Season 1
Season 1
Season 1
Season 1
- Air date:1990-09-21
- User score:7.0
- Number of episodes:24
List of Episodes
Air date: 1990-09-21
Runtime: 30 min
On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.
Air date: 1990-09-28
Runtime: 30 min
Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.
Air date: 1990-10-05
Runtime: 30 min
On seeing an old game film, Wood discovers his most celebrated high school touchdown catch was actually out of bounds.
Air date: 1990-10-16
Runtime: 30 min
During Sadie Hawkins week, the football team begins a seven-day series of pranks on Coach Newton.
Air date: 1990-10-29
Runtime: 30 min
Ava asks Wood to talk with both their son, Taylor, and her father about their choice in dates.
Air date: 1990-10-02
Runtime: 30 min
Ava's high-school flame visits; Will shaves off half of Wood's moustache.
Air date: 1990-11-09
Runtime: 30 min
Hoping to win Wood's favour, Herman, at a fundraiser, bids for and wins a weekend with Wood and his family.
Air date: 1990-11-19
Runtime: 30 min
Wood and the rest of town tutor the football players in algebra so they won't fail their classes and be barred from a big game.
Air date: 1990-11-26
Runtime: 30 min
With Ava's prosecutorial work taking her away from her household duties, a miserable Wood has to take up the slack.
Air date: 1990-12-10
Runtime: 30 min
Wood gets a bit part when a movie company and its temperamental star arrive to shoot a Civil War mini-series.
Air date: 1990-12-17
Runtime: 30 min
Tired of his kids' materialism, Wood gives their presents to a needy family.
Air date: 1991-01-07
Runtime: 30 min
Wood and Ava are asked to dinner by a married couple—who turn out to be swingers into spouse-swapping.
Air date: 1991-01-21
Runtime: 30 min
At his 30-year high school reunion, Wood hooks up with two old pals and one old flame.
Air date: 1991-01-28
Runtime: 30 min
Wood and Ava recall how friends rallied to help her get elected Prosceuting Attorney over her opponent Jim Guy Puckett.
Air date: 1991-02-04
Runtime: 30 min
Herman's big, blustery father comes to visit, but talks football with Wood and chases after Frieda more than he sees his son.
Air date: 1991-02-11
Runtime: 30 min
Wood must testify against Evan, who's being defended by his daughter Ava.
Air date: 1991-02-18
Runtime: 30 min
On Wood's annual deer-hunting trip, a local legend deer drops dead in front of his cabin—outside official hunting grounds.
Air date: 1991-02-21
Runtime: 30 min
A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.
Air date: 1991-03-04
Runtime: 30 min
Wood tries to keep secret the presence of his guest: old acquaintance country-music singer Kenny Rogers.
Air date: 1991-03-24
Runtime: 30 min
An in-over-his-head Herman substitute teaches a class in sex education, and calls in ""expert"" Wood.
Air date: 1991-04-08
Runtime: 30 min
Herman's relationship with Margaret hits a snag when she refuses to be seen with Herman on a formal ""date"".
Air date: 1991-04-29
Runtime: 30 min
Ava goes into labor the night of the Booster Club Sports banquest, to which Wood has invited his football archrival Terry Bradshaw.
Air date: 1991-05-06
Runtime: 30 min
Ava rides in the back of Ponder's catering truck on a chaotic ride to the hospital.
Top Cast

Burt Reynolds
Wood Newton

Marilu Henner
Ava Evans Newton

Hal Holbrook
Evan Evans

Charles Durning
Harlan Elldridge

Ann Wedgeworth
Merleen Elldridge

Michael Jeter
Herman Stiles

Jay R. Ferguson
Taylor Newton

Ossie Davis
Ponder Blue

Elizabeth Ashley
Freida Evans
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