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Episodes 50

Boys Will Be Boys

40%
December 11, 199222m
2x12

A visit by Frank's boorish bud sends Carol into orbit; Cody becomes attached to a live holiday turkey he won in a raffle.

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The Un-Natural

50%
April 2, 199322m
2x21

Carol goes to bat for Mark when he wants on the Cubs just before their big game.

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Trading Places

50%
October 22, 199322m
3x5

JT is struggling with Algebra and Frank will not let him cheat. Dana doesn't like not having power and having to walk places. JT and Dana agree that being a parent is easier, whereas Frank and Carol think being a teenager is a breeze. They agree to switch places and bet a month's allowance on what is easier. After 2 days, all four agree that both are difficult and become satisfied with what they are.

Meanwhile, Cody discovers that Slasher got married by putting an ad in a hot rod magazine. He decides to do the same and gets a response with a personalized License plate.

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Down and Out in Port Washington

50%
November 12, 199322m
3x8

Lucille is in the shop being repaired so Cody stays in the Lambert living room. After Cody does his wash in the kitchen and loses his ant farm on the couch, the family is ready for him to move back into his van. Lucille, however, dies on the greaserack. Frank and Carol are relieved, however, when Cody tells them he is ready to be out as well. He decides to move into a stationary Lucille reasoning that many people live perfectly normal lives in non-moving structures.

At the same time, Karen is interested in a guy who volunteers at a homeless shelter so she goes there one Saturday. He takes his girlfriend out, though, and Karen ends up spending a whole day at the shelter for ""nothing."" After a heart-to-heart with Carol, Karen decides that she needs to adjust her priorities.

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Sister Act

0%
November 26, 199322m
3x10

Karen is interested in Michael, but is too scared to talk to him so she gets Dana to talk to him. Dana talks to him and gets to know him as he gets to know her. He asks her out and she cannot help but say yes. As they get closer, Dana must keep Karen in the dark. The Lambert kids find out by monitoring a telephone call. They convince Karen to start a fight. Karen tells Michael several lies (including the one about Dana only being 14 years old) things about Dana so Michael will dump her. Unfortunately for the Lamberts, Dana and Karen discuss the problem and turn on them instead of each other. In an unprecedented dialogue, Karen tells Dana how she envies her ""book"" smarts, while Dana tells Karen how she envies her ""street"" smarts. Karen and Dana team up to repay the Lamberts for listening in on telephone calls.

After Frank refuses to dance with her, Carol ignores him. It is discovered that Frank does not know how to dance. Cody with excellent dancing skills teaches Frank to dance. Frank

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Christmas Story

10%
December 10, 199322m
3x11

After Carol presents an idea of exchanging fewer gifts, Frank announces he gets a 20% discount at Hartman's Toy Store because of his remodeling work there. Both believe one has picked up Brendan's train set and therefore, neither does. When they realize this on Christmas eve, they use Frank's key to get into the toy store and are leaving money in the register when Deputy Barney Feif notices them. They are taken to jail where they are detained. After the kids open all their presents without knowing where their parents were, Cody points out that Christmas should be about joy and loved ones. The kids realize their mistake, get concerned, and find out their parents are in jail. They bring food and caroling to the jail. Deputy Feif lets them out and they all go back home to celebrate Christmas, even Barney.

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Can't Buy Me Love

50%
January 6, 199422m
4x13

J.T. and Cody are out riding around in J.T. boss's car.When J.T. meets a pretty girl,at a cafe.She thinks he's rich and so J.T. lies and says he is, to impress her.He then finds some money on the street and decides to keep it.Not knowing it actually belongs to Shelly's Dad who owns the cafe she works at.Cody finally makes J.T. tell her the truth and J.T. fines out about the money and returns it and apologizes for lieing.They decide to try and start over.

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Thirteen with a Bullet

0%
January 28, 199422m
3x15

It's Mark's 13th birthday.While frank introduces him to the fine art of shaving,and Carol arranges a real party for him with music and girls.One of the girls is a lovely girl named Marissa,with who Mark falls in love with.But he's soon brokenhearted as he finds out her feelings for him are not quite the same as what he thought.

J.T. passes his mechanics exam.But Dana feels if he can do it so can she.So she challenges him to a bet,that she can do it.

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My Bodyguard

50%
February 4, 199422m
3x16

Cody acquires this strange ability to see things in the future accurately (although unclear and misleading at times). He goes to Chicago to protect Dana, and although he ruins her interview, he does help her out.

Carol begins what Mark describes as ""aging"" by snoring- VERY loudly. She keeps everybody up several nights in a row, until Frank finally comes up with a plan (airport earmuffs for him and soundproofing the door for the kids).

