4 Season
85 Episode
thirtysomething - Season 3 Episode 18 The Other Shoe
The '80s never looked so good.
CAPSULE: Nancy finds new support from another cancer patient, but their relationship threatens her closeness with her own family. Nancy has been receiving chemotherapy and as a result has been feeling ill a good bit of the time. The experience, along with the movie Fantastic Voyage, has given Ethan a new idea for another story to do with his mom, one in which a whole planet is sick. At her support group for cancer patients, Victory Partners, Nancy meets a woman named Beatrice Holden and they go out for coffee. Beatrice talks to her about getting a new circle of friends for support. She attends a meeting at Beatrice's place and finds the frank talk and even humor about death a new, liberating experience. As Nancy comes more under the influence of Beatrice, she becomes ""radicalized"" and starts talking about carcinogens and other cancer-related matters endlessly. At dinner with the Steadmans, Melissa wonders out of Nancy's presence why she's so mad. When Nancy puts forth opinions on carci
- Year: 1991
- Country:
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: ABC
- Keyword: philadelphia, pennsylvania, yuppie, parenthood, parenting, baby boomer
- Director: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
- Cast: Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield, Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton, Melanie Mayron