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Gimme a Break!: Season 6

25 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 1986 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on Gimme a Break!

Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Gimme a Break! Season 5.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

Sam Goes to College (1)

Sep 24, 1986 · 30 min

Samantha, excitied that she has gotten into Littlfield College in New Jersey, is let down when she recieves a letter in the mail, saying that the school cancelled her scholarship.

S6·E2 Core

Sam Goes to College (2)

Sep 24, 1986 · 30 min

Nell continues to talk Samantha out of moving to Sanfransisco with Katie. She then realizes that Samantha is still 17, and she has legal control over her still. Addy finally calls

S6·E3 Core

Below Sea Level

Oct 1, 1986 · 30 min

Nell and Joey fly to New Jersy to move Samantha to her college living space at Littlefield College. While they are there, and New York is so close by, and Addy as well, who is now

S6·E4 Core

Joey Meets Matthew

Oct 8, 1986 · 30 min

Joey meets Matthew finally, and is mad that he has a little brother. Tim says that he has some matters to take care of and will meet Nell and the boys at a restaruant shortly. Nel

S6·E5 Core

Nell Goes Back to New York

Oct 15, 1986 · 30 min

Nell recives a letter from Joey in New York, telling her that he is fine, but she knows that Tim is not taking proper care of them. She returns to New York, where she ruins Addy's

S6·E6 Core

The Apartment

Oct 29, 1986 · 30 min

Nell tries to get a job at a famous New York publishing company. She then decides to rent an apartment in Greenwich Village where she, Addy, Joey and Matthew move into.

S6·E7 Core

I Love New York

Nov 5, 1986 · 30 min

Nell is fed up with the new apartment in New York, and tells Addy she wants to go back to Glenlawn to get some of that good California air inside of her again. When Gradpa calls, h

S6·E8 Core

Nell the Boss

Nov 12, 1986 · 30 min

After Addy is laid off at the University for going on strike, Nell hires her as an assistant at Mcdillon and Loud's publishing company where she works. When Nell thinks Addy is too

S6·E9 Core

Harry the Hamster

Nov 19, 1986 · 30 min

Nell is furious when she hears a squeaking noise coming from Joey and Matthew's room. When she checks in on them, she finds out that they are caring for Joey's class hamster, ""Har

S6·E10 Core

Joey the Gambler

Nov 26, 1986 · 30 min

Joey begins to run ilegal gambling tickets from the staff at El Gatspacio, and Nell is horrified when she finds out he was picked up for running them.After Nell brings Joey home, s

S6·E11 Core

The Scam

Dec 3, 1986 · 30 min

As Nell and her mother are at the bank to put items into Mama Maybelle's safe deposit box, a con man shows up, tells Nell that there is a con man in the bank who is taking people's

S6·E12 Core

Christmas in New York

Dec 10, 1986 · 30 min

Nell decides to buy a Christmas tree, as does Addy, who both know that it costs too much for one in New York. As the gang begins to celebrate Christmas New York style, Joey tells M

S6·E13 Core

Nell's Secret Admirer

Jan 7, 1987 · 30 min

Nell gets a call from her highschool secret admirer, whom she never knew personally in Alabama. She decides to met him at El Gatspacio since he is in town, and she knows that he ca

S6·E14 Core

The Loan

Jan 14, 1987 · 30 min

Nell gives Addy a loan to buy a new dress to attend a gala event, knowing that she will pay her back in no time at all. As time passes, people in the building begin to take advanta

S6·E15 Core

The Window (1)

Jan 21, 1987 · 30 min

Nell has a better job in her company as a book editor. However, that tears her away from staying with the boys. When Joey tells Nell that he's doing a Walk-A-Thon fund raiser for

S6·E16 Core

The Window (2)

Jan 21, 1987 · 30 min

Nell decides to quit her job so she could stay home with the boys. So Nell decides to get a new job instead. When she told Joey that, he was delighted. Then the phone rings and

S6·E17 Core

Joey's First Crush

Jan 28, 1987 · 30 min

Joey begins to have a crush on Maggie, and at her husband's birthday party, Nell finds out that he wants to leave New York behind and move to Georgia.

S6·E18 Core

Joey's Teacher

Feb 4, 1987 · 30 min

Joey is upset because his teacher, Mr. Gronomeir keeps hating him. When Nell invites him to the house to talk about Joey, he trips on Maggies skateboard, and decides to sue, and fa

S6·E19 Core

Joey's Hero

Feb 11, 1987 · 30 min

When Joey's favorite television star ""Captain Jerk"", is hospitalized after swallowing a whistle, it is up to Nell to give him a blood transfusion since she has the same type of b

S6·E20 Core

Joey the Gigolo

Feb 25, 1987 · 30 min

Nell knows that her boss is beginning to fire many workers on the job, and when she finds out he has a daughter named Molly that is Joey's age, she sets the two up, so she can work

S6·E21 Core

Parents' Week (1)

Mar 4, 1987 · 30 min

Nell finds out that it is Parents Week at Littlefield College in New Jersy, and she is upset that Samantha didn't invite her to attend it. However, she decides to go anyways. When

S6·E22 Core

Parents' Week (2)

Mar 4, 1987 · 30 min

Nell tries to convice Samantha to stay in college, and in the end, is successful at doing so. She also is successful at helping a fellow studen of Sam's to both stand up to his fat

S6·E23 Core

Save the Church

Apr 28, 1987 · 30 min

Nell prepares for Mary-Ellen Baldwin's arrival, a snobbish foe of hers from Alabama. She arrives in New York to tell Mama Maybelle along with Nell that she is knocking down the old

S6·E24 Mytharc

Someday, My Prince . . .

May 5, 1987 · 30 min

Nell is wooed by an African man who invented chocolate chip cookies in his African country. She is given a necklace by him, and is given a proposal to be his wife. She tells Addy t

S6·E25 Mytharc

Mama's Date

May 12, 1987 · 30 min

When Grandpa comes to get the boys' pajamas, since they are sleeping in his apartment because Addy is sick in bed, he tells Nell that her mother has a date. Nell wonders why her mo

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