Season 1 (1977)
Episodes: 25
Star Cast: Katherine Helmond , Cathryn Damon , Richard Mulligan , Robert Mandan ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 Episode 1
Air Date: 1977-09-13
This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.
Ep.2 Episode 2
Air Date: 1977-09-20
In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.
Ep.3 Episode 3
Air Date: 1977-09-27
Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.
Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 1977-10-04
Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.
Ep.5 Episode 5
Air Date: 1977-10-04
Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change operation; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem; Corrine tells Father Tim she loves him; and Jessica can't tell Corinne anything.
Ep.6 Episode 6
Air Date: 1977-10-25
Corrine moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of his son Chuck, the ventriloquist; and Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.
Ep.7 Episode 7
Air Date: 1977-11-01
The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck, the schizophrenic ventriloquist, arrives; and Danny traps Burt in a cabin with the intent to kill.
Ep.8 Episode 8
Air Date: 1977-11-08
Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and the Tates.
Ep.9 Episode 9
Air Date: 1977-11-15
Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.
Ep.10 Episode 10
Air Date: 1977-11-22
The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.
Ep.11 Episode 11
Air Date: 1977-11-29
Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.
Ep.12 Episode 12
Air Date: 1977-12-06
Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; and Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.
Ep.13 Episode 13
Air Date: 1977-12-13
Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.
Ep.14 Episode 14
Air Date: 1977-12-27
Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Chief of Police Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.
Ep.15 Episode 15
Air Date: 1978-01-03
Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.
Ep.16 Episode 16
Air Date: 1978-01-10
After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.
Ep.17 Episode 17
Air Date: 1978-01-17
After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Campbell's. Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live - on one condition.
Ep.18 Episode 18
Air Date: 1978-01-24
The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire
Ep.19 Episode 19
Air Date: 1978-02-07
Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne, and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.
Ep.20 Episode 20
Air Date: 1978-02-14
Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the Judge.
Ep.21 Episode 21
Air Date: 1978-02-21
Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.
Ep.22 Episode 22
Air Date: 1978-02-28
Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.
Ep.23 Episode 23
Air Date: 1978-03-14
Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica
Ep.24 Episode 24
Air Date: 1978-03-21
Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.
Ep.25 Episode 25
Air Date: 1978-03-28
Lefkowitz's threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of the verdict for Jessica.
