One Day at a Time
1975–1984
Seasons
Season 1
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E1
Ann's Decision
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E2
Chicago Rendezvous
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E3
Jealousy
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E4
How to Succeed Without Trying
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E5
David Loves Ann
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E6
Julie's Best Friend
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E7
Super Blues
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E8
All the Way
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E9
Fighting City Hall
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E10
David Plus Two
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E11
Julie's Job
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E12
The College Man
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E13
Father David
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E14
Dad Comes Back: Part 1
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E15
Dad Comes Back: Part 2
Season 2
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E1
The Runaways: Part 1
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E2
The Runaways: Part 2
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E3
The Runaways: Part 3
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E4
The Runaways: Part 4
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E5
Barbara's Emergence
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E6
David's New Job: Part 1
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E7
David's New Job: Part 2
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E8
The Upholstery Ripoff
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E9
Schneider's Pride and Joy
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E10
A Visit from Dad
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E11
The Maestro
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E12
Happy New Year
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E13
J.C. and Julie: Part 1
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E14
J.C. and Julie: Part 2
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E15
The New Car
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E16
Schneider Loves Ginny
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E17
Ginny's Child
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E18
Julie's Operation
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E19
The Traveling Salesperson
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E20
The Butterfields
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E21
Barbara Plus Two
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E22
The Singles Bar
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E23
The College Question
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E24
The Girls Alone
Season 3
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E1
The Older Man: Part 1
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E2
The Older Man: Part 2
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E3
The Older Man: Part 3
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E4
The Older Man: Part 4
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E5
Ann's Out-of-Town Client
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E6
Bob Loves Barbara
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E7
The Second Mrs. Cooper
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E8
The Ghost Writer
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E9
Barbara's Friend: Part 1
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E10
Barbara's Friend: Part 2
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E11
Schneider's Kid
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E12
Ann's Crisis
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E13
The Race Driver: Part 1
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E14
The Race Driver: Part 2
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E15
Ann's Secretary
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E16
Barbara's Rebellion
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E17
The New Owner
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E18
Ann's Competitor
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E19
The Dress Designer
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E20
Take the Money
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E21
Barbara the Fink
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E22
Julie's Big Move: Part 1
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E23
Julie's Big Move: Part 2
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E24
Ann, the Father
Season 4
- E1 Father, Dear Father (1) Ann's ex-husband tells her that he can no longer pay her child support for his daughters.
- E2 Father, Dear Father (2) Ed is forced to admit the truth to Julie and Barbara.
- E3 Ann's Friend Ann is stunned when a friend says she's leaving her husband.
- E4 Bob's New Girl Barbara has been steadily dating Cliff and soon finds herself trying to gently discourage Bob from pursuing her. However, Bob is sure he can win her away from Cliff, that's when Ann encourages Bob to perhaps date other women. He does but Barbara's reaction to Bob's new girlfriend is incredibly telling.
- E5 Schneider's Helper While he's recovering from a back injury, Schneider needs an assistant maintenance man to help out with his work around the building. Barbara suggests that Schneider hire her disabled friend, Jackie. Schneider reluctantly takes on the kid who does his best to prove he can do the job. However, when there is a gas leak in the building, Jackie's competence is put to the test.
- E6 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby Sally, an old school friend of Barbara's shows up for a visit with some news, she's now a mother. Originally, she agreed with the father to give the baby up for adoption but after one look at the baby, decided to keep it. However, the big bombshell is dropped when she mentions that the father is Cliff Randall, Barbara's boyfriend.
- E7 The Dating Game (a.k.a.) Ann's Dating Game Ann is interested in a business associate but isn't quite sure how to convey her romantic interest to him. Barbara and Julie suggest that she just make the first move and call him, which she does. However, he isn't quite getting the hints and assumes that when she asks him out the dinner is business instead of pleasure.
- E8 Peabody's War ""Mr.Peabody"".An elderly resident in the ""Romano's""apartment building refuses to pay higher rent to allow the building's owners to throw him out.Because he is old and disabled.He locks himself in ""The Romano's Apartment""with a shotgun and will hold the family hostage.Until he can get on tv and tell the buildings owners to allow him to stay in his apartment and pay a fair rent price for it.On a sad not,this was Mr.J.Pat O'Malley's last tv performance.He would spend his last years living at The Motion Picture and TV Home in Woodland Hills,Ca.,Until his death in 1986.
- E9 Jealousy (1) Julie and Barbara become rivals when they fall for the leader of a rock group. First of two parts.
- E10 Jealousy (2) Conclusion. The battle for the band leader continues as Barbara tries to win him back from Julie.
- E11 The Arab Connection Ann plays hostess to an Arab sheik while Julie leads a demonstration against his country's economic policy.
