Charles'mom, Lillian, comes to town for a brief - or maybe not so brief - visit.

Charles' first love returns

In the second of a two part series, Gwendolyn Pierce tells Charles she will consider his proposal.

Ever have one of those days when you can't win for losing? Well, Charles is having one of those days, and it's turning into a week.

Charles and Lillian are throwing a big opening night party to introduce the new chef of Sid's Pizza Parlor.

Charles' widowed mother Lillian comes into town for a five-day visit, complete with motherly advice.

Charles suggests the family spend the Christmas holidays in the mountains, but a storm leaves everyone but Walter stranded in a cabin.

When Charles' and Buddy's history teacher changes their team assignment from a written to an oral report, Charles insists that Buddy deliver the speech.

Charles becomes infatuated with Trish (Susannah Woodside), a beautiful fashion model and the daughter of Walter's friend.

Charles tries to end a feud between Walter and Lillian by giving them each a ticket to a swing music concert.

When Buddy receives word that his shy sister Bunny (Mindy Cohn) is arriving for a visit, he pleads with Charles to help entertain her.

Unable to decide on a college major and faced with a tuition increase, is determined to convince his Uncle Joe (John Astin) that he should be made the heir to his business.

Charles is ecstatic when he scores an A on his English assignment, until he turns past the cover page and discovers Sarah's poem there by mistake.

Charles calms Lillian's fears about an upcoming trip out of town, saying that he's more than able to manage the pizza parlor himself, even though she's just hired a new chef, Dine (Vito Scotti).

Charles and Buddy decide to pledge a fraternity, and must put up with a series of humiliating tests and activities during "Hell Week."

When the Powells learn their house is to be sold and Ellen loses her job, Charles takes to bed with a sneezing fit and falls asleep.

Charles becomes frantic when he makes too many commitments for one evening.

Charles is outraged when he learns his mother is hosting a sorority slave auction. Outraged, that is, until he finds out that attractive new transfer student Jeanie intends to bid for him.

After Charles is devastated at being dumped by his girlfriend, Buddy fixes him up with Beth (Brenda Swanson), a female bodybuilder at his health club.

While Commander Powell is home, Sarah is arrested for protesting the nuclear weapons on her father's ship.

Charles' professor disagrees with the grade he gives a student.

Lillian hires an Elvis impersonator for the diner.

Adam studies Charles' dating techniques.

Lillian starts a 1950's-style restaurant called the "Yesterday Cafe".

A woman at camp pursues Charles.

Charles has to entertain his professor's sister, and he sets her up with Walter.

Jamie and Sarah want to go to a nightclub

Charles can't use his credit card because of the Powell children.

Buddy goes to the hospital right after an argument with Charles.

Jamie thinks she will be in a commercial, but it is really Sarah who got the part.

Charles and Buddy find out Jamie's teacher is wanted by the FBI.

Charles uses one of Sarah's poems to impress a woman, who publishes it in a magazine under Charles' name.

When Charles bumps his head, he begins acting strangely and calls himself Chaz.

Chaz gets married.

Jamie joins a cult, and Charles must prove that the leader is a fake.

Walter remodels the basement.

The Powell's old babysitter comes back tries to get Charles in trouble.

Walter tries to impress a woman with war souvenirs.

Charles uses a digital organizer to plan his schedule.

Charles writes an essay about childhood.

Charles and Buddy go out with identical twins, but they think they are dating the same girl.

Jamie wants to move to New York and live with Charles' aunt.

Charles has a dream about life without him.

Charles tutors an ex-con.

Buddy's father visits and reveals he is getting a divorce.

After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.

Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.

Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.

Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.

Charles' old friends come to visit.

Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.

Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.

Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.

When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.

An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.