Broadcast date
1981-10-11 • 25 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Alex Moves In
event 1981-10-11 • schedule 24m
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.
2. Airport
event 1981-10-18 • schedule 24m
Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
3. Shake Hands
event 1981-10-25 • schedule 24m
Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
4. Julie Shows Up (1)
event 1981-11-08 • schedule 24m
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
5. Julie Shows Up (2)
event 1981-11-15 • schedule 24m
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
6. Dinner at Seven (1)
event 1981-11-29 • schedule 24m
Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
7. Dinner at Seven (2)
event 1981-12-06 • schedule 24m
Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
8. Plain Favorite
event 1981-12-20 • schedule 24m
Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
9. Alex's First Love
event 1981-12-27 • schedule 24m
Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
10. Not So Silent Partner
event 1982-01-03 • schedule 24m
Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
11. Gift Horses
event 1982-01-17 • schedule 24m
While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
12. Stick 'em Up
event 1982-01-24 • schedule 24m
Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
13. Ann's Failure
event 1982-01-31 • schedule 24m
Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
14. Grandma's Nest Egg
event 1982-02-07 • schedule 24m
Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
15. Barbara's Crisis
event 1982-02-21 • schedule 24m
Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
16. Mrs. O'Leary's Kid
event 1982-03-07 • schedule 24m
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.
17. Diamonds Are Forever
event 1982-03-14 • schedule 24m
The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
18. The Defector
event 1982-03-21 • schedule 24m
A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
19. Meow, Meow
event 1982-03-28 • schedule 24m
Ann and Francine battle over the same man.
20. Hardball
event 1982-04-04 • schedule 24m
Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
21. Vegas (1)
event 1982-04-11 • schedule 24m
At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.
22. Vegas (2)
event 1982-04-18 • schedule 24m
The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.
23. Orville and Emily
event 1982-05-02 • schedule 24m
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
24. Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
event 1982-05-09 • schedule 24m
It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.
25. It's in the Cards
End of season • event 1982-05-16 • schedule 24m
Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.
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