Life with Lucy
Lucy Barker is a grandmother who constantly gets into comedic predicaments while living with her daughter's family.
- 1986-1986
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Lucy Barker is a grandmother who constantly gets into comedic predicaments while living with her daughter's family.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1986
Episode 1
One Good Grandparent Deserves Another
Sat, Sep 20, 1986 30 mins
Lucy moves in with her kids just as Curtis arrives from Hawaii. He is upset at what Lucy did to the store while he was gone. Lucy makes a mess when an industrial size fire extinguisher malfunctions. Curtis moves in with the family.
Episode 2
Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter
Sat, Sep 27, 1986
John Ritter stops by the hardware store and, after a series of painful mishaps, ends up staying at the family's home. Lucy accompanies him to a play he is appearing in.
Episode 3
Love Among the Two-by Fours
Sat, Oct 4, 1986
Lucy's old flame Ben comes to town looking to enlist M&B Hardware as a supplier. Lucy and Ben rekindle their old romance, which causes Lucy have to make a difficult decision about her future.
Episode 4
Lucy Gets Her Wires Crossed
Sat, Oct 18, 1986 30 mins
With competition from other hardware stores, Lucy gets Curtis booked on a local morning TV show as Mr. Fix-It. Lucy goes along as his helper and ends up super gluing herself to Curtis and the hosts.
Episode 5
Lucy Is a Sax Symbol
Sat, Oct 25, 1986 30 mins
While clearing out the basement, Lucy finds her old saxophone. She wants to teach her granddaughter to play, but Becky isn't very enthusiastic and doesn't know how to tell Lucy the truth.
Episode 6
Lucy Makes Curtis Byte the Dust
Sat, Nov 1, 1986 30 mins
Lucy's attempt to computerize M&B Hardware results in a a shop full of lawnmowers and with Curtis listed in the obituary column.
Episode 7
Lucy, Legal Eagle
Sat, Nov 8, 1986 30 mins
Kevin's favorite teddy bear is accidentally sold at a yard sale; when Lucy offers a $50 reward for its return, the woman who bought it asks for $500, so Lucy takes her to small claims court.
Episode 8
Mother of the Bride
Sat, Nov 15, 1986 30 mins
When Margo and Ted decide to renew their wedding vows, Lucy's sister Audrey (Audrey Meadows) drops by for a visit and gradually takes over the entire event.
Episode 9
Lucy and the Guard Goose
Tue, Sep 16, 1986
After M&B Hardware is robbed, Lucy rents a guard goose to protect the store. When Curtis accidentally injuries the goose, Lucy takes it home to nurse the feisty bird back to health.
Episode 10
Lucy and Curtis Are Up a Tree
Tue, Sep 16, 1986 30 mins
Curtis is building a tree house for Kevin and Lucy is buying Becky fancy new clothes. Ted and Margo come to the conclusion that their parents are spoiling the kids. When Kevin overhears his grandparents' solution is to move out, he removes the ladder to the tree house stranding them in a rain storm.
Episode 11
Lucy's Green Thumb
Tue, Sep 16, 1986 30 mins
Lucy's breakfast energy drink is so unpalatable that the entire family dumps it into a potted plant. When they come home, the plant has tripled in size. Realizing that Lucy might have invented a new miracle fertilizer, the pressure is on for her to recreate the concoction. But Curtis' dreams of fame and fortune wilt when Lucy can't recall the recipe.
Episode 12
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Tue, Sep 16, 1986
Curtis wants to retire so he sells his half of the store to Lucy. Lucy's extravagant spending threatens the store with bankruptcy while Curtis gets bored with making birdhouses at home. When Lucy interviews prospective new partners, Curtis swallows his pride and asks her to take him back again.
Episode 13
World's Greatest Grandma
Tue, Sep 16, 1986 30 mins
Becky signs up Lucy for her school's Grandma Talent Contest. Unfortunately, Lucy doesn't sing, dance, tell jokes, or do magic, so she decides to do a dramatic recitation so as not to disappoint her grandchildren.
