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One Day at a Time
After the recent death of Nick, Alex is left feeling lonely and unwanted by his recently married mother. So, he hops a bus from Chicago and head straight to Ann and Barbara.
Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
Alex doesn't feel like the hero he's hailed after saving lives in an apartment blaze because he caused the fire in the first place.
The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
Ann and Francine battle over the same man.
Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
