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Family Affair Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 0 - 1967
Episode 1
Buffy
Mon, Sep 12, 196630 mins
Bill Davis, owner of a successful construction company, is entertaining a date at his New York apartment. Then, Buffy, his niece and daughter of his dead brother, is brought to him. Bill is ambivalent about taking on this responsibility. He suggests sending Buffy to school in Switzerland. This prompts Buffy to run away, but she only makes it as far as the basement of his apartment building. Giles French, the Davis butler, finds her there and brings her back. Bill and Buffy have a talk, where Bill assures her she can stay if she wants. Until now, she has only called him "sir" but now calls him Uncle Bill. The businessman is about to go to Peru when Buffy's twin brother, Jody, is brought to the apartment. Bill decides he'll take in Jody, as well, much to French's discomfort. ("Mr. Davis -- there are two of them!") Bill is off to Peru. Then, his other nice, 15-year-old Cissy, is brought to the apartment and the three siblings enjoy a reunion. French is less enthused. "I am a nanny," he says.
Episode 2
Jody and Cissy
Mon, Sep 19, 196630 mins
Jody, Buffy's twin brother, and Cissy arrive while Bill is away. When he returns, he must make a decision as to what to do that would be best for the children.
Episode 3
The Gift Horse
Mon, Sep 26, 196630 mins
When Bill returns from Africa bearing gifts, Cissy presents him with a hand-knitted tie. Buffy and Jody also want to give Bill a gift, and end up purchasing a horse for him from a retiring carriage driver.
Episode 4
The Matter of School
Mon, Oct 3, 196630 mins
Bill decides to send Cissy to Bryerfield School in Connecticut, a private school for girls. Cissy would rather go to Lexi High, which is a couple of blocks away from home, but thinks Bill wants her "out of his hair" so she reluctantly agrees. Buffy and Jody miss her and plan to have a classmate's father who is a cab driver take them to "Kenny-cut" (Connecticut). They then tell Bill of their plans and he realizes that Cissy would be better off at home. The highlight is Bill escorting Cissy for a night out with dinner at "21", a Broadway show and a nightclub.
Episode 5
Marmalade
Mon, Oct 10, 196630 mins
An acquaintance of Bill's hires Mr. French to appear in an ad for marmalade that her advertising company is promoting.
Episode 6
Room with a Viewpoint
Mon, Oct 17, 196630 mins
When Bill gets Cissy her own phone and arranges for an interior decorator to redo Cissy's and Buffy's bedroom, Buffy becomes withdrawn as the changes appear to separate the room and, as a result, she fears Cissy is separating from her.
Episode 7
Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?
Mon, Oct 24, 196630 mins
Buffy leaves Mrs. Beasley with Mr. French, who accidentally knocks the doll off the terrace. When Bill learns from Cissy the importance of Mrs. Beasley to Buffy, he goes on an earnest search to find the doll.
Episode 8
Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?
Mon, Nov 7, 196630 mins
The owner of a Middle East Delicacies store, upon learning Mr. French is unmarried and knowing he is wealthy, introduces him to his cousin, Nural Shpeni, who he and her brothers want Nural to marry.
Episode 9
A Matter for Experts
Mon, Nov 14, 196630 mins
The vice principal and a child psychologist are concerned that Buffy and Jody only spend time with each other instead of playing with the other children, and state that it would be better for them to spend less time together.
Episode 10
Beware the Other Woman
Mon, Nov 21, 196630 mins
Cissy thinks Bill is planning to get married to an old friend, but when her new friend tells her how her stepmothers sent her away, Cissy then suspects that the woman will send her and Buffy and Jody away.
Episode 11
Take Two Aspirin
30 mins
Restless, Bill takes a job in the Yutacan, but then starts to miss the family. It gets worse when he is led to believe, through miscommunication by phone, that Mr. French has the flu and Buffy and Jody are left to take care of him.
Episode 12
Love Me, Love Me Not
Mon, Dec 5, 196630 mins
Jody doesn't think Bill loves him because he won't punish him, so Jody looks for ways to get in trouble, but his plans backfire.
Episode 13
The Thursday Man
Mon, Dec 12, 196630 mins
For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr French. She starts following him and finds out what he does every Thursday.
