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In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner Harris Weldon, his newlywed niece and her husband, while raising her teenage daughter.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Grand Season 2 Episode 9 - One Way Out
    9.2/10(8 votes)

    #1 - One Way Out

    S2:E9

    Carol Anne gets a death threat, but the woman hired to guard her body is more interested in Desmond's. Janice has a Weldon executive over for dinner.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:David Richardson

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  2. Grand Season 1 Episode 12 - Czech, Please
    8.9/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Czech, Please

    S1:E12

    Weldon's plans for Plafka are stabled. Janice gives Wayne a maybe, and learns the cause of her rash. Carol Anne yields to men's tears and Tom sees his $1.1 million turn into $46,853.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Grand Season 1 Episode 13 - Blow Off
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Blow Off

    S1:E13

    Aspiring beaus are dismissed by the Pasetti women. Desmond and Weldon square off in the name of love. Carol Anne plans a tryst while Tom plots his takeover of Eastern Europe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Grand Season 2 Episode 2 - The Chickens Come Home to Roost
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #4 - The Chickens Come Home to Roost

    S2:E2

    A voodooist and an olfactory psychic are only two of the steps taken by Carol Anne to locate Tom who is sought not only by his spouse.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Frank Mula

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  5. Grand Season 2 Episode 12 - The Well
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    #5 - The Well

    S2:E12

    Timmy seeks help for Janice who is trapped in an abandoned well; and Desmond and Manny duel over Viva.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Grand Season 2 Episode 1 - Janice Steals Home
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Janice Steals Home

    S2:E1

    Janice and Edda are living at Weldon's mansion until their tornado-ravaged trailer is fixed. Meanwhile, Carol Anne mourns her missing spouse.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Grand Season 1 Episode 5 - Faded Genes
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Faded Genes

    S1:E5

    Bonding in the woods, Tom and Dylan get tips about fathers and sons from Norris, while surgery-bound Desmond imparts a surprise on the same topic to Weldon.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Grand Season 1 Episode 2 - The Pretty Good Mother
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #8 - The Pretty Good Mother

    S1:E2

    Tom's attempt to win back his job is marred by Carol Anne's suspicion that he's having an affair with Janice, who allows herself and Edda a designated period of depression to deal with the divorce.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Grand Season 1 Episode 10 - An Obtuse Triangle
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #9 - An Obtuse Triangle

    S1:E10

    Janice compares rashes with Edda's Romeo. Norris finds all you need is love to avoid a career as a dead comic. Tom is tempted by an offer from Japan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Grand Season 2 Episode 11 - Wolf Boy (1)
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Wolf Boy (1)

    S2:E11

    Richard offers Janice a job. Viva eases Desmond into another year. A challenge accompanies Carol Anne's new son.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Frank Mula

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  11. Grand Season 1 Episode 1 - A Tale of One City
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #11 - A Tale of One City

    S1:E1

    Janice's estranged husband calls after having gone out for cigarettes three years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Grand Season 1 Episode 3 - Sex, Lies, and Cable TV
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Sex, Lies, and Cable TV

    S1:E3

    Lunching together, Carol Anne and Janice clear things up between them, but find there's still a problem they both share. Meanwhile, cable TV viewers are offered the philosophy of Norris.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Grand Season 1 Episode 4 - A Boy and His Dad
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #13 - A Boy and His Dad

    S1:E4

    There's one little thing that Tom never told Carol Anne about his past, and it's just arrived in Grand, behind the wheel of the Porsche that smacked into Carol Anne.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Grand Season 1 Episode 6 - Legends of Sport
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Legends of Sport

    S1:E6

    With Eddie in town to celebrate his glory days of yore, Janice has a knee-jerk reaction to his glory days of now; and Dylan leads Edda astray.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Grand Season 1 Episode 9 - Carnagie Hell
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Carnagie Hell

    S1:E9

    In New York, Janice hears history repeating itself. While at Carnegie Hall, George Bush and Leonard Bernstein are replaced by Dan Quayle and Plafka Dobra.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Grand Season 1 Episode 11 - Trigonometry Made Easy
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #16 - Trigonometry Made Easy

    S1:E11

    Norris succeeds in business without really trying. Wayne proposes to Janice. A secret admirer arranges to meet with Carol Anne.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Grand Season 2 Episode 4 - The Return of Yale Pinhaus
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #17 - The Return of Yale Pinhaus

    S2:E4

    Carol Anne organizes a high-school reunion, where Janice is reunited with her senior-prom date.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Grand Season 2 Episode 10 - The Mother Load
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #18 - The Mother Load

    S2:E10

    At a black-tie affair honoring Janice's boyfriend, Norris falls victim to Janice's mother's boyfriend.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Grand Season 1 Episode 7 - Deer Hunter
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Deer Hunter

    S1:E7

    After Wayne's father is shot by a deer, Tom sets about networking at the funeral, while the widow falls under the official scrutiny of her son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Grand Season 1 Episode 8 - The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #20 - The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead

    S1:E8

    Weldon tries a cosmetic change for Carnegie Hall. Norris channels the spirit of a genius. Japanese bikers throw Tom's future off track.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Grand Season 2 Episode 8 - Lady Luck
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Lady Luck

    S2:E8

    Carol Anne has all the luck because Janice ignores Edda's lucky lima bean. Meanwhile, advertised female wrestling packs the bar.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Mike Scully

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  22. Grand Season 2 Episode 3 - The Healing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Healing

    S2:E3

    Janice is romanced by a traveling salesman. Norris buys his way into a band. A man who won't take no for an answer asks Carol Anne to dance.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Grand Season 2 Episode 5 - Desmond's Mother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Desmond's Mother

    S2:E5

    Child-parent relationships are strained between Edda and Janice as well as Desmond and his visiting mum.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:David Richardson

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  24. Grand Season 2 Episode 6 - Norris' Romance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Norris' Romance

    S2:E6

    Carol Anne creates one really great page for her diary after Norris turns his bar into a cabaret, where he discovers a rising talent.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:Frank Mula

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  25. Grand Season 2 Episode 7 - Roamers and Rumors
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Roamers and Rumors

    S2:E7

    The rumor mill grinds Edda and Janice while Weldon and Desmond take a commemorative hike. Carol Anne looks for work.

    Director:Art Wolff
    Writer:David Richardson

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Best Episodes Summary

"One Way Out" is the best rated episode of "Grand". It scored 9.2/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Art Wolff and written by David Richardson, it aired on 12/6/1990. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Czech, Please".