Season 1 (1996)

Anything You Want
5.0

August 26, 1996 • 44m

Eric enlists the help of a neighbor to stop Matt from smoking, and makes a vain attempt to help Lucy deal with her flowering womanhood.

Family Secrets
0.0

September 23, 1996 • 44m

Shhh! Don't tell anyone, but: Matt and Mary both have mysterious new friends; Simon and his new charge, Happy, could be in the dog...Read more

In the Blink of an Eye
10.0

September 30, 1996 • 44m

Mary offers to shield Lucy and her "date" from Eric; Matt gets into a scrape while out with a young woman; and Annie goes to Arizo...Read more

No Funerals and a Wedding
10.0

October 7, 1996 • 44m

Annie feels abandoned on the day of her mother's funeral when her father bolts for home, Eric counsels a couple and Matt escorts R...Read more

The Color of God
10.0

October 14, 1996 • 44m

The Camden kids learn hard lessons about race when Eric invites a black family to stay at the house after their church is destroye...Read more

Halloween
10.0

October 28, 1996 • 44m

Halloween is a fright, as Annie tries to scare up a costume for Ruthie; Lucy has a close encounter with the town "monster"; and a ...Read more

Saturday
10.0

November 4, 1996 • 44m

Eric counsels a teen drug addict; Matt's fired from another job; Lucy blows it when she tries to impress the most popular girl in ...Read more

What Will People Say?
0.0

November 11, 1996 • 44m

Eric helps out a woman who is being abused by her husband. But when the good reverend is seen escorting the woman to a motel one a...Read more

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
10.0

November 18, 1996 • 44m

Annie and Matt are robbed at gunpoint; Mary wants a tattoo; Eric is told to fire the church organist; Simon and Ruthie have the ch...Read more

Last Call for Aunt Julie
10.0

November 25, 1996 • 44m

Eric's sister visits the family for Thanksgiving but knocks the stuffing out of everyone when they discover that she has a drinking problem.

Now You See Me
10.0

December 16, 1996 • 44m

Matt's new girlfriend seems more interested in hanging out with his family than with him; Simon thinks he can make himself invisib...Read more

With a Little Help from My Friends
10.0

January 13, 1997 • 44m

Matt helps out an elderly neighbor, but winds up getting in hot water for it; Eric searches for a way to aid a proud but homeless ...Read more

America's Most Wanted
10.0

January 27, 1997 • 44m

The kids receive some lessons about stealing: Matt and Mary carry on a high-school tradition by lifting a glass from a local diner...Read more

Seven Is Enough
0.0

February 3, 1997 • 44m

A tug-of-war ensues between Eric and his cantankerous parents over who will adopt a young orphan found hiding in the church.

Happy's Valentine
10.0

February 10, 1997 • 44m

Everyone's plans for a romantic Valentine's Day are interrupted when Happy, Simon's dog, gets out of the house and is hit by a car.

Brave New World
10.0

February 17, 1997 • 44m

Mary deals with harassment from a boy she turned down for a date; Lucy's new best friend seems to be hiding something; Simon prepa...Read more

Choices
9.0

April 14, 1997 • 44m

Mary takes a walk on the wild side with a classmate she meets in detention; a former associate minister from Eric's church drops i...Read more

Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line
10.0

April 21, 1997 • 44m

Annie volunteers as the church's treasurer pro tem but gets caught in the middle when Eric wants to hire an ex-con against the adv...Read more

It's About George...
10.0

April 28, 1997 • 44m

Eric has to tell his parents that George may have to be given over to his birth father, who has resurfaced; Eric's alcoholic siste...Read more

Say Good-bye
10.0

May 5, 1997 • 44m

Annie's "boy-crazy" best friend from school, Rachel, is in town, but the boy she has her eye on is Matt; Lucy may have to say good...Read more

Dangerous Liaisons (1)
10.0

May 12, 1997 • 44m

Annie is livid when her father brings along his girlfriend on a weeklong visit; Mary and Matt pursue new romantic interests; Lucy ...Read more

Dangerous Liaisons (2)
10.0

May 19, 1997 • 44m

Mary undergoes knee surgery, while Matt learns that Michael Towner was the hit-and-run driver; Wilson reveals the truth about Billy to Eric.