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Episodes: All (65)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3
Year: 1976  |  1977  |  1978  |  1979


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: The Runaway

Original Air Date—5 August 1976
Roger has to babysit Dee, so he can't go to a party.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Birthday Present

Original Air Date—12 August 1976
Roger plays dice to buy his mama a birthday present.

Season 1, Episode 3: When Daddy Comes Marching Home

Original Air Date—19 August 1976
Roger and Dee's dad comes to visit.

Season 1, Episode 4: My Three Tons

Original Air Date—26 August 1976
Rerun auditions for the Rockets.

Season 1, Episode 5: Saturday's Hero

Original Air Date—13 November 1976
Rerun on football team will be cut unless gets A, Roger writes his speech for him.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Burger Queen

Original Air Date—20 November 1976
Rerun tries out for hamburger commercial, but they want Dee.

Season 1, Episode 7: Speak for Yourself, Dwayne

Original Air Date—27 November 1976

Season 1, Episode 8: Shirley's Date

Original Air Date—4 December 1976
Raj goes to a dating service to get a date for Shirley.

Season 1, Episode 9: Christmas

Original Air Date—11 December 1976
Mama finally gets off for Christmas, but the kids daddy made plans for them to be with him

Season 1, Episode 10: Puppy Love

Original Air Date—30 December 1976

Season 1, Episode 11: The Maid Did It

Original Air Date—6 January 1977
Mama gets fired cause a ring is missing from her employer.

Season 1, Episode 12: The Incomplete Shakespeare

Original Air Date—13 January 1977

Season 1, Episode 13: The Hospital Stay

Original Air Date—20 January 1977
Roger in hospital for knee surgery, Dee makes friends with the old man in the next bed.

Season 1, Episode 14: The Sunday Father

Original Air Date—27 January 1977

Season 1, Episode 15: The Firing Squad

Original Air Date—10 February 1977
Shirley gets fired from Rob's.

Season 1, Episode 16: The Boarder

Original Air Date—17 February 1977
The Thomas' need extra money so decide to take in a boarder, its their dad who acts like he needs a place to live so he can give them money.

Season 1, Episode 17: Dwayne's Dilemma

Original Air Date—24 February 1977
Dwayne's new girlfriend has a jealous ex, who wants to fight Dwayne.

Season 1, Episode 18: The Tickets

Original Air Date—3 March 1977
Mama gives Roger two tickets to Stevie Wonder concert, he can't decide which friend to take.

Season 1, Episode 19: What's Wrong with Raj?

Original Air Date—10 March 1977
Dee is always snooping in Raj's journal so they play trick on her that Raj is really sick.

Season 1, Episode 20: Nice Guys Finish Last

Original Air Date—24 March 1977
Dee's pen pal who just got out prison comes and stays with them.

Season 1, Episode 21: From Here to Maternity

Original Air Date—31 March 1977

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Rerun Gets Married

Original Air Date—22 September 1977

Season 2, Episode 2: It's All in Your Head

Original Air Date—29 September 1977

Season 2, Episode 3: Trial and Error

Original Air Date—6 October 1977

Season 2, Episode 4: Raj Goes to Press

Original Air Date—13 October 1977
His ego hurt when his articles are not published in the school newspaper, Roger recruits Dwayne and Rerun to help him publish an underground newspaper. The experience soon becomes an important lesson in the First Amendment when they expose their no-nonsense English teacher's plans for a pop quiz and publish unflattering remarks about the principal. Roger refuses to reveal how he learned about the "surprise test" (his buddies had peeked in her desk and saw it by accident, something the teacher eventually catches on to) and is threatened with expulsion.

Season 2, Episode 5: Nothing Personal

Original Air Date—20 October 1977

Season 2, Episode 6: If I'm Elected

Original Air Date—27 October 1977
Dwayne's father, Lawrence Nelson, is running for city council. Dwayne is really proud of his father ... until one afternoon at campaign headquarters, he accidentally overhears him firing one of his campaign workers (Ted, a longtime friend of the family) and telling him to pack his stuff up and get out, because "we don't need that kind of stuff in our campaign." Dwayne's pride turns to shame and he goes to Mama Thomas to sort out his problems, but of it turns out Dwayne only knows part of the story - Ted was fired for theft of campaign funds.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Play's the Big Thing

Original Air Date—3 November 1977
Roger risks the success of his play by casting Rerun in the lead.

Season 2, Episode 8: Give Me Odds

Original Air Date—10 November 1977
Rerun figures he has a sure-fire system for beating the football pool.

Season 2, Episode 9: Bill Gets Married

Original Air Date—17 November 1977
Dee has a hard time accepting her father's decision to remarry.

Season 2, Episode 10: Mama, the School Girl

Original Air Date—24 November 1977
A middle-aged dunce in Mama's high-school class lets her believe he likes her so she will do his assignments.

Season 2, Episode 11: One Strike and You're Out

Original Air Date—8 December 1977
Raj wants to go on Strike at work, then changes his mind when he finds out his Mama is out of work.

