Season 1

It's Your MoveSeason 1

1984
18 Episodes

Episodes

Pilot
S01E01

Pilot

Imagine J.R. Ewing at the age of 14. That's Matthew Burton. Imagine Matthew Burton 20 years on. That's Norman Lamb. When Norman moves into the apartment across the hall and takes a shine to Mrs Burton, Matthew moves into action with a fiendish opening gambit. Will it soon be checkmate, or has Matthew finally met his match?

26 Sept 198430m
Put to the Test
S01E02

Put to the Test

Matt's plans to sell answers to an upcoming English test hit a snag when his teacher goes on maternity leave.

03 Oct 198430m
Dating Games
S01E03

Dating Games

In a rare righteous moment, Matt assures his friend Eli of a date with Julie to the Harvest Ball. Julie has no intention of dating 'this lower life-form', forcing Matt into his bag of tricks to save face.

17 Oct 198430m
Night Work
S01E04

Night Work

For the first time in his young life, con-artist Matt meets resistance to his devious courting strategies, which are complicated by some clever monkey business from his new neighbour, Norman.

24 Oct 198430m
Pajama Party
S01E05

Pajama Party

Matt and Eli plan their greatest conspiracy - bugging Julie's pajama party!

31 Oct 198430m
Love Letters
S01E06

Love Letters

Romance may be slipping through Matt and Norman's fingers as a web of suspicion surrounds love letters each receives from supposed secret admirers

14 Nov 198430m
Dad and Me
S01E07

Dad and Me

When burglars clean out the Burtons' apartment, Matt and Norman are forced into an unlikely partnership - posing as father and son on a TV game show in the hope of furniture...

21 Nov 198430m
The Rival
S01E08

The Rival

Matt is determined to break up his mother's and Norman's relationship and hits on a scheme guaranteed to drive Norman into a jealous rage - a trait his mother despises in men.

28 Nov 198430m
Top Dog
S01E09

Top Dog

Matthew finds he has created a monster when his scheme to prevent Norman from replacing his retiring teacher goes horribly wrong.

05 Dec 198430m
Don't Leave Home Without It
S01E10

Don't Leave Home Without It

When Norman gets a new credit card, it means two things - a romantic weekend alone with Eileen and freedom from Matt's economic clutches.

12 Dec 198430m
The Christmas Show
S01E11

The Christmas Show

The Burton family is poised to celebrate their Christmas in their traditional fashion, complete with Christmas-day bowling, guacamole, and picking up the San Diego channel on their aluminum Christmas tree. Norman, however, has more traditional plans that include thick, gooey egg nog and making his own Christmas presents. Plans go awry when traditions clash. Matt saves the day and still successfully makes Norman look like a fool.

19 Dec 198430m
The Dregs of Humanity (1)
S01E12

The Dregs of Humanity (1)

The band Matt and Eli put together for the school dance creates an impression that is out of this world, and trouble that leaves the boys' bones ratling.

02 Jan 198530m
The Dregs of Humanity (2)
S01E13

The Dregs of Humanity (2)

The apparant success of Matt and Eli's ""band"" hits a snag when various money-hungry lowlifes sue the nonexistant group for 25 million dollars. In order to save face, Matt and Norman collaborate on a way to kill-off the band by driving Norman's new car off a cliff and scattering the band's clothing around the scene of the accident.

09 Jan 198530m
Caught in the Act
S01E14

Caught in the Act

Eileen's image of her perfect son is permanently shattered after his scheme to get her a well-deserved pay-rise backfires.

26 Jan 198530m
Eli's Song
S01E15

Eli's Song

When a reluctant Norman is appointed coach of the high school's losing soccer team, Matt persuades him to give Eli the opportunity of a lifetime and make him second-string goalie...

02 Feb 198530m
No Image
S01E16

A Woman Is Just a Woman

When Eileen turns down a marriage proposal, opting for Norman's affections over fame and fortune, Norman feels obliged to make an equally noble gesture.

09 Feb 198530m
The Experts
S01E17

The Experts

Acting on Matt's financial advice, Norman and Dwight make a killing on the stock market. But rather than dining out on their new-found wealth, they soon find themselves singing for their supper.

16 Feb 198530m
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
S01E18

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen

The story of Julie Burton, a cheerleader. But, strangely enough, a cheerleader without cheer. For a perverse crime is about to strike Julie down. A crime from the hands of one she trusted.

23 Feb 198530m