Family
(1976)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 5
Letting Go
Episode 13 - 6-25-1980
Doug is upset when Buddy starts dating a 21-year-old; Annie is jealous of an old friend who has matured much faster than she has.
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Smarts
Episode 12 - 6-18-1980
Annie gets picked on by her classmates, for being too smart; Buddy, studying for her SATs, worries that she's not smart enough.
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Just Like Old Times
Episode 11 - 6-11-1980
Buddy tries to make everyone think she didn't get into any of the schools she applied to; Doug wants Annie to share his obsession with baseball.
8.3/10Where to watch
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The Ties That Bind
Episode 10 - 6-04-1980
Elaine resurfaces in Kate's life after being dumped by Fred for a younger woman. Meanwhile, Annie experiences abandonment issues, too.
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Such a Fine Line
Episode 9 - 3-17-1980
A schoolboy has a crush on Kate; Jeff, now an in-over-his-head rock manager, blows into town with his band.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Daylight Serenade
Episode 8 - 3-10-1980
Buddy has an ambiguous relationship with a nerdy schoolmate whom Kate is training for a piano recital; Nancy begs Annie to teach her how to roller-skate, so she can go to a party with a handsome fellow lawyer.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Play on Love
Episode 7 - 3-03-1980
Willie finds the director of his play more interesting than Rachel; Buddy insists on buying an old sports car, over Doug's objections.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Whispers
Episode 6 - 2-04-1980
Buddy's friendship with a teacher gives rise to rumors; Annie uses questionable tactics to get Willie to let her interview him for her school paper.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Hard Times
Episode 5 - 1-28-1980
Two friends of Buddy's who have been going steady for 3 years are having relationship problems -- and when she tries to help, the results aren't quite what she expected; Nancy is having trouble at work, which starts to affect even Timmy.
8.4/10Where to watch
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When the Bough Breaks
Episode 4 - 1-21-1980
Kate finds out she's pregnant; a friend of Buddy's, on vacation from her all-girls school, picks Willie as a seduction target.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Jack of Hearts
Episode 3 - 1-14-1980
Buddy and Nancy find themselves in a love triangle; Annie dabbles in the occult.
8.3/10Where to watch
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'Tis the Season
Episode 2 - 12-24-1979
A pre-Christmas argument with Willie nearly gives Doug a heart attack; Buddy invites her school's janitor to her house, where he quickly endears himself to everyone but Kate.
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Season 4
From Russia With Love
Episode 22 - 5-17-1979
Kate acts as escort to, and highly impresses, a visiting Ukrainian composer; Buddy and Annie play Monopoly to determine who gets Willie's old room.
6.4/10Where to watch
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Going Straight
Episode 21 - 5-10-1979
Willie hires Bambi Deering, the stripper he met on his 21st birthday. Doug attempts to save hefty plumber's fees by repairing the household pipes himself.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Prelude
Episode 20 - 4-20-1979
Buddy has a crush on her swimming instructor, much to Zack's displeasure; Kate is tempted to call an old boyfriend.
8.3/10Where to watch
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An Apple For the Teacher
Episode 19 - 3-30-1979
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Kate's teaching career gets off to a rough start, when a student decides to continuously annoy her; Annie borrows Buddy's ""lucky"" ring to help during a spelling bee, and promptly loses it.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Diversions
Episode 18 - 3-22-1979
While studying for the bar exam, Nancy's attention is diverted by a charming and seemingly accident-prone neighbor.
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Ballerina
Episode 17 - 3-15-1979
Willie has a fling with a ballet dancer; Doug purchases a workout set by mail order.
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The Competition
Episode 16 - 3-08-1979
Buddy learns the price of competition when an overachieving classmate commits suicide after losing a history competition to her. Annie's cookie-selling strategy is a riot.
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The Athlete
Episode 15 - 3-01-1979
Buddy, volunteering at a hospital, encounters a star high-school basketball player who is there for a broken leg -- or so he thinks; Annie runs for class president against her nemesis, Emmy Sheldon.
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Disco Queen
Episode 14 - 2-08-1979
Buddy sneaks into a disco club, with the help of an older acquaintance, and finds it more than she bargained for; Annie has a date with a jock.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Sleeping Over
Episode 13 - 2-01-1979
Buddy's invitation to a sorority becomes a sore point in her friendship with Audrey when Audrey isn't invited to join. Willie sleeps with Kate's musician friend, leading to a serious mother-son rift over casual sex.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Malicious Mischief
Episode 12 - 1-25-1979
Nancy considers a marriage proposal from Timmy's daycare provider -- until he gets accused of child abuse; Willie falls in love with a cat.
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Moment of Truth
Episode 11 - 1-18-1979
A man he once helped put in jail threatens Doug; Buddy and Audrey have a fight about who copied from whom on an algebra test.
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Exits and Entrances
Episode 10 - 1-11-1979
After Buddy stars in a high-school play (Shaw's Saint Joan), her interest in acting is strongly encouraged by a friend of Kate's, a professional actress; Annie gets a telemarketing job to pay for a new bike.
