Eight Is Enough

The story concerns the Bradford's efforts on behalf of their 15-year-old daughter Elizabeth (Connie Newton), jailed for possession of narcotics. It also concerns 21-year-old David Bradford (Mark Hamill), who decides to move out of the house after a series of arguments with his father. It is about paying the bills for all of this—a defense for Elizabeth, doctor bills for their youngest child, an architect's fee for some home improvement. It is about family relationships and keeping together through thick and thin.

Bradford learns a lesson about parental pressure when Tommy buys a paper term from a high school smuggler.

Contributing to Tom's terrific headache: Joannie's infatuation with a sensitive but penniless poet; David's singlehanded renovation of the living room; and Nicholas's relentless drumming.

Joannie (Laurie Walters) can't get any big stars to appear on her station's telethon so she tries to fill the bill with "local" talent.

Spring fever is raging but Tommy (Willie Aames) gets stuck with the klutzy daughter of a radio-station owner, David (Grant Goodeve) with her aggressive mother and Jeremy (Ralph Macchio) with her super-jock cousin.