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- Series overview
- Episodes Season 1 (1980–1981) Season 2 (1981–1982, as Making a Living) Season 3 (1985–1986, as It's a Living, in first-run syndication) Season 4 (1986–1987) Season 5 (1987–1988) Season 6 (1988–1989)
- References
- External links
The American situation comedy It's a Living ran from November 13, 1980, to April 6, 1982, on ABC, and from September 28, 1985, to April 8, 1989, in syndication. A total of 120 episodes were produced over six seasons. Series overview{{Series overview
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| end2 = {{End date|1982|6|11}}
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| end4 = {{end date|1987|5|23}}
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|Title = Pilot
|DirectedBy = John Tracy
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|11|13}}
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|ShortSummary= For the first time in her life, long-time virgin Vicki prepares for her first date.
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|Title= The Intruder
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|11|20}}
|ProdCode=03-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Despite reports of a cat burglar roaming her neighborhood, Lois invites Jan to stay at her home while her husband and children are away. But those plans take an even bigger turn when Vicki, Cassie and Dot insists on turning it into a pajama party... of which is of course is crashed by the cat burglar!
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|Title= Roomies
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Sheldon Bull
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|11|20}}
|ProdCode=02-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= When Vicki's plans to have the apartment to herself is delayed by the tenants' desire to stay in the place, the ladies turn to a reluctant Cassie to let Vicki move in with her.
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|EpisodeNumber= 4
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|Title= Fallen Idol
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Sheldon Bull
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|11|27}}
|ProdCode=04-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Vicki's father pays his daughter a visit and is disappointed at her job and work attire. But Vicki becomes more disappointed when her father ends up sleeping with Nancy.
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|EpisodeNumber= 5
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|Title= The Lois Affair
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|12|11}}
|ProdCode=07-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= After Lois and her husband have a fight, Lois learns that a former flame has shown up in town hoping to rekindle their romance, prompting the ladies to intervene before it is too late.
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|Title=Super-Mom
|DirectedBy = Jay Sandrich
|WrittenBy ={{StoryTeleplay|t= Sheldon Bull|s=Paula A. Roth}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|12|18}}
|ProdCode=06-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Jan takes another job in order to pay for her daughter's ballet lessons. But the conflict with working two jobs prompts Nancy to fire Jan.
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|EpisodeNumber=7
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|Title= Cassie's Punctured Romance
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Sheldon Bull, Mark Rothman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|01|01}}
|ProdCode=08-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= In an effort to impress her boyfriend despite her personal feelings about falling in love, Cassie decides to cook him a dinner with help from the ladies.
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|EpisodeNumber= 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title=Up on the Roof
|DirectedBy = Jay Sandrich
|WrittenBy = Greg Antonacci
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|01|08}}
|ProdCode=05-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Things are about to get hot for the waitresses when a fire breaks out at the hotel.Note: This episode was originally scheduled to air on November 27, 1980. ABC postponed it since the scheduled airing came six days after 85 people had died in the MGM Grand fire.
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|EpisodeNumber= 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title=Making the Grade
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Kimberly Hill
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|01|15}}
|ProdCode=10-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Jan's decision to date her college professor takes a turn for the worse when he threatens to fail her if she does not sleep with him.
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|EpisodeNumber= 10
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|Title=Our Man Barry
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Sheldon Bull
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|01|22}}
|ProdCode=11-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Jan and Vicki discover that they fallen for the same guy, while Nancy makes Lois and Cassie lose weight to conform within standards
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|Title=R-E-S-P-E-C-T
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy ={{StoryTeleplay|t= Gloria Banta|s=Stu Silver}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|01|29}}
|ProdCode=09-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Lois learns that her daughter has told her class in her essay that she works as a bank executive just a day before Lois is invited to speak at her class
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|EpisodeNumber= 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title=Kids
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Greg Antonacci
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|07|21}}
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|ShortSummary= Jan and Lois debate over a pornographic magazine that was found in the bedroom of Lois' son.
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|EpisodeNumber= 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title=You're Not Old, You're Fired
|DirectedBy = Joel Zwick
|WrittenBy = Greg Antonacci
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|08|04}}
|ProdCode=13-ALV-80
|ShortSummary= Age discrimination takes center stage when Nancy is suddenly fired. Lois, being the most senior of the waitresses, replaces her and learns that being in charge is not what she had in mind.
