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29 October 1981Recently widowed Police Chief Carl Kanisky returns home to find his household in a mess. His housekeeper, Nell, has vacuumed his goldfish, Gertrude, his youngest daughter, Samantha, has a black eye, his middle daughter, Julie, is kissing a boy in the kitchen, and his oldest daughter, Katie, has been picked up for shoplifting.
5 November 1981Nell is tired of striking out on the dating scene, so the Chief sets her up with one of his officers.
12 November 1981The Chief is reunited with a woman he knew when they were both high school students - when she runs into his police car.
19 November 1981Nell, the Chief, and the girls try to take their minds off of the fact that it today would have been the girls' mother's birthday.
Season 1, Episode 5: Do or Diet
26 November 1981Nell and the Chief, who have both struggled with weight problems for years, try not to think about food.
3 December 1981Nell quits her job and moves out of the house when she argues with the Chief over inviting her boyfriend to stay the night.
10 December 1981The Chief is caught in a stand-off at a drug store and is forced to shoot the hold-up man.
17 December 1981Katie sponsors Julie for membership in the Silver Slippers, an exclusive club to which she belongs.
7 January 1982Julie falls in love with Arnie, a boy she meets at a video arcade.
Season 1, Episode 10: Nell's Ex
14 January 1982Nell's ex-husband Tony, a singer who had a modest Top 40 hit in the mid-1960s, returns to audition for a gig on a TV show.
21 January 1982The Chief hopes Katie will be the first member of the Kanisky family to go to college, but she doesn't believe she can do well on a test. She asks Julie to take the test for her.
4 February 1982Katie is hospitalized with what turns out to be complications from an Intra-Uterine Device.
11 February 1982Nell goes back to Alabama when she learns her father is dying.
18 February 1982Samantha runs into the house after getting into a fight. Failing to get the attention of Nell and the Chief, who are fighting because Nell sat on his hat, she runs off with a squad car.
25 February 1982On their 55th wedding anniversary, Grandpa Kanisky discovers a shocking revelation about Grandma when he goes through their old love letters.
11 March 1982Katie's band has an opportunity for a gig in Hollywood.
18 March 1982Samantha believes that an innocent kiss from a boy has made her pregnant, but no one will clear up the situation for her.
25 March 1982Two burglars break into the house while the Chief and the girls are away at an award ceremony and Nell is out with a friend.
1 April 1982Katie's friend Valerie is pregnant, and her boyfriend Jonathan is unsure about marrying her.
2 October 1982When the Kaniskys' phone service is mistakenly cut off for non-payment (it was supposed to be a Chinese woman), Nell clashes with the service representative at the phone company.
9 October 1982The Chief doesn't approve when his brother Ed has a date with a woman who used to be a prostitute.
16 October 1982Sam causes a stir in the household because of her imaginary friend named Debbie Jo.
23 October 1982Grandpa Kanisky causes commotion when he stays over at the house.
30 October 1982Valerie, the girl who married and gave birth at the same time in the Kanisky household, returns with the news that her husband has walked out on her. Nell helps her find a job so that she can support her baby.
Season 2, Episode 6: Porko's II
6 November 1982Dr. George Avery, founder of the diet group People Organized to Reduce and Kick Obesity (PORKO), gives a speech at one of Nell's meetings. Having gained back a significant amount of weight, he is depressed and wants to end his life. It's up to Nell and the other PORKO members to try and stop him.
13 November 1982During a stakeout, a police officer admits his homosexuality to the Chief, who is extremely displeased.
27 November 1982Katie and Julie clash over a boy they both like.
4 December 1982While Nell is away at a funeral, Officer Simpson accidentally shoots the Chief in the hand. The injuries are minor, but nonetheless Samantha worries that he's going to die.
11 December 1982Nell gets a job selling Amaze-O-Vac vacuum cleaners door to door, finding out too late about the shoddy quality of the product.
18 December 1982Nell goes to court when a neighbor's dog becomes a nuisance.
6 January 1983When Uncle Ed falls ill suddenly, he learns that he needs a kidney transplant from a relative, so he asks the Chief to donate his kidney.
