One Day at a Time - Season 4

First aired: 9/18/1978 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. Father, Dear Father (1)

Aired: 9/18/1978

Ann's ex-husband tells her that he can no longer pay her child support for his daughters.

2. Father, Dear Father (2)

Aired: 9/25/1978

Ed is forced to admit the truth to Julie and Barbara.

3. Ann's Friend

Aired: 10/2/1978

Ann is stunned when a friend says she's leaving her husband.

4. Bob's New Girl

Aired: 10/16/1978

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.

5. Schneider's Helper

Aired: 10/23/1978

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.

6. Yes, Sir, That's My Baby

Aired: 11/6/1978

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.

7. The Dating Game (a.k.a.) Ann's Dating Game

Aired: 11/13/1978

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.

8. Peabody's War

Aired: 11/20/1978

""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.

9. Jealousy (1)

Aired: 11/27/1978

Julie and Barbara become rivals when they fall for the leader of a rock group. First of two parts.

10. Jealousy (2)

Aired: 12/4/1978

Conclusion. The battle for the band leader continues as Barbara tries to win him back from Julie.

11. The Arab Connection

Aired: 12/11/1978

Ann plays hostess to an Arab sheik while Julie leads a demonstration against his country's economic policy.

12. Hold the Mustard

Aired: 12/18/1978

The pace of Barbara's restaurant job proves to be faster than she anticipated.

13. Girl Talk

Aired: 12/25/1978

Ann and the girls spend a warm Christmas Eve in a frigid mountain cabin.

14. The Married Man (1)

Aired: 1/17/1979

In the first of a three-part story, Ann and a sportswriter begin a promising romance.

15. The Married Man (2)

Aired: 1/17/1979

In the second of a three-part story, a smooth-sailing romance between Ann and a sportswriter hits the rocks.

16. The Married Man (3)

Aired: 1/24/1979

Ann considers pursuing a relationship with her married sports writer, but soon concludes that to do so would strip her of her self respect.

17. Going Nowhere

Aired: 1/31/1979

Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end.

18. Francine Strikes Again

Aired: 2/7/1979

Francine uses her feminine wiles to wrest away one of Ann's big accounts.

19. The Dental Hygienist

Aired: 2/14/1979

Only hours after they meet, Ann's old pal and Schneider are ready to sail off on a romantic cruise.

20. The Piano Teacher

Aired: 2/21/1979

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.

21. The Broken Nose

Aired: 2/28/1979

Barbara learns a lesson about beauty after Schneider accidentally opens a door smack into her nose.

22. Mad for Each Other

Aired: 3/7/1979

Julie falls for an egotistical filmmaker whose temperament exactly matches her own.

23. The Graduation

Aired: 3/21/1979

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.

24. Fear of Success

Aired: 3/25/1979

A lucrative offer to direct public relations for a computer firm prompts Ann to give Mr. Davenport two weeks' notice.

25. Grandma Leaves Grandpa

Aired: 4/8/1979

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.

26. Schneider Gets Fired

Aired: 4/15/1979

Schneider quits because the landlord refuses his raise request.