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One Day at a Time (1975)
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Mackenzie Phillips as Julie Cooper
Episodes 168
Ann's Decision
Newly devorced and scared Ann Romono is up for her first decision. Her older daughter Julie wants to go on a camping trip with her friend and a couple of boys. Julie threatens to leave her mother and live with her Dad unless Ann says she can go.
Read MoreChicago Rendezvous
Ann's new boyfriend invites her to spend the weekend with him.
Read MoreHow to Succeed Without Trying
Ann scolds Julie for flirting with her teacher at exam time.
Read MoreDavid Loves Ann
One evening after a date, David and Ann get cozy on the couch, but Barbara and Julie decide to put the kibosh on any intimacy. However, David makes the decision that it is the perfect time to ask Ann to marry him and gives her one week to come up with the answer. After two hours go by, he changes his mind and tries to get her to decide right away.
Read MoreJulie's Best Friend
Julie's new best friend is a stuck up rich girl and Julie quickly demands more expensive things like clothes and she also demands that Ann send her to a prestigious school. Ann refuses to give in to Julie simply because she can't afford it but that's when David steps in offering to kick in some financial aid for the Romano/Cooper household.
Read MoreSuper Blues
Ann is throwing a party in her apartment and has invited other tenants in the building. She begins to go through pre-party panic and it doesn't help when Schneider drops in with whistles, joy buzzers and whoopee cushions, expecting an invitation but soon discovers he is not wanted.
Read MoreAll the Way
Julie's boyfriend wants to stay out all night.
Read MoreFighting City Hall
Angry over her phone bill, Ann writes a protest to the President and gets in hot water with the Secret Service.
Read MoreDavid Plus Two
Ann discovers David and a young woman in a state of dishabille.
Read MoreJulie's Job
Julie gets a waitress job in a grubby diner on the rough side of town.
Read MoreThe College Man
Julie has a date with a college man—who discovers a decided preference for Ann.
Read MoreFather David
The girls cajole David into chaperoning a party while Ann is away.
Read MoreDad Comes Back (1)
Ann's ex-husband announces his plans to remarry. First of two parts.
Read MoreDad Comes Back (2)
Barbara naively announces the reconciliation of her father and her mother. (Part 2 of 2)
Read MoreThe Runaways (1)
Julie turns to her boyfriend when she and her mother reach an impasse regarding education, employment and marriage. (Part 1 of 4)
Read MoreThe Runaways (2)
Ann is overcome by guilt after Chuck and Julie run away. (Part 2 of 4)
Read MoreThe Runaways (3)
Schneider uses CB radio to search for Julie and her boyfriend. (Part 3 of 4)
Read MoreThe Runaways (4)
Their possessions stolen, runaways Julie and her boyfriend consider calling Barbara for help. (Part 4 of 4)
Read MoreBarbara's Emergence
Hoping to attract desirable males, Barbara decides to change her image.
Read MoreDavid's New Job (1)
David returns from Los Angeles with a job offer and hopes of marrying Ann. (Part 1 of 2)
Read MoreDavid's New Job (2)
As David works on Barbara and Julie, and as they pressure Ann to consider marrying David, Ann is faced with a serious decision..... she is not ready to marry again. David goes on without her.
Read MoreThe Upholstery Ripoff
Ann must deal with an upholstery ripoff that invades her home.
Read MoreSchneider's Pride and Joy
Schneider touts his visiting nephew as a model gentleman, unaware that the youth is a thief.
Read MoreA Visit from Dad
Ann's visiting father tries to persuade her to return home.
Read MoreThe Maestro
Ann finds herself attracted to the piano player who has moved into the building.
Read MoreHappy New Year
The girls put on a New Year's show at a retirement home.
Read MoreJ.C. and Julie (1)
Julie's religious zeal is driving Ann and Barbara crazy. First of two parts.
Read MoreJ.C. and Julie (2)
Julie applies her religious zeal to a drunken derelict, whom she found in a garbage can. Conclusion.
Read MoreThe New Car
Ann won't allow her ex-husband to spoil Julie and Barbara with a new car.
Read MoreSchneider Loves Ginny
Schneider expects Ginny to leap at his marriage proposal.
Read MoreGinny's Child
Ginny is always depressed after her mysterious Sunday excursions.
Read MoreJulie's Operation
With the family doctor away and Julie down with possible appendicitis, Ann accepts the services of a young resident.