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Nightmare Weekend

50%
February 25, 199422m
3x18

Frank and Carol decide to celebrate the anniversary of thier first encounter (on June 20, 1993),by taking a weekend trip,thus leaving the kids alone.Carol and Frank get stuck at the hotel where Frank once spent a weekend with a red-headed ex-girlfriend of his.Ofcourse Carol gets mad several times before they finally make up and head home.

Mark laughs at the horror film (Chainsaw Slumberparty II) J.T.,Al and Brendan are watching.They decide to take revenge by making Mark think the house is haunted.

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Birth of a Salesman

0%
March 11, 199422m
3x19

Urged by his parents to either apply to college or find a job, JT gets a part-time position as an assistant salesman in a used-car lot. Not only does he actually enjoy his new job, but it turns out that he's incredibly good at selling cars. He thanks Carol for getting him off his keister and making him get a job. He dreams of one day owning the car lot and gets in a commercial for the place.

Dana is assigned to write an essay for her psychology class. After Mark and Karen's refusals, she has to hire Cody as a subject for her study. She writes that Cody is a nutcase, but her teacher claims that she is close-minded. She gets a ""D"" on the paper and has to do a makeup assignment on one person's dreams for a week, and although Cody volunteers, she refuses.

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Great Expectations

50%
May 6, 199422m
3x22

Cody's father comes to see him on his 21st birthday. He gives him a job as executive VP of his successful real estate business. Cody comes into the first meeting and disturbs everyone even coming up with an idea to build a mall on the beach that looks like a sandcastle. Upon advice from Frank, Cody decides to quit realizing,he will not be happy.

Carol keeps setting up Dana and Karen with blind dates. They are all bad especially the latest one where the guys are dressed up like Beavis and Butthead and bring fake snot. They plot with Frank to pay Carol back. Afterward, they all agree to not have anymore blind dates. Carol reneges, though, and tries to get them to date a cute guy, but they refuse before seeing him and later try to get him.

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Prom Night

0%
Season Finale
May 20, 199422m
3x23

After a little bad luck, JT is deceitfully set up with a 13-year-old. Dana, on the other hand, was able to get a date with the just broken up, best looking guy in school. At the prom, however, Dana is dumped for his ex-girlfriend. Dana is heartbroken-- not only because she lost her date, but also because she must dance the spotlight dance (as Student Body President) all by herself. JT comes to console her and offers to dance with her. Although the two walk out insulting each other under their breath, they gain an appreciation for each other.

Brendan belts a boy who cheated off his paper at school. Carol, feeling terrible, invites the boy and his family over. The situation is not reconciled when the boy's parents cheat at monopoly. In fact, after Carol hears them insult Frank and Brendan, Carol belts the boy's dad.

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Animal House

50%
October 7, 199422m
4x3

Cody joins a college fraternity (Delta Delta Beta),to be cool.But finds the way they treat woman disgusting after Karen attends a party with him.

Meanwhile joins the schoolband.

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Revenge of the Nerd

0%
October 21, 199422m
4x5

Karen tries to become Homecoming Queen, and discovers it's not worth the effort.Cody suffers an identity crisis.

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The Ice Cream Man Cometh

50%
November 18, 199422m
4x9

The kids kick up a fuss about the baby's room and Cody comforts an old friend.

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Letting Go

50%
November 25, 199422m
4x10

Al brings home her new boyfriend to meet Frank,but he has some major issues about the way the boy dresses.

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The Honeymoon is Over

50%
February 3, 199522m
4x15

No info available......coming soon.

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Big Girl on Campus

50%
May 12, 199522m
4x23

Carol decides that they need to get rid of all of Frank's old junk. They have a yard sale where Frank tries to sell things for $15-$50, but a guy smoking a cigar will only offer a quarter in return. At the end of the day, they have only made a nickel when the guy with a cigar comes back and offers a quarter for everything left. Carol quickly accepts his CHECK.

Dana is going to a college party. After a great deal of coaxing, Karen and Al convince Dana to take them with her. Karen surveys the room and picks a guy, Jeremy. Jeremy, however, chooses Al. Despite being asked to dance by 12 other guys and receiving a marriage proposal, Karen considers the whole party a waste. She and Dana then find out that Jeremy's intentions were less than pure. They rush to Al's rescue and help her get revenge.

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Party Animal

50%
October 13, 199522m
5x3

Cody, J.T. and Mark suspect their new neighbor is a jewel thief. Meanwhile, Dana moves out and loosens up a little too much.

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Midnight Caller

50%
October 20, 199522m
5x4

While working on the Family Helpline, J.T. and Dana mishandle a call from a troubled teen.

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Maid to Order

50%
October 27, 199522m
5x5

J.T. hires an aspiring model to be the family's maid; and Carol gets overly involved in Karen's cheerleading tryouts.

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Hello, Mister Chips

50%
November 10, 199522m
5x7

Al takes a job at a cookie store and has to work alongside the company mascot, Mr. Chips the chimpanzee.

