
One Day at a Time (1975)
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Michael Lembeck as Max Horvath
Episodes 80
Back to School
Barbara has begun her college education and feels very independent, balancing school work with social activities. Meanwhile, Ann begins to feel undereducated as she hears Barbara's experiences and makes a decision to go to college. The big surprise comes when she is taking the same course as Barbara.
Read MorePressure
Barbara's latest boyfriend, Brad is putting the pressure on her big time to have sex. Barbara honestly does not know what to do and isn't quite sure she wants to accommodate his sexual demands but at the same time doesn't want to lose him. So, she decides that perhaps she should and goes out and buys some contraceptives.
Read MoreJulie's Wedding (1)
Julie returns from a ski trip sporting a meek fiance, an impending wedding date and an unexcited best man.
Read MoreJulie's Wedding (2)
Best man Max insists that his amorous intentions toward Julie are honorable, even as the wedding party assembles.
Read MoreHome Again, Home Again
Newlyweds Julie and Max return from their honeymoon to an apartment they can't afford because Max has been laid off from his job.
Read MoreBetween Mother and Daughter
A psychiatrist recommends a heart-to-heart talk to take the heat out of Ann's relationship with her mother.
Read MoreSmall Wonder
Barbara hires a genetics tutor, unaware of his obvious shortcomings.
Read MoreEt tu, Ann
Ann pressures her assistant into working on a Saturday night at her place.
Read MoreA Little Larceny
Barbara tries to earn some extra money by selling football betting cards. However, Schneider gets arrested when Barbara involves him in her illegal football pool activities.
Read MoreHeart Attack
After Ann rushes out to yet another appointment, her family shouldn't be so surprised to learn she has suffered a heart attack.
Read MoreMale Jealousy
A feud erupts between Schneider and Max for male dominance in the Romano household as well as the attention of Ann and the girls.
Read MoreHappy New Year II
Ann and the family put on another show at the senior citizen hotel.
Read MoreSchneider, the Model
After a man-on-the-street chat with a newscaster, Schneider is offered a job as a male model, but becomes depressed when he learns the role he is to portray.
Read MoreTriple Play
A fast talking insurance man from Buffalo can't decide whether he would rather romance Barbara, Ann or Grandma Romano.
Read MoreSo Long, Mom (a.k.a.) Not Telling
Barbara's desire to live near campus and Max's new job in Houston have Ann pondering the thought of living alone for the first time in her life.
Read MoreOld Horizons
Grandma Romano moves to Indianapolis, takes an apartment in Ann's building and finds a job in her office.
Read MoreEndless Elliot
Barbara is harassed by an overzealous suitor.
Read MoreRetrospective (1)
The topsy-turvy years in Schneider's building are fondly remembered (in clips from past shows) when condominium conversion threatens to disperse the tenants.
Read MoreRetrospective (2)
Schneider, Ann and the girls continue to reminisce about the past as the construction of condominiums seems to be a sure thing.
Read MoreGirl with a Past
Barbara feels compelled to tell Bob about his new girlfriend's former exploits.
Read MorePerils of Plastic
A binge of credit-card spending leads Max and Julie to insolvency.
Read MoreNo Laughing Matter
After Schneider's rebuff during an outing to a comedy club, Ann brings home a footloose funny man.
Read MoreConnor's Crisis
Ann's boss, Mr. Connors is going through a rough time after his wife walks out on him, citing that he has become too boring for her taste. To cheer him up, Ann invites him out to dinner but when Schneider crashes the dinner, Mr. Connors gets some lessons in picking up the ladies and ends up with a gold-digger.
Read MoreGrecian Yearn
Ann's archeology professor offers her love and companisonship and asks her to live with him Greece.
Read MoreThe Spirit is Willing
While Schneider is making love to his girlfriend, she has a heart attack which ultimately leaves Schneider impotent. Schneider then goes to great lengths to remedy his problem to no avail. That is until Ann makes a suggestion concerning an ex-flame of Schneider's, but Schneider is unsure if he wants to take her advice.
Read MoreJulie Shows Up (1)
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Read MoreJulie Shows Up (2)
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Read MoreOrville and Emily
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
Read MoreThe Perfect Wedding (1)
Barbara's nerves are on edge as her wedding day approaches and husband-to-be Mark is no help, he's more interested in his golf game than helping with the preparations.
