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Sisters Mary Campbell and Jessica Tate lead soap-opera lives with their crazy families.
#1 - Episode 1.22
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1978
Jodie and Carol plan a weekend away as "just friends." Mary commits Burt to the mental hospital. Danny tells Mary he must marry Elaine. Billy runs away from home. Benson, Chester, and Jessica take the stand in Jessica's trial.
#2 - Episode 1.20
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1978
Danny learns he must marry Elaine. Mary tells Burt of her plans to commit him. Jessica's case looks even more hopeless after she meets the prosecutor and judge.
#3 - Episode 1.14
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1977
Chester and Jessica discuss her affair with Peter. The Tates and Campbells wonder who among them is a murderer. Eunice and Congressman McCallum meet up in an airplane lavatory. Chief Tinkler arrests Corrine.
#4 - Episode 1.21
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1978
Elaine meets the kooky Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim at his mountain retreat. Mallu's assistant, Carol, invites Jodie to lunch. Jessica's murder trial begins.
#5 - Episode 3.18
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1980
Burt announces he will run for Sheriff, and Danny wants to be Deputy. Jodie enlists Mr. Mallu's help in his fight for Wendy. Chester begs Jessica to take him back. Jessica entertains her psychologist, Dr. Posner, amidst the usual Tate insanity.
#6 - Episode 1.13
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977
"Piece of Chelief" Tinkler questions the Tates and Campbells, all of whom are suspects in Peter's grisly murder.
#7 - Episode 1.1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977
This begins the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell.
#8 - Episode 1.5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1977
Eunice and Jodie discuss their man troubles. Burt and Mary visit a sex therapist. Corrine gives Tim one last chance before moving in with Peter, then catches Jessica kissing Peter.
#9 - Episode 1.7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977
The Major terrorizes the neighbors. Chuck and Bob arrive and promptly offend the Campbells. Claire tells Jessica of her affair with Chester, but Jessica doesn't believe her. Danny gets Burt alone and at gunpoint in the woods.
#10 - Episode 1.24
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/21/1978
Carol seduces Jodie. Mary forgives Burt. Corinne returns to the Tates. Ingrid vows to destroy the Tates. Sheriff Tinkler arrives to arrest Chester for stock fraud. The jury begins deliberating Jessica's fate.
#11 - Episode 1.8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1977
Unable to kill Burt as ordered, Danny goes on the run as a "spy" but not before finally accepting Jodie's homosexuality and bidding a tearful goodbye to Mary. At a dinner party for Chuck and Bob, Danny makes a surprise visit that turns into "a little Tuesday night shootout."
#12 - Episode 1.15
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1978
Corrine goes to jail for killing Peter. Burt launches his own investigation. Danny decides to surprise the Godfather but must get past his daughter, Elaine, first. Ingrid Svenson arrives in Dunn's River, claiming to be Corrine's real mother.
#13 - Episode 1.18
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1978
Father Tim bids Corinne farewell. Burt tells Mary he can make himself invisible. Chester hires high-priced attorney E. Ronald Mallu to defend Jessica. Jessica decides to skip bail and head to Rio. Claire alerts the SEC to Chester's shady business dealings.
#14 - Episode 1.2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977
Jodie tells Mary that he's planning to do a sex change. Burt finds his long-lost son.
#15 - Episode 1.23
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1978
Walter dumps Eunice. Burt tells Mary he killed her first husband. Corinne walks out on Ingrid. Father Tim tells his mother he's leaving the priesthood. Jodie and Carol plan a weekend at the Cape. The prosecution drops a bombshell at Jessica's murder trial.
#16 - Episode 1.9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1977
Jodie checks into the hospital for his sex-change operation. Dr. Medlow helps Burt overcome his guilt and his impotence. At lunch with Mary, Jessica spots Chester kissing Claire.
#17 - Episode 1.3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1977
Jessica tries to confess to Chester about her affair with Peter. Danny makes peace with Burt, only to learn that he has to kill Burt in order to escape the mob.
#18 - Episode 1.10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1977
Danny, dressed as a rabbi, has a near run-in with the Godfather. Father Tim appeals to God for help. Burt overcomes his impotence, but Mary is no longer in the mood. Dennis dumps Jodie, who tries to kill himself.
#19 - Episode 1.11
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1977
Burt and Mary look forward to their first romantic evening in six months but are interrupted by news that Jodie has attempted suicide. Jodie survives. Corrine warns Peter. Jessica confronts Chester on his infidelity.
#20 - Episode 1.12
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977
Jessica delivers an ultimatum to the philandering Chester, and threatens to kill Peter Campbell for lying to her and betraying her daughter Corinne; late that night, while in the shower, Peter is murdered by an unseen assailant.
#21 - Episode 1.17
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1978
Jessica is booked into jail. Mary realizes Burt needs psychiatric help. Elaine introduces Danny to her father. A blackmailer threatens to publish photos of Walter and Eunice. Chester hires an attorney for Jessica but is told Jessica's case is hopeless.
#22 - Episode 1.25
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/1978
Jessica is convicted of murder--but she didn't do it.
#23 - Episode 3.20
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1980
At the hospital, the family anxiously awaits Jessica's diagnosis. Burt becomes Sheriff but must remove the outgoing sheriff by force. Corinne convinces Dutch to stay. Jodie finds the odds stacked against him in the custody trial.
#24 - Episode 4.16 (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1981
The Governor asks Burt to disassociate himself from his family. El Puerco's enemies take Jessica hostage. The Tates receive the kidnappers' terms. Julius comforts Mary. Burt's enemies plot to kill him.
#25 - Episode 4.15 (Part 2)
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/1981
El Puerco challenges Chester to a duel. Jessica expresses concern about Burt and Mary's marital problems. Danny and Annie succumb to their sexual attraction. Maggie meets Julius. Burt makes political enemies after addressing a panel of senators.