Punky Brewster Season 1 Episode 10 Mother's Day

Punky Brewster season 1 episode 10 titled "Mother's Day" revolves around Punky and her friends going on a hunt for their respective mothers. Punky realizes that she is adopted and doesn't remember much about her mother, but she wants to find out more about her. She sets out on a mission to locate her birth mother while her friends search for their own mothers.

Punky remembers her mother's name is Susan and asks Henry, her foster father, about her. Henry feels a tinge of guilt as he had promised Punky that he would tell her everything about her mother when the time was right. However, he hasn't found the right time yet. Henry finally fesses up and tells Punky that he kept quiet about her mother as her mother abandoned her at a shopping center when she was a toddler. Punky is heartbroken and wonders why her mother didn't want her.

Meanwhile, her friends Cherie, Allen, and Margaux embark on their own search for their mothers. Cherie stays behind as her mother is deceased, but Allen and Margaux find their mothers while Punky heads to the shopping center where she was abandoned. At the shopping center, she is reunited with Mike Fulton, a security guard who found her and paged for her mother. Punky is disappointed as she realizes that her mother didn't even bother to come back for her.

In the end, Punky and her friends come together to celebrate "Mother's Day" and observe that mothers come in all forms, including foster mothers, adopted mothers, and other maternal figures. Henry reminds Punky that just because her mother left her, it doesn't mean that she was unloved. He assures her that he loves her and will always be there for her. The episode ends with Punky realizing that "family" does not necessarily have to be blood-related and that she has a family in Henry, her friends, and her community.