Season 8

October 17, 1982

Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.

October 24, 1982

To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.

October 31, 1982

Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.

November 7, 1982

Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.

November 21, 1982

Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.

November 28, 1982

Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.

December 12, 1982

Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.

December 19, 1982

Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.

December 26, 1982

With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.

January 2, 1983

Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.

January 23, 1983

Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.

January 30, 1983

Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.

February 13, 1983

Saving a businessman's life earns Schneider executive status in a job, complete with a secretary, a plush office, a rent-free apartment nearby and very little work to do.

February 20, 1983

A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.

March 6, 1983

Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.

March 7, 1983

Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.

March 14, 1983

A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.

March 21, 1983

Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.

March 28, 1983

A weekend outing with a girl from school is more attractive to Alex than the father-son night he agreed to attend at Schneider's lodge.

May 2, 1983

Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.

May 9, 1983

Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.

May 16, 1983

Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.

May 23, 1983

Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.