13 January 1983The Chief is angry when he catches Julie smoking a cigarette.
20 January 1983The Chief fires a female officer for posing for a pornographic magazine.
27 January 1983The Mayor of Glenlawn puts political pressure on the Chief over the female officer who posed nude.
10 February 1983The Chief's sister-in-law, Blanche Ross, drops in unexpectedly on his birthday and treats Nell condescendingly. Later night, she walks into the kitchen and sees Nell performing the Heimlich maneuver on the Chief, and assumes they're having sex. She decides to sue the Chief for custody of the girls.
17 February 1983Nell learns that the members of a singing group she used to belong to are in town, and she reflects on how they tricked her into leaving the group for a thinner replacement.
24 February 1983Uncle Ed asks his girlfriend Maxine to marry him.
3 March 1983At the bank, Grandpa is confused for a bank robber.
10 March 1983Nell takes Samantha to the police station to show her that their real day-to-day functions bear no resemblance to what she sees on her favorite TV cop shows.
28 April 1983A delicatessen owner takes in a young girl who tried to shoplift from him.
5 May 1983Grandma Kanisky takes over the household while Nell is sick.
29 September 1983Julie wants to meet her favorite singer, Andy Gibb, who is doing a recording session in town.
13 October 1983Nell is attracted to a man in her diet group.
20 October 1983Nell and the Chief worry when they see Katie going out with a 34-year-old college professor.
27 October 1983Officer Simpson catches Joey Donovan, an abandoned seven-year-old boy, trying to bilk people out of their money.
3 November 1983When the social worker comes to pick up Joey, Nell tells her he ran away.
Season 3, Episode 6: The Mayor
10 November 1983The new mayor of Glenlawn takes an interest in Nell.
Season 3, Episode 7: Melissa
17 November 1983Nell sets the Chief up with a woman who, unknown to her, is a male-to-female transsexual.
1 December 1983Nell's friend (and sometimes rival) Addy Wilson, a Phi Beta Kappa, comes to town.
8 December 1983Nell and the Kaniskys try to persuade the recently widowed Grandpa to come and live with them.
22 December 1983Nell's plans to give Joey a Christmas with the family meet with resistance, they've all made plans.
Season 3, Episode 11: Herbie
5 January 1984Samantha believes the world is coming to an end.
12 January 1984Upset because her ex has remarried, Nell goes out with the girls and runs into the other lover of her life.
19 January 1984The Chief puts his whole family (and Nell) in the lock-up after they join Samantha in protesting the planned destruction of an old Spanish mission.
Season 3, Episode 14: Flashback
26 January 1984Nell recalls how she met the girls' mother, Margaret Kanisky, and how she gave up a singing career to take care of them when Margaret revealed that was terminally ill.
2 February 1984Nell undergoes hypnosis to recall the location of a missing ring, but the side effects are unexpected.
Season 3, Episode 16: Valentine
9 February 1984Nell arranges some Valentine's Day dates for the family; all of them end in disaster.
16 February 1984Nell and Addy win a trip to New York City on "Wheel of Fortune."
23 February 1984Nell and Addy fear that the man who stole their suitcase has come back for them.
Season 3, Episode 19: Rodeo
8 March 1984After getting caught in the rain with Joey at the rodeo, Grandpa is hospitalized with severe pneumonia.
15 March 1984Nell is upset when she learns that Katie would rather open a business than go to college.
Season 3, Episode 21: The Center
19 April 1984Grandpa attends a dance at a senior citizen's center.
3 May 1984The final tests stand in the way of Nell and Katie each receiving their high school diplomas.
29 September 1984
6 October 1984
13 October 1984There's nothing happy for Nell about her birthday, until she learns it isn't the birthday she thinks it is.
20 October 1984A woman from Grandpa's past returns.
27 October 1984Samantha falls in love with an 18 year old con artist.
3 November 1984When Nell's CPR patient dies, Ray Parker Jr. performs at the benefit for his widow, neither of them knowing that the deceased was a vicious mobster known as Eddie the Enforcer.
