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Season 1

  • S01E01 Uncle Charlie

    • March 11, 1980
    • NBC

    ""sex, death and television..."" When Uncle Charlie dies, the Chapins have to figure out how to explain it to their sons.

  • S01E02 Broccoli

    • March 18, 1980
    • NBC

    ""getting ready..."" The Chapins' dinner party with another couple turns into a disaster when the main topic of conversation becomes the husband's infidelity.

  • S01E03 Josh

    • March 25, 1980
    • NBC

    ""advantage Richard..."" An old friend for the past 30 years suddenly reveals to the Chapins that he has been hiding his homosexuality all that time.

  • S01E04 And Baby Makes Two...

    • April 1, 1980
    • NBC

    ""April, '67 moo goo gai panic"" The Chapins panic when they think that Libby is pregnant.

  • S01E05 All Our Weapons

    • April 8, 1980
    • NBC

    ""the Late Show..."" Richard and Libby have a fight over his refusal to ask her father for a loan.

  • S01E06 Windmills

    • April 15, 1980
    • NBC

    ""breaking out..."" Libby's ex-husband makes a surprise visit to the Chapin home.

  • S01E07 Sometimes

    • April 22, 1980
    • NBC

    ""sometimes it's like this... he's wrong""

  • S01E08 Better Than Burning

    • April 29, 1980
    • NBC

    Richard and Libby separately reveal their thoughts to interviewers for a book survey.

  • S01E09 Touching Story

    • NBC

    ""night shift..."" Libby finally confesses a shocking childhood secret.

  • S01E10 Slide Area

    • NBC

    ""good samaritans..."" A severe storm causes their friends to have to stay over because their house is about to slide away. Richard questions his emotions when he cries for no apparent reason.

  • S01E11 Room Service

    • NBC

    ""$28 a day... plus tax."" Staying in a motel after a fight with his wife, Richard is tempted to stray when a female friend visits to console him.

  • S01E12 Lysdexia Is No Joek

    • NBC

    ""Laura..."" When Nicky's teacher comes to talk to them about his difficulties learning how to read, Libby feels pangs of guilt that her son seems to be inheriting her learning disability.

  • S01E13 The Grand Funk

    • NBC

    ""Monday, probably..."" An already depressed Richard becomes even more so when Libby tells him that their son Nicky is part of a gang of kids who are going around killing cats.