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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Molly Dodd, a divorced woman in her mid-thirties living in New York, navigates the ups and downs of a rapidly changing career, the challenges of apartment life, and the complexities of love and its consequences.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (634 votes)
Episode average: 8.6 +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.49 avg 13 episodes 8.8 → 8.6

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles	8.8	21
2	Here's Why There Are Instances When Vegetables Aren't Necessarily Good for You	8.3	13
3	Here's Why You Should Stay Out of Coffee Shops If You Don't Drink Coffee	9.0	13
4	Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank	8.9	14
5	Here's Why It's Not Good to Stare at People in Restaurants	9.0	13
6	Here's Why It's Tough to Sell Watermelons After Midnight	8.8	11
7	Here's Why a Torch Is Too Heavy to Carry in a Purse	8.5	10
8	Here's Why They Call the Little One a Jingle and the Big One the Blues	8.6	12
9	Here's Another Bedtime Story	8.2	10
10	Here's Why It's Good to Have a Cake Burning in the Refrigerator	7.9	11
11	Here's Why Henry David Thoreau Chose the Pond	7.3	11
12	Here's Why You've Gotta Bake a Batch of Cookies Every Once in a While	8.5	10
13	Here's Why Good Guys Sometimes Wear Black	8.6	9

Season 2 (1988)

8.78 avg 12 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 52 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Here's Why You Shouldn't Get Too Attached to Your Cat	8.5	9
2	Here Are a Few Variations on a Sexual Theme	7.7	10
3	Here Comes That Cold Wind Off the River	9.0	10
4	Here's a Bunch of Photos from an Old Album	8.9	12
5	Here's a Side Effect of Serious Moonlight	8.6	12
6	Here's a Message from Your Local Bag Lady	8.4	11
7	Here's a Little Known Ingrid Bergman Incident	8.9	12
8	Here's Who Ordered the Pizza	8.8	9
9	Here's What Happened to That Earring You Lost	9.0	9
10	Here's a Reason to Keep Your Goats in the Barn	9.4	9
11	Here's Talkin' to Yourself	9.0	9
12	Here's Another Cryptic Message from Upstate	9.2	9

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)

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