About this season
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
Episodes (26)
1. The Perfect Wedding (1)
Aired 26 September 1982 • 24 min
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.
2. The Perfect Wedding (2)
Aired 3 October 1982 • 24 min
Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.
3. Honeymoon's Over
Aired 10 October 1982 • 24 min
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.
4. Catcher in the Mud
Aired 17 October 1982 • 24 min
Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.
5. Last Time I Saw Paris
Aired 24 October 1982 • 24 min
To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.
6. Auntie Francine
Aired 31 October 1982 • 24 min
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.
7. Lovers & Other Parents
Aired 7 November 1982 • 24 min
Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.
8. Miracle of Birth (1)
Aired 21 November 1982 • 24 min
Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.
9. Miracle of Birth (2)
Aired 28 November 1982 • 24 min
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.
10. First Things First
Aired 12 December 1982 • 24 min
Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.
11. Pride and Privacy (1)
Aired 19 December 1982 • 24 min
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.
12. Pride and Privacy (2)
Aired 26 December 1982 • 24 min
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.
13. Pride and Privacy (3)
Aired 2 January 1983 • 24 min
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.
14. The Cruise
Aired 23 January 1983 • 24 min
Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.
15. Spare the Child
Aired 30 January 1983 • 24 min
Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
16. The Hero
Aired 13 February 1983 • 24 min
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.
17. The Good Life
Aired 20 February 1983 • 24 min
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.
18. Social Insecurity
Aired 6 March 1983 • 24 min
Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.
19. A Young Man's Fancy
Aired 7 March 1983 • 24 min
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.
20. The Letter
Aired 14 March 1983 • 24 min
A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
21. Buyer's Remorse
Aired 21 March 1983 • 24 min
Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.
22. Sonny Boy
Aired 28 March 1983 • 24 min
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.
23. Panzini
Aired 2 May 1983 • 24 min
Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.
24. Sisters
Aired 9 May 1983 • 24 min
Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.
25. Second Time Around
Aired 16 May 1983 • 24 min
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.
26. Honeymoon II
Aired 23 May 1983 • 24 min
Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.