Sada Thompson
Kate Lawrence
Series SeasonSeason 3 episodes1977
Family
Season 3
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Episode 11977-09-13
Acts of Love (1)
While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.
Episode 21977-09-20
Acts of Love (2)
Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
Episode 31977-09-27
The First Time
Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
Episode 41977-10-04
Change of Heart
Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.
Episode 51977-10-25
Annie Laurie
Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.
Episode 61977-11-01
We Love You, Miss Jessup
Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
Episode 71977-11-08
The Little Brother
Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
Episode 81977-11-15
Childhood's End
Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.
Episode 91977-11-22
A Tale Out of Season
Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
Episode 101977-11-29
Labors of Love
Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.
Episode 111977-12-13
A Child is Given
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Episode 121978-01-03
More Than Friends
Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
Episode 131978-01-10
Princess in the Tower
Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.
Episode 141978-01-17
Echoes of Love
Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.
Episode 151978-01-24
See Saw
Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.
Episode 161978-01-31
Lifeline
Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.
Episode 171978-02-07
. . . And Baby Makes Three
Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.
Episode 181978-02-14
Crossing Over
Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.
Episode 191978-02-21
The Covenant
Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.
Episode 201978-02-28
A Friend of the Family's
A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
Episode 211978-05-02
Fear of Shadows
Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
Episode 221978-05-09
Sleeping Gypsy
Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
Episode 231978-05-16
Counterpoint
Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.