Season 1

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  Pilot

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1977

  A steelworker and his wife struggle with a strike, family squabbles, their daughter's first date, and an increasingly bitter rivalry between their teenage sons.

  Director: Gene Reynolds

  Writer: John Sacret Young

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  FitzJo Co.

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977

  Max's new bike is stolen while RJ was supposed to be watching it, driving a wedge between the two friends and making Max's newspaper delivery job much harder.

  Director: Harvey S. Laidman

  Writer: John Sacret Young

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  The Shark

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1977

  Maureen's algebra teacher accuses her of cheating on a test.

  Director: Marc Daniels

  Writer: Claire Whitaker, Rod Peterson, Katharyn Powers

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  Superman

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1977

  Stung by Jack's insinuation that he's not contributing his share, Sean tries to juggle a place on the varsity football squad with a part-time job and school.

  Director: Harvey S. Laidman

  Writer: Dana Reno Andrews, Katharyn Powers

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  Halloween

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1977

  Jack and Sean set out to defeat a neighborhood bully as Maureen worries over asking a boy to the Halloween dance.

  Director: Peter Tewksbury

  Writer: Katharyn Powers

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  The Cheerleader

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977

  Depressed after being rejected by a date, Mo decides to try out for the cheerleading squad in an effort to change her image.

  Director: Peter Tewksbury

  Writer: Claire Whitaker, Rod Peterson

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  A Love Story

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1977

  Jack finds love with a pretty skater, but her quest for an Olympic-caliber trainer threatens to tear them apart.

  Director: Peter Tewksbury

  Writer: Johnny Bonaduce

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  Marijuana

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1977

  Jack falls through a plate glass window while stoned, and desperately tries to conceal the drug use from his parents.

  Director: Stuart Margolin

  Writer: Dana Reno Andrews, Katharyn Powers

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  The Sacrament

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1977

  Max worries about making his First Communion; Mike's unhappiness with the family finances leads to a violent reaction when a drunk coworker remarks on a heavily pregnant Maggie working the late shift.

  Director: Lawrence Dobkin

  Writer: Katharyn Powers, Herman Groves

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  Say Goodbye to Buddy Bonkers

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1977

  Sean brings home a friend who's recovering from a nervous breakdown.

  Director: Robert Totten

  Writer: Michael A. Hoey, Bruce Belland

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  A Living Wage

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1978

  Assigned to a local mechanic for work-study, Jack protests when he realizes the man's cheating customers. RJ and Max worry over school vaccinations.

  Director: Peter Tewksbury, Joseph Manduke

  Writer: Carmen Culver

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  The New Fitzpatrick

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1978

  While Maggie and Mike head off for a weekend in an uncle's cabin, the kids prepare activities of their own: a party, a date and a wild guinea pig race. But all the chaos comes to a head when their parents return because Maggie's in labor.

  Director: Georg Stanford Brown

  Writer: Unknown