• Premiered: Mar 1976
  • Episodes: 86
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  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Monday at 21
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Season 4
4x1
Starting Over
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 1978
Kate's dreams of quiet in her empty nest end when 11-year-old orphan Annie Cooper comes to stay.
4x2
All for Love
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 28, 1978
Buddy's boyfriend Zack pressures her to have sex, and she contemplates sleeping with him to keep him from turning to a pretty rival.; Doug thinks of buying a flashy sports car.
4x3
Changes
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 1978
Nancy is all set to re-marry Jeff; Annie, heretofore known as ""Annie Cooper,"" decides to add ""Lawrence"" to her name; Buddy, ever the traditionalist, is bothered by it all.
4x4
Magic
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 1978
Kate, in the hospital for a physical, meets a burned-out former rock star; Annie needs Doug's help to impress her classmates with magic tricks.
4x5
Just Friends
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1978
Willie considers an affair with a married woman he met in a writing class; Nancy, sick of living in a ""fishbowl,"" decides to move out of the guesthouse and into an apartment of her own.
4x6
Generations
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 1978
With rising maintenance costs, Kate and Doug try to pressure Willie into selling the beloved farm he inherited from his grandmother.
4x7
Expectations
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Air date
Dec 07, 1978
Nancy's new boss pressures her to sleep with him; Buddy tries out for the cheerleading squad.
4x8
Gifts
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Air date
Dec 21, 1978
Annie, who still misses her parents, can't relate to the Lawrences' holiday cheer, and decides to run away until Christmas is over; Willie runs into his old barber, who is about to close up shop for good.
4x9
The Friend's Affair
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Air date
Jan 04, 1979
A colleague and friend of Doug's is cheating on his wife; Annie suspects a next-door neighbor of having murdered his.
4x10
Exits and Entrances
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Air date
Jan 11, 1979
After Buddy stars in a high-school play (Shaw's Saint Joan), her interest in acting is strongly encouraged by a friend of Kate's, a professional actress; Annie gets a telemarketing job to pay for a new bike.
4x11
Moment of Truth
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1979
A man he once helped put in jail threatens Doug; Buddy and Audrey have a fight about who copied from whom on an algebra test.
4x12
Malicious Mischief
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 25, 1979
Nancy considers a marriage proposal from Timmy's daycare provider -- until he gets accused of child abuse; Willie falls in love with a cat.
4x13
Sleeping Over
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 1979
Kate discovers Willie is having an affair with her recital partner, leading to a serious mother-son rift over casual sex; Buddy's invitation to a sorority becomes a sore point in her friendship with Audrey when Audrey isn't invited to join.
4x14
Disco Queen
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1979
Buddy sneaks into a disco club, with the help of an older acquaintance, and finds it more than she bargained for; Annie has a date with a jock.
4x15
The Athlete
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 1979
Buddy, volunteering at a hospital, encounters a star high-school basketball player who is there for a broken leg -- or so he thinks; Annie runs for class president against her nemesis, Emmy Sheldon.
4x16
The Competition
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 08, 1979
Buddy works hard to come out first in a history competition, only to have a troubled classmate teach her a lesson in the price of winning.
4x17
Ballerina
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 15, 1979
Willie has a fling with a ballet dancer; Doug purchases a workout set by mail order.
4x18
Diversions
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Air date
Mar 22, 1979
Nancy, studying hard for her bar exams, allows herself to be distracted by a charming young lawyer who lives next door.
4x19
An Apple For the Teacher
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 30, 1979
Kate's teaching career gets off to a rough start, when a student decides to continuously annoy her; Annie borrows Buddy's ""lucky"" ring to help during a spelling bee, and promptly loses it.
4x20
Prelude
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 1979
Buddy has a crush on her swimming instructor, much to Zack's displeasure; Kate is tempted to call an old boyfriend.
4x21
Going Straight
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 1979
Finally allowed to have a secretary, Willie offers the job to a prostitute who wants to better herself.
4x22 Season finale
From Russia With Love
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 1979
Kate acts as escort to, and highly impresses, a visiting Ukrainian composer; Buddy and Annie play Monopoly to determine who gets Willie's old room.

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