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Eight is Enough Episodes: Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell

#64 Merle the Pearl

Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player.

Nicholas is upset that his young girlfriend is moving out of town and wants to introduce her to Merle the Pearl to impress her before she leaves.

Merle falls for Susan and Nicholas gets his first kiss.

#65 The Cupid Crisis

Merle confides to Nicholas that he wants to propose to Susan but Susan is upset when the entire Bradford family knows about before she does.

#66 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan decided to move up the wedding day to accomodate Merle's ballplaying career move.

Nancy gets a job delivering singing telegrams and is hired to deliver one at the double wedding for David and Janet and Merle and Susan.

#69 Big Shoes, Little Feet

Tom needs a partner for the father/son golf tournament but David, Tommy, and Merle are all busy.

#72 Letter to One Bradford

Merle and Susan argue about his choice of friends and her neglect of household duties.

#73 Separate Ways

Merle is excited when he is asked to play dealing with winter ball in Puerto Rico but Susan doesn't want to quit school to go with him.

Tom is up to his ears with kids when Susan returns home after a spat with Merle.

#74 Arrivals

Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn that she is pregnant. The girls try to cheer her up.

Merle arrives to win her back and finds out she is going to have their baby.

#75 The Night They Raided Bradfords

Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, comes from the farm and visits the Bradfords and is shocked at what she finds.

Susan panics when she hears that Merle was injured in a game.

#80 Semi-Centennial Bradford

Merle and Susan try to pick names for their baby. Nicholas is helping Merle come up with a name for the new baby.

#86 Official Positions

Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team.

#91 And Baby Makes Nine, pt. 1

Susan keeps her pregnancy problems from Merle when his career takes a leap forward.

#92 And Baby Makes Nine, pt. 2

Merle is playing ball with the Mets and Tom and Nicholas are camping when Susan goes into labor.

Sandra Sue, named after Abby's real first names, is born to Susan and Merle.

#96 Holly

The Bradford's convert the garage into an apartment for Susan and Merle. Nicholas supervises the conversion job.

#102 David's Rib

Merle returns home from the New York Mets, but Susan is too tired from taking care of Sandra Sue to enjoy his visit.

#111 Goals

Merle suffers a career-ending shoulder injury and doesn't know what to do if he can't play baseball. Merle comes upon Nicholas and his friends playing ball. He is offered a job of assistant coach of the High School team.