The Best Episodes of It's a Living Season 5

Sonny's in love and plans to marry if his fiancee can get to the church on time. Meanwhile, Howard prepares for a visit from his high-school sweetheart.

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As the staff prepares for a wedding reception, Nancy dozes off and has a bizarre dream about her own marriage, ten years in the future to Sonny.

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When Ellen, Jan's daughter, has a date with a senior, all the waitresses worry. Meanwhile, Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.

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Dot's in charge of a children's play ""Little Red Riding Hood"" but when the cast is quarentined with the chicken pox, the restaurant staff is asked to fill the roles.

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Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent danger of being killed off.

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Nancy has just the solution to Howard's mid-life crisis: she invites him to a square dance, and she won't take no for an answer.

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Nancy is having a bad week: hotel management wants her to search the waitresses' lockers, and Howard wants her to back off.

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When singer Jack Jones checks into the hotel for a few days, he strikes up a friendship with Nancy and invites her to Las Vegas for a long weekend.

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When a jealous Howard follows Nancy to Las Vegas, he's horrified to find her gambling at a blackjack table with a lounge lizard named Chick.

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Sonny's dreading an impending visit from his mother: she's never forgivin him for becoming a lounge singer instead of a classical pianist.

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Dot doesn't get quite the response she had hoped for after placing an ad in the personals column.

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The prison pen pal whom Amy has been writing too has surprising news for her, he's getting out of prison. The even bigger news is that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

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Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyfriends.

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After seeing Howard flirting with a much younger woman, Nancy begins considering having a face lift.

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Writer: Adam I. Lapidus

Dot has a monumental case of jitters on the opening night of her new play on account of her journalist boyfriend is assigned to review her performance.

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Richie hits the big money which lands Jan in a mink coat. However, is his sudden success short lived?

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Nancy's cousin, Grace, stops by for a visit but that's not the only surprise for Nancy, her cousin is covered from head to toe in tatoos.

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Jan has hopes of reuniting her divorced parents but there is one hitch in her plan, her father is newly engaged.

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Ginger's grandmother shows up on Ginger's doorstep, complaining that her son won't let her drive anymore. Meanwhile, Sonny decides to make a music video in the restaurant.

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When Dot's friend comes to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune, Dot gets her a job in the restaurant washing dishes.

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: Tom Whedon

Sonny sees red when Amy finally agrees to go on a date, but not with him but with his friend Louie. Meanwhile, Ginger is dreading her blind date with an egg salesman named Wilbur.

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Ginger's efforts to campaign for her favorite senator makes front-page news when she's photographed sitting on his lap.

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Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard contemplate taking seperate vacations.

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Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down.

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The waitresses wax philosophic when a journalist interviews them about the pros and cons of their careers.

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