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26 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 13, 1995
Beth laments the lack of sexual spice in her marriage. When she hears the shower on, she assumes Dave is in there, undresses, and yanks open the curtain to reveal--Kenny. Several discussions follow.
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 20, 1995
Eric and Mia are having problems, and Eric is so concerned about his performance that he's considering "enhancement"; a defective sewer line allows for eavesdropping on comments that the eavesdroppers later regret hearing.
Episode 3
Wed, Sep 27, 1995
Dave has second thoughts when he wants to sell his blue Mustang from college, and a creative spurt leads him to parlay some of his columns into a book.
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 11, 1995
The Barrys have problems when they wake up early; Eric takes the boys fishing; Mia and Beth shop for bargains; Shel lets Dave borrow his Mercedes but neglects to tell him some information.
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 18, 1995
Shel serves on a jury; Julie reunites with an ex-boyfriend; Mia takes Dave's creative writing lectures at a local college, forcing Dave to wonder how to tell her that she has no writing talent.
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 25, 1995
Beth helps out with the second-grade candy sale; Kenny and Shel are making bets on everything; Julie exploits Tommy's school car wash in order to find dates.
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 1, 1995
Dave's first book gets published and it hurts everyone's feelings.
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 8, 1995
Eric's dad returns from a lengthy fishing trip with a woman named Helen. Eric is unhappy because he was expecting a puppy instead, so Dave and Beth intervene and try to end the family friction.
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 15, 1995
The Barrys try to get healthier after Kenny has a heart attack: Dave keeps a food diary, Beth goads Dave into eating health food, and they even visit a morbid lawyer to write Dave's will.
Episode 10
Wed, Nov 22, 1995
While Dave looks for his missing laptop, Beth and Shel try to find someone who left a message on the Barrys' answering machine in error.
Episode 11
Wed, Nov 29, 199530 mins
Eric and Mia's house catches fire, so Beth invites them to stay at the Barrys' temporarily, to Dave's annoyance; Beth and Mia catch Eric and Julie in a thank-you kiss and sparks fly; Shel spies on his girlfriend to find out if she's cheating.
Episode 12
Wed, Dec 20, 1995
Kenny's boss Rupert wants to renegotiate Kenny's expiring contract, then fires him due to corporate downsizing, so Kenny's friends and mother help him deal with a rough patch as he ponders his future.
Episode 13
Wed, Jan 3, 1996
The IRS can find no proof that the Barrys have been legally married 16 years; Tommy's prank gives Will a recurring tattoo.
Episode 14
Wed, Jan 10, 1996
Dave sees an alligator crawl onto his property and calls animal control, who can find no trace of the gator. When this happens more than once, people think that Dave is either drunk or delirious. Why does the alligator keep disappearing?
Episode 15
Wed, Jan 31, 1996
Beth suggests that everyone try something new and different, so Dave buys a telescope and takes up astronomy and Mia and Shel consider skydiving together; jobless Kenny rejects a lucrative newspaper job.
Episode 16
Wed, Feb 7, 1996
A local advertising campaign turns Dave into a celebrity, but Shel and Kenny soon feel alienated when Dave forgets a prior commitment that he made to them both.
Episode 17
Wed, Feb 14, 1996
On Valentine's Day, Shel introduces Dave to someone who can sell him a diamond to surprise Beth. But how trustworthy is this salesman?
Episode 18
Wed, Feb 21, 1996
Mia and Eric's fight spills over at the Barrys' when he reveals that he finds Beth's laugh annoying; Dave writes an angry letter to the electric company.
Episode 19
Wed, Mar 6, 1996
Shel gets jealous after his girlfriend Celia starts spending time with Beth; Eric and Mia invent a board game called "Circus People".
Episode 20
Wed, Mar 13, 1996
Kenny and Shel get overshadowed by Dave's accomplishments; Eric tries to solve the Barrys' rat infestation problem.
Episode 21
Wed, Apr 3, 1996
Shel has trouble with his inept receptionist and attends a car show with Dave and Eric; Mia delves into astrology; and Tommy plagiarizes one of Dave's columns for a school project.
Episode 22
Wed, Apr 10, 1996
Dave joins Kenny and Eric at the Miami Heat game in a luxury box after skipping a celebrity tennis game with Shel; there's an accident with a Dave impersonator that Shel recruited.
Episode 23
Mon, Apr 29, 1996
Eric builds Dave a sun deck.
Episode 24
Mon, May 6, 1996
Shel's 42nd birthday party is interrupted when one of Celia's patients has a medical emergency. When Shel sees how well she tends to her patients, he has doubts about how important his own career is.
Episode 25
Mon, May 13, 199630 mins
Dave and Shel travel to Los Angeles, where Dave prompts his new bank and Shel visits his daughter Carly who resents having a long-distance father; Beth takes care of her sick mother.
Episode 26
Mon, May 20, 1996
Eric and Mia attend a 6-week premarital program at church, so Beth thinks it's time for the Barry family to attend church regularly; Dave's column about religion upsets dozens of readers and prompts the paper to demand a retraction.