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The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.
Genres:ComedySoapDrama
Network:ABC
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Season 1

  • Episode 1
    7.7/10266 votes
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    Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977

    This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 2
    7.7/10200 votes
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    Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977

    In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 3
    7.5/10179 votes
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    Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1977

    Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 4
    7.6/10173 votes
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    Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1977

    Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 5
    7.7/10164 votes
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    Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1977

    Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change operation; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem; Corrine tells Father Tim she loves him; and Jessica can't tell Corinne anything.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 6
    7.4/10158 votes
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    Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977

    Corrine moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of his son Chuck, the ventriloquist; and Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 7
    7.8/10154 votes
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    Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977

    The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck, the schizophrenic ventriloquist, arrives; and Danny traps Burt in a cabin with the intent to kill.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 8
    7.9/10145 votes
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    Episode 8

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1977

    Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and the Tates.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 9
    8.0/10147 votes
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    Episode 9

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1977

    Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 10
    7.9/10146 votes
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    Episode 10

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1977

    The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 11
    7.8/10141 votes
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    Episode 11

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1977

    Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 12
    7.7/10144 votes
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    Episode 12

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977

    Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; and Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 13
    8.0/10148 votes
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    Episode 13

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977

    Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 14
    7.7/10140 votes
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    Episode 14

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1977

    Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Chief of Police Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 15
    7.6/10173 votes
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    Episode 15

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1978

    Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 16
    7.5/10136 votes
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    Episode 16

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1978

    After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 17
    7.5/10163 votes
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    Episode 17

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1978

    After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Campbell's. Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live - on one condition.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 18
    7.7/10131 votes
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    Episode 18

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1978

    The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 19
    7.8/10128 votes
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    Episode 19

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1978

    Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne, and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 20
    8.0/10164 votes
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    Episode 20

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1978

    Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the Judge.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 21
    7.9/10159 votes
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    Episode 21

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1978

    Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 22
    7.8/10128 votes
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    Episode 22

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1978

    Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 23
    7.7/10125 votes
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    Episode 23

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1978

    Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 24
    7.6/10122 votes
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    Episode 24

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/21/1978

    Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Episode 25
    8.0/10157 votes
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    Episode 25

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/1978

    Lefkowitz's threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of the verdict for Jessica.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris