memories of her deceased husband, while Tom is forced into a reunion with the father he has not seen in 40 years - and he’s about to turn the Big 5-0!

[@SunShine-vp5ee]

Rest In Peace Nicholas . A big fan STILL in 2023. 🙏🏽💕

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Me too! Adam was a year older than me, so I grew up with the show. Now I am enjoying streaming on Tubi.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I am a year younger than the late Adam Rich. May he rest in peace. I loved the show as a kid. Now as an adult with kids of my own, I am streaming the whole show, savoring each episode for its warmth and compelling performances. Such a likable family. I really think that Merle was one of the most winning and lovable characters on the show. He was strong and sensitive. His acting was so believable when he was confronting Susan's assertions of her own identity and needs. He was so sweet with Nicholas, and the season five episode in which Merle's daughter is born shows some profoundly good acting. Warm wishes to the "Eight is Enough" actors who remain, and special shout out to Brian, who seems to have left some wonderful comments for people writing here. I am very happy that I have been able to revisit full episodes on Tubi. This show offers a lot, and while it is a lot of 1970s gold, it transcends its seventies/eighties era because it is so relatable.

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Your comments have truly touched my heart, H.A.H. Thank you, once again!

[@HerAeolianHarp]

@@brianpatrickclarke5993The pleasure is all mine. Thank YOU!

[@dj7973]

They don't make shows like this anymore. One of my all-time favorites.

[@alohafromhawaii65]

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[@fredaguirre-lc3nn]

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[@fredaguirre-lc3nn]

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[@HerAeolianHarp]

A really wonderful show, with excellent and touching performances. The first four seasons were especially strong.

[@auntiechercher4266]

This actor that played Merle (Brian Patrick Clarke) ended up on General Hospital in 1983 playing this character named Grant. He was outstanding in the role and I remember it to this day!!

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Thank you very much. 🙂

[@auntiechercher4266]

@@brianpatrickclarke5993 Hi Brian! I am Cheryl up here in Connecticut! (New Haven area). It is hard to believe that this year is 40 years since GH's Prometheus Disk storyline. You did a great job as Grant! I am glad I got to see all this as young girl (it was a nice distraction from school when things weren't that easy for me). Best wishes!

[@Mitzi73]

I forgot about Grant and Celia from GH!

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

@@auntiechercher4266 - Thanks again, Cheryl. Wonderful memories of the four years I spent in New Haven. Please give my best to The Yale Bowl, LOL!

[@auntiechercher4266]

@@brianpatrickclarke5993 Will do, Brian. New Haven is a great city. (My brother was just at Yale Bowl with his son)! Regards

[@jessest.claire9572]

I always say the title of this show in my head like “eight is ENOUGH” like a guy is asking his already exhausted wife for another baby and she’s like “John, eight. is ENOUGH.”

[@scottmiller6495]

Incredible opening for the fourth season of one of the greatest family television shows of all time Period!!!!!

[@dannymiller7880]

Connie ,Elizabeth was absolutely stunning

[@massimocometti6529]

She was my biggest crush among the Bradford gals

[@yossarian6799]

@@massimocometti6529 I think she was everybody's crush! Dianne Kay was a beauty, but there was just something about Connie Newton...

[@Havaseet2]

Who else is more interested in the sporting goods store loaded with vintage gear than the show cast characters?

[@newhorizon1355]

Adam RIP. You’ll be missed.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I love how Merle called him "Slugger". So sweet. Merle really added so much to the already great show.

[@scottmiller6495]

Just a wonderful world back then and nothing like that now not even close!!!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

@MissX W Ok have it your way. I live in awful Philadelphia and it is not the same as it was 40 years ago. With all the killings and mean ignorant people here now especially the young people. And my friend all I am saying can be Proven!

[@markanderson4353]

I met Merle The Pearl recently in Orlando. Really nice guy.

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Thank you, Mark. Hope all's well!

[@Christian_Ada1]

God I Miss TV shows like this What ever happened to beautiful shows like this?

[@yossarian6799]

In just a few years we went from The Waltons and Eight is Enough... to "Married...With Children." Granted, that show was intentionally dystopian but there was never again another show depicting traditional large families. Some have put blame on the shift in the socio-political climate of the 1980s. Ironic how the more "conservative" society became, the trashier it got. Can you imagine something like Honey Boo Boo on 1970s television? That's what happens when you destroy your middle class and its middle-class values. My grandparents must be spinning in their graves...

[@maxotaurus5140]

It's like everyone's hair was doing all the heavy lifting in this. Van Patton, great actor held his own tho' RiP

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Their acting was great. Dick and Betty were exceptional, and the other actors very good.

[@laithmanni1331]

So sad about Adam Rich, he was so cute and still is, may the angels carry him to heaven , I loved him in ,Yes Nicholas there is a Santa clause.

[@TimDaniels-sz9pk]

RIP Adam Rich

[@tammyramey]

NOOOOOO! He died?

[@TimDaniels-sz9pk]

@@tammyramey yeah earlier today

[@tammyramey]

@@TimDaniels-sz9pk Ahh, man! So sad! I named my son Adam, in part because of Adam Rich. I almost named my second son Nicholas. Thanks for letting us know.

