Who's the Boss?
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1984-09-20
Synopsis
Single dad Tony Micelli and his street smart young daughter Samantha decide to leave the mean streets of their poor neighborhood for a chance at a better life in Connecticut. Tony happens upon a job offer as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy business woman Angela Bower and her young son by means of her flirtatious mother Mona. He puts his machismo aside and takes the job for the betterment of his daughter and a new "family" is formed.
In the series
This episode is part of Who's the Boss? (1984–1992) on ABC.
Househusband baseball player, ad-exec boss, and will-they tension with gender-role flip.
Key cast
- Tony Danza as Tony Micelli
- Judith Light as Angela Bower
- Alyssa Milano as Samantha Micelli
- Katherine Helmond as Mona Robinson
- Danny Pintauro as Jonathan Bower