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The Cavanaughs
Overview
The Cavanaughs is an American television situation comedy, broadcast on CBS from 1986 to 1989. The series revolved around Francis "Pop" Cavanaugh, a 71-year-old, blue-collar Irish Catholic man living in South Boston with his daughter Kit and son Chuck, as well as Chuck's sons and daughter. Much of the show's humor stemmed from conflicts between the cantankerous, opinionated Pop and his grown children.
Status
Ended
Created By
Robert Moloney
Network
CBS
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Member of the Wake-ing
Pop's old chum, Tim, passes away, Pop throws a wake for him, and the occasion brings Kit back to Boston.
Not So Gently Into the Night
A woman wants to make a film about Pop.
Home
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Pop
It's not a very merry Christmas when Pop picks the holiday season to attempt to stop a shopping center from being built.
The Bishop's Back
Father Chuck, Jr.'s plans to climb the ladder aren't helped by his father's bitter feud with a clergyman in their church, nor by his own untruthfulness.
Angst a Lot
Kit gets sick of living with her family again, and decides to return to show biz.
Strike Too
Pop and Chuck find themselves on opposite sides of a strike at the Cavanaugh Bros. Construction Company.
Not So Gently
Neither Pop nor Chuck like that Kit has taken it upon herself to allow Mary Margaret to start dating.
The Eyes Have Had It
Pop is humiliated when he loses his driver's license due to his failing eyesight. As if that's not bad enough, Kit is trying to sell his car out from under him. Pop discovers Kit's plans when Maureen Brennan, an elderly, outspoken widow just like him, drops by the house asking to see it. Although Pop refuses to give up his '41 Plymouth -- which he courted his wife in -- without a fight, he falls for Mrs. Brennan and agrees to take her for a spin, license troubles and all. Officer Dennis ends up escorting him home, because, as Pop claims, he crashed the car into a tree. But when Mrs. Brennan comes by the house a second time, Chuck and Kit learn that she asked Pop if she could drive, and the accident was all her fault. As it turns out, she still wants to buy the car, as her dead, Irish husband Robert courted her in a '41 Plymouth. A smitten Pop finally agrees to sell it, and Mrs. Brennan repays him with a little backseat nookie.
A Chorus Malign
Two of Kit's fast and loose showgirl friends from the '70s, ""Legs"" Lawler and Crystal Line, plan a trip to Southie to stay with Kit for a night, before the three of them head out to Atlantic City together the next day for a ten-year reunion of former showgirls. But even that short amount of time is too long for Pop, who doesn't want Kit's trashy friends in his house, because he assumes they'll be a bad influence on Mary Margaret. Although Kit gets her way, that night after she goes to bed early, ""Legs"" and Crystal drink champagne with the awestruck Mary Margaret present, leave the bottle there, and Mary Margaret helps herself and gets smashed. Pop catches the aftermath of this, alerts Chuck, and they both demand that Kit throw the diabolical duo out. With Mary Margaret suffering a bad hangover, Kit does just that, and tells the girls she's not going to the reunion -- not because Pop said she couldn't, but because she realizes she's changed since coming home.
Banned in Boston
When the church sets up Father Chuck, Jr. rating videos for family consumption, he discovers something about Kit he didn't know.
He Ain't Heavy, Father...
All hell breaks loose when Pop's wealthy, estranged brother, owner of Cavanaugh Bros. Construction and Chuck's boss, James ""The Weasel,"" pays a visit to the Cavanaugh house, against Pop's wishes. James wants Pop to know that an old basement office they once shared is going to be demolished. Inside the office is a locked safe, each of them has only half of the combination, and Pop stubbornly refuses to hand over his half. The two brothers are forced to work out their 30-year-old differences when they both arrive at their former office. But their bickering causes the staircase out of the building to collapse, leaving them trapped inside just hours before the demolition. While looking for a way out, Pop finally agrees to share and share alike, and his seeing the prized family memories that James saved in the safe leads the pair to have a reconciliation right before Chuck and Kit rescue them.
Aunt Mom
Kit has trouble dealing with Kevin's attempts to pass her off as his mother for an upcoming parish talent show.
Top Cast
Danny Cooksey
Peter Michael Goetz
Barnard Hughes
Christine Ebersole