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|Title=The Boys of Summer
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|10|24}}
|ProdCode=03-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=The ladies step up to bat when a baseball team visits the restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=All My Son
|DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|10|31}}
|ProdCode=01-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=Sonny learns that a woman that he slept with 10 years earlier has shown up to tell him that she has a son... and he might be the father.
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Of Mace and Men
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|11|7}}
|ProdCode=04-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=Reports of a mugger attacking women near the hotel takes center stage for the waitresses. But it is Dot who becomes the reluctant hero after she confronts and attacks him seriously with her can of mace, prompting the criminal to sue her for his injuries.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Wedding
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|11|14}}
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|ShortSummary=A wedding event that is about to take place at the restaurant is called off because the groom has professed his love for someone he dated for five years way before he met his fiancee... Cassie!
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|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Second Time Around... Almost
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|11|21}}
|ProdCode=06-MAL-81
|ShortSummary= Jan and her Ex learn that they still have feelings for each other, even though Jan thought it had already died a while back.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Off the Top
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|12|5}}
|ProdCode=10-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=When the restaurant is sold and its owners wanting to turn it into a fitness center, the waitresses prepare to face unemployment, except for Sonny, who just got hired at another restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Mann Is Mann
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1981|12|12}}
|ProdCode=08-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=Sonny's brother pays him a visit that gets too brotherly – and goes too far – when the brother's girlfriend makes a move on Sonny. Meanwhile, the waitresses search for a missing winning raffle ticket
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|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Jealousy or Mildred Fierce
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|01|02}}
|ProdCode=05-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=The waitresses, and even Nancy, try their best to comfort Dennis after his wife leaves him.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Young Love
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|1|9}}
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|ShortSummary=Maggie decides to throw a party to thank everyone for welcoming her to town. But her party is actually a scheme to pair her 23-year-old brother with Dot. Unfortunately, her brother has fallen for an older woman... 33-year-old Jan!
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Garden of Countess Natasha
|DirectedBy=Greg Antonacci
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|2|12}}
|ProdCode=12-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=The waitresses act like Siskel & Ebert after they witness and give their review of Dot's new play.
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|EpisodeNumber=24
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Falling in Love Again
|DirectedBy=Greg Antonacci
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|2|19}}
|ProdCode=09-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=For the first time since her husband died, Maggie reconnects with the first man that she ever dated before she met her husband. Meanwhile, cops stakeout Above The Top to capture bandits.
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|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Horsing Around
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|02|26}}
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|ShortSummary=Jan and Maggie take up gambling on horses after Jan gets a hot tip from a jockey, prompting the staff to get in on the details. But all bets could be off when Maggie mistakes a menu number the jockey orders as the number of the winner in the next race.
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|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Strange Bedfellows
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|06|04}}
|ProdCode=11-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=Dot is besieged with bad luck, landing in the hospital with a deviated septum, and while at the hospital must deal with a relentless cheery roommate. Meanwhile, the rest of the waitresses must deal with a roomful of World War I veterans.
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|EpisodeNumber=27
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=A Farewell To Arms
|DirectedBy=John Bowab
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1982|06|11}}
|ProdCode=02-MAL-81
|ShortSummary=Jan's biggest day in her life, a dream date, is sidetracked by helping Maggie with her garage sale.
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|EpisodeNumber2= 1
|Title= Harassed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|09|28}}
|ShortSummary=Newcomer Amy Tompkins (Crystal Bernard) must deal with a stalker who keeps sending her threatening messages. Meanwhile Howard refuses to accept a shipment of fish from a supplier he does not approve of, infuriating Nancy, who wants him to take the supplies.
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|EpisodeNumber= 29
|EpisodeNumber2= 2
|Title= Cassie's Cowboy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|05}}
|ShortSummary=Cassie falls for a millionaire cowboy, who wants Cassie to be a cowgirl if she wants to be with him.
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|EpisodeNumber= 30
|EpisodeNumber2= 3
|Title= Amy Big Girl Now
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|12}}
|ShortSummary=Amy's father pays a surprise visit... and to bring her back to Texas with him.