Season 2, Episode 12: The Testimonial

Original Air Date—15 December 1977
Raj, Rerun, & Dwayne give their teacher Mrs. Collins a gift, an empty box, but then feel guilty.

Season 2, Episode 13: Black and White Blues

Original Air Date—22 December 1977
Roger, Rerun, & Dwayne borrow the church raffle's grand prize color TV set and then drop it.

Season 2, Episode 14: Going, Going, Gong

Original Air Date—5 January 1978
Raj and Dee help a young singing group get on "The Gong Show", Rerun auditions too and makes it.

Season 2, Episode 15: Dee's First Date

Original Air Date—12 January 1978
Roger couldn't be happier about Dee's first date, the boyfriend has a gorgeous sister.

Season 2, Episode 16: Doobie or Not Doobie: Part 1

Original Air Date—28 January 1978
Raj, Rerun, & Dwayne are desperate to see the Doobie Brothers in concert. Rerun gets roped into illegally recording the concert.

Season 2, Episode 17: Doobie or Not Doobie: Part 2

Original Air Date—4 February 1978
A bully makes the boys put together a tape of the Doobie Brothers concert.

Season 2, Episode 18: Rerun Sees the Light

Original Air Date—11 February 1978
A con artist persuades Rerun to shave his head and dedicate his life and money to a cult.

Season 2, Episode 19: Raj and the Older Woman

Original Air Date—18 February 1978
Roger tries to impress an older girl by pretending to be an experienced actor.

Season 2, Episode 20: Diplomatic Immunity

Original Air Date—25 February 1978
A hit and run driver dents the car that Rerun "borrowed" from his brother-in-law.

Season 2, Episode 21: Shirley Is a Mother

Original Air Date—13 April 1978
Shirley plays mother to Roger and Dee when Mama visits a relative in Phoenix.

Season 2, Episode 22: The Apartment

Original Air Date—11 May 1978
Roger and Rerun get their own apartment, and Mama keeps coming over.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Disco Dollar Disaster

Original Air Date—21 September 1978
Rerun sees easy money in a disco contest, if he can raise the $25 entry fee.

Season 3, Episode 2: Shirley's Boyfriend

Original Air Date—28 September 1978
The boys introduce Shirley to a friend of Roger's father.

Season 3, Episode 3: Basketball Brain

Original Air Date—12 October 1978
Roger is hired to tutor a basketball player trying to qualify for a college scholarship.

Season 3, Episode 4: The Creep Detective

Original Air Date—2 November 1978
A police detective holds Roger, Rerun, & Dwayne on burglary charges.

Season 3, Episode 5: Shirley's Cookies

Original Air Date—9 November 1978
A swindler tries to exploit Shirley's cookie recipe.

Season 3, Episode 6: The Landlady

Original Air Date—16 November 1978
Roger tries to impress his landlady after he misinterprets her kindness as a come-on.

Season 3, Episode 7: Charge

Original Air Date—23 November 1978
Rerun goes on a spending spree with his new credit card.

Season 3, Episode 8: Raj Moves Out

Original Air Date—30 November 1978
Roger decides to move in with a sophisticated college coed.

Season 3, Episode 9: No Clothes Make the Man

Original Air Date—14 December 1978
Desperate for money, Roger searches frantically for a job.

Season 3, Episode 10: Positive Identification

Original Air Date—21 December 1978
Roger and Rerun have their Christmas spirit dampened when their apartment is robbed.

Season 3, Episode 11: Making Out

Original Air Date—11 January 1979
Roger and Rerun think putting on airs will win a girl's heart

Season 3, Episode 12: Dee, the Cheerleader

Original Air Date—25 January 1979
Dee begins an intensive training program to make the cheerleading squad.

Season 3, Episode 13: A Present for Dee

Original Air Date—9 February 1979
Dee is surprised with a party, and a stolen necklace on her birthday.

Season 3, Episode 14: Dwayne's Dream

Original Air Date—16 February 1979
Dwayne considers quitting school to hawk peanuts at sporting events.

Season 3, Episode 15: Shirley's Fired

Original Air Date—23 February 1979
When Shirley complains that she is overworked, Rob decides to hire a second waitress.

Season 3, Episode 16: Food Poisoning

Original Air Date—2 March 1979
Convinced he was poisoned by a burger at Rob's shop, Rerun decides to sue.

Season 3, Episode 17: The Eviction

Original Air Date—9 March 1979
Roger and Rerun demand that their landlord help pay for repairs on their decaying apartment.

Season 3, Episode 18: The Thomas Treasure

Original Air Date—16 March 1979
Roger accidentally learns that a small fortune stolen by a mobster may be hidden in his mother's house.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Last Page

Original Air Date—31 March 1979

Season 3, Episode 20: First Class Coach

Original Air Date—7 April 1979

Season 3, Episode 21: Dwayne's Debate

Original Air Date—21 April 1979

Season 3, Episode 22: The Benefit Show

Original Air Date—28 April 1979

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