Empty Nest Season 7 Episode 1 Let's Give Them Something to Talk About ( Air Date 1994-09-24 ) Genre Family, Comedy category. Overview "Rumors fly after Charley and Laverne begin spending a lot of time together, but the two swear they are just friends. Carol is excited about her new job at a local newspaper, until she finds out that she has been hired merely as a driver for the paper's teenage reporter.".