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S6.E1 ∙ In Search of Tony

Mon, Sep 18, 1989

A client offers Angela a weekend trip to Jamaica, with the whole household. Tony's careless sense of relaxation contrasting with ever-serious Angela leads to a bitter contest and separation 'to have fun' in which she goes overboard, ultimately being rescued from drowning during a nightly skinny-dip. After a talent-contest, they reconcile and consider the possibility of a future marriage.

7.7 /10

S6.E2 ∙ Life's a Ditch

Mon, Sep 25, 1989

Tony welcomes a visit from Sam's Brooklyn-neighborhood-buddy Charlie Briscoe. When he learns she has left school and home, he calls her mother, but when rudely told 'keep her!' he refuses. Sam scolds that disloyal hypocrisy, which even Trish rebukes as he's her dream-parent. After a dog-food photo-shoot at the bower-home, agent Trish Carlin comes up with an alternative, yet Charlie seems uninterested.

7 /10

S6.E3 ∙ In Your Dreams

Mon, Oct 02, 1989

Emotional blackmails suckers Tony into house-sitting for Mrs. Rossini and her cat Fiorello during a heatwave in Brooklyn during her mini-cruise. Tony enjoys catching up with his noisy blue-collar mates, especially Dennis and his ever-pregnant wife. Angela pays Tony a surprise visit and has a nightmare about leading such a housewife life without prospects.

7.4 /10

S6.E4 ∙ Sam's Novel Romance

Mon, Oct 09, 1989

While Tony and Angela bicker who 'gave Same the love for literature', the only things that gets her and airheads like Bonnie to read non-obligatory books is hunky book club lecturing teaching assistant Ethan. Tony gets wind of Sam's latest flame being 'much older' and tricks him to review a 'first edition at home. Neither Micelli expected Ethan to bring his wife.

7.2 /10

S6.E5 ∙ Tony and the Professor

Mon, Oct 23, 1989

Tony cancels a date with Joan, a woman whom he meets at a bar. She later reappears as his professor in class, and Tony grows convinced that she now has a vendetta against him.

6.7 /10

S6.E6 ∙ Mother and Child Disunion

Mon, Oct 30, 1989

After a soirée Tony help host masterly, Richard Braden invites Angela's firm to merge with his much large one. Only Mona is against, but her bluff 'or I quit' is called. The row grows so bitter even Tony advises to give up collaborating. Once working for Braden, Angela starts doubting the wisdom of handing over control. Mona fails to get another job but increases the pressure by becoming Braden's coffee lady and stir outside the cups.

6.9 /10

S6.E7 ∙ Sam Can Manage

Mon, Nov 06, 1989

Tony's neighbor-boy Al started a rock-band with his Brooklyn friends Billy, Greer and Dale. Sam joins as manager. Tony tags tags along, convinced they may need adult protection, only to witness his brat being the worst shark in Eddie's deli.

6.7 /10

S6.E8 ∙ Supermom Burnout

Mon, Nov 13, 1989

Between his study, domestic and paternal duties, overworked Tony is risking a burn-out. Tired of smoothing the endless bickering at home, he joins Dr. Berl's family therapy, against Brooklyn tradition. However the conclusion is Jonathan and Sam's bickering is normal 'sibling' friction, only Tony needs more sessions. He ends up in a group for 'super-moms'.

7.3 /10

S6.E9 ∙ Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape

Mon, Nov 20, 1989

Attending a gym, Angela meets less prudish girls, who openly get her talking and thinking about hunky men, like Ernie who works out there, or Tony. Now at home to, she ponders and recalls the fat high-school experience root cause of her romantic shyness. Should she start dating Tony, or still declare him fair game for others?

7.4 /10

S6.E10 ∙ To Tony, with Love

Mon, Nov 27, 1989

Tony dreaded Dr. Purcell's aptitude test, but his results offer a wide choice. He wants to major in business and start start his own firm. For easy marks, he takes Sam's suggestion, primary class observation. However the mean old teacher Bunch forces him to take over, even straightaway. Despite a disastrous, unprepared first class, Tony soldiers on and gets the taste of teaching.

7.1 /10

S6.E11 ∙ The World Accordion to Jonathan

Mon, Dec 04, 1989

Jonathan hoped, after failing any athletic selection, to cast off his total nerd image by joining the school orchestra. Alas, the accordion he picked is even less popular than nerds. Tony however convinces him perseverance can pay off by invoking the happy example of his Brooklyn friend Bobby Governale, who agrees to tutor Jonathan. The two become inseparable and end up pushing Tony away for allegedly 'discriminating against accordion players like everybody else'.

6.8 /10

S6.E12 ∙ Gambling Jag

Mon, Dec 11, 1989

The kids suggest a Vegas holiday for overworked Angela, who takes Tony and Mona along. Mona scores as temptress but loses big time against dangerous casino shark Jason. Will help rescue her or drag the others down with her?

