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Dear John: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 1988 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Pilot

Oct 6, 1988 · 30 min

John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)

S1·E3

Hello/Goodbye

Nov 3, 1988 · 30 min

A young man claims to be John' son.

S1·E4

The Younger Girl

Nov 10, 1988 · 30 min

John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.

S1·E5

Matthew's Dilemma

Nov 17, 1988 · 30 min

John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.

S1·E18

Sisters

Mar 30, 1989 · 30 min

Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)

S1·E19

Gone Camping

Apr 6, 1989 · 30 min

On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)

S1·E20

Margo

Apr 27, 1989 · 30 min

The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)