25 episodesFirst aired 11 October 1981
Oct 198124m
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.
Oct 198124m
Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
Oct 198124m
Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
Nov 198124m
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Nov 198124m
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Nov 198124m
Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
Dec 198124m
Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
Dec 198124m
Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
Dec 198124m
Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
Jan 198224m
Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
Jan 198224m
While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
Jan 198224m
Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
Jan 198224m
Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
Feb 198224m
Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
Feb 198224m
Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
Mar 198224m
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.
Mar 198224m
The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
Mar 198224m
A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
Mar 198224m
Ann and Francine battle over the same man.
Apr 198224m
Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
Apr 198224m
At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.
Apr 198224m
The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.
May 198224m
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
May 198224m
It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.
May 198224m
Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.
