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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Runaway

    • August 5, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Raj hires a babysitter for Dee so he can join his friends at a party.

  • S01E02 The Birthday Present

    • August 12, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    To earn money to buy Mama a birthday present, Roger resorts to playing dice and is accused of shoplifting along with Dwayne and Rerun.

  • S01E03 When Daddy Comes Marching Home

    • August 19, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Mama's shifty ex-husband comes back into the picture and plays with her feelings to score some cash.

  • S01E04 My Three Tons

    • August 26, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun is invited to join a dance troupe, but not for his dancing skills.

  • S01E05 Saturday's Hero

    • November 13, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun joins the high school football team and lets sudden success go to his head.

  • S01E06 The Burger Queen

    • November 20, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Dee is selected for a series of TV ads for a burger chain.

  • S01E07 Speak for Yourself, Dwayne

    • November 27, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    When Roger talks to a new girl on Dwayne's behalf, he finds himself falling for her and at odds with his friend.

  • S01E08 Shirley's Date

    • December 4, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun pay two men to date Shirley.

  • S01E09 Christmas

    • December 11, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    With Mama having to work on Christmas, Roger and Dee have Christmas dinner at Bill's apartment.

  • S01E10 Puppy Love

    • December 30, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Confusion arises when Roger's plans to buy a puppy from a girl in school lead Mama and Bill to think he got the girl pregnant.

  • S01E11 The Maid Did It

    • January 6, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When Mama is fired after being accused of stealing a diamond ring, Roger seeks to set the record straight.

  • S01E12 The Incomplete Shakespeare

    • January 13, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Roger earns a chance to write for a black TV show, but its producers don't want to face the realities of ghetto life.

  • S01E13 The Hospital Stay

    • January 20, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    With Roger in the hospital, Dee befriends his grouchy old roommate.

  • S01E14 The Sunday Father

    • January 27, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When Roger is suspended from school, he turns to his father instead of facing Mama's wrath.

  • S01E15 The Firing Squad

    • February 10, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When Shirley's bad attitude gets her fired, the guys plan to find her a new job.

  • S01E16 The Boarder

    • February 17, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Needing extra money, Mama agrees to take Bill in as a boarder.

  • S01E17 Dwayne's Dilemma

    • February 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne must summon the courage to stand up to the tough and mean ex-boyfriend of his latest love interest.

  • S01E18 The Tickets

    • March 3, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When the guys try to scalp concert tickets, they wind up at the police station.

  • S01E19 What's Wrong with Raj?

    • March 10, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    A lovesick Roger spends his time at the local clinic trying to win over an older nurse.

  • S01E20 Nice Guys Finish Last

    • March 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Dee's prison pen pal arrives, but she has escaped from jail.

  • S01E21 From Here to Maternity

    • March 31, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Shirley tries to support her pregnant younger sister.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Rerun Gets Married

    • September 22, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun plans to marry a new girl from school so that she may stay in the country.

  • S02E02 It's All in Your Head

    • September 29, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When Dee talks to the school counselor on behalf of a reluctant friend, the counselor believes that Dee is the one with the problem.

  • S02E03 Trial and Error

    • October 6, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Roger is involved in a car accident that totals his new bike and leads to a lawsuit.

  • S02E04 Raj Goes to Press

    • October 13, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    When his articles are rejected from the school newspaper, an outraged Roger starts an underground paper that lands him in hot water.

  • S02E05 Nothing Personal

    • October 20, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Shirley is hired into a secretarial job for which she is unqualified, but discovers the company only wanted her as a minority token.

  • S02E06 If I'm Elected

    • October 27, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne's father, a candidate for city council, fires his campaign manager, which upsets Dwayne because the man is a longtime family friend.

  • S02E07 The Play's the Big Thing

    • November 3, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Roger writes and directs a play that is to be performed with a TV executive in attendance, but casting Rerun as the lead threatens to doom Roger's big opportunity.

  • S02E08 Give Me Odds

    • November 10, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne's wacky system for football betting causes Rerun's brother-in-law to lose a $500 vacation fund on a long shot.

  • S02E09 Bill Gets Married

    • November 17, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Dee objects to her father's plans to remarry.

  • S02E10 Mama, the School Girl

    • November 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Mama takes a night-school course, where she meets a man who toys with her affections in order to get her to write a paper for him.

  • S02E11 One Strike and You're Out

    • December 8, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Roger organizes a strike with his coworkers at Pronson's Market, but with Mama losing her job the family has no income.