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|EpisodeNumber= 31
|EpisodeNumber2= 4
|Title= Desperate Hours
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|19}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy is excited to receive the arrival of an ambassador of a Third World country. However, the plans goes awry when the restaurant is taken hostage by terrorists from his home country. Meanwhile, Jan helps her daughter Ellen deliver her pet cat's litter of kittens.
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|EpisodeNumber= 32
|EpisodeNumber2= 5
|Title= I Write the Songs
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|10|26}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny is offered a recording contract and abruptly quits the restaurant hoping that he'll make it big... or so he thinks.
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|EpisodeNumber= 33
|EpisodeNumber2= 6
|Title= Jan's Engagement
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|2}}
|ShortSummary=Jan falls for a fan repairman (Richard Kline), but the romance accelerates to when he asks Jan to marry him. Meanwhile, Amy, taking advice from Dot, tries to lie to Nancy to get a day off so she can go to a rodeo.
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|EpisodeNumber= 34
|EpisodeNumber2= 7
|Title= From Russia With Love
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|09}}
|ShortSummary=A Russian decides to defect to the United States after he falls for Cassie and takes refuge in her locker.
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|EpisodeNumber= 35
|EpisodeNumber2= 8
|Title=The Prom Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|16}}
|ShortSummary=When the entertainment for a prom fails to show up at the restaurant, Dot takes charge with help from Sonny and Amy. Meanwhile, Jan is not so sure about marrying Richie after learning that he wants to have a child with her.
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|EpisodeNumber= 36
|EpisodeNumber2= 9
|Title=The Wedding Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|11|23}}
|ShortSummary=A wedding day for Jan and Richie is about to hit a snag when the judge is a no-show and the honeymoon brings along a third wheel.
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|EpisodeNumber= 37
|EpisodeNumber2= 10
|Title= Hail to the Chef
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|12|21}}
|ShortSummary=The President is expected to come to the restaurant. There's only one problem: Lead chef Howard isn't cleared by Secret Service after they check his background.
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|EpisodeNumber= 38
|EpisodeNumber2= 11
|Title= Eleven Angry Men and Dot
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1985|12|28}}
|ShortSummary=Dot serves jury duty and ends up being the only holdout. Meanwhile the waitresses hold out for Dot's return as they pick up her slack.
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|EpisodeNumber= 39
|EpisodeNumber2= 12
|Title= Gender Gap
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|01|11}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy is forced to hire an obnoxious waiter after the restaurant is hit with a Sex Discrimination lawsuit.
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|EpisodeNumber= 40
|EpisodeNumber2= 13
|Title= Jealous Wife
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|01|18}}
|ShortSummary=Cassie's dreamy one-night stand just became her nightmare when she is humiliated by the wife of the guy she slept with.
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|EpisodeNumber=41
|EpisodeNumber2= 14
|Title=The Doctor Danny Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|15}}
|ShortSummary=After Nancy suffers a hernia during a date, her physician insists that she have an operation immediately. But when she begins to relive her phobia about being in a hospital, she refuses to seek treatment. Meanwhile, Amy convinces the waitresses to invest in a vacation property venture.
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|EpisodeNumber=42
|EpisodeNumber2= 15
|Title=Jewel Heist
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|22}}
|ShortSummary=Terrorists target the restaurant when they learn that a visiting princess will be dining there and will be wearing a necklace that they want badly. Too bad that Dot accidentally takes a drugged napkin that was meant for the princess, leading to a mad scramble by a drugged Dot to stop the crooks from making their getaway.
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|EpisodeNumber=43
|EpisodeNumber2= 16
|Title=The Jerks
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|2|22}}
|ShortSummary=While they are forced to stay at the restaurant to take inventory, the waitresses swap their tales of the worst guys that they had ever dated.
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|EpisodeNumber=44
|EpisodeNumber2= 17
|Title=Oddest Couple
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|03|01}}
|ShortSummary=Cassie reluctantly moves in with Sonny while she attempts to find a place. But this pairing also has everyone at work guessing about this arrangement.