- E12 Hold the Mustard The pace of Barbara's restaurant job proves to be faster than she anticipated.
- E13 Girl Talk Ann and the girls spend a warm Christmas Eve in a frigid mountain cabin.
- E14 The Married Man (1) In the first of a three-part story, Ann and a sportswriter begin a promising romance.
- E15 The Married Man (2) In the second of a three-part story, a smooth-sailing romance between Ann and a sportswriter hits the rocks.
- E16 The Married Man (3) Ann considers pursuing a relationship with her married sports writer, but soon concludes that to do so would strip her of her self respect.
- E17 Going Nowhere Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end.
- E18 Francine Strikes Again Francine uses her feminine wiles to wrest away one of Ann's big accounts.
- E19 The Dental Hygienist Only hours after they meet, Ann's old pal and Schneider are ready to sail off on a romantic cruise.
- E20 The Piano Teacher The baby grand delivered to Ann by mistake belongs to her next-door neighbor, a slightly unstrung piano teacher who begins giving lessons in her living room.
- E21 The Broken Nose Barbara learns a lesson about beauty after Schneider accidentally opens a door smack into her nose.
- E22 Mad for Each Other Julie falls for an egotistical filmmaker whose temperament exactly matches her own.
- E23 The Graduation Barbara's high school graduation has arrived and she's all excited, except for two issues. First, she's unsure if she wants to attend the University of Wisconsin, like her father did and second she's up in arms, trying to make a decision on whether to hang out at a party with friends or one with just family after graduation.
- E24 Fear of Success A lucrative offer to direct public relations for a computer firm prompts Ann to give Mr. Davenport two weeks' notice.
- E25 Grandma Leaves Grandpa Ann is all set to go away for the weekend to a ski lodge, however her plans are put to a halt when Grandma Romano drops by with the announcement that she's left Ann's father and now would like to stay with Ann and the girls. Not quite taking her seriously, Ann is dealt a blow of reality when her father drops by needing a place to stay as well.
- E26 Schneider Gets Fired Schneider quits because the landlord refuses his raise request.
Season 5
- E1 Back to School Barbara has begun her college education and feels very independent, balancing school work with social activities. Meanwhile, Ann begins to feel undereducated as she hears Barbara's experiences and makes a decision to go to college. The big surprise comes when she is taking the same course as Barbara.
- E2 Pressure Barbara's latest boyfriend, Brad is putting the pressure on her big time to have sex. Barbara honestly does not know what to do and isn't quite sure she wants to accommodate his sexual demands but at the same time doesn't want to lose him. So, she decides that perhaps she should and goes out and buys some contraceptives.
- E3 Julie's Wedding (1) Julie returns from a ski trip sporting a meek fiance, an impending wedding date and an unexcited best man.
- E4 Julie's Wedding (2) Best man Max insists that his amorous intentions toward Julie are honorable, even as the wedding party assembles.
- E5 Home Again, Home Again Newlyweds Julie and Max return from their honeymoon to an apartment they can't afford because Max has been laid off from his job.
- E6 Between Mother and Daughter A psychiatrist recommends a heart-to-heart talk to take the heat out of Ann's relationship with her mother.
- E7 Small Wonder Barbara hires a genetics tutor, unaware of his obvious shortcomings.
- E8 Et tu, Ann Ann pressures her assistant into working on a Saturday night at her place.
- E9 A Little Larceny Barbara tries to earn some extra money by selling football betting cards. However, Schneider gets arrested when Barbara involves him in her illegal football pool activities.
- E10 Heart Attack After Ann rushes out to yet another appointment, her family shouldn't be so surprised to learn she has suffered a heart attack.
- E11 Male Jealousy A feud erupts between Schneider and Max for male dominance in the Romano household as well as the attention of Ann and the girls.
- E12 Happy New Year II Ann and the family put on another show at the senior citizen hotel.
- E13 Schneider, the Model After a man-on-the-street chat with a newscaster, Schneider is offered a job as a male model, but becomes depressed when he learns the role he is to portray.
- E14 Triple Play A fast talking insurance man from Buffalo can't decide whether he would rather romance Barbara, Ann or Grandma Romano.
- E15 So Long, Mom (a.k.a.) Not Telling Barbara's desire to live near campus and Max's new job in Houston have Ann pondering the thought of living alone for the first time in her life.
- E16 Old Horizons Grandma Romano moves to Indianapolis, takes an apartment in Ann's building and finds a job in her office.
- E17 Endless Elliot Barbara is harassed by an overzealous suitor.
- E18 Retrospective (1) The topsy-turvy years in Schneider's building are fondly remembered (in clips from past shows) when condominium conversion threatens to disperse the tenants.
