Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
Episode 3
Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
Episode 4
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Episode 5
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Episode 6
Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
Episode 7
Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
Episode 8
Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
Episode 9
Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
Episode 10
Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
Episode 11
While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
Episode 12
Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
Episode 13
Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
Episode 14
Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
Episode 15
Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
Episode 16
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.
Episode 17
The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
Episode 18
A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
Episode 19
Ann and Francine battle over the same man.
Episode 20
Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
Episode 21
At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.
Episode 22
The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.
Episode 23
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
Episode 24
It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.
Episode 25
Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.
