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The Family Man Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

22 Episodes 1990 - 1991

Episode 1

Pilot

Tue, Sep 11, 1990

Widower Jack Taylor tries to be both mother and father during his kids' first week back to school without their mother.

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Episode 2

Family Day

Sat, Sep 15, 1990

Jack tries to establish a new family tradition he calls "Family Day", despite his kids protests..

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Episode 3

Making Babies

Sat, Sep 22, 1990

After Jack reluctantly explains sex to Allison, she repeats his speech to a friend whose mother takes a very dim view of Jack's actions.

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Episode 4

Roommates

Sat, Sep 29, 1990

Steve and Brian's constant bickering causes Steve to separate the two guys and Steve's new roommate becomes Jeff, whose rules make Brian look pretty good.

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Episode 5

Tea for Two

Sat, Oct 13, 1990

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Episode 6

Drive My Car

Sat, Oct 27, 1990

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Episode 7

Torn Between Two Brothers

Sat, Nov 3, 1990

Jeff hits on Heather Lewis, a hot girl in the junior class, but she has eyes for Steve. This causes the brothers to fight.

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Episode 8

Fire Break

Sat, Nov 10, 1990

Jack decides to give up firefighting in order to ensure he's always around for his kids, but the kids see how miserable he is and try to convince him to get his job back.

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Episode 9

The New Guy

Sat, Nov 17, 1990

The new firefighter in Jack's fire house, Pat Jenkins, turns out to be a woman and Jack has to fight chauvinistic attitudes both at work and at home.

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Episode 10

The Coach

Sat, Dec 1, 1990

Jack coaches Brian's basketball team, who is two wins away from the championship, but gets flack from some of the parents and Brian when he jeopardizes winning the championship in order to give the team's weakest player a chance to play.

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Episode 11

Double Date

Mon, Jun 10, 1991

Steve tries juggling two dates at the Spring Dance despite his dad's warnings. Trouble ensues.

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Episode 12

My Little Runaway

Wed, Jun 12, 1991

Steve steals Allison's Buttercup cookie money in order to buy a cassette player. When Allison realized it's missing she thinks she's in trouble and runs away.

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Episode 13

Jack and Jill: Part 1

Mon, Jun 17, 1991

A TV reporter, Jill Nichols, does a feature story on Jack. Jill accidentally films Jack stepping out of the shower and they argue over the use of the footage. When the smoke finally clears their animosity turns to romance.

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Episode 14

Trading Places

Wed, Jun 19, 1991

Steve and Jack decide to see what it's like to walk a mile in each others' moccasins and switch places for the weekend.

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Episode 15

Jack and Jill: Part 2

Mon, Jun 24, 1991

Jack and Jill start dating, but they have trouble when they realize the big gap between Jack's family oriented lifestyle and Jill's career-oriented life.

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Episode 16

You Bet Your Life

Wed, Jun 26, 1991

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Episode 17

Scenes from a Marriage

Mon, Jul 1, 1991

Jack and Joe end up at a family counselor when they can't settle an argument over household rules.

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Episode 18

A Tiny Advantage

Wed, Jul 3, 1991

Jack attempts to use Tiny, a sizable kid from the high school football team, as a ringer to win a fire department competition, but ends up hurting Tiny's feelings instead.

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Episode 19

Throw Momma from the House

Mon, Jul 8, 1991

Jack's mom, who drives him crazy, visits from San Francisco and announces her intention to move to Los Angeles, and he tries to talk her out of it.

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Episode 20

Father Figure

Wed, Jul 10, 1991

Patrick stays with the Taylor's for the weekend and Jack teaches him guy stuff since Patrick's own dad isn't around. Allison gets jealous.

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Episode 21

The Boss's Daughter

Wed, Jul 17, 1991

Jack invites his boss to dinner in order to get a promotion and gets roped into dating the Commissioner's crazy daughter, Glenn. Glenn jeopardizes Jack's chance at a raise.

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Episode 22

Take My Dad, Please

Mon, Apr 1, 1991

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