I Won't Go
One or more characters refuse to leave their home when it's about to be demolished.
Cheers
Appearances
- Car 54, Where Are You?: Season 1, episode 5, "I Won't Go" (1961). A lovable old woman refuses to leave her condemned apartment so the city can demolish it.
- The Munsters: Season 1, episode 27, "Munsters on the Move" (1965). Herman gets a promotion that means the family has to sell their house and move to Buffalo, but after they sign the sales papers, Herman changes his mind, and the Munsters have to face down a wrecking crew to save their home.
- Barney Miller: Season 3, episode 13, "Community Relations" (1977). An old man refuses to leave his apartment when the building is about to be torn down. When he pulls out a gun, the landlord asks Barney for help getting him out.
- Barney Miller: Season 4, episodes 16-17, "Eviction" (1978). The tenants of a condemned hotel refuse to leave because they have nowhere else to go, so the owner asks the police to help him evict them. The tenants plan to stand their ground against an onslaught of cops, but Barney tries to convince them not to for their own safety while he scrambles to find new homes for them.
- Cheers: Season 6, episode 7, "The Last Angry Mailman" (1987). Cliff's mom sells her house to a developer who wants to demolish it, and she plans to move to Florida, but Cliff doesn't want her to move away, so he handcuffs himself to a beam in the house to save it from being destroyed.