Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
22 episodes
E01
Pilot
In the series pilot, former showgirl L.K. McGuire, who inherited an estate that she must share with her snooty in-laws, invites her scruffy uncle and his roommate to spend the weekend.
E02
Pride Goeth Before a Cheap Hotel
Bully is uncomfortable living in the lap of luxury and wants to move back to the retirement home.
E03
Two-Party System
L.K. throws a party for Bully and Ricardo that proves to be more popular than Eleanor's "social event of the season."
E04
Comes a Horse
Bully and Ricardo buy a swayback nag, which breaks out of the stables, taking Eleanor's prize filly with it.
E05
Man Overboard
Eleanor is appalled that one of her sophisticated friends would be attracted to Bully and invite him to a ballet with her.
E06
Spoonlighting
Bully takes a job at an ice-cream parlor so he can pay for an expensive birthday present for L.K.
E07
Are We Not Men?
Bully and Ricardo invite Quentin out for a night with the boys to cheer him up after his latest investment book receives a scathing review.
E08
Be-Bop Man
Ricardo is asked to perform with a group that recorded a song he wrote, and Bully refuses to go watch him.
E09
Charity Begins at Home
The ensemble scheduled to play at Eleanor's charity benefit cancels, so L.K. opts for Las Vegas-style entertainment.
E10
Like That Brave Little Gal in the Philippines
With her financial empire teetering and Bully in need of an operation, L.K. becomes a tyrant trying to regain control.
E11
My Dinner with L.K.
Bully and Ricardo think L.K. is too young to spend all her time at home, so they try to fix her up with a date.
E12
Demon Child '86
Bully and Ricardo look after Eleanor's friend's daughter, a troublemaker who defies Bully and goes off to a party.
E13
Friends for Life
L.K. doesn't know how to tell the visiting president of a small country that his government has been ousted in his absence.
E14
Frames and Dames
Bully regrets that he asked L.K. to bowl on his team after she's a big hit; Quentin wants to leave his mark by doing something other than writing.
E15
The Check is in the Mail
Bully sends $500 to an impoverished former boxer, but when L.K. checks the guy out, she is surprised by what she finds.
E16
The Mad Gardener
The crazy gardener hired by Eleanor has everyone terrified, but nobody wants to tell him he's fired.
E17
Will Power
Eleanor finally gets a court date to contest her brother's will, and learns that Bobby's testimony is the key to the case.
E18
Too Many Cooks
Bully and the new chef cross spatulas when they enter a chili cook-off.
E19
Our Kind of People
Eleanor and Quentin want to buy their bankrupt neighbors' house so they can choose a better class of neighbor, and turn a profit in the bargain.
E20
The Country Club
Bully makes a killing at L.K.'s country club gambling with members who don't know that Bully isn't L.K.
E21
Maid in Italy
L.K. is frustrated by the language barrier in trying to get at what's bothering the new maid, an Italian who's a great worker but bursts into tears at the drop of a hat.
E22
Spring Fever
Bully becomes a little too overprotective of L.K. when she becomes smitten with a globe-trotting Renaissance man.
Loni Anderson
as L.K. McGuire
Jack Elam
as Uncle Alvin 'Bully' Stevenson
Lee Weaver
as Ricardo Williams
Dana Ivey
as Eleanor Standard
James Cromwell
as Quentin Standard
Arthur Malet
as Bobby
