By Way of Introduction

Episode number: 1

Love in a Briefcase

Episode number: 2

Overview: When Jim loses his briefcase, a comedy of errors ensues.

The Price of Plumbing Is Numbing

Episode number: 3

Overview: The lack of a second bathroom causes problems for the 3 generations trying to live under one roof.

Father and Son Game

Episode number: 4

Overview: Jim tries to get his fumble-fingered son Teddy into a father-son baseball game.

Another Day, Another Scholar

Episode number: 5

Overview: The campus is rife with rumors about Professor Howard and a sexy coed.

A Hunch in Time

Episode number: 6

Overview: Ecology-minded Jim is concerned about P.J.'s involvement in a developer's grandiose scheme.

The Identity Crisis

Episode number: 7

Overview: Jim and Luther defy their age by going on a spree in San Francisco.

Guest of Honor

Episode number: 8

Overview: A visiting professor from Eastern Europe bedevils the Howards with his lack of knowledge of American customs.

Pro Bono Publico

Episode number: 9

Overview: Jim confronts the local Booster Club over a prime piece of real estate.

A Bunk for Unc

Episode number: 10

Overview: Jim's easy-going lifestyle is disrupted by a visit from his hard-driving uncle.

A Run for City Commissioner

Episode number: 11

Overview: Jim finds himself caught in the middle when both his wife and his son decide to run for the same seat on the city council.

Period of Readjustment

Episode number: 12

Overview: As Wendy tries to protect her father-in-law from an aggressive saleswoman, we learn how the the different generations of Howards ended up living in the same house.

Luther's Last Love

Episode number: 13

Overview: Luther's strange gum-chewing fiancee is actually part of a scheme to discourage matchmaking.

Cockadoodle Don't

Episode number: 14

Overview: The Howard family struggles to define the rules of peaceful coexistence.

As the Escrow Flies

Episode number: 15

Overview: Will Jim and Martha actually be lonely now that P.J. and Wendy have found their dream house and are planning to move out?

Eighty-Nine Pounds of Love

Episode number: 16

Overview: The Howards need to get rid of Jake's troublesome dog without breaking the boy's heart.

The Quarterback Ache

Episode number: 17

Overview: Everyone on campus joins in the campaign to help the overweight star quarterback of the football team lose 10 pounds.

Aunt's in My Plans

Episode number: 18

Overview: Luther becomes attracted to Martha's visitng Aunt Lydia.

Paper Work

Episode number: 19

Overview: The Howards accidentally add Luther's exam books to papers collected for recycling.

Song of the Jailbird

Episode number: 20

Overview: Jim ends up in jail after a student prank results in his playing the accordion for a stripper at a stag party.

Price Is Right

Episode number: 21

Overview: There is much excitement and anxiety in Easy Valley, as art connoisseur Vincent Price arrives to judge a local art contest, including Martha's portrait of Luther.

Jim's Decision

Episode number: 22

Overview: Jim has to decide whether it is appropriate to keep appearing on TV plugging his anthropology book.

Old School Ties

Episode number: 23

A Bone of Much Contention

Episode number: 24

Overview: A flamboyant developer wants to erect his latest hamburger joint on the site where a rare fossil has been discovered.