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|EpisodeNumber=45
|EpisodeNumber2= 18
|Title=Dot's Puppy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|04|12}}
|ShortSummary=Dot replaces her dead cat with a noisy puppy. Meanwhile, Sonny decides to quit his job so he can date a roller derby skater.
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|EpisodeNumber=46
|EpisodeNumber2= 19
|Title=Dinner with Deedee
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|05|03}}
|ShortSummary=Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her.
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|EpisodeNumber=47
|EpisodeNumber2= 20
|Title=Jump
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|05|10}}
|ShortSummary=Cassie is stunned as to why a customer constantly refuses to leave her tips, only to learn that he works for the IRS and he has to audit her. Meanwhile, Dot's boyfriend decides to threaten suicide by jumping off the building if she doesn't continue to date him.
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|EpisodeNumber=48
|EpisodeNumber2= 21
|Title=America's Sweetheart
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|05|17}}
|ShortSummary=Dot learns that her cartoonist boyfriend (Jeff Altman) is using her as a model for a new character in his comic strip.
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|EpisodeNumber=49
|EpisodeNumber2= 22
|Title=Mann Act
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|05|24}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny learns the girl he's dating is a mobster's moll.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Roof Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|09|27}}
|ShortSummary=The staff find themselves trapped on the roof, while Amy, Nancy and Howard must deal with an unruly crowd at the restaurant. Sheryl Lee Ralph joins the cast as Ginger St. James on the show.
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|EpisodeNumber=51
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Bar
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|04}}
|ShortSummary=The girls decide to cheer up a lonely Amy by taking her to a singles bar. But the ladies are discovering that the place is full of Mr. Wrongs. Jonathan Frakes, Ernie Hudson and Charles Fleischer guest stars as the aforementioned male patrons.
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|EpisodeNumber=52
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title= The Reunion Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|11}}
|ShortSummary=Jan learns that an old boyfriend still carries a torch for her while she attends her high school reunion. Meanwhile, Nancy comes up with a plan to trick Howard into coming home with her.
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|EpisodeNumber=53
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Surprise
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|18}}
|ShortSummary=Amy believes that Richie is having an affair with Ginger, and is not so sure whether to tell Jan just days before her birthday party.
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|EpisodeNumber=54
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Nancy's Sister
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|25}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy is not happy when her sister Gloria shows up, especially when Nancy is convinced that she'll go after Howard.
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|EpisodeNumber=55
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Night at the Iguana
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|01}}
|ShortSummary=A Psycho-themed episode, which finds the ladies and Sonny checking into a hotel run by a mysterious man and his unseen mother after their car breaks down en route to Las Vegas.
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|EpisodeNumber=56
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Family Feud
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|08}}
|ShortSummary=Dot's divorced mother and Jan's divorced father become an unlikely item while visiting their daughters.
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|EpisodeNumber=57
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Dot and Howard Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|15}}
|ShortSummary=Rumors start flying after Dot and Howard start going to social events together as friends.
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|EpisodeNumber=58
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Farewell, My Sonny
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|22}}
|ShortSummary=A murder mystery party just got a lot more murderous for Sonny after he becomes a prime suspect.
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|EpisodeNumber=59
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Critic's Choice
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|06}}
|ShortSummary=When Howard receives a visit from a rival, who happens to be a food critic who is doing a review of the restaurant, he find his job and his relationship with Nancy could be in jeopardy in more ways than one.
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|EpisodeNumber=60
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Richie's Sculpture
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|20}}
|ShortSummary=Richie allows a new sculpture that he borrowed from someone else be displayed at the restaurant, only to have Jan accidentally sell it to a tourist.
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|EpisodeNumber=61
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Sonny's Oil (aka The Oil Show)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|01|03}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny convinces the ladies to join him on his oil investment venture.
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|EpisodeNumber=62
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Nancy's Birthday Party
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|01|10}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy drops hints about her birthday party that she believes the waitresses will be throwing for her. Meanwhile Jan and Richie have a marital fight and Sonny wants to join Dot's carpool.
