About this season
Based on books by Erma Bombeck, Maggie Weston is a housewife living with husband Len and sons Mark and Bruce outside of Dayton, Ohio. There is a third son, LJ, who is never seen because he's "always in the bathroom." Rounding out the main cast are Maggie's friends.
Episodes (8)
1. The School Conference
Aired 24 October 1981 • 26 min
Series premiere about the everyday life of a housewife in Dayton, Ohio. In the opening episode, Maggie receives a note from school accusing her 8-year-old son of "borderline obscenity."
2. A Tooth for a Tooth
Aired 31 October 1981 • 26 min
Maggie babysits for a friend in hopes of coming up with enough money to cover Mark's braces, but the girl is not the angel Maggie is led to believe.
3. Career
Aired 7 November 1981 • 26 min
Len considers a career switch after learning that a former colleague has struck it rich outside the teaching profession.
4. Bruce's Birthday Party
Aired 14 November 1981 • 26 min
The girls goad Maggie into throwing a birthday party for Bruce, but Buffy's diamond ring winds up in an unlikely place during the event.
5. Marriage Encounter
Aired 30 April 1982 • 26 min
Maggie and her husband Len, on their way to a marriage encounter session, make a wrong turn and wind up stranded when the car runs out of gas.
6. Alienation of Affection
Aired 7 May 1982 • 26 min
Maggie returns from a trip to hear nothing but rave reviews of Loretta's housekeeping.
7. Mark's Shrink
Aired 14 May 1982 • 26 min
Maggie takes Mark to see a therapist in hopes of curing his problem. The doctor recommends that Len project a more masculine image to his son.
8. Maggie the Poet
Aired 21 May 1982 • 26 min
Pressure from her mother leads Maggie to take up poetry again, but after selling her first poem to a newspaper, Maggie suffers writer's block. (Last show of the series.)