TV season
1985-09-24
Episode 1
1985-09-24 • 25 min
Maggie goes back to work as a journalist, prompting psychologist Jason to move his office into their home so he can keep his eye on the kids. Things don't get off to a great start: the first night he gets a call from the police that Mike has been picked up for illegally driving a car.
Episode 2
1985-10-01 • 24 min
Jason embarrasses Mike at a Bruce Springsteen concert when they are interviewed together.
Episode 3
1985-10-08 • 24 min
Jason fumes when Maggie spends long hours on a toxic waste story with handsome co-worker Fred.
Episode 4
1985-10-15 • 24 min
Maggie gives an honest assessment of Carol's writing of an article for her school magazine; Mike and Ben discover track betting.
Episode 5
1985-10-29 • 24 min
Maggie accuses Jason of monopolizing the children.
Episode 6
1985-11-05 • 24 min
Mike's infatuation with a Madonna look-alike worries Maggie.
Episode 7
1985-11-12 • 24 min
Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
Episode 8
1985-11-19 • 24 min
Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, Mike feigns interest in karate when his real goal is a girl attending the course.
Episode 9
1985-11-26 • 24 min
Carol develops a crush on a family friend, who thinks of her as his little sister.
Episode 10
1985-12-03 • 24 min
Mike hurts more than his pride when he takes a nasty fall off a dirt bike that he promised his parents he wouldn't go near.
Episode 11
1985-12-10 • 24 min
Mike doodles on his aptitude test and winds up with an IQ score of 27.
Episode 12
1985-12-17 • 24 min
A depressed department store Santa consulting Jason decides to commit suicide by leaping down the Seavers' chimney.
Episode 13
1986-01-07 • 24 min
Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
Episode 14
1986-01-14 • 24 min
Jason faces off against Ben's hockey coach, who's teaching the boys to play dirty; Mike learns ballroom dancing.
Episode 15
1986-01-21 • 24 min
Maggie casually mentions to Jason that she might be pregnant; Mike acts as a weekend servant to Ben; and Carol wants to divorce her class-project husband.
Episode 16
1986-01-28 • 24 min
The PTA head rejects the Seavers as dance chaperones.
Episode 17
1986-02-18 • 24 min
Ben gives Jason a very expensive birthday present, causing speculation on how he can possibly afford it.
Episode 18
1986-02-25 • 24 min
Mike writes test answers on his shoe soles.
Episode 19
1986-03-04 • 24 min
Maggie's assignment interferes with anniversary plans.
Episode 20
1986-03-11 • 24 min
Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.
Episode 21
1986-05-06 • 24 min
Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.
Episode 22
1986-05-13 • 24 min
Mike's practical-joker uncle Bob visits from the hereafter.
