Edward Zwick — Producer

Episodes 86

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Pilot (a.k.a. The Best Years)

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March 9, 197650m
1x1

Buddy hears Kate say something about her, and isn't happy. Also, Nancy walks in on Jeff with another woman.

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Monday is Forever

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March 16, 197650m
1x2

Kate has to wait until Monday to find out whether she has cancer; Buddy and her friend Laura Richardson have until Monday, when the latter's family is scheduled to move to Detroit.

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A Special Kind of Loving

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March 23, 197650m
1x3

Willie meets, and starts spending lots of time with, Salina -- leading to a tiff with Buddy, right when she needs him to help conquer her fear of diving.

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A Right and Proper Goodbye

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March 30, 197649m
1x4

Kate's mother comes for one last visit.

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Thursday's Child

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April 6, 197650m
1x5

As Timmy Jr.'s christening approaches, the whole family (especially Buddy, who stubbornly refuses to take part) relives the painful memories of Timmy Sr.'s death.

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Point of Departure

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Season Finale
April 13, 197650m
1x6

Doug resents Willie's attitude towards work, the universe, and everything; a string of burglaries sweeps through the neighborhood.

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Coming Apart

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October 6, 1976
2x1

Buddy gets a job at a bakery, and introduces Willie to her boss, ""Big Al""; Nancy gets involved with Peter, while she's finalizing her divorce from Jeff -- despite the latter's pleas for a reconciliation.

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Such Sweet Sorrow

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October 19, 1976
2x2

Salina drops by, at a time when Willie is having problems with Alex; Doug is offered a great job in New York.

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Home Movie

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October 26, 1976
2x3

Willie drives everyone crazy by following them around and filming them; Buddy has difficulty with a school assignment -- writing a speech on the topic of ""How I intend to leave my mark on the world""; Kate runs into a former roommate, who has become a successful author.

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Coming of Age

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November 9, 1976
2x4

Buddy officially reaches puberty; Nancy is caught between Kate's resentment of her thoughtlessness, Peter's proposal of marriage, and a come-on from a complete stranger.

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Jury Duty (1)

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November 16, 1976
2x5

Kate is subjected to widespread abuse for being the lone holdout; Buddy captures first prize, T.J.'s heart, and (for good measure) the real killer.

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Jury Duty (2)

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November 23, 1976
2x6

Kate is subjected to widespread abuse for being the lone holdout; Buddy captures first prize, T.J.'s heart, and (for good measure) the real killer.

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The Cradle Will Fall

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November 30, 1976
2x7

Buddy completes her orthodontal treatment; Salina returns to town once again, only to be plunged into a custody battle with her daughter's father; Kate finds out that Elaine's husband is cheating on her.

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Skeleton in the Closet

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December 7, 1976
2x8

Doug must face his sister Emily's alcoholism. Buddy tries to help a senior citizen she spots shoplifting food from the supermarket.

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Doug is suspicious when his father introduces his new, and much younger, girlfriend; Nancy and Jeff have a fight over who gets Timmy over Christmas.

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Rites of Friendship

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December 28, 1976
2x10

A friend of Willie's comes out of the closet; Buddy, after getting invited to the ""Junior Jump"" by a popular boy, asks Nancy to teach her to dance.

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An Eye to the Future

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January 4, 1977
2x11

Buddy (as ""Diamond In the Rough"") gets heavily into the CB scene; Kate decides to go back to college; Doug does a stint as a judge.

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Lovers and Strangers

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January 11, 1977
2x12

Willie gets cradle-robbed by a visiting movie director, and takes it much too seriously; Doug gets a dog as a birthday present.

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Return Engagement

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January 18, 1977
2x13

Maggie Calder, the woman who nearly destroyed Doug and Kate's marriage 20 years ago, is back for a second attempt. Buddy feels she's being treated like a baby.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . .

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February 1, 1977
2x14

A daughter whom Elaine gave up for adoption years ago finds her, through Kate; Willie is intrigued by a pretty client at the photo studio where he works.

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Someone's Watching

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February 8, 1977
2x15

A series of anonymous gifts eventually makes Nancy feel threatened; Buddy's motor-mouth school-project partner uses the Lawrences as his surrogate family.

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A Safe House

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February 15, 1977
2x16

A former friend of Willie's, now an outlaw, gives him a call; Buddy thinks she has a great scoop for the school paper.

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Best Friends

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February 22, 1977
2x17

Nancy attends her high-school reunion, meeting the guy she dumped to marry Jeff; T.J. asks Buddy to a formal dance, causing a rift with Audrey.

