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My Life and Times

  • 1991-1991
  • 1 season
  • ABC
  • Drama, Science Fiction

Ben Miller is an elderly man living in a nursing home in the year 2035, who frequently reminisces about his past in this sentimental critically acclaimed series. Each episode is set in a different year, and details Ben's days as a college student, his courtship with wife Rebecca, and other important moments in his life.

Season 1 Episode Guide

7 Episodes 1991

Episode 1

April 9, 2035

Wed, Apr 24, 1991

Ben recalls being trapped with his boss in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake while his first child was about to be born.

Episode 2

Jessie

Wed, May 1, 1991

In his retirement home in 2035, Ben is reunited with a woman with whom he had a brief but passionate love affair in 1978.

Episode 3

Our Wedding

Thu, May 23, 1991

Ben recalls the troubles which dogged him and Rebecca before their wedding in 1985.

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Episode 4

Millennium

Thu, May 23, 1991

On the eve of the Millennium, a recently-widowed Ben takes his children on a train trip, little realizing that he's about to meet a new woman -- who could give him another chance at love.

My Life and Times Season 1 Millennium

Episode 5

Fare on Park Avenue

Thu, May 30, 1991

In October 1987, on the advice of an old school friend, a Wall Street stockbroker, Ben invests all of his savings on the stock market. He makes a small fortune, only to lose it all as a result of the Black Monday crash.

Episode 6

The Collapse of '98

Thu, May 30, 1991

After the Collapse of 1998, a devastating stock market crash, Ben loses everything. To support his family, he takes a job in the shipping and receiving department of an international conglomerate. Ben's refusal to participate in the black market run by a co-worker results in serious problems.

Episode 7

Mercury

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