S01E01 A Tale of One City
Janice's estranged husband calls after having gone out for cigarettes three years earlier.
Grand
S01E07: Deer Hunter
After Wayne's father is shot by a deer, Tom sets about networking at the funeral, while the widow falls under the official scrutiny of her son.
Overview
In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner Harris Weldon, his newlywed niece and her husband, while raising her teenage daughter.
Episodes
S01E02 The Pretty Good Mother
Tom's attempt to win back his job is marred by Carol Anne's suspicion that he's having an affair with Janice, who allows herself and Edda a designated period of depression to deal with the divorce.
S01E03 Sex, Lies, and Cable TV
Lunching together, Carol Anne and Janice clear things up between them, but find there's still a problem they both share. Meanwhile, cable TV viewers are offered the philosophy of Norris.
S01E04 A Boy and His Dad
There's one little thing that Tom never told Carol Anne about his past, and it's just arrived in Grand, behind the wheel of the Porsche that smacked into Carol Anne.
S01E05 Faded Genes
Bonding in the woods, Tom and Dylan get tips about fathers and sons from Norris, while surgery-bound Desmond imparts a surprise on the same topic to Weldon.
S01E06 Legends of Sport
With Eddie in town to celebrate his glory days of yore, Janice has a knee-jerk reaction to his glory days of now; and Dylan leads Edda astray.
S01E07 Deer Hunter
After Wayne's father is shot by a deer, Tom sets about networking at the funeral, while the widow falls under the official scrutiny of her son.
S01E08 The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead
Weldon tries a cosmetic change for Carnegie Hall. Norris channels the spirit of a genius. Japanese bikers throw Tom's future off track.
S01E09 Carnagie Hell
In New York, Janice hears history repeating itself. While at Carnegie Hall, George Bush and Leonard Bernstein are replaced by Dan Quayle and Plafka Dobra.
S01E10 An Obtuse Triangle
Janice compares rashes with Edda's Romeo. Norris finds all you need is love to avoid a career as a dead comic. Tom is tempted by an offer from Japan.
S01E11 Trigonometry Made Easy
Norris succeeds in business without really trying. Wayne proposes to Janice. A secret admirer arranges to meet with Carol Anne.
S01E12 Czech, Please
Weldon's plans for Plafka are stabled. Janice gives Wayne a maybe, and learns the cause of her rash. Carol Anne yields to men's tears and Tom sees his $1.1 million turn into $46,853.
S01E13 Blow Off
Aspiring beaus are dismissed by the Pasetti women. Desmond and Weldon square off in the name of love. Carol Anne plans a tryst while Tom plots his takeover of Eastern Europe.
Cast
Pamela Reed
Janice Pasetti
Bonnie Hunt
Carol Anne Smithson
John Neville
Desmond
Joel Murray
Norris Weldon
Sara Rue
Edda Pasetti
John Randolph
Harris Weldon