Episode 14
Think Deep
Mon, Dec 26, 196626 mins
Bill and Mr. French hope that Cissy is just going through a phase in what seems to be her want for everyone to be on an equal footing. How this philosophy manifests itself is Cissy referring to Mr. French by his much detested given name of Giles, she taking over some of the household duties in believing French should not live a life of servitude, that the family members rotate seating places at the dining table, and that Bill be up front to the twins that things such as fairy tales are just fantasy and not reality. What Bill and French discover is that her newfound beliefs are the influence of a new person in her life named Julian, who she considers a God. Beyond those beliefs being misguided, Bill has a bigger problem on his hands when he finds out who Julian is and meets him to find out what he is like as a person and not Cissy's view of him as a God.
Episode 15
Hard Hat Jody
Mon, Jan 2, 196730 mins
Jody talks about having a job with a man who builds buildings and even gets paid for it. Uncle Bill thinks he is making it up. Bill later meets the man and realizes it is the person he has been trying to meet for a construction project.
Episode 16
That Was the Dinner That Wasn't
Mon, Jan 9, 196730 mins
Cissy's school is having a mother / daughter dinner. This makes Cissy miss her mother more.
Episode 17
All Around the Town
Mon, Jan 16, 196730 mins
Due to a miscommunication of who would watch Buffy and Jody, the twins find themselves all alone in New York City.
Episode 18
One for the Little Boy
Mon, Jan 23, 196730 mins
Giles French leaves town for a month, so his brother Niles comes to help with the Davis'. Jody is tired of always being around the girls and having to do the things they want to do. Uncle Bill decides to give him some masculine attention.
Episode 19
Fancy Free
Mon, Jan 30, 196730 mins
Jody & Buffy are excited to be moved to Upper First Grade at school, but it means more homework. They do not know how to do the math problems nor read some of the new books. Bill is spending more time dating than helping the twins.
Episode 20
A Helping Hand
Mon, Feb 6, 196730 mins
Buffy & Jody have problems with a building project for a school. Bill is hosting a large dinner party, and French has to hire an assistant to help serve the food. Adele turns out to have no experience and only makes things worse for French.
Episode 21
Once in Love with Buffy
Mon, Feb 13, 196730 mins
When Bill has to babysit Buffy and Jody, he tells friends that he is stuck with the kids. Buffy overhears this, and the twins start to decide if they should stay with Bill or move to their Aunt Fran's place.
Episode 22
Ballerina Buffy
Mon, Feb 20, 196730 mins
Buffy gets upset when she does not get the role of The Big Bad Wolf in her ballet recital.
Episode 23
The Mother Tongue
Mon, Feb 27, 196730 mins
Buffy & Jody's new friend at school has them doing things differently. When Marilyn visits, Bill and French learn she speaks only Mandarin, and the kids communicate through child-speak. French tries his rusty mandarin and insults her.
Episode 24
Everybody Needs Somebody
Mon, Mar 13, 196730 mins
French congratulates a friend on his upcoming wedding, and makes the comment about how wonderful it will be to have a wife and home. Buffy overhears this and tells Jody they need to find French a wife.
Episode 25
The Way It Was
Mon, Mar 20, 196730 mins
Uncle Bill and French look forward to a week of quiet when the three children are at different camps during a school break. After a few days, Bill and French realize they have grown used to the noise and chaos of children at home.
Episode 26
All Nephews Are Created Equal
Mon, Mar 27, 196730 mins
French's nephew David visits French at the Davis' home. David surprises French by announcing he is going into dentistry instead of being a gentleman's gentleman.
Episode 27
The Prize
Mon, Apr 10, 196730 mins
Buffy & Jody enter a cereal contest, hoping to win a boat. But their prize is a lamb. When it arrives at the apartment, they do not understand why a lamb cannot live in an apartment.
Episode 28
What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?
Mon, Apr 17, 196730 mins
Bill takes a week of vacation and plans activities for each day. The Rodeo is in town, and Bill's friend Gabe is one of the cowboys. Bill invites Gabe to stay with them, and the twins want to do everything with him.
Episode 29
The Award
Mon, May 1, 196730 mins
Bill thinks the twins take advantage of him and French because they give in to their every wish. Bill says to deny the twins sometimes so they do not get spoiled. Buffy & Jody make a trophy for their uncle, but get sick from the clay.
Episode 30
The Butler Method
Mon, May 15, 196730 mins
A friend of Bill's is an actor who wants to shadow Mr French in preparation for a movie role. Meanwhile, Cissy has trouble finding someone to ask to the Girls Tag Day Dance.