29th Sep 1993

Debut: Family man Joe Gennaro (Peter Onorati) is a laid-off defense worker who has to deal with the problems of running the house while his wife, Sandy (Mary Page Keller), works as an office temp. In the opener, Joe faces a hairy issue: son Scott (Spencer Klein) wants to wear a ""Rat Tail.""

6th Oct 1993

Stan (George DiCenzo) is burned up when he finds out that his son has been smoking—and that Joe knew about it.

13th Oct 1993

Stan stews because Joe won't work full time as a chef, but Joe tells him to put a lid on it.

20th Oct 1993

Joe wants to buy Sandy a birthday gift, but to him, ""shop"" is strictly a four-letter word.

27th Oct 1993

Despite Sandy and Stan's misgivings, Joe sticks up for Leo's bad-news buddy Josh—Until Josh dates Amy.

3rd Nov 1993

Joe gets the awful feeling that Sandy's taking him for granted—but she takes no notice; meanwhile, Paul's doing poorly in algebra because of his sexual attraction to his teacher.

10th Nov 1993

Sandy's offered a full-time job that will take her away from the family even more so than now. Can she take it? Can they?

17th Nov 1993

Sandy's not happy to see her long-estranged father again, but he's a big hit with the kids.

24th Nov 1993

After Thanksgiving dinner, Sandy talks Joe into going to a movie, where they unexpectedly get to observe Amy with a date.

1st Dec 1993

Joe refuses Stan's offer of half-ownership of the restaurant.

15th Dec 1993

The last thing Barb wanted for Christmas is just what Leo brings home: a 21-year-old girlfriend with a baby, and a husband—somewhere.