"Stupid Facts about the Opening Credits"
You watched them religiously from week to week. You tested your fri
who called themselves "true fans" by pointing at a clip and demanding
they tell you which episode it came from. Brace yourselves--it's going
to be a bumpy decade.
Season One
- Janey crawling next to Hope and Michael ("thirtysomething")
- Michael and Elliot walking fast along a corridor ("thirtysomething")
- Ethan dashing past Nancy and Hope at the table ("thirtysomething"?)
- Hope trying to breast feed Janey in a restaurant ("thirtysomething")
- Michael and Elliot comparing sketches at work ("housewarming")
- Nancy Ellyn, and Hope in the kitchen (Nancy in a blue sweater, "housewarming"?)
- Elliot, Gary, and Michael singing in the car ("south by southwest")
- Ellyn, Hope, and Janey laughing on the floor ("housewarming")
- Gary and Melissa fighting in the ktichen while Michael shoos them out
("thirtysomething")
- Hope collapsing back on the bed ("thirtysomething")
- Melissa singing around the loft ("Couples") - in a scene that was cut on Lifetime
- Gary motioning for someone to follow ("south by southwest")
- Hope and Michael in bed ("thirtysomething")
- Michael giving Janey a bath ("thirtysomething")
- Ellyn and Hope in the park ("thirtysomething")
- Hope, Michael and Melissa goofing around on the bed ("thirtysomething")
- Gary and Melissa kissing good night ("but not for me)
- Hope crying with Michael ("thirtysomething")
- Nancy and kids in the kitchen (?)
- Nancy and Elliot (therapy?")
- Hope and Michael getting Janey to sleep ("thirtysomething")
- Michael strangling himself with a tie ("thirtysomething")
- Hope and Michael in the car ("but not for me)
- Ellyn watching the guy dry wall ("housewarming")
- Gary playing with Janey's mobile ("but not for me")
- Nancy hugging Elliot ("therapy")
- Janey refusing to be fed (?)
- Hope hugging Michael while crying ("thirtysomething")
- Hope rocking Janey ("thirtysomething")
Ultimate Trivia
When Lifetime began rerunning the series, a brief clip always
aired when the show returned from commercial break. During the first few
episodes of the first season, an unidentified narrator stated "Welcome
back to thirtysomething on Lifetime." A few episodes
after that, Polly Draper (Ellyn) read that same statement. In the second
season however, Melanie Mayron took over duties and said, "We now
return to thirtysomething on Lifetime."
To return to the Season One index
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