Season 8 (1982)

Episodes: 26

Star Cast: Bonnie Franklin , Valerie Bertinelli , Pat Harrington Jr. , Mackenzie Phillips ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 The Perfect Wedding (1)

Air Date: 1982-09-26

Barbara's nerves are on edge as her wedding day approaches and husband-to-be Mark is no help, he's more interested in his golf game than helping with the preparations.

Ep.2 The Perfect Wedding (2)

Air Date: 1982-10-03

Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.

Ep.3 Honeymoon's Over

Air Date: 1982-10-10

Barbara tries to adapt to life at Mark's rooming house, where her new husband's friends, including a scantily clad woman, breeze in and out without knocking to use the bathroom, or asking to use the closet and community refrigerator.

Ep.4 Catcher in the Mud

Air Date: 1982-10-17

Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.

Ep.5 Last Time I Saw Paris

Air Date: 1982-10-24

To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.

Ep.6 Auntie Francine

Air Date: 1982-10-31

Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.

Ep.7 Lovers & Other Parents

Air Date: 1982-11-07

Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.

Ep.8 Miracle of Birth (1)

Air Date: 1982-11-21

Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.

Ep.9 Miracle of Birth (2)

Air Date: 1982-11-28

Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.

Ep.10 First Things First

Air Date: 1982-12-12

Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.

Ep.11 Pride and Privacy (1)

Air Date: 1982-12-19

Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.

Ep.12 Pride and Privacy (2)

Air Date: 1982-12-26

With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.

Ep.13 Pride and Privacy (3)

Air Date: 1983-01-02

Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.

Ep.14 The Cruise

Air Date: 1983-01-23

Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.

Ep.15 Spare the Child

Air Date: 1983-01-30

Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.

Ep.16 The Hero

Air Date: 1983-02-13

Saving a businessman's life earns Schneider executive status in a job, complete with a secretary, a plush office, a rent-free apartment nearby and very little work to do.

Ep.17 The Good Life

Air Date: 1983-02-20

A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.

Ep.18 Social Insecurity

Air Date: 1983-03-06

Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.

Ep.19 A Young Man's Fancy

Air Date: 1983-03-07

Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.

Ep.20 The Letter

Air Date: 1983-03-14

A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.

Ep.21 Buyer's Remorse

Air Date: 1983-03-21

Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.

Ep.22 Sonny Boy

Air Date: 1983-03-28

A weekend outing with a girl from school is more attractive to Alex than the father-son night he agreed to attend at Schneider's lodge.

Ep.23 Panzini

Air Date: 1983-05-02

Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.

Ep.24 Sisters

Air Date: 1983-05-09

Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.

Ep.25 Second Time Around

Air Date: 1983-05-16

Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.