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Taking Chances (1)

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March 1, 1977
2x18

When Doug loses his sight after getting hit by a car, opinions are divided as to whether he should undergo an operation that could either restore it, or kill him; in the meantime, Willie has second thoughts about having quit his job.

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Taking Chances (2)

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March 8, 1977
2x19

After spending an eternity as a blind man whose youngest daughter despises him, Doug finally musters up the courage to have the operation -- and, of course, all's well.

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Comings and Goings

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March 22, 1977
2x20

Willie and Salina search for an apartment together. Jeff's mother Sylvia is confined to the Lawrence home following a back injury and a quarrel with Jeff's father.

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2x21

Kate is shaken by what a supposed psychic says about her long-missing aunt; Nancy lands a prestigious legal assignment, and suspects her looks are the reason.

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An Endangered Species

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Season Finale
May 3, 1977
2x22

A recently-divorced friend wants to hang out with Kate; Nancy gets upset when a classmate asks to use her place for an affair with a married man.

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Acts of Love (1)

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September 13, 1977
3x1

While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.

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Acts of Love (2)

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September 20, 1977
3x2

Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.

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The First Time

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September 27, 1977
3x3

Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.

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Change of Heart

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October 4, 1977
3x4

Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.

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Annie Laurie

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October 25, 1977
3x5

Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.

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We Love You, Miss Jessup

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November 1, 1977
3x6

Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.

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The Little Brother

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November 8, 1977
3x7

Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.

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Childhood's End

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November 15, 1977
3x8

Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.

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A Tale Out of Season

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November 22, 1977
3x9

Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.

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Labors of Love

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November 29, 1977
3x10

Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.

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A Child is Given

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December 13, 1977
3x11

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More Than Friends

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January 3, 1978
3x12

Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.

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Princess in the Tower

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January 10, 1978
3x13

Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.

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Echoes of Love

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January 17, 1978
3x14

Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.

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See Saw

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January 24, 1978
3x15

Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.

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Lifeline

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January 31, 1978
3x16

Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.

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. . . And Baby Makes Three

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February 7, 1978
3x17

Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.

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Crossing Over

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February 14, 1978
3x18

Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.

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The Covenant

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February 21, 1978
3x19

Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.

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A Friend of the Family's

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February 28, 1978
3x20

A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.

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Fear of Shadows

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May 2, 1978
3x21

Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.

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Sleeping Gypsy

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May 9, 1978
3x22

Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.

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Counterpoint

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Season Finale
May 16, 1978
3x23

Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.

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Starting Over

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September 21, 1978
4x1

Annie's sole surviving relative dumps her into the Lawrences' lap -- where she doesn't feel quite comfortable, at first.

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All For Love

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September 28, 1978
4x2

Zack tells Buddy that unless she sleeps with him, he will have to satisfy his manly needs with another girl; Doug thinks of buying a flashy sports car.

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Changes

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October 12, 1978
4x3

Nancy is all set to re-marry Jeff; Annie, heretofore known as ""Annie Cooper,"" decides to add ""Lawrence"" to her name; Buddy, ever the traditionalist, is bothered by it all.

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Magic

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October 19, 1978
4x4

Kate, in the hospital for a physical, meets a burned-out former rock star; Annie needs Doug's help to impress her classmates with magic tricks.

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Just Friends

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November 9, 1978
4x5

Willie considers an affair with a married woman he met in a writing class; Nancy, sick of living in a ""fishbowl,"" decides to move out of the guesthouse and into an apartment of her own.

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Generations

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November 23, 1978
4x6

The family decides to spend Thanksgiving at Hattie's farm where Kate faces ghosts from the past. Buddy is intrigued by a local boy.

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Expectations

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December 7, 1978
4x7

Nancy's new boss pressures her to sleep with him; Buddy tries out for the cheerleading squad.

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Gifts

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December 21, 1978
4x8

Annie, who still misses her parents, can't relate to the Lawrences' holiday cheer, and decides to run away until Christmas is over; Willie runs into his old barber, who is about to close up shop for good.

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The Friend's Affair

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January 4, 1979
4x9

A colleague and friend of Doug's is cheating on his wife; Annie suspects a next-door neighbor of having murdered his.

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Exits and Entrances

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January 11, 1979
4x10

After Buddy stars in a high-school play (Shaw's Saint Joan), her interest in acting is strongly encouraged by a friend of Kate's, a professional actress; Annie gets a telemarketing job to pay for a new bike.

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Moment of Truth

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January 18, 1979
4x11

A man he once helped put in jail threatens Doug; Buddy and Audrey have a fight about who copied from whom on an algebra test.

