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16 September 1984Penelope "Punky" Brewster is an abandoned 8-year-old who wanders into an empty apartment in Chicago. The manager of the building is a 60-year-old curmudgeon named Henry Warnimont, who begrudgingly agrees to let her sleep on his couch until more suitable arrangements can be made.
23 September 1984Henry fails to stop a social worker from putting Punky in an orphanage.
30 September 1984Henry goes to court to get custody of Punky.
7 October 1984In the first segment, Punky and her friends convert Henry's study room into her bedroom without asking him first. In the second segment, Henry takes Punky shopping and she wanders off.
14 October 1984In the first segment, Mrs. Johnson finds the task of walking the children to school to be too exasperating, so she turns it over to Henry, who attempts to instill a sense of discipline into them. In the second segment, Henry tries to introduce Punky and her friends to the joys of fishing.
21 October 1984As the Chicago Cubs play in their first post-season championship since 1945, proud Cubs fan Henry tries to get tickets for Punky and himself.
28 October 1984As the school's parent-teacher night approaches, Punky is upset by Margaux's insensitive comments about foster parents and foster children.
4 November 1984In the first segment, Henry gives Punky a lucky nickel to keep with her while she goes for a booster shot. In the second segment, Punky can't sleep, so Henry agrees to let her stay up and watch the opera with him on TV.
25 November 1984Punky, Cherie, and Margaux compete in a beauty pageant hosted by pop singer Andy Gibb.
2 December 1984Punky and Cherie start a dog grooming business so that they can help make ends meet in their respective homes.
9 December 1984Henry throws out Punky's worn-out old doll after the children's attempt to repair it fails. This upsets Punky, so Henry searches throughout the city to find it.
16 December 1984Christmas is approaching, and the only thing Punky wants is to find her mother.
16 December 1984By playing Santa at school and saying he can do anything if she believes in him hard enough, Henry has inadvertently convinced Punky that Santa Claus will bring back her mother. Now he must find the woman, but the search is fruitless until an antiques dealer provides a possible clue.
20 January 1985Punky helps her piano teacher get into the music business.
27 January 1985Henry is reunited with a woman he planned to marry in 1941; when Pearl Harbor was attacked, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines and did not see her again until now.
3 February 1985Punky runs away when he learns that when Henry and Maggie are to be married, she'll be sent to boarding school in Europe.
10 February 1985After getting in trouble for slugging a boy at school, Punky dreams of life 80 years into the future where everyone has found love except for her.
17 February 1985Henry scolds Brandon for eating several valuable stamps. After that, Punky takes him on a walk, where he is hit by a car. He is rushed to the veterinary hospital, where his prognosis is grim.
24 February 1985Henry purchases a video camera for his photo studio and firmly warns Punky that she is not to touch it under any circumstances. However, while he's away, she and her friends make an exercise tape and think he won't know it - until the camera breaks.
3 March 1985Punky, Cherie, and Margaux all want a highly sought-after doll, but Henry can only find one of them at the toy store.
31 March 1985Punky catches a boy breaking into her room and stealing from her. Henry takes the boy to Fenster Hall where Mike Fulton, one of the workers there, tries to bond with him.
31 March 1985T.C.'s criminal mentor, Blade, sends him back to Fenster Hall to steal the money from the upcoming benefit auction.
15 September 1985When Punky bears the brunt of the school bully's aggression, she asks professional boxer Marvin Hagler for advice on self-defense.
22 September 1985Punky wants to build a tree house behind her apartment building, but she has trouble getting people to help her.
29 September 1985Punky and Allen cheat on their geography test.
6 October 1985With Mrs. Johnson's assistance, Punky and Cherie go into the babysitting business. A woman leaves her baby with them, but when the three of them take it out for a stroll, they return home with another infant.
13 October 1985The children enroll in a tap dancing class taught by Jersey Janet, a former Broadway dancer. Punky is not very good, and she quits the class when her skills do not improve.