Read MoreThe Traveling Salesperson
Ann's boss has second thoughts about a woman's ability to handle the job he just gave to Ann.
Read MoreThe Butterfields
Julie writes Chuck a Dear John letter, while Ann finds herself in the middle of a feud between Chuck's parents.
Read MoreBarbara Plus Two
Barbara accepts an invitation to a school dance, then can't turn another one down.
Read MoreThe Singles Bar
Ginny persuades Ann to go to a singles bar.
Read MoreThe College Question
Tired from cramming for entrance exams, Julie doesn't want to go to college anymore.
Read MoreThe Girls Alone (a.k.a.) Where's Mama?
""Barbera""and ""Julie""want to sneak out to a party on a school night.This occurs,while""Ms.Romano""is away on a business trip to Las Vegas.But the girls are fearful that their mother might find out that they're heading to the party and their beaus(Especially ""Cliff Randell"").So they try to reach their mother via a phone call.But they find out that ""Ms.Romano""didn't reach her hotel.This is one episode.Where both Ms.Philips and Ms.Bertinelli's characters show another side to their characters and to the characters'relationship.That there is a warm and caring friendship to these two young women and not an angry rivelry.
Read MoreThe Older Man (1)
After Julie plows into a car, its dashing driver offers her a job. First of four parts.
Read MoreThe Older Man (2)
Julie's boss invites her on an out-of-town trip. Second of four parts.
Read MoreThe Older Man (3)
Julie is startled by her boss's proposal. Third of four parts.
Read MoreThe Older Man (4)
Julie is implored by her father not to marry her 42-year-old boss. Conclusion.
Read MoreAnn's Out-of-Town Client
A lecherous client has more than business on his mind.
Read MoreBob Loves Barbara
An insecure boy interested in dating Barbara bolsters his confidence by taking out a notorious classmate first.
Read MoreThe Second Mrs. Cooper
After Julie and Barbara return home from a weekend visit with their dad complaining that Dad's new wife is trying to cut them out of his life, Ann initiates her first face to face meeting with the new Mrs. Cooper - only to learn that the girls haven't exactly been fair or kind to their new step-mother.
Read MoreThe Ghost Writer
When Barbara hands in Julie's verse as her own for a class, a school counselor takes her for a poetic genius.
Read MoreBarbara's Friend (1)
While agonizes over whether Cliff Randall will invite her to the Grateful Dead concert, she has to contend with a over-eager girl trying to be her friend. When reality sinks in, she reaches out to Barbara at the last moment.
Read MoreBarbara's Friend (2)
Barbara's classmate phones to say she's taken a drug overdose. Conclusion.
Read MoreSchneider's Kid
Julie runs into an attractive young man in the lobby who is looking for Schneider. However, his visit to see Schneider is anything but a social call when he reveals that he is Schneider's son, from a brief marriage 20 years earlier. Ann, Barbara and Julie quickly do their best to prepare Schneider for the news.
Read MoreAnn's Crisis
Ann sees her 36th birthday as a crisis, not a cause for celebration.
Read MoreThe Race Driver (1)
Schneider makes the grand announcement that a celebrity has just moved into the building, a race car driver named Cam Randolph. Meanwhile, Julie and Barbara have devised a meeting between their mother and Cam, but Ann is anything but excited about meeting him, at first that is. Things start to change however, once she gets to know him and she invites him over for dinner.
Read MoreThe Race Driver (2)
Ann begins to question her relationship with a dashing race driver. Second of two parts.
Read MoreAnn's Secretary
Ann learns that a secretary she just hired is a reputed drug user.
Read MoreBarbara's Rebellion
Frustrated over not getting enough attention at home, Barbara rebells by running away to a Chicago motel room with Bob Morton.
Read MoreThe New Owner
Determined to keep his job, Schneider woos the building's new owner — who falls for him.
Read MoreAnn's Competitor
Ann has a competitor in the lecherous Francine Webster.
Read MoreThe Dress Designer
Aspiring designer Julie tries to enter a fashion show after the entry deadline.
Read MoreTake the Money
Barbara and Julie are excited about getting a new stereo and decide to buy Schneider's old one for $200. However, as they are scrounging up the money, Julie checks her balance in her checking account and quickly finds that somehow an additional $125 has been credited to her account. Stricken with guilt and Barbara's encouragement, Julie decides to take the money.
Read MoreBarbara the Fink
Barbara is an eyewitness to a vandalism at the school and soon finds herself between a rock and a hard place, over whether or not to do the honest thing and tell the truth and fink on a friend or not say anything. Ultimately, she tells the truth but then must face the results of her actions, possible alienation.
