Acts of Love (1)

E1

While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.

Acts of Love (2)

E2

Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.

The First Time

E3

Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.

Change of Heart

E4

Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.

Annie Laurie

E5

Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.

We Love You, Miss Jessup

E6

Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.

The Little Brother

E7

Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.

Childhood's End

E8

Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.

A Tale Out of Season

E9

Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.

Labors of Love

E10

Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.

A Child is Given

E11

More Than Friends

E12

Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.

Princess in the Tower

E13

Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.

Echoes of Love

E14

Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.

See Saw

E15

Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.

Lifeline

E16

Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.

. . . And Baby Makes Three

E17

Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.

Crossing Over

E18

Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.

The Covenant

E19

Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.

A Friend of the Family's

E20

A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.

Fear of Shadows

E21

Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.

Sleeping Gypsy

E22

Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.

Counterpoint

E23

Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.