[@ManuelLuna-zj4gh]

R.i.p. Adam Rich

[@kristinadilorenzo3853]

Rip Adam you were a great actor and great guy I hope you find the peace you were longing for 😞💔🕊💐

[@beholden2874]

Elizabeth was beautiful especially with her reall😢 long hair in the later seasons. A great episode was when she went on the pill. That was a risky topic for prime time television back in the late 1970’s.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I remember that. The show did not shy away from topics such as when Tommy's friend got pregnant (not by him).

[@craigsmith157]

Elizabeth was so beautiful.

[@massimocometti6529]

100% agree.........

[@nestorvilla3605]

And they didn't pay for the ball? Ohh little bandit ! 😅

[@yossarian6799]

Merle had an account at the store. He said so in the clip.

[@Andy_0L]

1:57 I got a charge account

[@sharoncrist7320]

I really enjoyed that show so much. RIP Adam Rich

[@josephlawson9950]

In memory of Adam rich

[@scottmiller6495]

What a wonderful show and a great world this was 1979 wow !!!!!

[@zapkvr]

Oh yeah the Iran hostage crisis was so much fun. You dope

[@407scott]

@@zapkvr compared to the world now the least of the worries would be the hostage crisis

[@scottmiller6495]

@@407scott agreed!

[@archie_bunker]

agreed Scott i sure miss the 70s and 80s

[@archie_bunker]

@@zapkvr idiot

[@88997799]

RIP… see ya on the other side.

[@tammyramey]

This is when I started LOVING this show! I loved Merle the Pearl!

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Thank you, Tammy.

[@tammyramey]

@@brianpatrickclarke5993 OH MY GOSH!!! You're soooo welcome! And thank YOU!

[@esmeraldatorres312]

Rip Adam Rich you be Nicholas

[@paulettebrown6237]

Rip nickolas

[@bentybaroon8938]

Pearl is gonna put the moves on Susan!

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

LOL!

[@Jessebonnie]

RIP Adam.

[@fiendish67]

Great hair back in the seventies.

[@Peter1999Videos]

The best hair styles

[@laithmanni1331]

I loved 8 is enough, especially the Christmas episode, yes Nicholas , there is a Santa Claus.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

Do they also have a Thanksgiving and Halloween episode?

[@HerAeolianHarp]

@@SoUtHMeMpHisI remember a stormy night at the Bradfords with a Tony Perkins lookalike, perhaps season three if memory serves. I saw it recently on Tubi.

[@aaronc4899]

Uh, I guess Susan does not seem impressed by that perfect specimen of a man she just encountered.

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

LOL! NOT one bit!! 🙂

[@rony41165]

My favorite episode cause I like how susan and Merle got together so fast.wish someone would upload it

[@matt4477]

Did she go to the stadium?

[@katymvt]

@@matt4477 Yeah. To yell at him after he ignored Nicholas at the stadium after a bad game.

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

@@katymvt 🙂 Yep. Nailed him!

[@peckerdecker]

First time I have heard of *eight is enough* Seems like a nice easy programme . Thank you for sharing.

[@mitcha.7090]

I love Susan's outfit in this episode, especially her khakis ❤❤❤

[@zapkvr]

We all know what you think, degenerate

[@mjlives5428]

@@zapkvr huh?

[@pacmanindy]

My sister got Adam Rich’s autograph when she was 9.

[@yossarian6799]

Dianne Kay was certainly a beauty, but Connie Newton was the one all the boys dreamed of! This one sure did! The addition of new characters often imbrues the chemistry of a good show, but Merle was a very welcome addition! Can't say the same for Ralph Macchio's character....

[@mikestevenson576]

Team Laurie Walters.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I loved the show, but I had a hard time warming up to the troubled Jeremy even if I felt for him. The dynamic in season five started to change a bit. It is still a good season, though.

[@user-tj6hq6br3h]

I love Niclos

[@cybrscot]

That exact store with inventory in tact would be worth a ton on ebay nowadays.

[@rony41165]

Merely the Pearl is my favorite episode wish someone would Load the full episode

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Thank you!

[@rony41165]

@@brianpatrickclarke5993 Yiur welcomw

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Tubi had it. It was set to expire, but I wrote Tubi an email about keeping it. I am still able to view this beloved program.

[@raindrops21_9]

pretty sure I had a little girl crush on Merle the Pearl

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Thank you! Hope that adulthood has brought you the man of your dreams!

[@eaglegold3303]

😂

[@krystle9804]

We need to raise Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness!

[@omegacontrol9889]

They had Nike back then! Must've been just when they came out. Also, notice all the Steelers stuff Nick is looking at, during their heyday!

[@tatyanabressani8798]

Rip 🤍

[@johnp4008]

And now they tell me Adam Rich is dead. RIP

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Incredibly sad news.

[@envitech02]

RIP Adam Rich. He's about the same age as me.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Me too.

[@omegacontrol9889]

I'd love to have some of those vintage baseball caps!!

