In this pilot for another series (“Empty Nest”), the girls’ friend Renee is feeling depressed and lonely with her children grown up and moved out and her husband’s workaholic habits.

Guest Stars: Rita Moreno (Renee Corliss), Paul Dooley (George Corliss), Geoffrey Lewis (Chuck) David Leisure (Oliver), Jane Harnick (Jenny Corliss)

Writer(s): Susan Harris; Director: Jay Sandrich

NOTE: Blanche now has longer curly hair, as opposed to her short and straight hairstyle. Her hair would remain so throughout the first half of the following season.

• Season two closes with this pilot for “Empty Nest.” The series was produced as a spinoff series later on, but it was retooled completely, and we never see these characters again.
• David Leisure plays Oliver in this episode. He is the only actor in this “pilot” episode to actually be a part of the cast of “Empty Nest” when it premiered in 1988. He played Charley (his role was switched)