1988 • 25 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Oct 06, 1988
As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. Sondra is revealed to be pregnant. First mention of Cliff's theory that the children keep returning home because "they want the house."
Episode 2 • Oct 13, 1988
Cliff prepares for a physical.
Episode 3 • Oct 20, 1988
Rudy's friend sleeps over.
Episode 4 • Oct 27, 1988
Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house. Elvin's surname, Tibideaux, is revealed.
Episode 5 • Nov 03, 1988
Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.
Episode 6 • Nov 10, 1988
Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie. Elvin decides to return to medical school.
Episode 7 • Nov 17, 1988
Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.
Episode 8 • Dec 01, 1988
Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a toaster.
Episode 9 • Dec 08, 1988
Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.
Episode 10 • Dec 15, 1988
Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.
Episode 11 • Jan 05, 1989
Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.
Episode 12 • Jan 12, 1989
Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.
Episode 13 • Jan 26, 1989
Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys a new couch and Cliff tries to keep the old one. Clair's law firm is identified as Greentree, Bradley & Dexter.
Episode 14 • Feb 02, 1989
With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.
Episode 15 • Feb 06, 1989
Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.
Episode 16 • Feb 09, 1989
Rudy wants to change some of her rules.
Episode 17 • Feb 16, 1989
Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.
Episode 18 • Feb 23, 1989
Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.
Episode 19 • Mar 09, 1989
Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.
Episode 20 • Mar 16, 1989
After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.
Episode 21 • Mar 30, 1989
Clair's 46th birthday.
Episode 22 • Apr 13, 1989
Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.
Episode 23 • Apr 27, 1989
Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.
Episode 24 • May 04, 1989
Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.
Episode 25 • May 11, 1989
Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.