Season 8

1982–1983

Sep 26, 1982 · 24m

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)

Oct 3, 1982 · 24m

Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.

E3. Honeymoon's Over

Oct 10, 1982 · 24m

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

Oct 17, 1982 · 24m

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

Oct 24, 1982 · 24m

To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.

E6. Auntie Francine

Oct 31, 1982 · 24m

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

Nov 7, 1982 · 24m

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)

Nov 21, 1982 · 24m

Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.

E9. Miracle of Birth (2)

Nov 28, 1982 · 24m

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

Dec 12, 1982 · 24m

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)

Dec 19, 1982 · 24m

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)

Dec 26, 1982 · 24m

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)

Jan 2, 1983 · 24m

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

Jan 23, 1983 · 24m

Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.

E15. Spare the Child

Jan 30, 1983 · 24m

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

Feb 13, 1983 · 24m

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

Feb 20, 1983 · 24m

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

Mar 6, 1983 · 24m

Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.

E19. A Young Man's Fancy

Mar 7, 1983 · 24m

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

Mar 14, 1983 · 24m

A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.

E21. Buyer's Remorse

Mar 21, 1983 · 24m

Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.

E22. Sonny Boy

Mar 28, 1983 · 24m

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

May 2, 1983 · 24m

Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.

E24. Sisters

May 9, 1983 · 24m

Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.

E25. Second Time Around

May 16, 1983 · 24m

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

May 23, 1983 · 24m

Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.