8.3/10Where to watch
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The Friend's Affair
Episode 9 - 1-04-1979
A colleague and friend of Doug's is cheating on his wife; Annie suspects a next-door neighbor of having murdered his.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Gifts
Episode 8 - 12-21-1978
1h 0m
Annie, who still misses her parents, can't relate to the Lawrences' holiday cheer, and decides to run away until Christmas is over; Willie runs into his old barber, who is about to close up shop for good.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Expectations
Episode 7 - 12-07-1978
Nancy's new boss pressures her to sleep with him; Buddy tries out for the cheerleading squad.
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Generations
Episode 6 - 11-23-1978
The family decides to spend Thanksgiving at Hattie's farm where Kate faces ghosts from the past. Buddy is intrigued by a local boy.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Just Friends
Episode 5 - 11-09-1978
Willie considers an affair with a married woman he met in a writing class; Nancy, sick of living in a ""fishbowl,"" decides to move out of the guesthouse and into an apartment of her own.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Magic
Episode 4 - 10-19-1978
Kate, in the hospital for a physical, meets a burned-out former rock star; Annie needs Doug's help to impress her classmates with magic tricks.
6.4/10Where to watch
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Changes
Episode 3 - 10-12-1978
Nancy is all set to re-marry Jeff; Annie, heretofore known as ""Annie Cooper,"" decides to add ""Lawrence"" to her name; Buddy, ever the traditionalist, is bothered by it all.
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All For Love
Episode 2 - 9-28-1978
Zack tells Buddy that unless she sleeps with him, he will have to satisfy his manly needs with another girl; Doug thinks of buying a flashy sports car.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Starting Over
Episode 1 - 9-21-1978
Annie's sole surviving relative dumps her into the Lawrences' lap -- where she doesn't feel quite comfortable, at first.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Season 3
Counterpoint
Episode 23 - 5-16-1978
Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.
8/10Where to watch
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Sleeping Gypsy
Episode 22 - 5-09-1978
Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Fear of Shadows
Episode 21 - 5-02-1978
Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
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A Friend of the Family's
Episode 20 - 2-28-1978
A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
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The Covenant
Episode 19 - 2-21-1978
Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Crossing Over
Episode 18 - 2-14-1978
Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.
7.4/10Where to watch
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. . . And Baby Makes Three
Episode 17 - 2-07-1978
1h 0m
Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.
7.4/10Where to watch
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Lifeline
Episode 16 - 1-31-1978
Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.
6.3/10Where to watch
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See Saw
Episode 15 - 1-24-1978
Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Echoes of Love
Episode 14 - 1-17-1978
1h 0m
Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.
6.5/10Where to watch
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Princess in the Tower
Episode 13 - 1-10-1978
Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.
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More Than Friends
Episode 12 - 1-03-1978
1h 0m
Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Labors of Love
Episode 10 - 11-29-1977
Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.
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A Tale Out of Season
Episode 9 - 11-22-1977
Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Childhood's End
Episode 8 - 11-15-1977
Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Little Brother
Episode 7 - 11-08-1977
Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
7.3/10Where to watch
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We Love You, Miss Jessup
Episode 6 - 11-01-1977
Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Annie Laurie
Episode 5 - 10-25-1977
1h 0m
Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.
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The First Time
Episode 3 - 9-27-1977
Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Acts of Love (2)
Episode 2 - 9-20-1977
Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Acts of Love (1)
Episode 1 - 9-13-1977
While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Season 2
An Endangered Species
Episode 22 - 5-03-1977
A recently-divorced friend wants to hang out with Kate; Nancy gets upset when a classmate asks to use her place for an affair with a married man.
7.7/10Where to watch
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. . . More Things in Heaven and Earth
Episode 21 - 3-29-1977
Kate is shaken by what a supposed psychic says about her long-missing aunt; Nancy lands a prestigious legal assignment, and suspects her looks are the reason.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Comings and Goings
Episode 20 - 3-22-1977
Willie and Salina search for an apartment together. Jeff's mother Sylvia is confined to the Lawrence home following a back injury and a quarrel with Jeff's father.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Taking Chances (2)
Episode 19 - 3-08-1977
After spending an eternity as a blind man whose youngest daughter despises him, Doug finally musters up the courage to have the operation -- and, of course, all's well.
7.4/10Where to watch
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Taking Chances (1)
Episode 18 - 3-01-1977
When Doug loses his sight after getting hit by a car, opinions are divided as to whether he should undergo an operation that could either restore it, or kill him; in the meantime, Willie has second thoughts about having quit his job.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Best Friends
Episode 17 - 2-22-1977
Nancy attends her high-school reunion, meeting the guy she dumped to marry Jeff; T.J. asks Buddy to a formal dance, causing a rift with Audrey.
8.6/10Where to watch
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A Safe House
Episode 16 - 2-15-1977
A former friend of Willie's, now an outlaw, gives him a call; Buddy thinks she has a great scoop for the school paper.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Someone's Watching
Episode 15 - 2-08-1977
A series of anonymous gifts eventually makes Nancy feel threatened; Buddy's motor-mouth school-project partner uses the Lawrences as his surrogate family.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . .