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Malicious Mischief

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January 25, 1979
4x12

Nancy considers a marriage proposal from Timmy's daycare provider -- until he gets accused of child abuse; Willie falls in love with a cat.

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Sleeping Over

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February 1, 1979
4x13

Buddy's invitation to a sorority becomes a sore point in her friendship with Audrey when Audrey isn't invited to join. Willie sleeps with Kate's musician friend, leading to a serious mother-son rift over casual sex.

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Disco Queen

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February 8, 1979
4x14

Buddy sneaks into a disco club, with the help of an older acquaintance, and finds it more than she bargained for; Annie has a date with a jock.

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The Athlete

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March 1, 1979
4x15

Buddy, volunteering at a hospital, encounters a star high-school basketball player who is there for a broken leg -- or so he thinks; Annie runs for class president against her nemesis, Emmy Sheldon.

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The Competition

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March 8, 1979
4x16

Buddy learns the price of competition when an overachieving classmate commits suicide after losing a history competition to her. Annie's cookie-selling strategy is a riot.

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Ballerina

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March 15, 1979
4x17

Willie has a fling with a ballet dancer; Doug purchases a workout set by mail order.

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Diversions

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March 22, 1979
4x18

While studying for the bar exam, Nancy's attention is diverted by a charming and seemingly accident-prone neighbor.

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An Apple For the Teacher

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March 30, 1979
4x19

Kate's teaching career gets off to a rough start, when a student decides to continuously annoy her; Annie borrows Buddy's ""lucky"" ring to help during a spelling bee, and promptly loses it.

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Prelude

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April 20, 1979
4x20

Buddy has a crush on her swimming instructor, much to Zack's displeasure; Kate is tempted to call an old boyfriend.

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Going Straight

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May 10, 1979
4x21

Willie hires Bambi Deering, the stripper he met on his 21st birthday. Doug attempts to save hefty plumber's fees by repairing the household pipes himself.

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From Russia With Love

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Season Finale
May 17, 1979
4x22

Kate acts as escort to, and highly impresses, a visiting Ukrainian composer; Buddy and Annie play Monopoly to determine who gets Willie's old room.

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Thanksgiving

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November 20, 1979
5x1

Doug's father starts showing his age.

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'Tis the Season

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December 24, 1979
5x2

A pre-Christmas argument with Willie nearly gives Doug a heart attack; Buddy invites her school's janitor to her house, where he quickly endears himself to everyone but Kate.

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Jack of Hearts

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January 14, 1980
5x3

Buddy and Nancy find themselves in a love triangle; Annie dabbles in the occult.

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When the Bough Breaks

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January 21, 1980
5x4

Kate finds out she's pregnant; a friend of Buddy's, on vacation from her all-girls school, picks Willie as a seduction target.

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Hard Times

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January 28, 1980
5x5

Two friends of Buddy's who have been going steady for 3 years are having relationship problems -- and when she tries to help, the results aren't quite what she expected; Nancy is having trouble at work, which starts to affect even Timmy.

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Whispers

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February 4, 1980
5x6

Buddy's friendship with a teacher gives rise to rumors; Annie uses questionable tactics to get Willie to let her interview him for her school paper.

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Play on Love

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March 3, 1980
5x7

Willie finds the director of his play more interesting than Rachel; Buddy insists on buying an old sports car, over Doug's objections.

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Daylight Serenade

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March 10, 1980
5x8

Buddy has an ambiguous relationship with a nerdy schoolmate whom Kate is training for a piano recital; Nancy begs Annie to teach her how to roller-skate, so she can go to a party with a handsome fellow lawyer.

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Such a Fine Line

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March 17, 1980
5x9

A schoolboy has a crush on Kate; Jeff, now an in-over-his-head rock manager, blows into town with his band.

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The Ties That Bind

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June 4, 1980
5x10

Elaine resurfaces in Kate's life after being dumped by Fred for a younger woman. Meanwhile, Annie experiences abandonment issues, too.

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Just Like Old Times

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June 11, 1980
5x11

Buddy tries to make everyone think she didn't get into any of the schools she applied to; Doug wants Annie to share his obsession with baseball.

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Smarts

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June 18, 1980
5x12

Annie gets picked on by her classmates, for being too smart; Buddy, studying for her SATs, worries that she's not smart enough.

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Letting Go

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Season Finale
June 25, 1980
5x13

Doug is upset when Buddy starts dating a 21-year-old; Annie is jealous of an old friend who has matured much faster than she has.

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