7.5/1092 votes#1 - A Tale of One City
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/18/1990
Janice's estranged husband calls after having gone out for cigarettes three years earlier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1089 votes
#2 - The Pretty Good Mother
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/25/1990
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: N/A
- 6.9/1089 votes
#3 - Sex, Lies, and Cable TV
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/1/1990
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: N/A
- 7.2/1088 votes
#4 - A Boy and His Dad
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/1990
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: N/A
- 8.5/1088 votes
#5 - Faded Genes
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/1990
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: N/A
- 7.0/1087 votes
#6 - Legends of Sport
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1088 votes
#7 - Deer Hunter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1087 votes
#8 - The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/1990
Weldon tries a cosmetic change for Carnegie Hall. Norris channels the spirit of a genius. Japanese bikers throw Tom's future off track.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1087 votes
#9 - Carnagie Hell
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1088 votes
#10 - An Obtuse Triangle
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1090 votes
#11 - Trigonometry Made Easy
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/1990
Norris succeeds in business without really trying. Wayne proposes to Janice. A secret admirer arranges to meet with Carol Anne.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1089 votes
#12 - Czech, Please
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1088 votes
#13 - Blow Off
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/12/1990
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Grand Season 1
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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Tale of One City" is the best rated episode of "Grand" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/18/1990. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Pretty Good Mother".