- E19 Retrospective (2) Schneider, Ann and the girls continue to reminisce about the past as the construction of condominiums seems to be a sure thing.
- E20 Girl with a Past Barbara feels compelled to tell Bob about his new girlfriend's former exploits.
- E21 Perils of Plastic A binge of credit-card spending leads Max and Julie to insolvency.
- E22 No Laughing Matter After Schneider's rebuff during an outing to a comedy club, Ann brings home a footloose funny man.
- E23 Connor's Crisis Ann's boss, Mr. Connors is going through a rough time after his wife walks out on him, citing that he has become too boring for her taste. To cheer him up, Ann invites him out to dinner but when Schneider crashes the dinner, Mr. Connors gets some lessons in picking up the ladies and ends up with a gold-digger.
- E24 Grecian Yearn Ann's archeology professor offers her love and companisonship and asks her to live with him Greece.
- E25 Pen Pals Schneider's cell mate from a gambling bust shows up and demands first class treatment or else.
- E26 The Spirit is Willing While Schneider is making love to his girlfriend, she has a heart attack which ultimately leaves Schneider impotent. Schneider then goes to great lengths to remedy his problem to no avail. That is until Ann makes a suggestion concerning an ex-flame of Schneider's, but Schneider is unsure if he wants to take her advice.
Season 6
- E1 Teacher's Pet Barbara went all out on a paper for a government class and ends up with a D. When she goes in to see her professor, she soon discovers, that she certainly can get a higher grade on her paper, that is if she accepts her professor's advances. Later, Barbara determines to bring him to justice and files a complaint against him.
- E2 The Amarillo Connection Thanks to Ann's hard work, Connors & Davenport has just landed a brand new account and Ann is all excited about the possibilities of a promotion. She soon finds herself battling with Francine over it, but ultimately she gets it, but soon discovers she'd rather not have it, since it means moving to Amarillo, Texas.
- E3 Ann Meets Nick (1) Ann's attempts to land her own advertising accounts lead to repeated run-ins with an irritating commercial artist.
- E4 Ann Meets Nick (2) Ann and Nick do so well on their first campaign that he wants to form a partnership with her.
- E5 Farewell, My Suite Ann and Barbara return from a weekend trip to find they've been robbed with Schneider's assistance.
- E6 Merry Widow Ann's father has died and her mother is chronically depressed until Schneider takes her out on the town.
- E7 The Drop Out Barbara's search for an interesting major leads her to the conclusion that she's not ready to continue her education.
- E8 A Shot in the Dark Former tenants ask Schneider to help them conceive a child through artificial insemination.
- E9 Sunday Father Alex is fed up with Nick's plans for their father-and-son weekends.
- E10 November Song (1) Schneider falls madly in love with a woman who prizes her freedom above everything.
- E11 November Song (2) Schneider is overcome by jealousy at the thought of going fishing while his young girlfriend is alone with a man her own age.
- E12 Five Fingered Discount An old family secret surfaces when Grandma Romano gets pinched for shoplifting.
- E13 I Do, I Do Barbara joins a committee to assist a young man about to lose his immigration status, which could condemn him to prison in his native land.
- E14 Out of Bounds Ann is convinced that her constant bickering with business partner Nick is related to sexual tension.
- E15 A Tiny Romance Beerbelly's wife, dissatisfied with her marriage, makes a play for Schneider.
- E16 Once a Mom Ann has the flu and the last thing she wants is for her mother to play nursemaid.
- E17 Alex's Project Nick won't let Alex get away with turning in a shoddy science project.
- E18 Caveat Emptor A new account is going well for Ann and Nick until they realize the merchant is involved in a bait-and-switch scheme.
- E19 Small Wonder II A child who once tutored Barbara has graduated from college, but can't find a job, at age 14.
- E20 Wicked Ann Alex begins to resent Ann's relationship with his father and accuses her of keeping his father and mother apart.
- E21 Indianapolis Story Nick and Ann manage to get the apartment to themselves, only to have Ann's old boyfriend David arrive at their door.
Season 7
- E1 Alex Moves In 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.
- E2 Airport Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
- E3 Shake Hands Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
- E4 Julie Shows Up (1) Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
- E5 Julie Shows Up (2) Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
- E6 Dinner at Seven (1) Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
- E7 Dinner at Seven (2) Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
- E8 Plain Favorite Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
- E9 Alex's First Love Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
- E10 Not So Silent Partner Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
- E11 Gift Horses While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
- E12 Stick 'em Up Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
- E13 Ann's Failure Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
- E14 Grandma's Nest Egg Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
- E15 Barbara's Crisis Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
- E16 Mrs. O'Leary's Kid 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.
