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17 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 28, 2001
A sprained thumb motivates Lydia to choose a major and inspire others. Jackie is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and a marriage proposal.
Episode 2
Fri, Oct 5, 2001
Lydia learns that a physical-therapy aid is assisting the football coach in getting an edge over the competition. Jackie has an unpleasant encounter with Victor's mother. Paulie and Plum elope when Dolly won't accept their engagement.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 12, 2001
Lydia dates a hockey player and gets a false impression about him as well as Eric. A new employee starts working at the restaurant and jealousy gets the better of Paulie.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 19, 2001
Lydia discovers that Eric's wife is having an affair. Fed up with municipal bureaucracy, Dolly takes matters into her own hands.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 26, 2001
Secrets continue to weigh down Lydia, who continues to keep mum about Paulie's marriage and Karen's affair. Dolly gets depressed when she learns a sordid secret about her father's past.
Episode 6
Fri, Nov 2, 2001
Paulie is frantic when Plum is reported missing on Halloween. Dolly is forced to entertain Plum's neurotic mother. Jackie receives a lesson in parenting from a lost trick or treater.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 9, 2001
Lydia's romantic advances toward Eric fall on deaf ears. Paulie is worried by the arrival of Plum's old boyfriend. Jackie gets in touch with Ray's sensitive side.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 16, 2001
Days before their official church wedding, Plum and Paulie reconsider the wisdom of being married. Lydia asks a hockey player to be her date for the wedding.
Episode 9
Fri, Dec 7, 2001
Scandal rocks Dolly's campaign thanks to a protest striptease by Lydia and Paulie's decision to have sex with Plum in the park.
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 21, 2001
Lydia reconsiders a romance with Eric, who begins to rethink his relationship with Samantha. Dolly tends to the needs of a lonely voter.
Episode 11
Fri, Jan 11, 2002
Lydia helps an actor bring authenticity to the role of an Italian-American from New Jersey. Jackie's romance with Ray is threatened when his past catches up with him. Lydia has her own share of drama in keeping her new beau a secret from Dolly.
Episode 12
Sat, Jan 12, 2002
Jackie's conflict over leaving for Mexico with Ray or staying in New Jersey with a visiting Abigail puts a strain on her friendship with Lydia. Frank has difficulty in accepting a generous gift from Plum. Lydia is charmed into getting Mack's irresponsible brother a job at the sports clinic.
Episode 13
Sat, Jan 26, 2002
Cucina DeLucca silent partner Paulie doesn't stay quiet for very long after distant cousin Lorenzo arrives from Italy to help in the kitchen and ends up making drastic changes to the restaurant's menu and ambiance; a laid-up Jackie thinks that she's witnessed a murder.
Episode 14
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
As Paulie's birthday approaches, he discovers that Jimmy is gay. Lydia finds a new apartment right above the Cucina and reunites with Mack. Frank and Dolly get an unpleasant surprise when they enter Lydia's new place without knocking. Lydia discovers that Jackie and Mack had a brief affair fourteen years ago.
Episode 15
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Lydia and Mack decide to move in together. Dolly and Frank are unhappy and decide to use reverse psychology on their daughter by pretending to like Mack. Jackie worries that Adele won't be able to cope with running the salon in her absence. Lydia begins to lose interest in Mack when she learns that he doesn't want children. Adele throws Jackie a surprise baby shower. Mack moves out of Lydia's apartment; Jackie goes into labor at the salon and Eric delivers her baby with the help of Dolly and Lydia.
Episode 16
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Lydia advises a jock to pursue his dreams, encouraging him not to drop out of college. Jules returns for her grandson's christening; Jackie begins a quest to find her father. Paulie and Plum talk about having children. Jackie asks Frank to be Victor Francis' godfather.
Episode 17
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Plum discovers that Gavin is the new teaching assistant assigned to her class. Valerie comes to the rescue when an attractive divorced friend tries to seduce Frank. Plum convinces Paulie to sit for the sergeant's exam, despite his lack of confidence. Lydia meets Gavin in the library and, unaware that he's Plum's ex-boyfriend, invites him to be her "non-date" for Plum's birthday party.