Pilot
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1980
The single parent (Lawrence Pressman) of a young daughter is hired to work with the all-female staff of a ladies' magazine.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1980
The single parent (Lawrence Pressman) of a young daughter is hired to work with the all-female staff of a ladies' magazine.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1980
Alan is busy getting an interview with England's Margaret Thatcher, but he is better off not turning in the results.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1980
Alan finds out why Gretchen opposes his writing an article on why women pose nude for magazines.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1980
Alan sails into a new romance, heedless of the heavy weather a small daughter's jealousy can stir up.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1980
Alan's liberalism is tested by a close encounter with 'Gay Rights' and an article dealing with drugs.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1980
Alan fights off a mugger but is too embarrassed to tell his workmates that it was a woman.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1980
Holstein meets the man of her dreams.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 22, 1980
Alan is besieged by angry readers and angry coworkers who feel he is a sexist when his article on marriage and infidelity appears just a few days before Christmas.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1981
Alan is unaware that Andrea is madly in love with him.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1981
Alan Is livid when he accidentally discovers that Susan is earning more than he is.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1981
Alan agrees to give his advice when Susan writes a play.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1981
A dejected Elaine must produce a supplement for women under 30, while an ebullient Alan prepares his 39th-birthday celebration.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1981
A prestigious men's club mistakenly puts Holstein on its membership application list.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1981
Alan (Lawrence Pressman) is suspicious when his ex-wife (Julie Cobb) arrives and is overly charming.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1981
Conclusion. Alan thinks his ex-wife's charming behavior is a prelude to a petition to regain custody of Amy.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1981
Amy takes a lot of heat from her classmates over a controversial article Alan has written: "Is Marriage Necessary?"