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12 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Fri, Oct 26, 197960 mins
Shirley Miller, a widow with four children, moves her family from New York to Lake Tahoe. Upon arrival they discover their new home is being fumigated.
Episode 2
Fri, Nov 2, 197960 mins
Shirley is met with resentment by her boss and the men working at the construction firm where she has the job of paymaster.
Episode 3
Fri, Nov 9, 197960 mins
Shirley is unhappy when she learns that son Bill has discovered his father's gun. An intense discussion follows as to why she is uncomfortable with her child having a weapon.
Episode 4
Fri, Nov 23, 197960 mins
Shirley becomes a substitute in a sex education class.
Episode 5
Fri, Nov 30, 1979
Bill's haughty mother wants him to leave Shirley and the family and live permanently in Paris.
Episode 6
Fri, Dec 7, 197960 mins
A student athlete disrupts substitute teacher Shirley's class and she is angered when the vice-principal insists that she overlook the behavior.
Episode 8
Fri, Dec 14, 197960 mins
Shirley, while substitute teaching, flunks an elite athlete which keeps him benched. Shirley finds out the student's older brother is the vice principal at the school which creates conflict.
Episode 9
Fri, Dec 21, 197960 mins
Debra does not trust the divorced man (Edward Winter) who is going out of his way to get into Shirley's good graces.
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 28, 197960 mins
Shirley is caught up in memories of her late husband as she sets off in a snow storm to buy a Christmas tree for her family.
Episode 11
Fri, Jan 4, 198060 mins
After several times going out with Lew Armitrage Shirley realizes he has a drinking problem.
Episode 12
Fri, Jan 18, 198060 mins
Episode 13
Fri, Jan 25, 198060 mins
A historical society believes that Teddy Roosevelt once slept in Shirley's house and invade her home.