Read MoreJulie's Big Move (1)
Julie plans to move out, but Ann doubts her daughter can make it financially. First of two parts.
Read MoreJulie's Big Move (2)
Conclusion. Ann thinks Julie's new roommate is a bad influence on her.
Read MoreAnn, the Father
Ann's career advice to Barbara's friend leads to hard feelings between the boy and his father.
Read MoreFather, Dear Father (1)
Ann's ex-husband tells her that he can no longer pay her child support for his daughters.
Read MoreFather, Dear Father (2)
Ed is forced to admit the truth to Julie and Barbara.
Read MoreAnn's Friend
Ann is stunned when a friend says she's leaving her husband.
Read MoreBob's New Girl
Barbara has been steadily dating Cliff and soon finds herself trying to gently discourage Bob from pursuing her. However, Bob is sure he can win her away from Cliff, that's when Ann encourages Bob to perhaps date other women. He does but Barbara's reaction to Bob's new girlfriend is incredibly telling.
Read MoreSchneider's Helper
While he's recovering from a back injury, Schneider needs an assistant maintenance man to help out with his work around the building. Barbara suggests that Schneider hire her disabled friend, Jackie. Schneider reluctantly takes on the kid who does his best to prove he can do the job. However, when there is a gas leak in the building, Jackie's competence is put to the test.
Read MoreYes, Sir, That's My Baby
Sally, an old school friend of Barbara's shows up for a visit with some news, she's now a mother. Originally, she agreed with the father to give the baby up for adoption but after one look at the baby, decided to keep it. However, the big bombshell is dropped when she mentions that the father is Cliff Randall, Barbara's boyfriend.
Read MoreThe Dating Game (a.k.a.) Ann's Dating Game
Ann is interested in a business associate but isn't quite sure how to convey her romantic interest to him. Barbara and Julie suggest that she just make the first move and call him, which she does. However, he isn't quite getting the hints and assumes that when she asks him out the dinner is business instead of pleasure.
Read MorePeabody's War
""Mr.Peabody"".An elderly resident in the ""Romano's""apartment building refuses to pay higher rent to allow the building's owners to throw him out.Because he is old and disabled.He locks himself in ""The Romano's Apartment""with a shotgun and will hold the family hostage.Until he can get on tv and tell the buildings owners to allow him to stay in his apartment and pay a fair rent price for it.On a sad not,this was Mr.J.Pat O'Malley's last tv performance.He would spend his last years living at The Motion Picture and TV Home in Woodland Hills,Ca.,Until his death in 1986.
Read MoreJealousy (1)
Julie and Barbara become rivals when they fall for the leader of a rock group. First of two parts.
Read MoreJealousy (2)
Conclusion. The battle for the band leader continues as Barbara tries to win him back from Julie.
Read MoreThe Arab Connection
Ann plays hostess to an Arab sheik while Julie leads a demonstration against his country's economic policy.
Read MoreHold the Mustard
The pace of Barbara's restaurant job proves to be faster than she anticipated.
Read MoreThe Married Man (1)
In the first of a three-part story, Ann and a sportswriter begin a promising romance.
Read MoreThe Married Man (2)
In the second of a three-part story, a smooth-sailing romance between Ann and a sportswriter hits the rocks.
Read MoreThe Married Man (3)
Ann considers pursuing a relationship with her married sports writer, but soon concludes that to do so would strip her of her self respect.
Read MoreGoing Nowhere
Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end.
Read MoreFrancine Strikes Again
Francine uses her feminine wiles to wrest away one of Ann's big accounts.
Read MoreThe Dental Hygienist
Only hours after they meet, Ann's old pal and Schneider are ready to sail off on a romantic cruise.
Read MoreThe Piano Teacher
The baby grand delivered to Ann by mistake belongs to her next-door neighbor, a slightly unstrung piano teacher who begins giving lessons in her living room.
Read MoreThe Broken Nose
Barbara learns a lesson about beauty after Schneider accidentally opens a door smack into her nose.
Read MoreMad for Each Other
Julie falls for an egotistical filmmaker whose temperament exactly matches her own.
Read MoreThe Graduation
Barbara's high school graduation has arrived and she's all excited, except for two issues. First, she's unsure if she wants to attend the University of Wisconsin, like her father did and second she's up in arms, trying to make a decision on whether to hang out at a party with friends or one with just family after graduation.