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Roadie

50%
November 17, 199522m
5x8

Cody's a roadie---"the coolest job in the world"---for singer Christi Rose, who asks him to become her bodyguard.

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The Wall

50%
November 24, 199522m
5x9

Mark scores points for the guys on the "geek wall" at a dance; Dana attempts to stir interest in a feminist study group; Frank and Carol experience a day at a health spa.

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Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling

50%
January 12, 199622m
5x13

To win Super Bowl tickets, Frank and J.T. dress up as cheerleaders and face off against a pair of women wrestlers named Assault and Battery.

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Snow Bunnies

50%
February 2, 199622m
5x15

Al feels compelled to check up on Matt when she learns he'll be on a ski trip with Stephanie "Love Boat" Leifer.

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Secret Admirer

20%
February 9, 199622m
5x16

Carol gets really ticked when Frank buys her a fake designer watch for Valentine's Day.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

50%
February 23, 199622m
5x18

Dana brings her boyfriend Fleming home, and he promptly psychoanalyzes Frank.

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The Bodyguard Formerly Known as Prince

50%
March 15, 199622m
5x20

Dana, Karen and Al meet a prince and his two assistants on a ski weekend, but the girls don't know which is the real royal.

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Major Pain

50%
April 26, 199622m
5x21

Dana, J.T. and Rich take career-placement tests; Frank deals with an overly eager employee.

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Just Say Maybe

50%
March 28, 199722m
6x4

Al is tempted to toke at a rock concert; Carol's married friend Patti is tempted by Jean-Luc.

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Reality Bites

50%
April 25, 199722m
6x8

Carol and Jean-Luc vie for Lilly's attentions; JT and Rich are evicted from their new apartment by their new landlord--Frank.

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Locket Man

50%
May 2, 199722m
6x9

Rich's gift to Dana turns out out be a locket he'd given another girl years earlier; meanwhile, Frank begins to feel his age.

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Loose Lips

50%
May 23, 199722m
6x12

Mark's big date backfires and makes him the laughingstock of the school; Karen's collagen injections make her lips huge.

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The Big Date

50%
May 30, 199722m
6x13

Al has a date with the pizza guy; Dana, Rich, JT and Sam go to a concert in Chicago; and Jean-Luc dumps his lenses.

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Future Shock

50%
June 6, 199722m
6x14

Rich and Dana feel matrimonial pressure after attending a friend's wedding; Jean-Luc and Frank get zonked on homemade medicine.

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Show Me the Money

50%
June 13, 199722m
6x15

Frank and his buddy challenge Carol and Jean-Luc to a bowling contest; JT and Rich fancy themselves sports agents.

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The Facts of Life

50%
July 11, 199722m
6x19

Frank and Carol tell Lilly about the facts of life, she then tells her kindergarten classmates; JT and Rich play the horses.

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Walk Like a Man

50%
July 25, 199722m
6x21

Mark is embarrassed by Carol's cheering at his basketball games; Rich takes heat from JT for kowtowing to Dana.

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Shear Madness

50%
August 1, 199722m
6x22

Jean-Luc panics when he discovers he'll be cutting the First Lady's hair; Frank finds a guy for Al.

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The Kissing Game

50%
August 8, 199722m
6x23

Carol fixes up Jean-Luc with a blind date; the kids use the salon as a make-out parlor.

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Making the Grade

75%
September 19, 199722m
7x1

With the kids at school, Carol decides to take some college courses--the same ones Karen is taking. Meanwhile, Dana tells Rich to get serious about his education.

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A Star is Born

75%
September 26, 199722m
7x2

Al lands a part in a movie and dreams of a career in Hollywood; Carol gets in a bake-sale battle.

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Take This Job and ...

75%
October 10, 199722m
7x4

JT's job at a garage is an accident waiting to happen; Frank is obsessed with restoring a boat docked in the backyard.

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Poetic Justice

65%
October 17, 199722m
7x5

The teaching assistant who's been giving A's to Karen now wants something in return; Mark dates a slacker girl.

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

75%
November 7, 199722m
7x8

Dana feels compelled to compete with an old female buddy of Rich's; Frank's troublesome cousin Bert reappears.

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Feet of Clay

75%
January 23, 199822m
7x13

Dana talks Rich into taking a pottery class; Carol and Frank's "role playing" is misinterpreted by the kids.

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Pain in the Class

100%
January 30, 199822m
7x14

Frank and Carol attend their 25th high-school reunion, along with Frank's old rival; Rich and JT charge pals to watch a bikini contest on TV.

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And Justice for Some

75%
June 5, 199822m
7x16

A truck giveaway causes friction between Frank and JT; a women's safety seminar is a big hit thanks to a hunky cop.

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