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25 Episodes 1985 - 1985
Episode 1
Thu, Apr 25, 1985
Joe and Kelly spend the night together after a night of heavy drinking. They don't remember what happened. Will this lead to a relationship?
Episode 2
Thu, May 2, 1985
Lou has an attack of pride when he gets fired from his job and his ensuing personal crisis drives Cliff and Joe crazy, especially he starts working at the restaurant. At a loss for how to help him, Joe decides to fire him to give his wounded pride a boost.
Episode 3
Thu, May 9, 1985
During a blackout one night at The Point After, a mysterious stranger shows up out of nowhere eating food that the restaurant doesn't serve and speaking a language of magic and cosmic good luck. The guys are skeptical until he turns up ancient trinket that he claims can bring good luck. Everyone falls over themselves trying to make their greatest desires come true.
Episode 4
Thu, May 16, 1985
Connie, the woman that Cliff left at the altar when he came out, returns to confront him about abandoning her but also confront the shame and embarrassment that it caused her and her family. The bigger issue comes later when she and Cliff have to explain to her family exactly why he left.
Episode 5
Thu, May 30, 198525 mins
Donald considers settling down with a former girlfriend and her daughter, as this offers him a ready-made family.
Episode 6
Thu, Jun 6, 1985
Joe offers to pose as Kelly's husband to impress her former classmates at her high school reunion.
Episode 7
Thu, Jun 13, 1985
Donald's estranged father arrives in Philadelphia to visit his son, but the reunion is cut short when he suffers a heart attack.
Episode 8
Thu, Jun 20, 198528 mins
Lou is humiliated when he suddenly becomes impotent.
Episode 9
Thu, Jul 11, 1985
Joe feels like a failure when he does not approve of Penny's new boyfriend and she retaliates by moving in with him. Joe is then forced to enlist everybody's help into sprucing up their new apartment.
Episode 10
Thu, Jul 18, 1985
Joe's plans to run as city councilman is dampened due to disagreements and tensions within the gang.
Episode 11
Thu, Aug 1, 1985
A crooked detective sets up a sting when he accuses Donald of being a criminal.
Episode 12
Thu, Aug 8, 1985
Cliff find a rich boyfriend (Winston) who quickly gets too serious about his relationship with Cliff. Cliff does not feel the same way about Winston.
Episode 13
Thu, Aug 15, 1985
Cliff is failing one of his college courses, which will prevent him from playing baseball. His female professor offers him a passing grade in exchange for sex.
Episode 14
Wed, Sep 4, 1985
Joe decides to write a book about his memoirs, but decides to bend the truth on certain things, causing a rift between him and his family.
Episode 15
Wed, Sep 11, 1985
A young woman shows up from Korea who might possibly be Lou's daughter. Lou was involved with her mother when he was stationed in Korea. Is this his daughter?
Episode 16
Wed, Sep 18, 1985
Lou feels he needs a way to "be remembered", so he runs for president of the Rhinos. In order to cement the election he recruits three new members: Joe, Cliff, and Donald.
Episode 17
Wed, Oct 2, 1985
Donald is faced with the possibility of coming out to his former Air Force buddies.
Episode 18
Wed, Oct 9, 1985
Joe and his ex-wife Janey begin spending time with each other again and Penny hopes for a reconciliation, but Janey's selfishness jeopardizes their chances.
Episode 19
Wed, Oct 23, 1985
Joe's old friend Bubba is back in town, but he does not answer. Joe questions him and learns that Bubba has AIDS.
Episode 20
Wed, Oct 30, 1985
Lou is embarrassed and upset when his son Bucky considers leaving the seminary because he cannot take the vow of celibacy.
Episode 21
Wed, Nov 6, 1985
Penny dates an African-American circus clown. Rose Marie and Maury Amsterdam play the clown's parents.
Episode 22
Wed, Nov 13, 198525 mins
Lou and Donald get the chickenpox. They are quarantined for a fortnight in Donald's apartment. Soon they are annoyed by each other. Penny fears the two are killing each other.
Episode 23
Wed, Nov 27, 198526 mins
Donald is very secretive about the reason he doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with the Waters brothers
Episode 24
Wed, Dec 4, 1985
Joe and Cliff do not want to live together anymore. Everyone feels cramped in their privacy. In order to complete the change, they immediately enter a contact ad. The badge is a red carnation.
Episode 25
Wed, Dec 11, 1985
Kelly is turned off by a bad date. She becomes friends with Donald's friend, Annie. When Lou tells the gang that Annie is a lesbian, they begin to read more into their relationship than there is.