One Day at a Time (Season 7)

Alex Moves In (Episode 1)

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic

Air date: 1981-10-11

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: After the recent death of Nick, Alex is left feeling lonely and unwanted by his recently married mother. So, he hops a bus from Chicago and head straight to Ann and Barbara.

Airport (Episode 2)

Air date: 1981-10-18

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.

Shake Hands (Episode 3)

Air date: 1981-10-25

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.

Julie Shows Up (1) (Episode 4)

Air date: 1981-11-08

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.

Julie Shows Up (2) (Episode 5)

Air date: 1981-11-15

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.

Dinner at Seven (1) (Episode 6)

Air date: 1981-11-29

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.

Dinner at Seven (2) (Episode 7)

Air date: 1981-12-06

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.

Plain Favorite (Episode 8)

Air date: 1981-12-20

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.

Alex's First Love (Episode 9)

Writer: George Tibbles

Air date: 1981-12-27

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.

Not So Silent Partner (Episode 10)

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic

Air date: 1982-01-03

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.

Gift Horses (Episode 11)

Air date: 1982-01-17

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.

Stick 'em Up (Episode 12)

Air date: 1982-01-24

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.

Ann's Failure (Episode 13)

Writer: George Tibbles

Air date: 1982-01-31

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.

Grandma's Nest Egg (Episode 14)

Air date: 1982-02-07

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.

Barbara's Crisis (Episode 15)

Air date: 1982-02-21

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.

Mrs. O'Leary's Kid (Episode 16)

Air date: 1982-03-07

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Alex doesn't feel like the hero he's hailed after saving lives in an apartment blaze because he caused the fire in the first place.

Diamonds Are Forever (Episode 17)

Air date: 1982-03-14

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.

The Defector (Episode 18)

Air date: 1982-03-21

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.

Meow, Meow (Episode 19)

Air date: 1982-03-28

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Ann and Francine battle over the same man.

Hardball (Episode 20)

Writer: Elias Davis

Air date: 1982-04-04

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.

Vegas (1) (Episode 21)

Air date: 1982-04-11

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.

Vegas (2) (Episode 22)

Air date: 1982-04-18

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.

Orville and Emily (Episode 23)

Air date: 1982-05-02

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.

Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow (Episode 24)

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic

Air date: 1982-05-09

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.

It's in the Cards (Episode 25)

Air date: 1982-05-16

Runtime: 24 min

Overview: Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.