Season 1

1. The School Conference

1981-10-24 · 26m

Series premiere about the everyday life of a housewife in Dayton, Ohio. In the opening episode, Maggie receives a note from school accusing her 8-year-old son of "borderline obscenity."

2. A Tooth for a Tooth

1981-10-31 · 26m

Maggie babysits for a friend in hopes of coming up with enough money to cover Mark's braces, but the girl is not the angel Maggie is led to believe.

3. Career

1981-11-07 · 26m

Len considers a career switch after learning that a former colleague has struck it rich outside the teaching profession.

4. Bruce's Birthday Party

1981-11-14 · 26m

The girls goad Maggie into throwing a birthday party for Bruce, but Buffy's diamond ring winds up in an unlikely place during the event.

5. Marriage Encounter

1982-04-30 · 26m

Maggie and her husband Len, on their way to a marriage encounter session, make a wrong turn and wind up stranded when the car runs out of gas.

6. Alienation of Affection

1982-05-07 · 26m

Maggie returns from a trip to hear nothing but rave reviews of Loretta's housekeeping.

7. Mark's Shrink

1982-05-14 · 26m

Maggie takes Mark to see a therapist in hopes of curing his problem. The doctor recommends that Len project a more masculine image to his son.

8. Maggie the Poet

1982-05-21 · 26m

Pressure from her mother leads Maggie to take up poetry again, but after selling her first poem to a newspaper, Maggie suffers writer's block. (Last show of the series.)