1988

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Wed, Oct 05, 1988

John comes home to find out his wife left him. After a few days, his sister suggests he go to a meeting of a support group for the widowed, divorced, and single.

8.5 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Ralph's Curse

Wed, Oct 26, 1988

The group has a party. Ralph is excited but doesn't show up. John and Kate are concerned. They find Ralph at home crying over the Curse of Tutankhamun.

7.8 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Hello/Goodbye

Wed, Nov 02, 1988

Andrew Garberg comes to John claiming to be his son.

7.7 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Younger Girl

Wed, Nov 09, 1988

The group leaves John alone at a bar and he's approach by 23 year old hairdresser Karen. They met before but he can't remember her. She may be too much for him but that's the least of it.

7.6 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Matthew's Dilemma

Wed, Nov 16, 1988

John's ex-wife Wendy wants him to stop having his weekend visits with their despondent son Matthew.

7.7 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Dear Mike

Wed, Nov 23, 1988

John's former best friend Mike gets dumped by John's ex-wife Wendy. Mike gets invited to the group by Louise while pretending to be Bill.

8.4 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Politics as Usual

Wed, Nov 30, 1988

Kate is volunteering for Eleanor Guthrie running for congress. Louise, John, and Ralph join her. Kirk invites himself to the party.

8.5 /10

John is looking forward to spending Christmas in his apartment with his young son, only to find out at the last minute that the boy is going to Disneyland instead. So John winds up spending Christmas in his apartment with his elderly neighbor, Mrs. Lumenski.

8 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Was It Good for Me?

Wed, Jan 04, 1989

John and Kate spend the night together. And awake up in each other's arms embarrassed.

8.5 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Honest John

Wed, Jan 11, 1989

John's ex-wife Wendy wants him to lie about their divorce to get their son Matthew into a Catholic school.

8.3 /10

S1.E11 ∙ The Return of Ricky

Wed, Jan 18, 1989

The support group arranges for Ricky to play a concert in a small venue to boost his sagging morale over a faded career but Ricky is mortified to be outclassed when Freddie and the Dreamers perform.

8.6 /10

S1.E12 ∙ Dream Babe

Wed, Jan 25, 1989

Kirk starts an awkward relation with an overly fawning young Japanese woman who stumbles into the support group while looking for English class at the center and John is often inconvenienced to translate.

8.5 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Stand by Your Man

Wed, Feb 15, 1989

Tony Larkin joins the group.

8.6 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Love and Marriage

Wed, Feb 22, 1989

When Louise's stomach begins to expand, the group is curious who the father is and why he isn't helping her. She tells them that he doesn't yet know. She decides to tell him and he proposes. But she is not sure she wants to marry him.

8.2 /10

S1.E15 ∙ For a Friend

Wed, Mar 01, 1989

John's married friend Gary has his eye on Kate. He joins the group pretending to be a widower.

8.3 /10

S1.E16 ∙ The Second Time Around

Wed, Mar 08, 1989

John reconnects with old flame Yvonne but the 30 years separation has left her an older grandmother. The memories don't match the reality.

8.3 /10

S1.E17 ∙ The Last Dance

Wed, Mar 15, 1989

Pregnant Louise is away getting some bed rest. Ralph is afraid to go to a dance and too shy to meet Barbara, a teacher at the community center.

8.6 /10

S1.E18 ∙ Sisters

Wed, Mar 29, 1989

Kate tells the group her sister is coming for a visit and she tells them that she always makes a play for every guy she's with. And when they tell Kate she's being paranoid, she decides to prove by introducing Kirk as her beau and to see if she makes a move. And when she doesn't, John takes her home with him. And when he talks about how he and Kate went out once, she comes on to him.

8.6 /10

S1.E19 ∙ Gone Camping

Wed, Apr 05, 1989

John clashes with his ex-wife over visitation issues with their son Matthew. To maximize the time they have, John takes him to a cabin in the woods. When an epic snowfall traps them in, it looks as though he doesn't plan to return him.

8.5 /10

S1.E20 ∙ Margo

Wed, Apr 26, 1989

A woman who just broke up with her husband joins the group. She tells them that they broke up because she found out he's a cross dresser. She tells them that they have an amicable relationship, that they go out together though he's in drag. And when people ask what they are they say they're sisters. And that they're meeting at the bar near the center after the meeting. John who wasn't able to attend goes to the bar and meets with a woman named Margo who says she's there to meet her sister who's at a support group at the center.

8.7 /10

S1.E21 ∙ Friends and Lovers

Wed, May 03, 1989

John's work friend Ken comes to him about his failing marriage. John mistakenly lets slip some of Ken's lies to his wife. John's date falls through. Everything is going wrong. At a party, Louise sets John up with Liz.

8.7 /10

S1.E22 ∙ Bound for Gloria

Wed, May 10, 1989

John brings Gloria to the group. It's six months since her husband died. Kirk's callousness actually helps and they start going out. Surprisingly, Gloria has Kirk all bound up.

8.4 /10