Episodes List

Ep.1 Alex Moves In

Air Date: 1981-10-11

After the recent death of Nick, Alex is left feeling lonely and unwanted by his recently married mother. So, he hops a bus from Chicago and head straight to Ann and Barbara.

Ep.2 Airport

Air Date: 1981-10-18

Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.

Ep.3 Shake Hands

Air Date: 1981-10-25

Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.

Ep.4 Julie Shows Up (1)

Air Date: 1981-11-08

Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.

Ep.5 Julie Shows Up (2)

Air Date: 1981-11-15

Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.

Ep.6 Dinner at Seven (1)

Air Date: 1981-11-29

Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.

Ep.7 Dinner at Seven (2)

Air Date: 1981-12-06

Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.

Ep.8 Plain Favorite

Air Date: 1981-12-20

Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.

Ep.9 Alex's First Love

Air Date: 1981-12-27

Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.

Ep.10 Not So Silent Partner

Air Date: 1982-01-03

Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.

Ep.11 Gift Horses

Air Date: 1982-01-17

While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.

Ep.12 Stick 'em Up

Air Date: 1982-01-24

Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.

Ep.13 Ann's Failure

Air Date: 1982-01-31

Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.

Ep.14 Grandma's Nest Egg

Air Date: 1982-02-07

Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.

Ep.15 Barbara's Crisis

Air Date: 1982-02-21

Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.

Ep.16 Mrs. O'Leary's Kid

Air Date: 1982-03-07

Alex doesn't feel like the hero he's hailed after saving lives in an apartment blaze because he caused the fire in the first place.

Ep.17 Diamonds Are Forever

Air Date: 1982-03-14

The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.

Ep.18 The Defector

Air Date: 1982-03-21

A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.

Ep.19 Meow, Meow

Air Date: 1982-03-28

Ann and Francine battle over the same man.

Ep.20 Hardball

Air Date: 1982-04-04

Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.

Ep.21 Vegas (1)

Air Date: 1982-04-11

At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.

Ep.22 Vegas (2)

Air Date: 1982-04-18

The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.

Ep.23 Orville and Emily

Air Date: 1982-05-02

The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.

Ep.24 Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Air Date: 1982-05-09

It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.

Ep.25 It's in the Cards

Air Date: 1982-05-16

Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.