Read MoreFear of Success
A lucrative offer to direct public relations for a computer firm prompts Ann to give Mr. Davenport two weeks' notice.
Read MoreGrandma Leaves Grandpa
Ann is all set to go away for the weekend to a ski lodge, however her plans are put to a halt when Grandma Romano drops by with the announcement that she's left Ann's father and now would like to stay with Ann and the girls. Not quite taking her seriously, Ann is dealt a blow of reality when her father drops by needing a place to stay as well.
Read MoreSchneider Gets Fired
Schneider quits because the landlord refuses his raise request.
Read MoreBack to School
Barbara has begun her college education and feels very independent, balancing school work with social activities. Meanwhile, Ann begins to feel undereducated as she hears Barbara's experiences and makes a decision to go to college. The big surprise comes when she is taking the same course as Barbara.
Read MorePressure
Barbara's latest boyfriend, Brad is putting the pressure on her big time to have sex. Barbara honestly does not know what to do and isn't quite sure she wants to accommodate his sexual demands but at the same time doesn't want to lose him. So, she decides that perhaps she should and goes out and buys some contraceptives.
Read MoreJulie's Wedding (1)
Julie returns from a ski trip sporting a meek fiance, an impending wedding date and an unexcited best man.
Read MoreJulie's Wedding (2)
Best man Max insists that his amorous intentions toward Julie are honorable, even as the wedding party assembles.
Read MoreHome Again, Home Again
Newlyweds Julie and Max return from their honeymoon to an apartment they can't afford because Max has been laid off from his job.
Read MoreBetween Mother and Daughter
A psychiatrist recommends a heart-to-heart talk to take the heat out of Ann's relationship with her mother.
Read MoreSmall Wonder
Barbara hires a genetics tutor, unaware of his obvious shortcomings.
Read MoreEt tu, Ann
Ann pressures her assistant into working on a Saturday night at her place.
Read MoreA Little Larceny
Barbara tries to earn some extra money by selling football betting cards. However, Schneider gets arrested when Barbara involves him in her illegal football pool activities.
Read MoreHeart Attack
After Ann rushes out to yet another appointment, her family shouldn't be so surprised to learn she has suffered a heart attack.
Read MoreMale Jealousy
A feud erupts between Schneider and Max for male dominance in the Romano household as well as the attention of Ann and the girls.
Read MoreHappy New Year II
Ann and the family put on another show at the senior citizen hotel.
Read MoreSchneider, the Model
After a man-on-the-street chat with a newscaster, Schneider is offered a job as a male model, but becomes depressed when he learns the role he is to portray.
Read MoreTriple Play
A fast talking insurance man from Buffalo can't decide whether he would rather romance Barbara, Ann or Grandma Romano.
Read MoreSo Long, Mom (a.k.a.) Not Telling
Barbara's desire to live near campus and Max's new job in Houston have Ann pondering the thought of living alone for the first time in her life.
Read MoreOld Horizons
Grandma Romano moves to Indianapolis, takes an apartment in Ann's building and finds a job in her office.
Read MoreEndless Elliot
Barbara is harassed by an overzealous suitor.
Read MoreRetrospective (1)
The topsy-turvy years in Schneider's building are fondly remembered (in clips from past shows) when condominium conversion threatens to disperse the tenants.
Read MoreRetrospective (2)
Schneider, Ann and the girls continue to reminisce about the past as the construction of condominiums seems to be a sure thing.
Read MoreGirl with a Past
Barbara feels compelled to tell Bob about his new girlfriend's former exploits.
Read MorePerils of Plastic
A binge of credit-card spending leads Max and Julie to insolvency.
Read MoreNo Laughing Matter
After Schneider's rebuff during an outing to a comedy club, Ann brings home a footloose funny man.
Read MoreConnor's Crisis
Ann's boss, Mr. Connors is going through a rough time after his wife walks out on him, citing that he has become too boring for her taste. To cheer him up, Ann invites him out to dinner but when Schneider crashes the dinner, Mr. Connors gets some lessons in picking up the ladies and ends up with a gold-digger.
Read MoreGrecian Yearn
Ann's archeology professor offers her love and companisonship and asks her to live with him Greece.
Read MoreThe Spirit is Willing
While Schneider is making love to his girlfriend, she has a heart attack which ultimately leaves Schneider impotent. Schneider then goes to great lengths to remedy his problem to no avail. That is until Ann makes a suggestion concerning an ex-flame of Schneider's, but Schneider is unsure if he wants to take her advice.
