Christmas Hero

"Christmas Hero" is the seventh episode of the third season of Punky Brewster and the 73rd of the overall season. It premiered on May 5, 1988.

Synopsis
With Christmas around the corner, Punky desperately wants to give Henry a pocket watch.

When rich businessman Horatio Lake is robbed of a briefcase containing valuables, Punky comes to his aid and discovers that the thief had been none other than Horatio's own son, Jerry. She explain to Horatio that Jerry had only done what he did as a cry for attention, since he had intended to lay low for a few days, and after the police would give up their search, he would emerge as the hero to have found the briefcase, hoping that such an act would cause his father to pay more attention to him after years of being more or less ignored.

Horatio wonders how he could have let the situation grow so bad that Jerry needed to go to such extremes to get his attention. Fully aware of his own mistakes in the matter, Horatio vows to do better and never let it happen again.

As a reward for helping out, Horatio gives Punky a pocket watch, which she in turn gives to Henry for Christmas.

Cast

 * Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster
 * George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
 * Richard Kline as Horatio Lake
 * Donnie Jeffcoat as Jerry

Trivia

 * This is the third of three Christmas special episodes of Punky Brewster, the others being "Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus" and "Christmas Shoplifting".