

It's Your Move
“You're gonna laugh.”
Matt Burton may have met his match when his widowed mother begins dating their new neighbor Norman who's wise to Matt's schemes and attempts to foil every one of them hoping to set his would be stepson on the straight and narrow. IT'S YOUR MOVE is an American sitcom starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella, David Garrison, and Garrett Morris. The show originally aired on NBC from 1984 to 1985.
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Seasons

1.Pilot
26-09-198430 minImagine 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...

2.Put to the Test
03-10-198430 minMatt's plans to sell answers to an upcoming English test hit a snag when his teacher goes on maternity leave.

3.Dating Games
17-10-198430 minIn 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...

4.Night Work
24-10-198430 minFor 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 neighbo...

5.Pajama Party
31-10-198430 minMatt and Eli plan their greatest conspiracy - bugging Julie's pajama party!

6.Love Letters
14-11-198430 minRomance may be slipping through Matt and Norman's fingers as a web of suspicion surrounds love letters each receives from supposed secret admirers

7.Dad and Me
21-11-198430 minWhen 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...

8.The Rival
28-11-198430 minMatt 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.

9.Top Dog
05-12-198430 minMatthew finds he has created a monster when his scheme to prevent Norman from replacing his retiring teacher goes horribly wrong.

10.Don't Leave Home Without It
12-12-198430 minWhen Norman gets a new credit card, it means two things - a romantic weekend alone with Eileen and freedom from Matt's economic clutches.

11.The Christmas Show
19-12-198430 minThe 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...

12.The Dregs of Humanity (1)
02-01-198530 minThe 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.

13.The Dregs of Humanity (2)
09-01-198530 minThe 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 Nor...

14.Caught in the Act
26-01-198530 minEileen's image of her perfect son is permanently shattered after his scheme to get her a well-deserved pay-rise backfires.

15.Eli's Song
02-02-198530 minWhen 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.....
- Ep 16
16.A Woman Is Just a Woman
09-02-198530 minWhen Eileen turns down a marriage proposal, opting for Norman's affections over fame and fortune, Norman feels obliged to make an equally noble gesture.

17.The Experts
16-02-198530 minActing 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...

18.Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
23-02-198530 minThe 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...
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