Episode 14 - 2-01-1977
1h 0m
A daughter whom Elaine gave up for adoption years ago finds her, through Kate; Willie is intrigued by a pretty client at the photo studio where he works.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Return Engagement
Episode 13 - 1-18-1977
1h 0m
Maggie Calder, the woman who nearly destroyed Doug and Kate's marriage 20 years ago, is back for a second attempt. Buddy feels she's being treated like a baby.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Lovers and Strangers
Episode 12 - 1-11-1977
1h 0m
Willie gets cradle-robbed by a visiting movie director, and takes it much too seriously; Doug gets a dog as a birthday present.
7.7/10Where to watch
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An Eye to the Future
Episode 11 - 1-04-1977
Buddy (as ""Diamond In the Rough"") gets heavily into the CB scene; Kate decides to go back to college; Doug does a stint as a judge.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Rites of Friendship
Episode 10 - 12-28-1976
A friend of Willie's comes out of the closet; Buddy, after getting invited to the ""Junior Jump"" by a popular boy, asks Nancy to teach her to dance.
8.6/10Where to watch
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On The First Day Of Christmas (a.k.a. The Christmas Story)
Episode 9 - 12-21-1976
1h 0m
Doug is suspicious when his father introduces his new, and much younger, girlfriend; Nancy and Jeff have a fight over who gets Timmy over Christmas.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Skeleton in the Closet
Episode 8 - 12-07-1976
Doug must face his sister Emily's alcoholism. Buddy tries to help a senior citizen she spots shoplifting food from the supermarket.
8.5/10Where to watch
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The Cradle Will Fall
Episode 7 - 11-30-1976
Buddy completes her orthodontal treatment; Salina returns to town once again, only to be plunged into a custody battle with her daughter's father; Kate finds out that Elaine's husband is cheating on her.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Jury Duty (2)
Episode 6 - 11-23-1976
Kate is subjected to widespread abuse for being the lone holdout; Buddy captures first prize, T.J.'s heart, and (for good measure) the real killer.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Jury Duty (1)
Episode 5 - 11-16-1976
Kate is subjected to widespread abuse for being the lone holdout; Buddy captures first prize, T.J.'s heart, and (for good measure) the real killer.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Coming of Age
Episode 4 - 11-09-1976
1h 0m
Buddy officially reaches puberty; Nancy is caught between Kate's resentment of her thoughtlessness, Peter's proposal of marriage, and a come-on from a complete stranger.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Home Movie
Episode 3 - 10-26-1976
Willie drives everyone crazy by following them around and filming them; Buddy has difficulty with a school assignment -- writing a speech on the topic of ""How I intend to leave my mark on the world""; Kate runs into a former roommate, who has become a successful author.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Such Sweet Sorrow
Episode 2 - 10-19-1976
Salina drops by, at a time when Willie is having problems with Alex; Doug is offered a great job in New York.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Coming Apart
Episode 1 - 10-06-1976
1h 0m
Buddy gets a job at a bakery, and introduces Willie to her boss, ""Big Al""; Nancy gets involved with Peter, while she's finalizing her divorce from Jeff -- despite the latter's pleas for a reconciliation.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Season 1
Point of Departure
Episode 6 - 4-13-1976
Doug resents Willie's attitude towards work, the universe, and everything; a string of burglaries sweeps through the neighborhood.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Thursday's Child
Episode 5 - 4-06-1976
As Timmy Jr.'s christening approaches, the whole family (especially Buddy, who stubbornly refuses to take part) relives the painful memories of Timmy Sr.'s death.
8.3/10Where to watch
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A Right and Proper Goodbye
Episode 4 - 3-30-1976
Kate's mother comes for one last visit.
8.7/10Where to watch
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A Special Kind of Loving
Episode 3 - 3-23-1976
Willie meets, and starts spending lots of time with, Salina -- leading to a tiff with Buddy, right when she needs him to help conquer her fear of diving.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Monday is Forever
Episode 2 - 3-16-1976
1h 0m
Kate has to wait until Monday to find out whether she has cancer; Buddy and her friend Laura Richardson have until Monday, when the latter's family is scheduled to move to Detroit.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Pilot (a.k.a. The Best Years)
Episode 1 - 3-09-1976
1h 0m
Buddy hears Kate say something about her, and isn't happy. Also, Nancy walks in on Jeff with another woman.
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Pilot (a.k.a. The Best Years)
Episode 1 - 3-09-1976
1h 0m
Buddy hears Kate say something about her, and isn't happy. Also, Nancy walks in on Jeff with another woman.
8.7/10Where to watch
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A Right and Proper Goodbye
Episode 4 - 3-30-1976
Kate's mother comes for one last visit.
8.7/10Where to watch
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We Love You, Miss Jessup
Episode 6 - 11-01-1977
Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Such Sweet Sorrow
Episode 2 - 10-19-1976
Salina drops by, at a time when Willie is having problems with Alex; Doug is offered a great job in New York.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Rites of Friendship
Episode 10 - 12-28-1976
A friend of Willie's comes out of the closet; Buddy, after getting invited to the ""Junior Jump"" by a popular boy, asks Nancy to teach her to dance.
8.6/10Where to watch
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