Season 1
22 episodes · Aug 26, 1996
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S1E1Anything You Want
Aug 26, 199644mEric enlists the help of a neighbor to stop Matt from smoking, and makes a vain attempt to help Lucy deal with her flowering womanhood.
S1E2Family Secrets
Sep 23, 199644mShhh! Don't tell anyone, but: Matt and Mary both have mysterious new friends; Simon and his new charge, Happy, could be in the doghouse; and Lucy keeps mum about the object of a crush.
S1E3In the Blink of an Eye
Sep 30, 199644mMary offers to shield Lucy and her "date" from Eric; Matt gets into a scrape while out with a young woman; and Annie goes to Arizona to bring her parents home.
S1E4No Funerals and a Wedding
Oct 7, 199644mAnnie feels abandoned on the day of her mother's funeral when her father bolts for home, Eric counsels a couple and Matt escorts Renee to the hospital after she goes into labor at the post-funeral luncheon.
S1E5The Color of God
Oct 14, 199644mThe Camden kids learn hard lessons about race when Eric invites a black family to stay at the house after their church is destroyed in a racially motivated arson.
S1E6Halloween
Oct 28, 199644mHalloween is a fright, as Annie tries to scare up a costume for Ruthie; Lucy has a close encounter with the town "monster"; and a childhood memory haunts Eric.
S1E7Saturday
Nov 4, 199644mEric counsels a teen drug addict; Matt's fired from another job; Lucy blows it when she tries to impress the most popular girl in school; Simon and Lucy get lost playing detective.
S1E8What Will People Say?
Nov 11, 199644mEric helps out a woman who is being abused by her husband. But when the good reverend is seen escorting the woman to a motel one afternoon, it's the talk of the town. Meanwhile, Matt warns Mary about an older guy she's seeing.
S1E9See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Nov 18, 199644mAnnie and Matt are robbed at gunpoint; Mary wants a tattoo; Eric is told to fire the church organist; Simon and Ruthie have the chicken pox; Lucy runs for student-body president (as does Jimmy Moon).
S1E10Last Call for Aunt Julie
Nov 25, 199644mEric's sister visits the family for Thanksgiving but knocks the stuffing out of everyone when they discover that she has a drinking problem.
S1E11Now You See Me
Dec 16, 199644mMatt's new girlfriend seems more interested in hanging out with his family than with him; Simon thinks he can make himself invisible; Lucy wants to join the cheerleading squad.
S1E12With a Little Help from My Friends
Jan 13, 199744mMatt helps out an elderly neighbor, but winds up getting in hot water for it; Eric searches for a way to aid a proud but homeless family; Lucy's 13th birthday approaches and she wants a party.
S1E13America's Most Wanted
Jan 27, 199744mThe kids receive some lessons about stealing: Matt and Mary carry on a high-school tradition by lifting a glass from a local diner and Lucy borrows liberally from a term paper Mary lent her.
S1E14Seven Is Enough
Feb 3, 199744mA tug-of-war ensues between Eric and his cantankerous parents over who will adopt a young orphan found hiding in the church.
S1E15Happy's Valentine
Feb 10, 199744mEveryone's plans for a romantic Valentine's Day are interrupted when Happy, Simon's dog, gets out of the house and is hit by a car.
S1E16Brave New World
Feb 17, 199744mMary deals with harassment from a boy she turned down for a date; Lucy's new best friend seems to be hiding something; Simon prepares Ruthie for pre-kindergarten.
S1E17Choices
Apr 14, 199744mMary takes a walk on the wild side with a classmate she meets in detention; a former associate minister from Eric's church drops in unexpectedly; Simon and Ruthie ferret out a scheme to fund their college educations.
S1E18Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line
Apr 21, 199744mAnnie volunteers as the church's treasurer pro tem but gets caught in the middle when Eric wants to hire an ex-con against the advice of the church vestry. Meanwhile, Mary agrees to tutor Jimmy Moon in science.
S1E19It's About George
Apr 28, 199744mEric has to tell his parents that George may have to be given over to his birth father, who has resurfaced; Eric's alcoholic sister is released from rehab.
S1E20Say Goodbye
May 5, 199744mAnnie's "boy-crazy" best friend from school, Rachel, is in town, but the boy she has her eye on is Matt; Lucy may have to say goodbye to her friend Suzanne.
S1E21Dangerous Liaisons (1)
May 12, 199744mAnnie is livid when her father brings along his girlfriend on a weeklong visit; Mary and Matt pursue new romantic interests; Lucy wants to find out if blondes really have more fun.
S1E22Dangerous Liaisons (2)
May 19, 199744mMary undergoes knee surgery, while Matt learns that Michael Towner was the hit-and-run driver; Wilson reveals the truth about Billy to Eric.