Family Affair

Buffy & Jody notice that while they know a lot of the tenants in the building, most of them do not know each other. They ask Mr. French to help them throw a party for everyone. Some tenants get stuck in the elevator when going to the party.

Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leaves. The replacement does not get there because of a blizzard.

Bill offers to let Ming Lee stay at his place. Ming Lee is engaged in an arranged marriage to Bill's friend Eng Ho. Cissy and Gregg offer to take Ming Lee out for the evening. She meets someone and refuses to marry Eng Ho.

Bill decides to hire a female employee to help around the house and soften the edges of Mr. French's stiffness. It takes a while, but soon the whole family enjoys having Emily around.

A former friend of Mr. French's visits.

Cissy, Jody and Buffy talk about when they first came to live with their Uncle Bill and realize it has been five years. They decide to throw a party for the occasion but Bill almost misses it due to work. Emily tells he has to come home.

Love goes awry when Bill tries to stop Cissy from marrying Gregg. Bill takes Cissy to a party to distract her. Cissy meets a man named Steve and realizes she is not in love with Gregg. Soon Cissy & Steve are an item, and he proposes.

Bill and Jody try to get on the good side of female friends in order to get something they want. Bill wants a job at her company, and Jody wants a stamp for his collection.

Cissy's friend Kathy is pregnant, and her husband is out of town.

Jody and a classmate taunt each other with claims of "my father can beat your father," but the parents refuse to fight each other.

Laughter is the best medicine but not for every date. Bill goes out with a female comedian who seems to always be performing her act.

Everything at the Davis' place seems to be in a state of chaos, but Mr. French manages to keep things under control. That is, until one more thing goes wrong.

The family goes on vacation to Indiana, where Cissy, Buffy, and Jody grew up. Bill wants them to touch base with the relatives still living there and to see their hometown.

Buffy and Jody accidentally break a small statue originally from Columbia and try to fix it before Uncle Bill finds out about it.

Jody's newest hero figure is a football superstar who is Uncle Ken to one of Jody's friend. When Jody finds out that Ken is suspended from the team for placing bets, Jody is disillusioned.

The twins play matchmaker for Uncle Bill so he has someone in his life when they get older and move out.

Emily Turner plays matchmaker to Mr French and Miss Faversham, while being the match-breaker for her son Jim Turner and Cissy's relationship.

Russ Brook is a former friend of Cissy's who is now in the Peace Corps. Russ asks Cissy to join him on a mission to Chile.

Buffy wants to join a popular group at school, but the group does not think she is right for them.

Jody and Buffy decide to help Emily go to her son Jim's graduation celebration. She wants a new outfit and someone to take her.

One of Buffy's friends tells her it is time to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley, as it is a child's toy. They go to a toy store where the owner looks like Mrs. Beasley.

Buffy helps a shy friend meet new friends. Buffy throws a party for Angela and friends, but she experiences some unexpected results.

Buffy, Jody, and their friend Ricky find a great place to play in the neighborhood. Then they find out a parking lot is going to be built in the space.