  • S02E12 The Testimonial

    • December 15, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    After the guys give Miss Collins a trick present for 25 years of teaching, a change of heart forces them to sneak into the school to switch the gift.

  • S02E13 Black and White Blues

    • December 22, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    To watch a football game, the guys "borrow" the church raffle's grand prize, a new color TV set.

  • S02E14 Going, Going, Gong

    • January 5, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Raj manages a sibling song and dance act who makes it onto The Gong Show, but Rerun gets booked for the same episode.

  • S02E15 Dee's First Date

    • January 21, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Dee's first date is a chance for Raj to get closer to her date's older sister.

  • S02E16 Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 1)

    • January 28, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun is offered free tickets to an upcoming Doobie Brothers concert at the high school if he agrees to secretly record the concert.

  • S02E17 Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 2)

    • February 4, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    While Rerun is secretly taping the Doobie Brothers' concert, the recorder falls from his coat in full view of the band.

  • S02E18 Rerun Sees the Light

    • February 11, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun joins a strange cult and it's up to Roger, Dwayne and Mama to expose the cult as a fraud.

  • S02E19 Raj and the Older Woman

    • February 18, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Raj gets involved with a model who thinks he's 21 and a movie actor.

  • S02E20 Diplomatic Immunity

    • February 25, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    After Rerun is hit by a car, the gang tracks down the driver, who is the son of a foreign diplomat.

  • S02E21 Shirley Is a Mother

    • April 13, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    With Mama out of town, Raj gets Shirley to babysit Dee but finds himself in trouble for feeding answers to Rerun during a final exam.

  • S02E22 The Apartment

    • May 11, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun take an apartment together, but meddling Mama won't leave them alone.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Disco Dollar Disaster

    • September 21, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    To raise money to enter a dance contest, Rerun sells more shares in himself than he can pay back.

  • S03E02 Shirley's Boyfriend

    • September 28, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The guys unknowingly fix Shirley up with a married man.

  • S03E03 Basketball Brain

    • October 12, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger takes on a lucrative gig tutoring a basketball star.

  • S03E04 The Creep Detective

    • November 2, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun find themselves in a sticky situation when a detective finds stolen goods in their apartment.

  • S03E05 Shirley's Cookies

    • November 9, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Shirley goes into business selling her homemade cookies.

  • S03E06 The Landlady

    • November 16, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger falls for the building's landlady, an attractive older woman.

  • S03E07 Charge

    • November 23, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun goes on a reckless spending spree with his new credit cards.

  • S03E08 Raj Moves Out

    • November 30, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger plans to move in with his new girlfriend and up in society.

  • S03E09 No Clothes Make the Man

    • December 14, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger is asked to pose in the nude for an art class.

  • S03E10 Positive Identification

    • December 21, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun show some Christmas mercy for a burglar caught stealing from their apartment.

  • S03E11 Making Out

    • January 11, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun trade exaggerated stories about their dates and then switch girls as part of a bet.

  • S03E12 Dee, the Cheerleader

    • January 25, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Dee is passed over for the cheerleading squad as a result of the school district's busing policy.

  • S03E13 A Present for Dee

    • February 9, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Dee stands accused of shoplifting a hideous necklace that Little Earl stole for her.

  • S03E14 Dwayne's Dream

    • February 16, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne has a crazy dream about the future.

  • S03E15 Shirley's Fired

    • February 23, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Shirley quits in frustration over Rob's new waitress and then thinks she catches her stealing.

  • S03E16 Food Poisoning

    • March 2, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Rerun is hospitalized after eating at Rob's Place.

  • S03E17 The Eviction

    • March 9, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Roger and Rerun lead a protest over the building's condition that gets them evicted.

  • S03E18 The Thomas Treasure

    • March 16, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Roger discovers his mother's house may contain stolen bank money and leads a furious search to find it.

  • S03E19 The Last Page

    • March 31, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    The gang fantasizes about being TV characters from famous ABC shows, such as Three's Company and Happy Days.

  • S03E20 First Class Coach

    • April 7, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne takes Big Earl's place as coach of Little Earl's basketball team.

  • S03E21 Dwayne's Debate

    • April 21, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Dwayne runs for class president against a more qualified opponent.

  • S03E22 The Benefit Show

    • April 28, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    When the gang organizes a benefit show, Rerun tries to get Sammy Davis, Jr. to appear.