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|EpisodeNumber=63
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Evictables
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|01|17}}
|ShortSummary=After Ginger is evicted from her apartment because she is withholding rent money until the landlord repaints the place thanks to Jan's advice, Ginger moves in with Amy at her women's-only apartment complex. But after Ginger's boyfriend walks into the place unannounced, Amy and Ginger are both kicked out, and both now must find a place to stay. Patty Duke makes a cameo as a customer who wasn't impressed with Sonny's critique of her 1963–66 sitcom after he plays the show's theme song.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Ginger's Baby
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|01|24}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger is left holding a baby after she agrees to babysit the child. Meanwhile, Sonny agrees to babysit a friend's car, only to take the wrong one... which belongs to a gangster.
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|EpisodeNumber=65
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Bachelor Party
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|01|31}}
|ShortSummary=Howard is not happy about Sonny dating his niece after she falls for him.
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|EpisodeNumber=66
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Amy's Rusty
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|7}}
|ShortSummary=Amy decides to reunite with an old flame after she feels guilty for not having been married. Meanwhile, Dot starts selling skin care products.
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|EpisodeNumber=67
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Dot's Priest
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|02|14}}
|ShortSummary=Dot learns that her former boyfriend is about to join the priesthood and questions his commitments.
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|EpisodeNumber=68
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=The Dickie Doodle Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|02|21}}
|ShortSummary=A former children's show hosts' fan club dinner conflicts with Nancy's meeting with the restaurant chain's vice president.
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|EpisodeNumber=69
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=The Howie Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|02|28}}
|ShortSummary=Howard is worshiped by South Pacific natives as a supreme being. Meanwhile, Nancy holds a contest for the waitresses.
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|EpisodeNumber=70
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=The Dot Quits Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|03|07}}
|ShortSummary=Dot quits the restaurant to become a full-time unemployed actress; Sonny decides to write a musical based on Attila the Hun; Ginger's fetish for footwear has a hypnotic effect on Amy.
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|EpisodeNumber=71
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=The Two Guys Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|05|02}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger must choose between two guys based on their merits, while Howard must choose between competing restaurant who want to hire him.
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|EpisodeNumber=72
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=A Romantic Comedy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|05|09}}
|ShortSummary=The staff are ruining what supposed to be a romantic evening alone for Jan and Richie.
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|EpisodeNumber=73
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=Manhandling
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|05|16}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger feels like she's been taken for a ride after she buys Jan's car, while Amy asks Dot to play matchmaker between her and a new male employee.
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|EpisodeNumber=74
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|Title=Nancy's Shrink
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|05|23}}
|ShortSummary=A psychiatrist asks Nancy to review her relationships with her staff.
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|title=56
|airdate=30
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|EpisodeNumber=75
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Till Death Do Us Part
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|09|26}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny is hoping his fiancee will make it to their wedding. Meanwhile, Howard's high school flame visits.
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|EpisodeNumber=76
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Her Back to the Future
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|03}}
|ShortSummary=In this Back to the Future-themed episode (that pre-dates the sequel), Nancy dozes off during a wedding reception and dreams that everyone has done well for themselves ten years into the future... only to learn that its Amy who married Howard and she ended up marrying Sonny! Lyle Waggoner guest stars; Sheryl Lee Ralph performs "Shake Me" and Marian Mercer sings and dances to "Brazil" with members of the Chippendale Men.
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|EpisodeNumber=77
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=No, My Darling Daughter
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|10}}
|ShortSummary= The waitresses start to worry about letting Jan's daughter Ellen date a senior student, while Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.
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|EpisodeNumber=78
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Sweet Charity
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|17}}
|ShortSummary=When Dot's production of Little Red Riding Hood is hit with a case of chicken pox that quarantines the children in the cast, the staff step in to fill their roles.
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|EpisodeNumber=79
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Killing of Sister Dot
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|24}}
|ShortSummary=Dot lands a part in a soap opera, until she learns that her character is expected to be killed off the show.
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|EpisodeNumber=80
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Date Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|10|31}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy demands Howard to accompany her to a square dance as a way to break him out of a mid-life crisis.
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|EpisodeNumber=81
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Search and Strike
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|07}}
|ShortSummary=When Nancy is ordered by hotel management to search her staffs' lockers, Howard draws the line on her invading her waitresses' privacy.
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|EpisodeNumber=82
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Vegas Show (Part 1)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|14}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy is invited by singer Jack Jones to go with him to Las Vegas for a long weekend.
