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12 Episodes 1981 - 1981
Episode 1
Fri, Jan 9, 198160 mins
When Aunt Esther returns and moves in with Fred to watch over Cliff, Cal discovers that an error on Fred's marriage license legally wed him to Esther long ago.
Episode 2
Fri, Jan 9, 198130 mins
Fred, Esther, and Cal drive to Fremont, Missouri seeking a divorce, but must first plead their case before the county's irascible old judge, who is resistant to tearing asunder what God joined together.
Episode 3
Fri, Jan 16, 198130 mins
After years of crying wolf, Fred suffers an actual heart attack.
Episode 4
Fri, Jan 23, 1981
When a pair of crooks threaten Fred and Cal at gunpoint, Cal can only cower in the closet. Fred cooks up a caper to give Cal the chance to prove his courage and regain his self-respect.
Episode 5
Fri, Jan 30, 1981
Fred invites Cliff and his new girlfriend Charlene to dinner, but Cliff neglects to tell Fred that Charlene is blind.
Episode 6
Fri, May 29, 1981
Cal's mother visits, and among her baggage is bigotry against Black people.
Episode 7
Fri, Jun 5, 1981
Suffering from a virus, a delirious Fred misunderstands an overheard conversation and fears that Cal is plotting to kill him.
Episode 8
Fri, Jun 12, 1981
The city is debating whether to run a freeway through Watts or the wealthy Corban Hills neighborhood. Fred, Cal, and Cliff organize their neighbors and lead the charge to save their homes.
Episode 9
Fri, Jun 19, 1981
In this spoof of "12 Angry Men," Fred is the lone juror unwilling to cast a guilty verdict in a murder trial.
Episode 10
Fri, Jun 26, 1981
Cal just met a girl named Maria, but she's an illegal alien hiding in the Sanford home during a rash of immigration raids in the area.
Episode 11
Fri, Jul 3, 1981
Fred and Eve have a lovers' quarrel with each vowing to bring a better date to the art-gallery opening. Grady fixes up Fred with a bubble-headed bimbo named Bunny.
Episode 12
Fri, Jul 10, 1981
The 14-year-old boy who burglarized the Sanford home is ordered to work off the amount he stole. Fred and Cal hope to scare him straight. Final episode of the series.