6.7 /10

S6.E13 ∙ Sam Accelerates

Mon, Jan 01, 1990

Tony's proud paternal delight over Sam being admitted to her high-school's accelerated program soon gives way to gloom once he realizes that probably means she'll leave home for college a year early. Sam's own enthusiasm weakens as she realizes how dad feels and that she'll have to leave her friends.

7.3 /10

S6.E14 ∙ Tony Kills

Mon, Jan 08, 1990

Tony's joy over success at the tennis court pales when his opponent, neighbor Ed Hartwell, dies just after a defeat, so Tony feels guilty, despite reassurances from father Marconi. When Ed's twin brother Fred turns up to settle the inheritance, Tony and Angela bend over backwards to 'make up', which seems to suit Fred all too well.

7.1 /10

S6.E15 ∙ Dear Landlord

Mon, Jan 15, 1990

After the Bowers acquire a nearby house as an investment property, Tony fixes it up and makes sure it gets rented (at a reduced rate) to struggling actress Michelle. She proves a rather bothersome client, but Tony's support only wavers when she shows interest in other men.

6.7 /10

S6.E16 ∙ Mona and Walter and Sam and Eric

Mon, Jan 22, 1990

Everyone adores Sam's boy-friend Eric and encourages him to bring over his lonely, dependent grandfather, Walter. The old man's arrival however stirs rude hostility from Mona, who actually stood him up at the altar. Weird loyalty logic yields matching moves.

7.3 /10

S6.E17 ∙ Micelli's Marauders

Mon, Jan 29, 1990

Angela asks Tony to coach her volleyball team, but soon regrets it as he becomes too motivated.

7.1 /10

S6.E18 ∙ Her Father's Daughter

Mon, Feb 05, 1990

Sam thinks her winter break to Fort Lauderdale can't get worse until Tony decides to chaperone. She also gets into a fight with Bonnie over inviting some boys over. Meanwhile, Jonathan gets stood up on a date.

7.5 /10

S6.E19 ∙ Take Me Back to the Ballgame

Mon, Feb 12, 1990

Angela tries to contract a famous baseball player, but Tony feels that he is more in love with making money than with the game itself, and much to Angela's anger, tries to scare him away.

7 /10

S6.E20 ∙ I Dream of Genealogy

Mon, Feb 19, 1990

Sam triumphs having tracked down for a college project Tony's maternal grandpa Antonio Romano, who arrives from Palermo for a short visit. Tony comes to terms with the lovable scrooge. But then a photograph proves Sam 'found' the wrong Tony senior.

6.8 /10

S6.E21 ∙ Couple Trouble

Mon, Feb 26, 1990

When circumstances bring Tony to accompany Angela on a date as substitute, they meet an enviably less restrained couple, Brad and Jane, who are picking a wedding date and can barely believe such a handsome pair didn't graduate from cohabitation to physical love in years. However a dance-floor partner switch reveals a shocking relational drawback to such impulsive natures.

7.1 /10

S6.E22 ∙ Operation Mona

Mon, Mar 12, 1990

After Mona's apartment has significant smoke damage, she over-stretches even Angela's patience after turning down a condo of her own. She milks a mild respiratory affectation grossly, yet Tony remains alert enough to have her hospitalized for a potentially serious complaint. There she acts atypically, even neglecting hot Dr. Anderson. The reason has to do with the late Robert Robinson.

7.5 /10

S6.E23 ∙ Road Scholar

Mon, Mar 26, 1990

Tony takes Sam along on a tour of suitable 'nearby' colleges, but none will do for the brat, who set her mind on Tate, all the way in California. When a Tate recruiter drops by, it's clear her extracurricular activities are not up to par. He does, however, recommend a logical, academically valid alternative: Tony's college.

6.9 /10

S6.E24 ∙ Beautician Heal Thyself

Mon, Apr 09, 1990

Tony is proud as a peacock when Al Rossini, who just graduated from beautician school, follows his advice by starting his own parlor. Tony comes help out, but finds it's not easy to coach the rudely outspoken knave to flatter rather then chase clients.

6.9 /10

S6.E25 ∙ Sit Down and Be Counted

Mon, Apr 30, 1990

Tony and Angela must delay their night at the movies when aspiring script writer Hank Sloan drops by, the official who wisely mistrust the family's data as filled is by mythomaniac Mona. As she responds to every question with a memory, we get lost of flashbacks, mainly to accidental 'romance'.

7 /10

S6.E26 ∙ The All-Nighter

Mon, May 07, 1990

Tony and a few classmates rent a hotel room to study for a class final. Most leave at the end of the night, but Tony and Kathleen remain. They try to study more, but end up in bed together. Angela finds out and is upset.

7.5 /10