In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner Harris Weldon, his newlywed niece and her husband, while raising her teenage daughter.
Janice's estranged husband calls after having gone out for cigarettes three years earlier.
Jan 18, 1990
S1E2
Episode 2 · 30m
The Pretty Good Mother
Tom's attempt to win back his job is marred by Carol Anne's suspicion that he's having an affair with Janice, who allows herself and Edda a designated period of depression to deal with the divorce.
Jan 25, 1990
S1E3
Episode 3 · 30m
Sex, Lies, and Cable TV
Lunching together, Carol Anne and Janice clear things up between them, but find there's still a problem they both share. Meanwhile, cable TV viewers are offered the philosophy of Norris.
Feb 1, 1990
S1E4
Episode 4 · 30m
A Boy and His Dad
There's one little thing that Tom never told Carol Anne about his past, and it's just arrived in Grand, behind the wheel of the Porsche that smacked into Carol Anne.
Feb 8, 1990
S1E5
Episode 5 · 30m
Faded Genes
Bonding in the woods, Tom and Dylan get tips about fathers and sons from Norris, while surgery-bound Desmond imparts a surprise on the same topic to Weldon.
Feb 15, 1990
S1E6
Episode 6 · 30m
Legends of Sport
With Eddie in town to celebrate his glory days of yore, Janice has a knee-jerk reaction to his glory days of now; and Dylan leads Edda astray.
Feb 22, 1990
S1E7
Episode 7 · 30m
Deer Hunter
After Wayne's father is shot by a deer, Tom sets about networking at the funeral, while the widow falls under the official scrutiny of her son.
Mar 1, 1990
S1E8
Episode 8 · 30m
The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead
Weldon tries a cosmetic change for Carnegie Hall. Norris channels the spirit of a genius. Japanese bikers throw Tom's future off track.
Mar 8, 1990
S1E9
Episode 9 · 30m
Carnagie Hell
In New York, Janice hears history repeating itself. While at Carnegie Hall, George Bush and Leonard Bernstein are replaced by Dan Quayle and Plafka Dobra.
Mar 15, 1990
S1E10
Episode 10 · 30m
An Obtuse Triangle
Janice compares rashes with Edda's Romeo. Norris finds all you need is love to avoid a career as a dead comic. Tom is tempted by an offer from Japan.
Mar 22, 1990
S1E11
Episode 11 · 30m
Trigonometry Made Easy
Norris succeeds in business without really trying. Wayne proposes to Janice. A secret admirer arranges to meet with Carol Anne.
Mar 29, 1990
S1E12
Episode 12 · 30m
Czech, Please
Weldon's plans for Plafka are stabled. Janice gives Wayne a maybe, and learns the cause of her rash. Carol Anne yields to men's tears and Tom sees his $1.1 million turn into $46,853.
Apr 5, 1990
S1E13
Episode 13 · 30m
Blow Off
Aspiring beaus are dismissed by the Pasetti women. Desmond and Weldon square off in the name of love. Carol Anne plans a tryst while Tom plots his takeover of Eastern Europe.
