About this season
Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.
Episodes (25)
1. HAIRBALL BLUES
Aired 23 April 1986 • 26 min
After Donald's cat Blanche Dubois dies, Cliff gives him one of the two kittens he's been feeding in the alley and keeps the other.
2. TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALLGAME (aka Dreams Of Summer)
Aired 30 April 1986 • 26 min
Cliff gets the chance of a lifetime to try out for a pro baseball team. When things don't quite go the way he would have planned, he learns a something about himself.
3. THE SEDUCTION OF LOU
Aired 7 May 1986 • 26 min
Lou gets a huge promotion at work but is having second thoughts after the bosses daughter makes advances at him.
4. A PENNY A DANCE
Aired 14 May 1986 • 26 min
Joe makes Penny get a job because she gets her first credit card bill. He tries to help her out by getting her a secretarial job but she turns it down and tries to get a job on her own.
5. DONALD'S HALF SISTER
Aired 28 May 1986 • 26 min
6. WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO
Aired 4 June 1986 • 26 min
When the bar gets closed down by the building inspector, Joe agrees to host a wake when a widow offers to pay enough to make the repairs to reopen the bar.
7. BLIND LOVE
Aired 11 June 1986 • 26 min
8. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
Aired 18 June 1986 • 26 min
Lou finds out Kelly can sing and tries secretly to have her perform for a record producer.
9. BROTHERS THREE
Aired 25 June 1986 • 26 min
The Waters brothers face off with childhood rivals when three bullish brothers return to town for a family reunion.
10. THE PLAYS THE THING
Aired 9 July 1986 • 26 min
Donald writes a play but the only producer that will consider his play doesn't seem very legit.
11. HARRY AND THE OGRE OF OCK
Aired 15 July 1986 • 26 min
Lou is excited to spend the day with Flo's nephew Harry. But Lou realizes that him and Harry don't have that much in common.
12. MOTHER'S DAY
Aired 30 July 1986 • 26 min
13. TWO-TIMIN' MAN
Aired 6 August 1986 • 26 min
14. IF I ONLY HAD A WATCHAMACALLIT
Aired 20 August 1986 • 26 min
15. GOODBYE, CLIFFIE
Aired 3 September 1986 • 26 min
Cliff gets a job interview as an apprentice sports writer. But he would have to move to Utica, NY if he takes the job.
16. JOE LEAVES THIS OLD WORLD BEHIND
Aired 10 September 1986 • 26 min
Joe suffers a midlife crisis when one of Penny's friends hits on him.
17. WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 1)
Aired 17 September 1986 • 26 min
18. WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 2)
Aired 1 September 1986 • 26 min
19. THE BOXER
Aired 15 October 1986 • 26 min
20. LAY THE POINTS
Aired 8 October 1986 • 26 min
21. THE GANG WHO COULD SHOOT STRAIGHT
Aired 29 October 1986 • 26 min
22. A PENNY FOR YOUR DREAMS
Aired 5 November 1986 • 26 min
23. ICEMAN
Aired 12 November 1986 • 26 min
24. STILL MARRIED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Aired 19 November 1986 • 26 min
25. MI CASA ES SEWER CASA
Aired 3 December 1986 • 26 min