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Grace Under Fire Season 1 Episodes

22 Episodes 1993 - 1994

Episode 1

Pilot

Wed, Sep 29, 199323 mins

Grace has divorced her abusive husband and is on her own with three children. She gets a job at the refinery, one of the two first women hired. Grace is called away from work to the school where her oldest, Quentin, has been in a fight. As they talk, she realizes that he has known about his father's abuse. Grace's friend introduces her to the pharmacist.

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Episode 2

Up on the Roof

Wed, Oct 6, 199323 mins

Grace has a talk with Quentin's teacher and, while the teacher has concerns about Quentin, it seems she has family issues also. Grace finds Quentin up on the roof and he says he used to go there when Grace and his father fought. Now he goes there to do some thinking. The men discover what he does up there.

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Episode 3

Grace Undergraduate

Wed, Oct 13, 199323 mins

Grace's former in-laws have the children for the weekend. The men plan to 'save' Russell's former dog from his neuter appointment tomorrow. Grace and Nadine are invited to a frat house party.

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Episode 4

The Good, the Bad and the Pharmacist

Wed, Oct 20, 199323 mins

On payday, Grace discovers her paycheck is being taken by the IRS. Russell's wife tells him that she wants him back. Russell discovers the way to help Grace with the IRS.

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Episode 5

Second Time Around

Wed, Oct 27, 199323 mins

Nadine talks Grace into going to a dance put on by The Second Time Around group, for divorced and widowed persons. Grace runs into, and is asked out by, Nadine's first ex-husband. Nadine and Wade invite the couple to dinner.

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Episode 6

Sister, Sister

Wed, Nov 3, 199323 mins

Grace's sisters come to visit for her birthday.

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Episode 7

A Picture's Worth... $9.95

Wed, Nov 17, 199323 mins

Grace goes on a blind date with a man who admits that the shirt he's wearing was 'found' on top of the neighbour's trash. His repeated demonstrations of frugality wear Grace down. Meanwhile, Libby is having a difficult time relating to her baby brother.

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Episode 8

Grace Under Oath

Wed, Nov 24, 199330 mins

Jimmy wins a big settlement after falling down the stairs and Grace needs it because he hasn't been paying child support. A law student gets permission to take her case and all they have to do it show that Jimmy hasn't paid. Grace is given 15 seconds to make her case.

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Episode 9

Grace in the Middle

Wed, Dec 1, 199323 mins

Nadine confesses to Grace that she wants to have a baby. Wade tells Grace he hates his job. Bill's wife tells Grace she knows Bill has been going to the track and has lost their savings.

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Episode 10

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Wed, Dec 8, 199323 mins

Grace is bumped up to permanent worker status, so is now eligible for benefits. It also involves working the night shift. Russell, Nadine and Wade take turns babysitting. But Grace misses reading them stories, tucking them in and will she also miss Libby's school program?

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Episode 11

Keeping Faith

Wed, Dec 15, 199323 mins

Grace's sister Faith collapses at work, so Russell and Grace rush to Alabama. Upon her release from the hospital, they bring her for a Christmas visit. Faith is having an affair and Grace invites her to move closer.

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Episode 12

With This Ring

Wed, Jan 5, 199423 mins

Grace takes the kids to see Nana Lil, their great-grandmother on Jimmy's side. She takes a liking to Libby and gives her a ring that's been in the family for a long time. Jimmy's mother is not happy with them having the ring.

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Episode 13

Simply Grace

Wed, Jan 12, 199430 mins

There's a new guy at work who's interested in Grace. Grace runs into Vickie at the pharmacy and she later comes to Grace for help. Wade asks Russell for advice about having a baby. Grace takes a chance on the new guy.

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Episode 14

The Agony, the Ecstasy and Bill Mazeroski

Wed, Jan 26, 199423 mins

Grace needs some time and a place for herself. While cleaning out the basement, she comes across some of her old paintings and vows to do more painting. The guys from work come to play poker. Wade teaches Grace that's it's not the physical space, but the mental space she needs to do what she enjoys.

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Episode 15

When You Wish Upon a Star

Wed, Feb 2, 199423 mins

Ryan asks Grace to go to Chicago with him for the weekend. He misses the flight due to a freak accident, so they decide to spend the night at his place. Grace tells him a story her father told her about finding a piece of a shooting star and he brings her a meteorite to wish on.

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Episode 16

Valentine's Day

Wed, Feb 9, 199423 mins

Quentin is obvious in his dislike for Ryan. Quentin orders a heart-shaped pizza for Grace, unaware that she has plans with Ryan. Feeling awkward, Ryan leaves. Faith and Russell break up. Nadine and Wade find baby-making to be a chore.

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Episode 17

Grace and Beauty

Wed, Feb 16, 199423 mins

Libby tells Grace her friend's mom is the 'best mom ever' and putting her daughter in a child's beauty pageant. Grace relents and says Libby can be in the pageant. Then the mother tells Grace that she doesn't have the 'breeding' to be pageant material. Now, to find a talent that Libby can showcase.

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Episode 18

Tears of Joy

Wed, Mar 9, 199423 mins

Quentin is in yet another fight at school and Grace tricks the teacher into canceling his suspension. Grace finds a counselor for Quentin. Patrick is teething, Libby has a fever. Quentin finds Grace crying they have a good cry together.

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Episode 19

It Happened One Week

Wed, Mar 16, 199423 mins

Grace takes time to rekindle with her ex due to the refinery explosion. Nadine and Wade may be expecting their first child.

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Episode 20

Things Left Undone

Wed, May 11, 199423 mins

It's Mother's Day and mother comes to visit. Faith gives them an earful.

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Episode 21

See Quentin Run

Wed, May 18, 199423 mins

Grace gets promoted to supervisor at the refinery to the dismay of some of her male co-workers. When Grace tells her ex-husband that Quentin can't spend the summer with him, Quentin runs away from home and ends up on Ryan's front stoop.

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Episode 22

A Car and a Kiss

Wed, May 25, 199423 mins

Libby and Sam are playing house and they have two different ideas of how to do that. Sam tells Libby they must kiss and Sam's mother catches them. Grace's car is finally done for and she goes to the used car lot to buy another, 'less old' one. Grace gets the price she wants.

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