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The Mothers-In-Law Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
On Again, Off Again, Lohengrin
Sun, Sep 10, 196730 mins
Feuding neighbors the Buells and Hubbards are forced to put their differences aside when their children announce their engagement.
Episode 2
Everybody Goes on a Honeymoon
Sun, Sep 17, 196730 mins
While their children are honeymooning, the Buells and Hubbards each decide to vacation, at the same resort.
Episode 3
All Fall Down
Sun, Sep 24, 196730 mins
A chain reaction is set in motion when Kaye breaks her leg. Meanwhile, Herb agrees to represent Kaye in a lawsuit.
Episode 4
A Night to Forget
Sun, Oct 1, 196730 mins
When Eve and Kaye get locked in a department store, they spend their last dime on a misdialed call to a Spanish matador.
Episode 5
The Newlyweds Move In
Sun, Oct 8, 196730 mins
When the kids move into the Ballards' garage apartment, Eve and Kaye find the temptation to snoop is too much to bear.
Episode 6
The Career Girls
Sun, Oct 15, 196730 mins
With their children out of the house, Eve and Kaye decide to focus their energies on developing a nightclub act.
Episode 7
Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?
Sun, Oct 22, 196730 mins
Casual conversations escalate into ridiculous quarrels when Herbert and Roger each admit they'd like to take out Elizabeth Taylor.
Episode 8
My Son, the Actor
Sun, Oct 29, 196730 mins
When Jerry decides to pursue a career in acting, the entire family gets in on the act.
Episode 9
How Do You Moonlight a Meatball?
Sun, Nov 5, 196730 mins
Kaye and Eve set up a catering business to help Suzie and Jerry make ends meet, but a complication arises when Suzie loses her engagement ring.
Episode 10
I Thought He'd Never Leave
Sun, Nov 12, 196730 mins
A bank robber forces his way in and takes the Hubbards and Buells hostage.
Episode 11
The Great Bicycle Race
Sun, Nov 19, 196730 mins
A physical-fitness kick has the Hubbards and Buells joining a bicycling club, and they wind up lost in the desert.
Episode 12
Through the Lurking Glass
Sun, Nov 26, 196730 mins
When Roger goes off alone to ponder on a problem in his script, Eve suggests Kaye follow him to find out where he goes and what he does.
Episode 13
Divorce: Mother-in-Law Style
Sun, Dec 3, 196730 mins
A former boyfriend of Suzie's is in town to visit. It's bad enough that he is rich and single; it's even worse that Eve fails to mention her daughter is now married.
Episode 14
The Not-Cold-Enough War
Sun, Dec 10, 196730 mins
The Hubbards sell their old refrigerator to the Buells. When it breaks down, the Buells retaliate by launching a raid to steal the Hubbards' new one.
Episode 15
You Challenge Me to What?
Sun, Dec 17, 196730 mins
A heated argument leads to Roger challenging Herb to a duel at dawn. While they practice with fencing foils, their wives conspire to stop the showdown.
Episode 16
Everybody Wants to Be a Writer
Sun, Dec 31, 196730 mins
Eve and Kaye team up to write a TV script, and wind up begging Roger for ideas, snapping at each other, and trying to retrieve their script, which they plagiarized, after Roger submits to it for them.
Episode 17
The Kids Move Out
Sun, Jan 7, 196830 mins
Suzie and Jerry, desperate to get away from their meddling parents, lease an apartment sight unseen and soon regret their hasty move. While they consider their options the parents can't help but snoop, a decision that quickly backfires.
Episode 18
The Hombre Who Came to Dinner: Part 1
Sun, Jan 14, 196830 mins
The Hubbards get an unexpected visit from bullfighter Raphael Delgado and his colorful entourage, whose late-night partying causes a spectacle in the suburbs. Desi sings his composition "I Love You."
Episode 19
The Hombre Who Came to Dinner: Part 2
Sun, Jan 21, 196830 mins
The Hubbards and Buells work up acts to go to Mexico to be on a variety show hosted by their matador friend. Desi sings "The Straw Hat Song" with Desi, Jr. on drums; Eve and Kaye sing "Turn Around."
Episode 20
Don't Give Up the Sloop
Sun, Jan 28, 196830 mins
While anxiously awaiting a game show phone call, Eve has to leave to help Suzie. Kaye stops by and, while waiting for Eve to return, wins a new boat when she answers the phone. Now if only they can figure out who should get the boat.
Episode 21
I'd Tell You I Love You, But We're Not Speaking
Sun, Feb 4, 196830 mins
When Suzie and Jerry have their first big fight the in-laws take sides in completely unexpected ways. The animosity becomes so bad they seek the help of Jerry's professor who soon finds out what a dysfunctional family is really like.
Episode 22
Herb's Little Helpers
Sun, Feb 11, 196830 mins
Eve agrees to be a temp at Herb's office, which naturally means Kaye has to help out also. Before long Roger, Jerry, and Suzie have all stopped by and turned the office into utter chaos, potentially ruining Herb's impending business deal.
Episode 23
Bye, Bye Blackmailer
Sun, Feb 25, 196830 mins
After Herb lends Roger $100 to buy a new typewriter, Roger is slow to pay him back. Eve gives the money to Kaye to give to Roger to give to Herb. When Herb finds out the money came from Eve, he assumes that Kaye is blackmailing Eve.
Episode 24
The Wig Story
Sun, Mar 3, 196830 mins
Kaye is at first delighted by how much Roger likes her in a blonde wig. But than she becomes miserable convincing herself he should have married someone else.
Episode 25
It's Only Money
Sun, Mar 10, 196830 mins
Tired of Roger's skinflint ways, Herb plots to play golf and gin rummy for money, but Herb finds himself in the financial hole when Roger's luck turns for the better.
Episode 26
I Haven't Got a Secret
Sun, Mar 17, 196830 mins
Roger thinks he may have sold a soap opera series to a network but forbids Kaye to tell anyone as it may jinx the deal. Kaye desperately wants to tell Eve but won't - unless she happens to guess it while playing charades.
Episode 27
Jerry's Night Out with the Boys
Sun, Mar 24, 196830 mins
Suzie tells Eve and Kaye that Jerry wants to go play poker with his friends. They tell her this sets a bad precedent in a new marriage and that he should stay home. Roger and Herb naturally tell Jerry something completely different.
Episode 28
The Long, Long Weekend
Sun, Mar 31, 196830 mins
The Hubbards, the Buells, and Suzie and Jerry all wind up together at a cabin at Lake Arrowhead that each couple couldn't go on a fishing trip they had all planned. An unexpected snowstorm then blows in to trap all six in the cabin with no food.
Episode 29
Jealousy Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Sun, Apr 7, 196830 mins
Thanks to Kaye's overactive imagination, Eve suspects a rekindled romance between Herb and his old flame, who has come to visit.
Episode 30
How Not to Manage a Rock Group
Sun, Apr 28, 196830 mins
Jerry convinces his folks to put up $500 for a hippie rock group to make a demo recording. They scare off the band with talk of crew cuts, tuxedos, and old songs. The parents wind up recording "Some Enchanted Evening" w/the help of a Salvation Army band. The Seeds play The Warts, and sing their hit song, "Pushing Too Hard."
