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Four completely different women in fictional Mercy, Indiana have only two connections to one another: each is married to a Buchanan boy; and none can stand their mother-in-law. Alex, married to Roy, is a Jewish feminist from New York City. Vivian, married to Ed, is an uptight wannabe-socialite with twin sons from hell, P.J. and Lyndon. Delilah, married to preacher Charles, is a ditzy former stripper from Corpus Christi, Texas. Bree, newly married to Jesse, is a perky Californian who used to work at Disneyland. They are constantly trading barbs with the cruel but hilarious Mother Buchanan, who tries her hardest to make their lives a living hell through her two specialties: meddling and manipulating.
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Episode 1
Sat, Sep 24, 1994
Emma Buchanan's youngest son, Jesse decides to get married to Bree after only knowing her for six weeks. Unfortunately, when Emma wants Bree to wear her wedding dress, like the other daughters-in-law did, she refuses and has her first fight with Jesse about it. Alex explains to Bree the family dynamics and she and Jesse reconcile. At their wedding, Bree wears her own wedding dress and her new mother-in-law's veil.