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|EpisodeNumber=83
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Vegas Show (Part 2)
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|21}}
|ShortSummary=As the staff follow Nancy to Las Vegas, a jealous Howard finds Nancy at the gambling table with a lounge lizard, while a surprise event awaits the gang upon their arrival.
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|EpisodeNumber=84
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Sonny's Mother Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|11|28}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny learns that his mother, who never forgiven him for not pursuing a career in classical music, is coming to visit him.
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|EpisodeNumber=85
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Strictly Personal
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|12}}
|ShortSummary=Dot's personal ad doesn't seem to attract any potential responses from readers.
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|EpisodeNumber=86
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=A Pen Pal for Your Thoughts
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|19}}
|ShortSummary=Amy's prison pen pal is about to be released from prison. So guess what he plans to do – and plans to spend the rest of his life with – after his release?
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|EpisodeNumber=87
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Twelve Angry Women
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|12|26}}
|ShortSummary=Feminists set their sights on Sonny during their visit at the restaurant. Meanwhile, Dot dates one of Amy's exes.
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|EpisodeNumber=88
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Skin Deep
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|01|02}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy decides to get a face lift after she notices Howard flirting with a younger woman.
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|EpisodeNumber=89
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Everyone's a Critic
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|01|16}}
|ShortSummary=Dot gets jittery when her journalist boyfriend is assigned to review her new play.
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|EpisodeNumber=90
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Take Back Your Mink
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|01|23}}
|ShortSummary=Thanks to newfound wealth, Richie buys Jan a mink coat. But money doesn't buy happiness, as they're about to find out.
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|EpisodeNumber=91
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=The One About The Tattooed Lady
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|01|30}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy's visiting cousin shows up with her whole body tattooed, shocking Nancy.
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|EpisodeNumber=92
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Daddy's Little Girl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|02|06}}
|ShortSummary=Jan's hope to reconciling her divorced parents is dashed when her father tells her that he is newly engaged to another woman.
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|EpisodeNumber=93
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Ginger's Grandmother Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|02|13}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger's grandmother shows up to tell Ginger that son won't let her drive anymore. Meanwhile, Sonny makes a music video at the restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber=94
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Dot's Hope
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|02|20}}
|ShortSummary=Dot gets her visiting friend, who came to Los Angeles to seek fame and fortune, a job as a dishwasher at the restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber=95
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=The Amy and Louie Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|02|27}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny becomes jealous when Amy asks his friend Louie out on a date. Meanwhile, Ginger feels more like french toast when she goes on a blind date with an egg salesman.
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|EpisodeNumber=96
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=Ginger and the Senator
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|04|23}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger makes front page news when she is caught in a Gary Hart-Donna Rice-style situation after she is pictured sitting on the lap of a senator who is up for election.
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|EpisodeNumber=97
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=Healings, Nothing More Than Healings
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|04|30}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny becomes a hero after he uses the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking victim. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard decide whether to take separate vacations.
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|EpisodeNumber=98
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=The No Guys Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|05|07}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger's boyfriend wants to tie the knot with her, but she doesn't want to settle down yet.
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|EpisodeNumber=99
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|Title=The Waiting Game
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|05|14}}
|ShortSummary=What was supposed to be an interview with a journalist about the pro and cons about their careers turns into a trip down memory lane for the waitresses in this flashback episode.
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|EpisodeNumber=100
|EpisodeNumber2=26
|Title=Tune In, Tune Out
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|05|28}}
|ShortSummary=Jan's attempt to spice up her marriage to Richie is about to turn sour. Meanwhile, a new TV set in the staff lounge draws the waitresses' attention when they become addicted to a miniseries.
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|season=7
|title=56
|airdate=30
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|EpisodeNumber=101
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Pistol Packin' Mama
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|10|15}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger is considering kicking Amy out of the apartment after Ginger learns that Amy keeps a gun with her.
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|EpisodeNumber=102
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Nancy and Roscoe Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|10|22}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy and Howard's marriage is about to be put to the test when Howard's Navy buddy Roscoe shows up and Nancy falls for him.
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|EpisodeNumber=103
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Jan's Pregnant Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|10|29}}
|ShortSummary=The news of Jan's pregnancy is about to put Richie's plans to move to North Dakota on hold.
