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24 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 14, 1985
Three months after Chief Kanisky's death, a present he bought for Joey's birthday turns up. Meanwhile, Julie and Jonathan want to move into his bedroom, but Nell objects.
Episode 2
Sat, Sep 21, 1985
There's a major house payment that's due so everyone tries to pull all the cash they have. But it still comes up short. Later Nell's ex-husband, who says his band plays on cruise ships, asks Nell to fill in for the band's singer. Nell initially refuses but upon learning about the payment and that what she'll be payed will enough for the payment reluctantly goes and brings Addy and Joey with her.
Episode 3
Sat, Sep 28, 1985
Upon learning that her ex-husband is remarried to a younger woman, Nell's voice goes out, jeopardizing her earning the money needed for the house payment. The ship's doctor tells her to relax but when she tries another stressful moment befalls her.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 5, 1985
While looking for dropped change at a bus stop, Joey accidentally goes out into the path of the arriving bus but is saved by a stranger. Nell and Joey invite the stranger to the house and find out that he claims to be from the planet Zoron.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 19, 1985
Nell gives Addy the silent treatment after she discovers that Addy had a party with her colleagues and didn't invite her. Nell refuses to budge even after Addy announces that she is moving to New York to accept a new position.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 26, 1985
Julie and Jonathan's marriage faces its first true test when Jonathan is chosen for an internship in Mexico and he is adamant about Julie not going with him.
Episode 7
Sat, Nov 2, 1985
Nell's mother comes to Glenlawn to have eye surgery.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 9, 1985
Sam volunteers as a Big Sister to a mischievous little girl who is rude to Nell.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 16, 1985
Nell's bummed that she hasn't had a date in a month. She was hoping to spend her Saturday night with Addy but she's engaged. So they go out to buy something which only makes Nell more steamed. They eventually have a spat and get into separate elevators and get stuck in them. They talk to each other with the phone in the elevator while waiting to be rescued.
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 23, 1985
Nell buys Addy's old car. When the car starts to break down, it comes between the two of them.
Episode 11
Sat, Nov 30, 1985
Nell pushes Joey to achieve his potential when she receives news from a school counselor that he is a gifted child. But Joey prefers being an average fourth grader and doesn't want to take a placement test for special classes.
Episode 12
Sat, Dec 7, 1985
When Nell goes to visit Katie at her new apartment, she stumbles upon Katie's new beau--a married man.
Episode 13
Sat, Dec 14, 1985
Nell and the Kaniskys and their friends look back at the past during the Christmas season.
Episode 14
Sat, Jan 4, 1986
Nell agrees to sing for a band led by an ex-convict.
Episode 15
Sat, Jan 11, 1986
Nell and the band appear on "Hour Magazine".
Episode 16
Sat, Jan 18, 1986
When Jonathan returns from his trip to Mexico, he is uncharacteristically moody and will not talk about it. Julie and Nell soon find out that he has lied about going to work, and they fear that he could be having an affair with a fellow classmate.
Episode 17
Sat, Feb 1, 1986
Nell is accidentally shot in the foot after she startles Joey who is playing with the Chief's old gun. Following the incident, Nell is puzzled when Joey seems to be avoiding her and the repercussions of his actions.
Episode 18
Sat, Feb 8, 1986
Nell is up in arms when she finds out that Grandpa Kanisky is dating a woman who is her age, not his.
Episode 19
Sat, Feb 15, 1986
Nell goes to apply for a job, but the man she meets tells her that she's not what he's looking for. She assumes he's a bigot, so she gets a lawyer who specializes in racial discrimination to confront him, but they find many Black people working there. Then they find out why he doesn't want to hire Nell, and the lawyer tells her that it's not in his purview.
Episode 20
Sat, Feb 22, 1986
Nell's sister leaves her husband and comes to stay with Nell; soon more family members show up to make Nell's life a living hell.
Episode 21
Sat, Mar 29, 1986
Nell has a big date with a foot doctor who happens to not like children. She doesn't know how to tell him about Joey and he is coming over for dinner.
Episode 22
Sat, Apr 5, 1986
Nell worries what Katie might do after a string of extremely bad luck.
Episode 23
Sat, May 3, 1986
Nell shares her monetary inheritance with her family and friends.
Episode 24
Sat, May 10, 1986
Nell's purse is stolen at a Greek restaurant.