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  1. Episode 1

  This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.

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  2. Episode 2

  In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.

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  3. Episode 3

  Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.

• 4. Episode 4

  Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.

• 5. Episode 5

  Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change operation; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem; Corrine tells Father Tim she loves him; and Jessica can't tell Corinne anything.

• 6. Episode 6

  Corrine moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of his son Chuck, the ventriloquist; and Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.

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  7. Episode 7

  The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck, the schizophrenic ventriloquist, arrives; and Danny traps Burt in a cabin with the intent to kill.

• 8. Episode 8

  Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and the Tates.

• 9. Episode 9

  Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.

• 10. Episode 10

  The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.

• 11. Episode 11

  Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.

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  12. Episode 12

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  Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; and Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.

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  13. Episode 13

  Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.

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  14. Episode 14

  Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Chief of Police Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.

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  15. Episode 15

  Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.

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  16. Episode 16

  After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.

• 17. Episode 17

  After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Campbell's. Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live - on one condition.

• 18. Episode 18

  The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire

• 19. Episode 19

  Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne, and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.

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  20. Episode 20

  Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the Judge.

• 21. Episode 21

  Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.

• 22. Episode 22

  Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.

• 23. Episode 23

  Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica

• 24. Episode 24

  Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.

• 25. Episode 25

  Lefkowitz's threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of the verdict for Jessica.

Cast

Katherine Helmond

Jessica Tate

Cathryn Damon

Mary Campbell

Richard Mulligan

Burt Campbell

Robert Mandan

Chester Tate

Billy Crystal

Jodie Dallas

Ted Wass

Danny Dallas

Diana Canova

Corinne Tate

Jennifer Salt

Eunice Tate

Jimmy Baio

Billy Tate

Arthur Peterson

The Major

Jay Johnson

Chuck Campbell

Donnelly Rhodes

Dutch Leitner