- E17 Diamonds Are Forever The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
- E18 The Defector A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
- E19 Meow, Meow Ann and Francine battle over the same man.
- E20 Hardball Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
- E21 Vegas (1) At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.
- E22 Vegas (2) The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.
- E23 Orville and Emily The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
- E24 Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.
- E25 It's in the Cards Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.
Season 8
- E1 The Perfect Wedding (1) 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.
- E2 The Perfect Wedding (2) Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.
- E3 Honeymoon's Over 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.
- E4 Catcher in the Mud Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.
- E5 Last Time I Saw Paris To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.
- E6 Auntie Francine 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.
- E7 Lovers & Other Parents Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.
- E8 Miracle of Birth (1) Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.
- E9 Miracle of Birth (2) 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.
- E10 First Things First Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.
- E11 Pride and Privacy (1) 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.
- E12 Pride and Privacy (2) 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.
- E13 Pride and Privacy (3) 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.
- E14 The Cruise Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.
- E15 Spare the Child Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
- E16 The Hero 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.
- E17 The Good Life 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.
- E18 Social Insecurity Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.
- E19 A Young Man's Fancy 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.
- E20 The Letter A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
- E21 Buyer's Remorse Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.
- E22 Sonny Boy 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.
- E23 Panzini Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.
- E24 Sisters Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.
- E25 Second Time Around 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.
- E26 Honeymoon II Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.
Season 9
- E1 Shakedown Sam and Ann are adjusting to married life and find they disagree on monumental issues such as where the spoons should be kept.
- E2 Take My Ex A visit from Sam's ex-wife sparks a sudden need for attention in Ann, who resents the pampering the former Mrs. Royer receives from Sam.
- E3 The Dentist The opening of his new dental office gives Mark such a case of the jitters that he may give up his practice before the first patient walks through the door.
- E4 The Bedtime Story A plan to collaborate on the writing of children's stories drives Julie and Max into a bitter feud over Max's potential as a writer.
- E5 Worried Heart Ann's imagination runs away with her when Sam runs off on a business trip with an associate who happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
- E6 Baby Love (1) A weekend watching little Annie for Max and Julie has Barbara longing to have her own baby and begins considering the option of adoption.
- E7 Baby Love (2) Barbara, still wanting to have a child, continues to consider adoption.
- E8 Travel Agent To arrange a long-overdue vacation, Barbara and Mark visit a travel agency, where Barbara finds an unexpected career opportunity.
- E9 Not a Creature Was Staying Ann has the holiday blues, believing she and Sam will be alone on Christmas, but Sam plans to surprise her with a Caribbean cruise.
- E10 Sam's Apartment Sam's late night disappearance has the family convinced he's been kidnapped until Ann learns he's kept his old apartment.
- E11 Dear Max
- E12 Never Hire a Relative Francine goes behind Ann's back to talk Sam into designing an elaborate office suite that's too grandiose for Ann's taste.
- E13 Fifty Schneider has a sentimental reunion with his high-school love, who pays him a visit on his 50th birthday, bringing along her own cherished memories of their past.
- E14 Woman of the House Barbara loses charge of her household when Grandma Romano moves in with her own set of rules, menus, meal schedules and a collection of cuckoo clocks.
- E15 Parting Company Ann and Francine's business relationship is threatened when Francine announces she's marrying an ad executive Ann doesn't trust.
- E16 Ave Romano An Italian priest arrives unexpectedly at the Royers, claiming to be a distant relative of Grandma Romano.
- E17 Bringing in the Clowns Mark's jokester friends are visiting and taking their jokes too far to the point where everyone gets sick of them. Barbara gets so fed up that she tries to teach them a lesson by ""getting hurt.""
- E18 Up in Smoke After six years of not smoking, Sam lights up. But when he tries to quit, he finds his willpower has gone up in smoke.
- E19 Meaning of Life Schneider gets a new lease on life after he's accidentally electrocuted, then revived, a hair raising experience in which he claims he died and came back to life.
- E20 The Nearness of You Working side by side at the travel agency spawns a growing attraction between Max and Barbara, that becomes impossible to ignore.
- E21 Off We Go Ann gets a job offer in London and ponders taking it. Despite getting nagged by her mother, she decides to accept the job. This leads her to wonder how she's going to tell the rest of her family that she's leaving.
- E22 Another Man's Shoes Schneider learns that his brother passed away and that somebody needs to take care of his nephew and niece so Schneider gets a phone call to come and pick them up. The place where he arrives is a carnival like place with circus like people. This place needs repairs and some ""manly guidance"" so everyone tries to persuade Schneider to move there and with Ann gone and the kids grown up, Schneider finally accepts the move.
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