Season 4, Episode 7: Breakdance
10 November 1984
17 November 1984Nell thinks she has quite a find in a charming archaeologist, until she discovers he's Addy's daddy.
24 November 1984A female officer accuses the Chief of sexual harassment.
1 December 1984Julie lies to Nell to be with her boyfriend Jonathan.
8 December 1984To get back at Nell for not letting her go on a fishing trip, Sam plans to use Joey to get back at her.
15 December 1984Nell tries to get her family and friends to go one evening without watching any television.
22 December 1984During the Christmas season, Nell and Addy are attracted to the same man.
5 January 1985
12 January 1985
Season 4, Episode 16: The Gift
19 January 1985Nell's stressed because she's being honored as the woman of the year and can't find anything to wear. Julie shows her the diamond necklace her new boyfriend just gave her. Nell tells her that she should give it back because she doesn't know him that well. Seh entrusts it to Nell till she meets him again. Nell's new boyfriend gives her a mink coat, which she takes and plans to wear at the ceremony and also wears the necklace. Later she gets robbed. And tries to tell Julie what happened without looking like a hypocrite.
26 January 1985Nell goes back to Alabama for her sister's wedding, where she clashes with her mother.
2 February 1985Nell's mother plans to move to Glenlawn with her.
Season 4, Episode 19: Earthquake
9 February 1985After an earthquake, Nell is trapped in the library with a deaf woman who can read lips, but only in Spanish.
16 February 1985Addy's women's group is having a benefit concert with Sammy Davis, Jr. as the emcee. When Sammy can't make it, Nell finds a man who looks like him and tries to get him to perform.
Season 4, Episode 21: Cat Story
23 February 1985During a torrential rainstorm, Officer Simpson disappears while trying to save a cat and is presumed to have died.
23 March 1985Nell and Addy take over when the entire Glenlawn police force suffers food poisoning.
30 March 1985Everyone gets mad at the Chief and starts to move out of the house one by one.
Season 4, Episode 24: Friendship
4 May 1985Nell is angry at Addy, so she decides to find a new best friend.
11 May 1985It's Julie's birthday, and she's depressed about breaking up with her boyfriend, Jonathan.
14 September 1985It has been three months since Chief Kanisky died, when a present he bought for Joey's birthday turns up. Meanwhile, Julie and Jonathan want to move into his bedroom, but Nell objects to this.
21 September 1985
28 September 1985
5 October 1985Joey meets a man who claims to be from another planet.
19 October 1985
26 October 1985
Season 5, Episode 7: Mama
2 November 1985Nell's mother comes to Glenlawn to have eye surgery.
9 November 1985Sam volunteers as a Big Sister to a mischievous little girl who is rude to Nell.
16 November 1985Nell and Addy find themselves stuck in separate, adjacent elevators in the same building.
23 November 1985Nell buys Addy's old car. When the car starts to break down, it comes between the two of them.
30 November 1985
7 December 1985
Season 5, Episode 13: Snippets
14 December 1985Nell and the Kaniskys and their friends look back at the past during the Christmas season.
4 January 1986Nell agrees to sing for a band led by an ex-convict.
11 January 1986Nell and the band appear on "Hour Magazine".
18 January 1986
Season 5, Episode 17: The Gun
1 February 1986Joey is frightened when Nell is accidentally shot in the foot with the Chief's old gun.
8 February 1986
15 February 1986
22 February 1986
29 March 1986
5 April 1986Nell worries what Katie might do after a string of extremely bad luck.
3 May 1986Nell shares her monetary inheritance with her family and friends.
10 May 1986Nell's purse is stolen at a Greek restaurant.
24 September 1986
24 September 1986
1 October 1986
8 October 1986Joey's father returns and introduces him to his younger brother, Matthew.
15 October 1986
29 October 1986
5 November 1986Nell starts to regret moving to New York. Even after Grandpa successfully sells the Kaniskys' house, she still feels homesick for Glenlawn.
12 November 1986
19 November 1986
26 November 1986
Season 6, Episode 11: The Scam
3 December 1986
10 December 1986
7 January 1987
Season 6, Episode 14: The Loan
14 January 1987
21 January 1987
21 January 1987
28 January 1987
4 February 1987
11 February 1987Captain Jerk, the star of Joey's favorite TV show, chokes on his whistle and is hospitalized. He needs a transfusion, and Nell gladly agrees to allow the hospital to use her blood. However, she is livid when she learns that the Captain is the leader of a white supremacist group.
25 February 1987
31 March 1987
7 April 1987
28 April 1987When Nell learns that the church where her father preached is being torn down, she goes back to Alabama to try and save it.
5 May 1987Nell goes out on a date with an African prince.
12 May 1987Nell tries to interfere in her mother's love life.
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