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|EpisodeNumber=104
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Never Trust Anyone Under 40
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|05}}
|ShortSummary=Louie throws a surprise 40th birthday party that even has Howard feeling 40 again.
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|EpisodeNumber=105
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The New Guy Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|12}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger telephones a wedding photographer for a date. Meanwhile, Sonny's agent lands him an hour-long TV time slot.
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|EpisodeNumber=106
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Rear Window
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|19}}
|ShortSummary=Dot's voyerism of watching her neighbors through her window is about to take a suspicious turn when she witnesses what she thinks is a murder of a woman.
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|EpisodeNumber=107
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=You Do Voodoo
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|26}}
|ShortSummary=Jan wants to stop a developer from building a new mini-mall in her neighborhood. Meanwhile, Ginger uses a book of voodoo spells to attract a date.
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|EpisodeNumber=108
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Amy and Bobby Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|03}}
|ShortSummary=Amy dates a guy who has pentecostal ambitions to change her lifestyle. Meanwhile, Howard is unaware that he just gave Nancy merchandise that was recently stolen.
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|EpisodeNumber=109
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Dot Casts Off
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|10}}
|ShortSummary=Dot lands a job as a casting assistant and is given the task to audition her friend for an acting job.
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|EpisodeNumber=110
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=A Very Scary It's a Living
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|07}}
|ShortSummary=After Dot lands a major movie role in a slasher film, she decides to learn more about her role by watching horror flicks, only to fall asleep and end up in a dream, which really turns into a nightmare at the restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber=111
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=The Ginger's Mother Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|14}}
|ShortSummary=Ginger decides not to talk about her career as a waitress when her successful career-oriented mother pays her daughter a visit.
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|EpisodeNumber=112
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Mike Fright
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|21}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny learns that his temporary replacement is more successful than he is.
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|EpisodeNumber=113
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=I Never Sang For My Father
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|28}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny is excited when his hairdresser decides to move in with him. But his plan to romance her is blocked by a surprise visit from his father. Meanwhile, Jan wants know who has been using the home phone to dial 1-900 numbers.
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|EpisodeNumber=114
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Just Say Yes
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|02|11}}
|ShortSummary=Amy isn't sure of what to do after she receives a Valentine's Day gift from her boyfriend Bobby Lee, which happens to be a key to his hotel room.
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|EpisodeNumber=115
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Wedding, Wedding
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|02|18}}
|ShortSummary=Amy and Ginger decide to hold a double wedding at the restaurant.
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|EpisodeNumber=116
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=It's Dark at the Top of the Top
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|02|25}}
|ShortSummary=Nancy learns that favoring a new hotel manager's ideas can even cost you a job—so the manager replaces her with Dot.
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|EpisodeNumber=117
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=My Little Red Book
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|04}}
|ShortSummary=Sonny discovers a little black book that leads to a smokin' hot catch for the pianist.
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|EpisodeNumber=118
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Matchmaker, Matchmaker
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|11}}
|ShortSummary= Sonny is set up with a new singing partner, while Dot decides to enlists a marriage broker.
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|EpisodeNumber=119
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=A Very Special It's a Living
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|18}}
|ShortSummary= As Jan suddenly goes into premature labor, her life and her baby's hang in the balance. While she is in the hospital, Jan has a strange dream that she is being visited by the angel of death (played by Danny Thomas).
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|EpisodeNumber=120
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=The Sonny and Dot Show
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|04|08}}
|ShortSummary= Dot and Sonny decide to cry on each other's shoulders as they both feel a sense of loneliness in their lives.
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References1. ^From the United States Copyright Office catalog: {{cite web |url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |title=Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "It's a Living"]". |publisher=United States Copyright Office |date= |accessdate=2017-04-09}}
2. ^From the United States Copyright Office catalog: {{cite web |url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First |title=Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Making a Living"]". |publisher=United States Copyright Office |date= |accessdate=2017-04-22}}
External links- {{IMDb title|id=0080233|title=It's a Living}}
- {{tv.com show|its-a-living|It's a Living}}
- {{epguides|id=ItsaLiving|title=It's a Living}}
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