Season 1
Episodes
1. Pilot
Tom Nash trades in his network newsman job to write a human interest column for a Chicago newspaper, moving to Wisconsin with his two children. He begins by exploring women's anger toward men by hiring a female assistant and visiting the woman he stood up on prom night.
2. Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Tom attempts to find out why men are not open with their feelings by hosting a bonding party for men.
3. Flight of the Dodo
A disillusioned cartoonist (Austin Pendleton) quits his job.
4. All God's Children Go to Wisconsin
Tom's meeting with an Episcopal cleric causes him to question his current standing as a lapsed Catholic.
5. Corvette Man
While Tom considers buying a corvette, Lillian makes plans to remarry her ex-husband.
6. Over the Hill?
Tom's preliminary results of his physical reveal he's in great shape but a chest X-ray casts a spot of doubt, requiring further tests.
7. Mr. Wizard
Tom Nash begins substitute teaching and discovers it is not easy and happily accepts advice.
8. Divorce, American Dreamer Style
9. In from the Cold (1)
Tom considers writing about his memories and the loss of his wife but his kids consider her a forbidden subject for his column.
10. In from the Cold (2)
Tom learns the true identity of Kathleen in the conclusion of a two part episode.
11. The Fabulous Baker Girls
Holly's free-spirited sister Drew returns and makes good copy for Tom's newspaper column.
12. A Face in the Cloud
13. Don't Drink the Water
Tom discovers that Lillian's ex-husband's business is a fraud.
14. Mother Knows Best
Lillian must live a lie when her mother visits.
15. Papa Joe
Joe's weekend with his daughter is spoiled.
16. Heartbreak Diner
Tom intervenes in his daughter's crush on a young college student.
17. They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?
Danny disobeys his father and sneaks off to go duck hunting with Bill.