22 episodesFirst aired 5 October 2001
Reba’s world is turned upside down when her husband leaves her—and his new girlfriend is already pregnant. Now she’s a single mom holding her family together with grit and sarcasm.
E1Oct 200122m
Reba and her family go to therapy to talk about the recent breakup of her marriage to dentist husband Brock, but what Reba doesn't know is that her 17-year-old daughter, Cheyenne, also has an unexpected announcement.
E2Oct 200122m
Cheyenne and Van come home from their honeymoon in Galveston and have to deal with returning to school--married. Meanwhile, Reba adjusts the house for their new living arrangements, but not everyone is as ready to accept the newlyweds.
E3Oct 200122m
Van moves his belongings into his and Cheyenne's room, and Reba and Kyra are shocked when Cheyenne accepts the mess, which includes a large neon sign, 12 pairs of sneakers, exercise equipment and a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders poster. Meanwhile, Jake has his first visitation with his father, and Reba makes a discovery about herself.
E4Oct 200122m
Cheyenne has morning sickness and tries to hide it from Van; Reba learns that Jake's friend isn't allowed to sleep over because his mother disapproves of the Harts' dysfunctional lifestyle.
E5Nov 200122m
Van gets a "kidnap breakfast," a tradition that includes the drill team making the football player of the week an early morning meal. Meanwhile, Reba decides to host the Wildcat pregame dinner for the team and everything goes well until Barbra Jean discovers the potato salad.
E6Nov 200122m
When Reba calls a plumber to fix a leaky faucet, their encounter leads to a date at the hardware store. Meanwhile, Cheyenne decides that she's going to "moon" Van and his teammates.
E7Nov 200122m
Cheyenne wants to be treated like an adult and decides to get an apartment--until she sees how much they cost. Meanwhile, it looks like Van's parents are trying to reconcile with the young married couple and even offer a housing suggestion.
E8Dec 200122m
Reba helps tutor Van when being on the football team takes up too much of his time and his history grade starts to slip. Meanwhile, Kyra is attracted to a tuba player in the school band.
E9Dec 200122m
Reba decides that she wants to move Brock's things out of the house, so she has a garage sale with her friend Lori Ann. Meanwhile, Cheyenne feels the baby kick for the first time.
E10Jan 200222m
Brock springs a surprise on Reba regarding his upcoming wedding, and Reba has her credit card rejected when she goes out to lunch with Lori-Ann.
E11Jan 200222m
Reba's family is delighted when her parents stop by for the weekend, and a special lunch is planned to celebrate their anniversary. Meanwhile, Reba's mom, Helen, and Barbra Jean hit it off and the ladies go shopping together.
E12Jan 200222m
Reba decides to go back to work, and she takes a job as a substitute teacher at Cheyenne's high school. But when she discourages two teens from considering marriage, her advice is misunderstood and gets her in trouble with the school.
E13Feb 200222m
Brock finds out that his estranged father has passed away, and he asks Reba to help him with the funeral plans. Meanwhile, Cheyenne goes to the doctor's office for an ultrasound.
E14Feb 200222m
With Reba and Brock's divorce final, Lori Ann looks up Reba's old college boyfriend and sets the pair up for a date. All is well--until Reba recalls why she originally dumped him.
E15Feb 200222m
It's Brock and Barbra Jean's wedding day and the whole family gets ready for the event except Reba, who declines the invitation. Still, she ends up mending dresses for the nuptials and may get stuck being part of the festivities after all.
E16Mar 200222m
After Van is named his football team's Player of the Year, Reba tries to get his parents to attend an event in his honor. Unfortunately, her efforts don't go as planned and she ends up with a new houseguest.
E17Apr 200222m
Reba gets roped into going to Lamaze class with Van when Cheyenne can't attend a session. To make matters worse, Barbra Jean and Brock show up at the same meeting.
E18Apr 200222m
Reba throws a baby shower for Cheyenne and gives her a homemade present: a quilt sewn from Cheyenne's own baby clothes. But when Brock runs out and buys the parents-to-be a car without consulting Reba, she has a bit of a problem with it.
E19Apr 200222m
Cheyenne thinks that she is in labor, so everyone rushes to the hospital. But Barbra Jean's the one who's in for more than expected when the fellow mom-to-be makes her way to the maternity ward.
E20May 200222m
Cheyenne and Van have been nominated for prom king and queen, and while the popular Van's a shoo-in, Cheyenne isn't , so Van does the political math and comes up with an electoral strategy of appealing to "alienated" students (i.e., nerds).
E21May 200222m
Brock promises Jake that he will build him a tree house, but he gets preoccupied with his newborn and breaks his word, so Reba has to open up the toolbox to lend a hand.
E22May 200222m
Cheyenne and Van get ready for graduation as the mom-to-be tries to hide her contractions because she wants to get her diploma in person.