Season 1

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  6.5/1016 votes

  Mom, Dad, This is Kyle

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1994

  Margaret's mother disapproves of her new non-Korean boyfriend Kyle, prompting a furious Margaret to announce that they are going to move in together.

  Director: Andrew D. Weyman

  Writer: Gary Jacobs

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  6.4/1013 votes

  Submission: Impossible

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1994

  Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: J. J. Paulsen

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  6.1/1042 votes

  Who's the Boss?

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1994

  Ruthie tries to take advantage of new manager Margaret; meanwhile, Margaret's grandmother becomes convinced that the family's run of back luck is due to bad feng shui in the house.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Clay Graham

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  6.4/1010 votes

  Yung At Heart

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1994

  Grandma disappears at the mall, only to return home with a Korean businessman who begins to date her, then propos es. Grandma accepts, then must face moving away from her family to join his family in Florida. Meanwhile, a reluctant Casey learns the bookselling business for a school project.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Elizabeth Wong

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  6.1/1012 votes

  Redesigning Women

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1994

  Stuart's demure fiancée breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.8/108 votes

  Booktopus

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1994

  A book chain makes an attractive offer to buy out the Kims' shop; when the family decides to refuse, the chain opens a store across the street.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Douglas Tuber

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  6.4/107 votes

  Mommie Nearest

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1994

  When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.5/108 votes

  Take My Family, Please

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1994

  Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  7.2/108 votes

  Exile On Market Street

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1994

  Margaret has plenty of time to ponder her future when she's jailed the night before she's scheduled to take a law school entrance exam.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Jon Sherman

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  6.5/108 votes

  Ratting On Ruthie

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1994

  Some expensive perfume vanishes while Ruthie is away from the counter she's supposed to be watching, and Margaret must decide what to tell management -- and she's aghast when for the first time in her life her mother refuses to tell her what to do.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.4/107 votes

  Educating Margaret

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1994

  Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Arnie Kogen

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  6.2/107 votes

  Loveless in San Francisco

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1994

  Margaret is horrified to find she is going through a ""dating slump"" when she can't attract a man; so Stuart suggests that she volunteer for work at his hospital in order to meet guys.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.2/107 votes

  Malpractice Makes Perfect

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1994

  Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

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  6.4/1011 votes

  The Apartment

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1995

  Hoping to find more privacy away from home, Margaret moves into an apartment with Ruthie and Gloria -- then discovers that Gloria likes to spend her time at home nude.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.7/109 votes

  Notes from the Underground

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1995

  Handyman Cody fixes himself up with Margaret after he works on her new basement living quarters, but her family constantly interrupts their encounters. Meanwhile, Grandmother gets a viewer-tracking device (""I get paid to watch TV? God bless America!"") but finds the responsibility too much for her.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Douglas Tuber, Tim Maile

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  6.4/108 votes

  Venus de Margaret

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1995

  Margaret poses in the nude for her sculptor ex-boyfriend Leon; then chills on the idea when the statue is unveiled in front of her family.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.5/1016 votes

  A Night at the Oprah

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1995

  Oprah Winfrey attempts to persuade Margaret to stay in college after she announces on live TV that she's dropping out of school to manage a rock band.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: N/A

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  6.3/1038 votes

  Pulp Sitcom

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1995

  Margaret is plunged into a world of intrigue when her dad sets her up with a video distributor who's living a secret criminal life.

  Director: Terry Hughes

  Writer: Douglas Tuber, Tim Maile

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  5.2/1015 votes

  Young Americans

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/15/1995

  Margaret awaits a call from a potential employer, but her career aspirations are put on hold when she discovers that her new roommates haven't paid the phone bill.

  Director: Arlene Sanford

  Writer: Jeff Kahn