One Day at a Time

October 11, 1981

After the recent death of Nick, Alex is left feeling lonely and unwanted by his recently married mother. So, he hops a bus from Chicago and head straight to Ann and Barbara.

October 18, 1981

Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.

October 25, 1981

Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.

November 8, 1981

Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.

November 15, 1981

Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.

November 29, 1981

Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.

December 6, 1981

Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.

December 20, 1981

Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.

December 27, 1981

Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.

January 3, 1982

Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.

January 17, 1982

While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.

January 24, 1982

Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.

January 31, 1982

Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.

February 7, 1982

Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.

February 21, 1982

Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.

March 7, 1982

Alex doesn't feel like the hero he's hailed after saving lives in an apartment blaze because he caused the fire in the first place.

March 14, 1982

The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.

March 21, 1982

A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.

March 28, 1982

Ann and Francine battle over the same man.

April 4, 1982

Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.

April 11, 1982

At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.

April 18, 1982

The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.

May 2, 1982

The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.

May 9, 1982

It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.

May 16, 1982

Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.