20 October 1985Punky and the gang go on a camping trip. When the children get lost in a cave, Punky tells a ghost story about an evil spirit who threatens the lake.
20 October 1985The children do battle with an evil spirit, when the ghost of an Indian princess appears to tell Punky that it must be fought with love.
27 October 1985Punky and Cherie are admitted into a clique, only to find that they use drugs and want them to do so.
Season 2, Episode 9: The Search
10 November 1985Punky has something in common with her teacher, Mike Fulton: they were both abandoned by their mothers. They work together to try and find the whereabouts of their respective families.
17 November 1985On Halloween, Punky raises the ire of Mrs. Peevey, a cantankerous old woman who lives in the building, simply by trying to be her friend.
Season 2, Episode 11: The Gift
24 November 1985Punky befriends the school janitor who, in spite of her learning disability, is a gifted violin player.
1 December 1985Punky and Cherie learn that a girl who moved into the building recently was kidnapped by her divorced father, and they are both living in the building under assumed names.
15 December 1985During the Christmas shopping season, Punky sees a friend shoplifting merchandise and decides to steal a present she can't afford for Henry. She regrets this when she accidentally switches bags with Mike, who ends up in prison.
Season 2, Episode 14: Urban Fear
5 January 1986Punky is afraid that Henry will be the next victim of a widely publicized murder spree.
12 January 1986Punky receives a remote-controlled race car as a gift. She wants to take it to the racing track, but they do not allow girls to compete there.
19 January 1986Henry reluctantly buys a new refrigerator and puts the old one in the backyard. Mike teaches CPR to the children in class. Allen goofs off and is sent to the principal's office. When the children are playing Hide and Seek, Cherie hides in the fridge and suffocates. Allen doesn't know what to do, so it's up to Punky and Margaux to save their friend's life.
2 February 1986Henry's studio burns down; with no insurance and a mountain of bills he can't pay, he suffers a bleeding ulcer and is hospitalized.
9 February 1986Just as Henry was planning to adopt Punky, a Fenster Hall bureaucrat named Simon P. Chillings rescinds his custody citing his age, his illness, and his lack of a steady income. Mike Fulton tries to change his mind but to no avail.
16 February 1986Punky's friends visit her at Fenster Hall. Hoping that Simon Chillings won't notice (and by taking his glasses), Margaux impersonates Punky so that the real Punky can visit Henry in the hospital.
23 February 1986Simon Chillings performs a Rorschach inkblot test on the fake Punky, and based upon the results, he places the real Punky with a wealthy family. However, she does not take to high society very well.
2 March 1986After a tearful reunion between Punky and Henry, the Buckworths plan to move to Europe. Henry, however, is working as hard as possible to rebuild his business and win Punky back.
9 March 1986Punky's dream is to become an astronaut when she grows up. When she sees the explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle on TV, she is devastated.
30 October 1987Punky wants to see the rock group DeBarge in concert, but Henry is more concerned with her education.
2 November 1987Punky writes a gossip column for the school newspaper.
3 November 1987Punky's overweight cousin Louise wants to lose weight.
4 November 1987When Allen's parents file for divorce, his mother moves to Kansas and takes him with her.
5 November 1987Punky believes one of Henry's lodge buddies has been drinking and driving.
6 November 1987Punky tries to help an elderly woman in the building.
8 December 1987Brandon runs away after Cherie leaves the apartment door open.
9 December 1987The boy who finds Brandon refuses to give him up, even when his parents tell him that they're moving to California.
10 November 1987Punky is angry when Cherie falls for a boy.
11 November 1987After Henry scolds Punky for not taking better care of Brandon, she dreams that she's a dog and Brandon's a person.
12 November 1987Henry goes shopping for a brassiere for Punky.
13 November 1987Punky and Henry campaign to turn an empty field into a city park, but Henry's fear of public speaking gets the best of him.
