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16 February 1984Penelope "Punky" Brewster is an abandoned 8-year-old who wanders into an empty apartment in Chicago. The manager of the building is a 60-year-old curmudgeon named Henry Warnimont, who begrudgingly agrees to let her sleep on his couch until more suitable arrangements can be made.
23 September 1984Henry fails to stop a social worker from putting Punky in an orphanage.
30 September 1984Henry goes to court to get custody of Punky.
7 October 1984In the first segment, Punky and her friends convert Henry's study room into her bedroom without asking him first. In the second segment, Henry takes Punky shopping and she wanders off.
14 October 1984In the first segment, Mrs. Johnson finds the task of walking the children to school to be too exasperating, so she turns it over to Henry, who attempts to instill a sense of discipline into them. In the second segment, Henry tries to introduce Punky and her friends to the joys of fishing.
21 October 1984As the Chicago Cubs play in their first post-season championship since 1945, proud Cubs fan Henry tries to get tickets for Punky and himself.
28 October 1984As the school's parent-teacher night approaches, Punky is upset by Margaux's insensitive comments about foster parents and foster children.
4 November 1984In the first segment, Henry gives Punky a lucky nickel to keep with her while she goes for a booster shot. In the second segment, Punky can't sleep, so Henry agrees to let her stay up and watch the opera with him on TV.
25 November 1984Punky, Cherie, and Margaux compete in a beauty pageant hosted by pop singer Andy Gibb.
2 December 1984Punky and Cherie start a dog grooming business so that they can help make ends meet in their respective homes.
9 December 1984Henry throws out Punky's worn-out old doll after the children's attempt to repair it fails. This upsets Punky, so Henry searches throughout the city to find it.
16 December 1984Christmas is approaching, and the only thing Punky wants is to find her mother.
16 December 1984By playing Santa at school and saying he can do anything if she believes in him hard enough, Henry has inadvertently convinced Punky that Santa Claus will bring back her mother. Now he must find the woman, but the search is fruitless until an antiques dealer provides a possible clue.
20 January 1985Punky helps her piano teacher get into the music business.
27 January 1985Henry is reunited with a woman he planned to marry in 1941; when Pearl Harbor was attacked, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines and did not see her again until now.
3 February 1985Punky runs away when he learns that when Henry and Maggie are to be married, she'll be sent to boarding school in Europe.
10 February 1985After getting in trouble for slugging a boy at school, Punky dreams of life 80 years into the future where everyone has found love except for her.
17 February 1985Henry scolds Brandon for eating several valuable stamps. After that, Punky takes him on a walk, where he is hit by a car. He is rushed to the veterinary hospital, where his prognosis is grim.
24 February 1985Henry purchases a video camera for his photo studio and firmly warns Punky that she is not to touch it under any circumstances. However, while he's away, she and her friends make an exercise tape and think he won't know it - until the camera breaks.
3 March 1985Punky, Cherie, and Margaux all want a highly sought-after doll, but Henry can only find one of them at the toy store.
31 March 1985Punky catches a boy breaking into her room and stealing from her. Henry takes the boy to Fenster Hall where Mike Fulton, one of the workers there, tries to bond with him.
31 March 1985T.C.'s criminal mentor, Blade, sends him back to Fenster Hall to steal the money from the upcoming benefit auction.
15 September 1985When Punky bears the brunt of the school bully's aggression, she asks professional boxer Marvin Hagler for advice on self-defense.
22 September 1985Punky wants to build a tree house behind her apartment building, but she has trouble getting people to help her.
29 September 1985Punky and Allen cheat on their geography test.
6 October 1985With Mrs. Johnson's assistance, Punky and Cherie go into the babysitting business. A woman leaves her baby with them, but when the three of them take it out for a stroll, they return home with another infant.
13 October 1985The children enroll in a tap dancing class taught by Jersey Janet, a former Broadway dancer. Punky is not very good, and she quits the class when her skills do not improve.
20 October 1985Punky and the gang go on a camping trip. When the children get lost in a cave, Punky tells a ghost story about an evil spirit who threatens the lake.