[@marioserrano6333]

The episode where Merle gets called up I was on the field at dodger stadium, the camera scanned me real quick I saw myself on the show but can't find the clip of it.

[@christineadams1284]

𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 80'𝒔.

[@user-js4jk2eo4e]

Adam went on to be on Code Red, a guest spots on Baywatch & Chips

[@user-tz3ck6uc2p]

I remember once I saw a porn movie and one guy in the movie went by "Earl the Pearl"... LOL

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

LOL! (Earl the Pearl was Earl Monroe, who starred for the NY Knicks.)

[@whataboutrob442]

I owned one of those Rawlings NFL helmets @1:26

[@pasqualeperillo]

Hi good best series and really actors

[@LorraineButler50]

Susan married Merle Stockwell

[@fp5495]

Anyone wonder why they put such a heavy focus on Susan suddenly in the new season? Well, as it turns out, Susan Richardson actually got pregnant, against the studio's contract (yes, it was like that back then), and they reluctantly wrote it into the show, because Susan made a stink about hiding it, or utilizing her less. Despite what people think, women were already standing their ground back in the 70s and 80s. It's not a new concept. These women helped set the tone, although, it still not even close to perfect. Unfortunately, though, It's been documented that it was the nail in the coffin of the show, and what sealed the deal that there wasn't going to be many more seasons after that.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I hope Susan is doing better these days. Her life has been a bit hard, I hear. I wish all "Eight is Enough" actors the very best. Your performances gave me delight as a child and many years later enjoyment and wisdom as an adult.

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Just an FYI, it was actually always in the show's "bible" that Susan and Merle would get married, then she'd get pregnant, she and Merle would split up (there was even an episode where Merle and his buddy, "Chapper", played beautifully by Jonathan Frakes, were heading to Puerto Rico for winter ball and Merle and Susan were at odds with one another) and Susan would move back into the Bradford House, where the family would help her raise the baby. Lorimar and ABC may have been many things, but they were not stupid; they'd never have precluded an actress from getting pregnant in 1979. Don't know where "it's documented", but it's "fake news", LOL! Hope this helps. 🙂

[@SSGGo_Pro]

R I P

[@joancarr5812]

When susan met merlery

[@lovelyrita4953]

I want to watch the rest.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Try Tubi.

[@donmiller8681]

She is pretty

[@BaltimoreMaryland]

I don't remember seeing a fanny pack in the 70s...so this was an interesting choice by the costume designer. They did have “bauchtasches” in Europe.

[@rony41165]

Does anyone have this full episode it’s my favorite

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Tubi.

[@oswjim]

The pearl was translated as "el rey" (the king) in LATAM --- Merle el rey

[@brianbebout7360]

can you find this on dvd

[@brianpatrickclarke5993]

Tough title to live up to. 🙂

[@hansstepford7824]

It seems suspicious that my brother arrived without notice, and my lady friend disappeared without saying goodbye.

[@karrezza]

Yeah makes sense, I watch this and in the video selections is top 10 torture scenes???? WTF?? Good job KZbin.

[@jose76pe]

pay for the ball

[@paulcooper5748]

She didn't seem interested at all, Adam rich R.I.P.

[@gastonave]

Died suddenly strikes again

[@sherryatashin9293]

Yep. Could be drug abuse or heart attack. Of course, if you're a conspiracy nut, you will make up another reason with no proof....

[@sliceserve234]

seems to be the euphemism of choice for suicide.

[@rks515skr]

@@sherryatashin9293 You should open your eyes now.

[@grassfireu]

@@rks515skr They simply cannot or are unwilling to connect dots -- yet. Old Dominion player collapsed Saturday. Also this weekend found out about Ashari Hughes in Vegas (teenager flag football heart attack) and Victoria Lee, a young mixed martial arts star ... died suddenly. And on and on and on ....

[@dlynn101]

Yes. He's had a lifelong battle with depression, drugs and alcohol. So what's actually striking again is this same story arc for the life of another former child star. You need to worry about the suicide rate among Qanon-ers. That's your concern

[@joycebruhn3672]

Yes I was in high school

[@robintaylor485]

Nicholas was a puppet his entire career

[@TekkzFoB]

Safe and Effective

[@troynov1965]

Back when Nike made good looking shoes.

[@glenmorrison2919]

Adam Rich aka Nicholas Bradford

[@bobbyadkins6983]

They don't make any good family shows anymore. Not that I know of anyway.

[@jassimgallie2341]

هل يوجد عربي

[@souaddechames4183]

نعم مترجم إلى العربية. عندماىكنترصغيرة في لبنان كنت اعشق مشاهدته. طبعا لم اكن تجيد الانكليزية انذاك لكن فتش كالتالي ٨ اولاد وبس مترجم إلى العربية وستجده

[@Johnny_Love_Tree]

Just txt her.

[@hansstepford7824]

City of Refuge Church Waipahu.

[@hansstepford7824]

Rickelle left.

[@armandogarcia7522]

D.E.P. Adam Rich

[@bufnyfan1]

RIP Adam Rich