September 5, 1979
Nicholas and Susan meet Merle the Pearl, a local minor league baseball player. Nicholas is upset that his young girlfriend is m...Read more
September 12, 1979
David returns and is determined to win Janet back from her new boyfriend. Merle confides to Nicholas that he wants to propose t...Read more
September 19, 1979
David and Janet set a wedding date but it turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan decided to move up the wedding day to accom...Read more
September 26, 1979
Chaos hits the Bradford house when everyone's activities go around the clock. In order to get her Ph.D. more quickly, Abby atte...Read more
October 3, 1979
Things are not as they seem at the Bradfords when Merle's sister, Linda Mae, comes from the farm and visits the Bradfords and is s...Read more
October 24, 1979
Joannie gets a job in the research department of a TV station. Mary finds a hidden home pregnancy test and tries to find the owner...Read more
October 31, 1979
Three Bradfords struggle to meet the expectations of others: Nicholas turns truant to escape the long shadow of his siblings; Tom'...Read more
November 7, 1979
Tom's sister Vivian sweeps into town with an offer to take the entire family on vacation to Hawaii, where she secretly plans to re...Read more
November 7, 1979
Still in Hawaii, Tom and his father contemplate whether they can or should bother to reconcile their relationship.
November 14, 1979
When Tommy is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, Mary and Nicholas both feel culpable for different reasons; Merle and ...Read more
November 21, 1979
The furnace is on the blink, causing a cold front in the Bradford house, but Tom dismisses Mary's offer to fix it; Susan's chance ...Read more
November 28, 1979
Tom and Abby believe that Susan is depressed because Merle is gone but learn that she is pregnant. The girls try to cheer her up. ...Read more
December 5, 1979
Tom talks David into hiring Tommy as a construction worker but Tommy has to prove himself to his fellow workers by standing up to ...Read more
December 12, 1979
Joannie tries to convince her boss that she is ready for more responsibility at work. Joannie wants to do a documentary on her fam...Read more
January 9, 1980
Upset that an all girl band was chosen to play at prom, Tommy protests by running for prom queen. Joannie pushes her boss for some on-camera work.
January 16, 1980
Tom is upset that everyone is neglecting their household duties so Abby and the kids pool their resources to hire a maid. Tommy...Read more
January 23, 1980
Abby tries to cheer Tom up on his 50th birthday. Tom feels the pressure of teh youth movement at work and believes that the Reg...Read more
January 30, 1980
Tommy is upset when Jill's idea of a commitment is not the same as his and then misinterprets signals from Mary's friend, Kerry, a...Read more
February 6, 1980
It's winter break and Joannie, Nancy, and Mary meet strange men that drive Tom and Abby crazy. Tom fixes Tommy up with his boss's niece.
February 13, 1980
Tom's new temporary secretary is overly attentive. Joe Simons, the con man who helped Nicholas return from San Diego, shows up ...Read more
February 27, 1980
Ernie misreads Elizabeth's friendly gestures. David is jealous that Janet is working long hours with a male colleague. Tom coun...Read more
March 5, 1980
Abby needs time to deal with memories of her late husband after a fellow prisoner of war shows up in Sacramento. She works out her...Read more
March 19, 1980
Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team. Tom is jealous when a publisher offers to publish Abby's thesis and Tom...Read more
March 26, 1980
Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss will be expecting a favor in return. Joannie blows...Read more
April 2, 1980
Tom is upset that Tommy hasn't sent in any college applications but Tommy wants to be a musician and is not interested in college....Read more
April 9, 1980
Nicholas starts a dog-sitting service. Nancy falls in love with the 5-year-old daughter of the young widower she is dating, but...Read more
April 30, 1980
Tom and Abby agree to let Tommy and a few friends have the house for a small party after graduation. Nicholas and Irving are wo...Read more