Season 1

1977 · 25 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1This 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.
2Episode 2In 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.
3Episode 3Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.
4Episode 4Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.
5Episode 5Jodie 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.
6Episode 6Corrine 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.
7Episode 7The 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.
8Episode 8Unable 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.
9Episode 9Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.
10Episode 10The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.
11Episode 11Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.
12Episode 12Jodie 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.
13Episode 13Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.
14Episode 14Every 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.
15Episode 15Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.
16Episode 16After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.
17Episode 17After 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.
18Episode 18The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire
19Episode 19Mary 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.
20Episode 20Eunice 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.
21Episode 21Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.
22Episode 22Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.
23Episode 23Jessica 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
24Episode 24Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.
25Episode 25Lefkowitz'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.