Read MoreThe Perfect Wedding (2)
Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.
Read MoreHoneymoon's Over
Barbara tries to adapt to life at Mark's rooming house, where her new husband's friends, including a scantily clad woman, breeze in and out without knocking to use the bathroom, or asking to use the closet and community refrigerator.
Read MoreCatcher in the Mud
Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.
Read MoreLast Time I Saw Paris
To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.
Read MoreAuntie Francine
Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.
Read MoreLovers & Other Parents
Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.
Read MoreMiracle of Birth (1)
Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.
Read MoreMiracle of Birth (2)
Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.
Read MoreFirst Things First
Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.
Read MorePride and Privacy (1)
Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.
Read MorePride and Privacy (2)
With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.
Read MorePride and Privacy (3)
Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.
Read MoreThe Cruise
Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.
Read MoreSpare the Child
Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
Read MoreThe Good Life
A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.
Read MoreSocial Insecurity
Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.
Read MoreA Young Man's Fancy
Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.
Read MoreThe Letter
A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
Read MoreBuyer's Remorse
Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.
Read MoreSecond Time Around
Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.
Read MoreHoneymoon II
Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.
Read MoreTake My Ex
A visit from Sam's ex-wife sparks a sudden need for attention in Ann, who resents the pampering the former Mrs. Royer receives from Sam.
Read MoreThe Dentist
The opening of his new dental office gives Mark such a case of the jitters that he may give up his practice before the first patient walks through the door.
Read MoreThe Bedtime Story
A plan to collaborate on the writing of children's stories drives Julie and Max into a bitter feud over Max's potential as a writer.
Read MoreWorried Heart
Ann's imagination runs away with her when Sam runs off on a business trip with an associate who happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
Read MoreBaby Love (1)
A weekend watching little Annie for Max and Julie has Barbara longing to have her own baby and begins considering the option of adoption.
Read MoreBaby Love (2)
Barbara, still wanting to have a child, continues to consider adoption.
Read MoreTravel Agent
To arrange a long-overdue vacation, Barbara and Mark visit a travel agency, where Barbara finds an unexpected career opportunity.
Read MoreNot a Creature Was Staying
Ann has the holiday blues, believing she and Sam will be alone on Christmas, but Sam plans to surprise her with a Caribbean cruise.
Read MoreSam's Apartment
Sam's late night disappearance has the family convinced he's been kidnapped until Ann learns he's kept his old apartment.
Read MoreDear Max
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Never Hire a Relative
Francine goes behind Ann's back to talk Sam into designing an elaborate office suite that's too grandiose for Ann's taste.
Read MoreWoman of the House
Barbara loses charge of her household when Grandma Romano moves in with her own set of rules, menus, meal schedules and a collection of cuckoo clocks.
Read MoreParting Company
Ann and Francine's business relationship is threatened when Francine announces she's marrying an ad executive Ann doesn't trust.
Read MoreAve Romano
An Italian priest arrives unexpectedly at the Royers, claiming to be a distant relative of Grandma Romano.
Read MoreBringing in the Clowns
Mark's jokester friends are visiting and taking their jokes too far to the point where everyone gets sick of them. Barbara gets so fed up that she tries to teach them a lesson by ""getting hurt.""
Read MoreUp in Smoke
After six years of not smoking, Sam lights up. But when he tries to quit, he finds his willpower has gone up in smoke.
Read MoreMeaning of Life
Schneider gets a new lease on life after he's accidentally electrocuted, then revived, a hair raising experience in which he claims he died and came back to life.
Read MoreThe Nearness of You
Working side by side at the travel agency spawns a growing attraction between Max and Barbara, that becomes impossible to ignore.
Read MoreAnother Man's Shoes
Schneider learns that his brother passed away and that somebody needs to take care of his nephew and niece so Schneider gets a phone call to come and pick them up. The place where he arrives is a carnival like place with circus like people. This place needs repairs and some ""manly guidance"" so everyone tries to persuade Schneider to move there and with Ann gone and the kids grown up, Schneider finally accepts the move.
Read MoreOne Day at a Time Reunion
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