Love, Sidney
Love, Sidney

Love, Sidney

1981 2 Seasons 46 Episodes ⭐ 3.8 Comedy

A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend. Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot.

A middle-aged gay artist shares his New York apartment with a single mother and her little girl. Based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend. Love, Sidney was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Welcome Home

Laurie and Patti move back in with Sidney when Laurie's marriage fails.

EP 2

Piece of the Rock, A

The trio are in danger of eviction when the building goes condo and the new rules limit occupancy to one family per unit

EP 3

The Party

EP 4

The Cat Burglar

EP 5

Just Folks

Laurie's estranged parents come visit, and she learns that her father never told her mother about her many letters.

EP 6

Run With It

EP 7

Fiddler Under the Roof

Patti takes up the violin, an interest that plays on the nerves of Sidney and Laurie—until they learn that her te

EP 8

Hello, Yetta

Sidney sits in on a seance and asks to speak to his late mother Yetta.

EP 9

Grade Expectations

EP 10

Charlotte's Web

Laurie's boss goes after Sidney.

EP 11

The Price of Security

EP 12

Sail Away

EP 13

Laurie's First Date, A.D.

Laurie considers marrying her new boyfriend.

EP 14

Is There Life After Show Business?

EP 15

Puppy Love

Laurie tries to cure Patti and Sidney of their dog phobia.

EP 16

Laurie's Commercial

EP 17

Patti the Torch

A fire damages the apartment.

EP 18

Patti's Roots

EP 19

Visitors from Smoot

EP 20

Sidney and the Actress

EP 1

The Activist

Laurie's bringing Patti to an anti-nuclear protest rally doesn't sit well with Sidney.

EP 2

Father's Day

Patti's biological father wants Patti to know the truth about him -- but Laurie doesn't.

EP 3

Pros and Cons

EP 4

The Accident

Sidney is racked with guilt when Patti lapses into a coma after falling from a swingset he built.

EP 5

Sidney's Spree

EP 6

Sidney's Cousin

EP 7

The Anniversary

It's the ninth anniversary of the day Sidney and Laurie first met.

EP 8

Rhonda Rabbit

EP 9

Sitcom

EP 10

Jan (Part 1)

Sidney tries to help a teenage prostitute get off the streets. (Part 1 of 2)

EP 11

Jan (Part 2)

EP 12

Sidney's Hero

Sidney's visiting uncle Mort is no longer the good man Sidney remembers.

EP 13

Ballet

Sidney worries about the stress Patti's undergoing because of her strict ballet teacher.

EP 14

One is Enough

Laurie's soap character undergoes a sex change and when Laurie begins using Sidney as inspiration for her work, he deman

EP 15

Show Biz Mamas

Patti auditions for a commercial.

EP 16

Blinded

Sidney and Patti are temporarily blinded by an accident during a repair of her dollhouse.

EP 17

Sidney's Bar Mitzvah

Sidney shocks a rabbi friend when he mentions he never had a bar mitzvah.

EP 18

The Movie

Laurie's birthday has her feeling old, so she goes on a date with a 21-year-old.

EP 19

Sidney's Art Show

Laurie enters Sidney's old paintings in an exhibition.

EP 20

Alison (2)

EP 21

Alison (Part 2)

EP 22

Alison

Sidney's fling with a female co-worker just doesn't work out. Guess Why?

EP 23

The Shrink

Sidney rescues a suicidal gay man, then is trapped into being his friend.

EP 24

Surprise Party

An opera star agrees to perform at Patti's birthday party, mercifully replacing Sidney's terrible clown act.

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