Read MoreJulie Shows Up (1)
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Read MoreJulie Shows Up (2)
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Read MoreOrville and Emily
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
Read MoreThe Perfect Wedding (1)
Barbara's nerves are on edge as her wedding day approaches and husband-to-be Mark is no help, he's more interested in his golf game than helping with the preparations.
Read MoreThe Perfect Wedding (2)
Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.
Read MoreHoneymoon's Over
Barbara tries to adapt to life at Mark's rooming house, where her new husband's friends, including a scantily clad woman, breeze in and out without knocking to use the bathroom, or asking to use the closet and community refrigerator.
Read MoreCatcher in the Mud
Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.
Read MoreLast Time I Saw Paris
To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.
Read MoreAuntie Francine
Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.
Read MoreLovers & Other Parents
Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.
Read MoreMiracle of Birth (1)
Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.
Read MoreMiracle of Birth (2)
Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.
Read MoreFirst Things First
Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.
Read MorePride and Privacy (1)
Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.
Read MorePride and Privacy (2)
With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.
Read MorePride and Privacy (3)
Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.
Read MoreThe Cruise
Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.
Read MoreSpare the Child
Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
Read MoreThe Good Life
A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.
Read MoreSocial Insecurity
Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.
Read MoreA Young Man's Fancy
Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.
Read MoreThe Letter
A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
Read MoreBuyer's Remorse
Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.
Read MoreSecond Time Around
Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.
Read MoreHoneymoon II
Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.
Read MoreTake My Ex
A visit from Sam's ex-wife sparks a sudden need for attention in Ann, who resents the pampering the former Mrs. Royer receives from Sam.
Read MoreThe Dentist
The opening of his new dental office gives Mark such a case of the jitters that he may give up his practice before the first patient walks through the door.
Read MoreThe Bedtime Story
A plan to collaborate on the writing of children's stories drives Julie and Max into a bitter feud over Max's potential as a writer.
Read MoreWorried Heart
Ann's imagination runs away with her when Sam runs off on a business trip with an associate who happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
Read MoreBaby Love (1)
A weekend watching little Annie for Max and Julie has Barbara longing to have her own baby and begins considering the option of adoption.
Read MoreBaby Love (2)
Barbara, still wanting to have a child, continues to consider adoption.
Read MoreTravel Agent
To arrange a long-overdue vacation, Barbara and Mark visit a travel agency, where Barbara finds an unexpected career opportunity.
Read MoreNot a Creature Was Staying
Ann has the holiday blues, believing she and Sam will be alone on Christmas, but Sam plans to surprise her with a Caribbean cruise.
Read MoreSam's Apartment
Sam's late night disappearance has the family convinced he's been kidnapped until Ann learns he's kept his old apartment.
Read MoreDear Max
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Never Hire a Relative
Francine goes behind Ann's back to talk Sam into designing an elaborate office suite that's too grandiose for Ann's taste.
Read MoreWoman of the House
Barbara loses charge of her household when Grandma Romano moves in with her own set of rules, menus, meal schedules and a collection of cuckoo clocks.
Read MoreParting Company
Ann and Francine's business relationship is threatened when Francine announces she's marrying an ad executive Ann doesn't trust.
Read MoreAve Romano
An Italian priest arrives unexpectedly at the Royers, claiming to be a distant relative of Grandma Romano.
Read MoreBringing in the Clowns
Mark's jokester friends are visiting and taking their jokes too far to the point where everyone gets sick of them. Barbara gets so fed up that she tries to teach them a lesson by ""getting hurt.""
Read MoreUp in Smoke
After six years of not smoking, Sam lights up. But when he tries to quit, he finds his willpower has gone up in smoke.
Read MoreMeaning of Life
Schneider gets a new lease on life after he's accidentally electrocuted, then revived, a hair raising experience in which he claims he died and came back to life.
Read MoreThe Nearness of You
Working side by side at the travel agency spawns a growing attraction between Max and Barbara, that becomes impossible to ignore.
Read MoreAnother Man's Shoes
Schneider learns that his brother passed away and that somebody needs to take care of his nephew and niece so Schneider gets a phone call to come and pick them up. The place where he arrives is a carnival like place with circus like people. This place needs repairs and some ""manly guidance"" so everyone tries to persuade Schneider to move there and with Ann gone and the kids grown up, Schneider finally accepts the move.
Read MoreOne Day at a Time Reunion
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One Day at a Time Reunion
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