Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episode List

Episodes

Theo's Economic Lesson

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1984

When Theo brings home a poor report card, he claims he does not need good grades to get a job. So Cliff gives him an economics lesson with Monopoly money. Much to Cliff's dismay, Denise goes on a date with Rafael, an older man who is a former merchant marine. Cliff and Clair's plans for a quiet night are ruined when Vanessa and Rudy can't sleep, with Rudy claiming the wolf man was growling in her closet

Mr. Fish (a.k.a. Goodbye, Mr. Fish)

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1984

When Rudy's goldfish dies, Cliff struggles over how to break the bad news to her. Cliff wants to hold a formal funeral in the bathroom, but the rest of the family has other ideas about the proper site for the "memorial".

Bad Dreams

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1984

Cliff forbids ten-year-old Vanessa to see a scary movie; though he allows older brother Theo to go. Vanessa sneaks out to see the movie anyway, but soon regrets it when she begins having nightmares. Now she insists on sleeping with Cliff and Clair, but she quickly overstays her welcome.

Knight to Night

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1984

Is That My Boy?

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1984

Breaking With Tradition

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1984

One More Time

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1984

A Shirt Story

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1984

Play It Again, Vanessa

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1984

How Ugly Is He?

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1984

Bonjour, Sondra

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1984

Excited that the whole family will be together for Thanksgiving, Cliff anxiously waits for Sondra's arrival home from Princeton. But instead of celebrating, Sondra spends the holiday trying to persuade her parents to let her go to Paris for the summer.