Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
Producer: Ed. Weinberger
John Lacey
Kirk Morris
Louise Mercer
Kate McCarron
Margie Philbert
Mary Beth Sutton
Tom
Ben Conners
No overview available.
22 episodes
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)
Runtime: 30 minA young man claims to be John' son.
Runtime: 30 minJohn's beautiful new girlfriend thrills him—until he learns her age.
Runtime: 30 minJohn can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.
Runtime: 30 minKate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minOn a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minThe group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minNo overview available.
24 episodes
Blomlika, the bride who skipped out on Ralph at their wedding reception, bounds back into his life, eager to pick up where they left off 14 months before.
Runtime: 30 minAfter one night with John, a flight attendant is ready to fly with him forever. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minRalph peddles a book promoting the power of positivity, which John could use, but won't, to publish his poetry. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minUnwed mother Louise needs a hubby to present to her strait-laced father---and gets more help than she can handle. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minIt's the second anniversary of the day John's wife left him (DJ Day), and the group is concerned because John is binging on junk food. Mrs. Philbert is preparing to attend her 60th high school anniversary, her first because she was always afraid of meeting her former fiance, Lloyd, and her best friend, Clara, who eloped together. John is deputized to escort her to New Jersey, where Lloyd and Clara show up after all -- so Mrs. Philbert introduces him as her fiance, invites them back to ""their"" place, and sets about seducing Lloyd with her patented technique: playing ""Honolulu Baby"" on the ukelele.
Runtime: 30 minJohn's relationship with his new lady would be just great were it not for her daughter, who thinks all her mother's dates are grown-up dweebs. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minAttractive newcomer Mary Beth brings out the worst in Kirk, and it's much worse than even he imagined. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minKirk takes John along for a free ski weekend, but he's left in the cold when John befriends a fellow Sherlock Holmes buff. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minAn ex-con wants to join the group, and no one wants to say no to a killer whose temper is triggered by rejection. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minJohn's going to kick himself if he can't find the cash to send Matthew to Europe for a soccer tourney. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minJohn discovers his wonderful new job has a catch: the ex-student who got it for him expects a more intimate form of thanks. (Part 2 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minJohn, Kirk and Ralph give new meaning to ""change the baby"" when Louise leaves Nigel in their care. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minAfraid he's becoming a support-group addict, John takes a night off to wing it on his own. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minThe group throws a surprise birthday party for Kirk, but the surprise is on them. (TV Guide)
Runtime: 30 minJohn basks in the adulation Mary Beth lavishes on him for helping her write an article.
Runtime: 30 minKate chooses John as her nephew's role model—but the boy prefers Kirk.
Runtime: 30 minNo overview available.
22 episodes
John goes on a blind double-date with Kirk, and finds himself mistaken for a professional escort.
Runtime: 30 minJohn hopes for a reconciliation whe his ex-wife Wendy says she wants another child—but she only wants her sperm.
Runtime: 30 minFeeling pressured and rushed, John breaks into the insemination clinc to retrieve his sperm.
Runtime: 30 minJohn tries to mediate a fight over a woman between Kirk and his amazingly similar brother—a priest.
Runtime: 30 minA new member proposes to both Kate and Louise.
Runtime: 30 minJohn sort of fulfills his dream of playing clarinet at Carnegie Hall.
Runtime: 30 minAt her aunt's funeral, Kate confronts her ex-husband Blake, a cad nonetheless loved by the rest of her family.
Runtime: 30 minJohn seeks a reunion with famous adventure author Jessica Stone, whom he recalls in flashbacks as the great love of his youth.
Runtime: 30 minDespite interruptions by a newly svelte woman from Overeaters Anonymous (new recurring guest Olivia Brown), the groups tries to heer up Mary Beth, who's lost her job.
Runtime: 30 minJohn wants his aging mother to move in with him.
Runtime: 30 minJohn's job is jeopardized and the group disbands after a tabloid links him to a promiscuous movie star. (Part 1 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minRalph falls for a married fellow toll-taker.
Runtime: 30 minJohn meets a pretty periodontist, Kate a suave South American, and Kirk his fiesty match. (Part 1 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minJackie agrees to live with Kirk, under exacting conditions; Louse gets a date with her IRS auditor. (Part 2 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minEveryone gets dumped except Ralph; John's ex-wife Wendy brings news of a new baby. (Part 3 of 3)
Runtime: 30 minKirk loses John's antique watch to a pretty thief.
Runtime: 30 minWhen John's college poetry teacher visits, he steals some of John's poems for a book. Meanwhile, the group preps for a talent show.
Runtime: 30 minJohn huddles with the group members over whether to expose the former professor who plagaarized his poems. (Part 2 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minAfter they learn she'd been institutionalized, the groups scoffs at Louise's claim she can save the financiall strapped center.
Runtime: 30 minJohn tries getting his son Matthew to discuss his hurt feelings about the baby his mom and John are having.
Runtime: 30 minJohn is stranded in remove Hawaiian airports after buying a discount ticket from Kirk; Alejandro proposes to Kate.
Runtime: 30 minNo overview available.
22 episodes
Kirk convinces John they're long-lost brothers, and moves in with him.
Runtime: 30 minKirk goes into hiding when the group discovers his wife left him for another woman.
Runtime: 30 minKate faces her fear of intimacy by dating the cop who takes the report when the group is held at gunpoint.
Runtime: 30 minJohn and Kirk's windfall at an automated bank teller comes to light at a police officer's bachelor party.
Runtime: 30 minKirk claims there is good reason to terminate Kate's wedding plans; John has trouble at childbirth class.
Runtime: 30 minLouise confesses to an affair with a club member.
Runtime: 30 minJohn unwittingly hires a Santa Claus with problems for a Christmas party at the day-care center.
Runtime: 30 minScriptwriter Mary Beth sees John's problems as soap-opera fodder for her show ""The Divided Heart.""
Runtime: 30 minJohn is suddenly willing to take risks after a near-death experience in an elevator.
Runtime: 30 minLack of funds clouds John's ski weekend with a new flame. (Part 1 of 1)
Runtime: 30 minJohn overextends his credit to impress his new girlfriend. (Part 2 of 2)
Runtime: 30 minJohn tries his hand at soap opera scripts.
Runtime: 30 minA doctor links John's stomach pain to Kirk.
Runtime: 30 minKirk finally gets his high school diploma.
Runtime: 30 minJohn babysits his boss's parrot.
Runtime: 30 minLouise encourages the group to tackle their relationship problems through creative visualization.
Runtime: 30 min