Following the death of his son, Gus Witherspoon takes in his daughter-in-law and his three grandchildren to live with him. Adjustment to the new arrangement is not easy on any of them.
Aired: Sep 11, 1986 Gus welcomes his widowed daughter-in-law and his three grandchildren from For...
Aired: Sep 14, 1986 Jessie takes up photography; David starts a curb painting business, but his c...
Aired: Sep 21, 1986 Gus's old Marine buddy J.J. Moon visits, and his overbearing personality wear...
Aired: Sep 28, 1986 Fear about his health makes Gus angry and irritable; Kris trains for a charit...
Aired: Oct 5, 1986 Jessie starts dating again when an attractive client asks her out, but the ki...
Aired: Oct 12, 1986 Gus is called for jury duty; Kris has a fender bender while learning to drive...
7. Small Steps Up a Tall Mountain
Aired: Oct 19, 1986Inspired by the stories of Gus and his pals, David and J.R. decide to pull a ...
Aired: Oct 26, 1986 Jessie and Kris argue about trust; Gus agrees to chaperon Kris and her friend...
Aired: Nov 2, 1986 Jessie is sure that a classmate Kris likes participated in a convenience stor...
Aired: Nov 9, 1986 Kris discovers that her friend Bonnie has a serious problem; David and Molly ...
Aired: Nov 16, 1986 Joe Kaplan bets Gus that he can't keep from interfering in the lives of Jessi...
Aired: Nov 23, 1986 Gus asks out a single mother, but her angry son objects and takes it out on D...
Aired: Dec 14, 1986 Molly mourns the first Christmas without her father.
Aired: Jan 4, 1987 Jessie's older sister comes for a visit; Molly recovers from a tonsillectomy;...
Aired: Jan 11, 1987 Molly befriends a new classmate named Dana, who is blind, and tries to unders...
Aired: Jan 18, 1987 Abuse is suspected when the baby Kris is sitting for needs to go to the hospi...
Aired: Feb 1, 1987 Gus convinces the family to try living for a weekend without 20th century con...
18. Past Tense, Future Tense: Part 1
Aired: Feb 8, 1987Kris hopes to reunite Gus with his estranged son Ben during a trip to an Air ...
19. Past Tense, Future Tense: Part 2
Aired: Feb 15, 1987Kris and Chris wait for help; Gus ignores his health while searching on horse...
Aired: Feb 22, 1987 Gus's friend Lou Lefkowitz dies and his last request is for Gus to deliver a ...
Aired: Mar 1, 1987 Jessie's new used car is a lemon and Gus hatches a plan to get some satisfact...
Aired: Mar 15, 1987 Kris makes plans for her sixteenth birthday; the Witherspoons take care of cr...
23. The Road Out of Briarpatch
Aired: Mar 22, 1987Kris tutors a girl to help the hard luck student win a scholarship; David is ...
Aired: May 3, 1987 A young man delivers a letter to Gus at his late mother's request which revea...
