Our House is a family-oriented drama series which ran on Sunday evenings on NBC from 1986 to 1988. It starred Wilford Brimley as Gus Witherspoon, a retired widower who allows his daughter-in-law Jessica (played by Deidre Hall), her children and basset hound to move in with him after Gus's son died. Upon its 1986 premiere, the Associated Press called the series "a family show suitable for framing."
Gus became a new father figure to Jessica's (Deid...
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Our House is a family-oriented drama series which ran on Sunday evenings on NBC from 1986 to 1988. It starred Wilford Brimley as Gus Witherspoon, a retired widower who allows his daughter-in-law Jessica (played by Deidre Hall), her children and basset hound to move in with him after Gus's son died. Upon its 1986 premiere, the Associated Press called the series "a family show suitable for framing."
Gus became a new father figure to Jessica's (Deidre Hall) children, Kris (Shannen Doherty), David (Chad Allen), and Molly (Keri Houlihan). The show was intended for family viewing, and as such, had a moral lesson for the family to learn each week. Sometimes the kids had difficulties adjusting to Gus' rules the same way he instituted rules on his children. For example, in one episode Gus punishes the children for leaving their toys lying around; they return home to discover that Gus has thrown the toys in a garbage can, claiming that the toys are unwanted and should be trashed. He allows them...
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