7.5/10100 votes#1 - Father, Dear Father (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1978
Ann's ex-husband tells her that he can no longer pay her child support for his daughters.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1095 votes
#2 - Father, Dear Father (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1978
Ed is forced to admit the truth to Julie and Barbara.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10101 votes
#3 - Ann's Friend
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1978
Ann is stunned when a friend says she's leaving her husband.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10101 votes
#4 - Bob's New Girl
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1978
Barbara has been steadily dating Cliff and soon finds herself trying to gently discourage Bob from pursuing her. However, Bob is sure he can win her away from Cliff, that's when Ann encourages Bob to perhaps date other women. He does but Barbara's reaction to Bob's new girlfriend is incredibly telling.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10117 votes
#5 - Schneider's Helper
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1978
While he's recovering from a back injury, Schneider needs an assistant maintenance man to help out with his work around the building. Barbara suggests that Schneider hire her disabled friend, Jackie. Schneider reluctantly takes on the kid who does his best to prove he can do the job. However, when there is a gas leak in the building, Jackie's competence is put to the test.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10116 votes
#6 - Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1978
Sally, an old school friend of Barbara's shows up for a visit with some news, she's now a mother. Originally, she agreed with the father to give the baby up for adoption but after one look at the baby, decided to keep it. However, the big bombshell is dropped when she mentions that the father is Cliff Randall, Barbara's boyfriend.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10101 votes
#7 - The Dating Game (a.k.a.) Ann's Dating Game
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1978
Ann is interested in a business associate but isn't quite sure how to convey her romantic interest to him. Barbara and Julie suggest that she just make the first move and call him, which she does. However, he isn't quite getting the hints and assumes that when she asks him out the dinner is business instead of pleasure.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10102 votes
#8 - Peabody's War
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1978
""Mr.Peabody"".An elderly resident in the ""Romano's""apartment building refuses to pay higher rent to allow the building's owners to throw him out.Because he is old and disabled.He locks himself in ""The Romano's Apartment""with a shotgun and will hold the family hostage.Until he can get on tv and tell the buildings owners to allow him to stay in his apartment and pay a fair rent price for it.On a sad not,this was Mr.J.Pat O'Malley's last tv performance.He would spend his last years living at The Motion Picture and TV Home in Woodland Hills,Ca.,Until his death in 1986.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10104 votes
#9 - Jealousy (1)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1978
Julie and Barbara become rivals when they fall for the leader of a rock group. First of two parts.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10100 votes
#10 - Jealousy (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1978
Conclusion. The battle for the band leader continues as Barbara tries to win him back from Julie.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/10102 votes
#11 - The Arab Connection
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1978
Ann plays hostess to an Arab sheik while Julie leads a demonstration against his country's economic policy.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1099 votes
#12 - Hold the Mustard
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1978
The pace of Barbara's restaurant job proves to be faster than she anticipated.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10104 votes
#13 - Girl Talk
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1978
Ann and the girls spend a warm Christmas Eve in a frigid mountain cabin.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10100 votes
#14 - The Married Man (1)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1979
In the first of a three-part story, Ann and a sportswriter begin a promising romance.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Ed Jurist
- 6.5/1095 votes
#15 - The Married Man (2)
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1979
In the second of a three-part story, a smooth-sailing romance between Ann and a sportswriter hits the rocks.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Ed Jurist
- 6.8/1096 votes
#16 - The Married Man (3)
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1979
Ann considers pursuing a relationship with her married sports writer, but soon concludes that to do so would strip her of her self respect.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1094 votes
#17 - Going Nowhere
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1979
Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1098 votes
#18 - Francine Strikes Again
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/1979
Francine uses her feminine wiles to wrest away one of Ann's big accounts.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1097 votes
#19 - The Dental Hygienist
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/1979
Only hours after they meet, Ann's old pal and Schneider are ready to sail off on a romantic cruise.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/1095 votes
#20 - The Piano Teacher
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/1979
The baby grand delivered to Ann by mistake belongs to her next-door neighbor, a slightly unstrung piano teacher who begins giving lessons in her living room.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10101 votes
#21 - The Broken Nose
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/1979
Barbara learns a lesson about beauty after Schneider accidentally opens a door smack into her nose.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1093 votes
#22 - Mad for Each Other
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/7/1979
Julie falls for an egotistical filmmaker whose temperament exactly matches her own.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1097 votes
#23 - The Graduation
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/21/1979
Barbara's high school graduation has arrived and she's all excited, except for two issues. First, she's unsure if she wants to attend the University of Wisconsin, like her father did and second she's up in arms, trying to make a decision on whether to hang out at a party with friends or one with just family after graduation.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1095 votes
#24 - Fear of Success
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1979
A lucrative offer to direct public relations for a computer firm prompts Ann to give Mr. Davenport two weeks' notice.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1098 votes
#25 - Grandma Leaves Grandpa
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/8/1979
Ann is all set to go away for the weekend to a ski lodge, however her plans are put to a halt when Grandma Romano drops by with the announcement that she's left Ann's father and now would like to stay with Ann and the girls. Not quite taking her seriously, Ann is dealt a blow of reality when her father drops by needing a place to stay as well.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 4
Every episode of One Day at a Time Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 4!
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Father, Dear Father (1)" is the best rated episode of "One Day at a Time" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 100 votes. Directed by Alan Rafkin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1978. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Father, Dear Father (2)".