It's a Living — Season 4

Aired 27 September 1986 • 30 min

On a night when everyone wants to leave early, the majority of the staff systematically becomes trapped on the roof, leaving Amy, Nancy and Howard to deal with a mob of customers.

Aired 4 October 1986 • 30 min

Amy is feeling lonely so to pick up her spirits, the girls take her out to a singles bar. However, each one of the girls encounter a man who is far from Mr. Right.

Aired 11 October 1986 • 30 min

Newly married Jan is set to attend her high school reunion and is thrilled that she will get to see her old boyfriend, one who still holds a torch for her and her for him. Meanwhile, Nancy tries a new trick to lure Howard home.

Aired 18 October 1986 • 30 min

Jan's birthday is coming up but Amy has not such a nice surprise for Jan, after she becomes convinced that Richie is having an affair with Ginger.

Aired 25 October 1986 • 30 min

Nancy is not to pleased with a visit from her sister, Gloria, and things don't improve when Nancy becomes convinced that Gloria is trying to take Howard away from her.

Aired 1 November 1986 • 30 min

After their car breaks down, while on a trip to Las Vegas, Sonny and the girls check into a hotel. A hotel that is run by a mysterious man and his unseen mother.

Aired 8 November 1986 • 30 min

Divorcees are coming out of the wood work when Dot's mother and Jan's father come for a visit and hit it off.

Aired 15 November 1986 • 30 min

After going out one evening to a social event, Dot and Howard begin a series of dates that everyone becomes convinced that Dot and Howard's relationship has turned into something other then platonic.

Aired 22 November 1986 • 30 min

The hotel hosts a murder mystery but things turn surprisingly real when Sonny becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Aired 6 December 1986 • 30 min

A long time rival and food critic of Howard's visits the hotel which puts Howard's job and relationship with Nancy in jeopardy.

Aired 20 December 1986 • 30 min

Richie's new sculpture is a smash success and agrees to let it be displayed in the restaurant. His success crumbles, however, when Jan allows the sculpture to be sold to a tourist, only later Jan learns it isn't his sculpture.

Aired 3 January 1987 • 30 min

Sonny strikes oil and with the help from a shady investor, tries to convince the girls to go in on an oil investment.

Aired 10 January 1987 • 30 min

Nancy drops heavy hints about her upcoming birthday and expects a party to be thrown. Meanwhile, Jan and Richie fight and Sonny pleads to join Dot's car pool.

Aired 17 January 1987 • 30 min

Thanks to Jan's advice, Ginger is evicted from her apartment after withholding the rent to force the landlord to repaint it. Ginger then moves in with Amy, who lives in a ""No Men Allowed"" apartment building, but Ginger's love-life soon conflicts with that rule.

Aired 24 January 1987 • 30 min

Ginger babysits for a friend who later strands Ginger with the baby who takes him to work. Meanwhile, Sonny car-sits for a friend, but picks up the wrong the wrong car, one that belongs to a gangster.

Aired 31 January 1987 • 30 min

Howard's naive niece visits and begins dating Sonny. Something Howard is determind to put an end to.

Aired 7 February 1987 • 30 min

Amy feels guilty for being unwed so she decides to reunite with an old flame. Meanwhile, Dot sells skin care products.

Aired 14 February 1987 • 30 min

Dot is slightly unnerved by an old boyfriend who's becoming a priest and is questioning his commitment.

Aired 21 February 1987 • 30 min

Jan Murray plays a former children's show host whose fan club dinner clashes with Nancy's meeting with a vice president from the restaurant chain.

Aired 28 February 1987 • 30 min

South Pacific natives arrive to worship the person they consider a supreme being, Howard. Meanwhile, Nancy challenges the waitresses to a contest.

Aired 7 March 1987 • 30 min

Dot quits to become a full-time unemployed actress. Meanwhile, Sonny writes a musical based on Attila the Hun and Ginger's footwear fetish spreads to Amy.

Aired 2 May 1987 • 30 min

Ginger weighs the merits of two boyfriends while Howard weighs offers from other restaurants.

Aired 9 May 1987 • 30 min

A romantic evening alone in the hotel is anything but for Jan and Richie, who weather interruptions from the restaurant staff.

Aired 16 May 1987 • 30 min

Fur flies after Ginger buys Jan's car and Amy asks Dot to act as a go-between with a handsome new employee.

Aired 23 May 1987 • 30 min

Nancy reviews her relationships with her employees during a visit to her psychiatrist.