October 13, 1981
A doctor informs Muriel that she's pregnant after she faints at a restaurant while celebrating her 42nd birthday with her family. ...Read more
October 27, 1981
Henry's free-spirited niece, April, shows up on his doorstep after moving from Delaware to start a song writing career, and he rel...Read more
November 3, 1981
Muriel and Henry read a newspaper article about a nurse who had switched babies in the maternity ward of the hospital that Sara ha...Read more
November 10, 1981
Jackie openly dreads a visit from an annoying, nerdy guy who had a crush on her when she was a kid. However, when Sara is the firs...Read more
November 17, 1981
Muriel goes in for an amniocentesis, but she and Henry decline to learn the sex of the baby. This doesn't sit well with Henry's mi...Read more
November 24, 1981
An older man dressed like a bum shows up at the Rushes' doorstep looking for the transvestite persona of Rafkin, their deceased fo...Read more
December 1, 1981
Hearing a story about a man who died intestate causes Henry to have a terrible nightmare, which compels him to finally make out hi...Read more
December 8, 1981
Monroe enrolls in an assertiveness class on the advice of the Rush girls after being pushed around at a concert, but the class pro...Read more
December 15, 1981
Muriel unwisely commits herself to do a coveted helicopter photo shoot, which Henry demands she cancel due to her pregnancy. The b...Read more
January 5, 1982
Jackie falls madly in love with a police officer who responds to a false burglary report at the apartment due to April sneaking in...Read more
January 12, 1982
Henry is going up the wall with April keeping such late hours, spending time with her latest boyfriend. However, Henry and Muriel ...Read more
January 19, 1982
A fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip who has been sending him increasingly bizarre fan mail breaks into the apartment one night...Read more
February 2, 1982
April secretly arranges for her father Bill to meet face to face with his brother Henry, so they can attempt to reconcile after a ...Read more
February 9, 1982
Henry is contacted by a rival cartoonist who has perpetrated several practical jokes on him over the years, and Henry schemes with...Read more
February 16, 1982
Upon realizing the birth of his third child is only six weeks away, Henry feels a sense of guilt for not spending enough time with...Read more
February 23, 1982
Muriel secretly asks her mother Iris stay with her until she recovers from childbirth, much to the chagrin of Henry, who has alway...Read more
March 2, 1982
Henry's generous offer to arrange a job interview for an attractive art student backfires when she begins showing affection for hi...Read more
March 9, 1982
Just before heading off on a Las Vegas vacation, Henry reluctantly lends $100 to Sara, April, and Monroe so they can start a busin...Read more
March 16, 1982
In order to reduce the cost of a trip to Europe, Jackie and Sara swap apartments with an English couple who wants to visit America...Read more
March 23, 1982
Henry refuses to accept Sara's decision to drop out of college to become the weather announcer on a local television station, whic...Read more
May 4, 1982
Jackie's boyfriend Brad has recovered from his gunshot wound and decides he can't work a desk job, which causes him to reconsider ...Read more
May 11, 1982
April's father sends her his baby grand piano, and she takes up Monroe's offer to move it into the apartment with the help of a la...Read more