The BEST episodes of Grace Under Fire season 1
Every episode of Grace Under Fire season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Grace Under Fire season 1!
After divorcing her abusive, alcoholic husband and recovering from her own alcoholism, Grace tries to rebuild her life and protect her children from making the same mistakes. Against this serious backdrop, this show is actually a comedy, finding humor in the relationships between Grace and her co-workers at the oil refinery, her neighbors Wade and Nadine, and Russel Norton, the bachelor pharmacist.
#1 - Things Left Undone
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/1994
It is Mother's Day and mother comes to visit. Faith gives them an earful.
#2 - A Car and a Kiss
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/25/1994
Grace's car is on its last legs and she goes shopping for a replacement. A neighbor is irate when she catches Libby kissing her son.
#3 - Up on the Roof
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1993
Quentin's bad moods are puzzling to Grace. Perhaps he needs a male role model. Grace tells Russell that she is not ready to have a new relationship. These serious discussions take place up on the roof.
#4 - With this Ring
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1994
When Great Grandma Kelly leaves her heirloom ring in the keeping of Grace, the Kelly clan blows a fuse.
#5 - Simply Grace
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1994
Grace turns down the advances of a guy, but welcomes a gal who is a 'battered wife' needing help.
#6 - Grace Under Oath
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1993
Watching a talk show on tv, Grace sees her ex-husband brag about how his lawyer got him thousands for an injury and Grace decides to push for child support.
#7 - A Picture's Worth ... $9.95
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1993
Grace and Russell make plans for a double blind date; Libby is harassing baby Patrick.
#8 - Tears of Joy
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1994
Quentin is totally out of control and getting into fights at school, so Grace takes him to a child psychologist.
#9 - See Quentin Run
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/1994
Grace's promotion does not bring her happiness. Quentin runs away to find his dad and the men at work are disgruntled.
#10 - Grace Undergraduate
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1993
Grace and Nadine take a night out and flirt with some frat boys, while Russell and Wade try to steal Russell's dog which his ex-wife got as part of the property settlement.
#11 - The Agony, the Ecstasy, and Bill Mazeroski
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/26/1994
Needing her own space, Grace turns to the basement to create a room for herself and get some privacy.
#12 - Grace and Beauty
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1994
Libby is entered in a beauty pageant with a friend. The two mothers don't hit it off very well. Libby sings "Tomorrow".
#13 - Valentine's Day
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1994
Quentin shows his displeasure when Grace invites Ryan to dinner.
#14 - The Good, the Bad and the Pharmacist
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1993
Grace is angry when her paycheck is attached to pay the back taxes of her ex-husband; Russell's ex-wife upsets a date with Grace when she decides to return to him.
#15 - Second Time Around
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1993
The 'nice' guy Grace meets, at the behest of Nadine to attend a 'second time around' meeting, turns out to be Nadine's first husband (of three, she married the second twice. Wade is #4).
#16 - Keeping Faith
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1993
When Grace brings her depressed sister, Faith, home for the holidays, she learns that Faith has been having an affair with a married man.
#17 - When You Wish Upon a Star
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1994
A romantic weekend in the Windy City is blown away when Ryan fails to show up at the airport on time.
#18 - Sister, Sister
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1993
Faith asks Grace to talk to Evie, their wild younger sister, but when the three get together, Grace refuses.
#19 - It Happened One Week
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/1994
Grace and Ryan have time for themselves when Faith takes the kids to visit their grandparents and the refinery is closed.
#20 - Grace in the Middle
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1993
Wade gets fed up with his job at the phone company and takes a new job as the 'in the air, on the air' reporter.
#21 - Say Goodnight, Gracie
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1993
Grace's status at the refinery becomes permanent and she gets a raise, but has to take the night shift and will miss the school play Libby is in playing a pork chop.
#22 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1993
Grace has divorced her abusive husband and is faced with supporting their three children. In the premiere episode, she takes a job at an oil refinery and dates the local druggist. Quentin gets into fights at school.