13 November 1987Punky sets Henry up with the school librarian, while Mrs. Johnson goes on a dating game show.
16 November 1987Punky tries to fit in at a high society banquet.
17 November 1987Punky is concerned about the way Cherie always seems to act every year on the 9th of May; she soon learns that it was the day Cherie's parents were killed in a car accident.
20 November 1987When Punky pretends to be an elderly woman and sneaks into an R-rated movie, Cherie and Margaux cover for her truancy at school.
25 November 1987Punky enlists the aid of Cherie and Margaux in kidnapping a pig to save it from being slaughtered.
1 December 1987Spud threatens to jump off a building if Punky won't go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with him.
2 December 1987Photo developing tycoon Matt Glossy offers to buy Henry's studio for $100,000. When he accepts the deal, he ends up working for him. Dissatisfaction quickly sets in, so Henry quits his job. Since his contract with Mr. Glossy forbids him from opening another studio for several decades, he opens a restaurant instead.
3 December 1987Punky convinces Henry to let her work at Punky's Place, the new restaurant named for her. However, she screws things up tremendously and is quickly fired.
4 December 1987A blackout prompts the gang to reminisce on old times (in clips from previous episodes).
7 December 1987Henry tries to break his addiction to sleeping pills.
27 April 1988Punky believes she has donated an urn containing Henry's Aunt Mabel's ashes to a convent.
Season 4, Episode 2: Crushed
28 April 1988Punky has a crush on an older boy.
29 April 1988Punky, Cherie, and Margaux go to Camp Kookalookie.
2 May 1988Margaux believes that Punky and Cherie won't want to be her friends anymore because her family has gone bankrupt.
3 May 1988Punky pushes Brandon into doing a TV commercial for dog food.
4 May 1988Punky and Cherie believe that a man has died at Punky's Place. When a newspaper's restaurant critic eats there, they fear that this will hurt the restaurant's reputation.
5 May 1988During the Christmas season, Punky finds a briefcase full of stolen money.
6 May 1988Punky and Cherie make money selling cosmetics with unexpected side effects.
9 May 1988When Henry teaches Mrs. Johnson how to drive, mutual lawsuits result because of an accident. The judge hears contradictory testimony from both of them.
Season 4, Episode 10: Radio Daze
10 May 1988Punky, Cherie, and Margaux perform a radio drama.
11 May 1988Betty's sister Larnese, a world famous singer, asks Cherie to come live with her in France.
Season 4, Episode 12: Dear Diary
12 May 1988While Henry tries to throw out souvenirs he has collected over the years, Punky tries to read Cherie's diary. After it accidentally goes out with the garbage, Punky and Margaux search the dumpster to try and find it.
13 May 1988Cherie's cousin Paula is a talented artist. When it is suggested that she enters a contest, she balks at filling out the entry form because she doesn't know how to read.
Season 4, Episode 14: Ouch
16 May 1988Punky is afraid to undergo an appendectomy.
17 May 1988When Margaux's father buys the apartment building, Mrs. Johnson can't afford the rent increase he has proposed. Punky, Cherie, and Margaux protest the rent increase by going to his office and chaining themselves to his desk.
Season 4, Episode 16: Bad Dog
18 May 1988Brandon's behavior receives complaints from other tenants.
Season 4, Episode 17: Vice Versa
19 May 1988In Punky's dream, Henry and Mrs. Johnson are the children while she and Cherie are the parents.
Season 4, Episode 18: Wimped Out
23 May 1988Punky - who has a broken leg - and Cherie are stuck in an elevator with a pregnant woman in labor.
24 May 1988Punky has a crush on her math tutor, who is more interested in Margaux.
25 May 1988Punky tries to juggle two dates at the same time.
26 May 1988Punky befriends a deaf girl.
27 May 1988Though Henry finds it ridiculous, Punky arranges for Brandon to get married to Myron's dog Brenda.
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