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This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity

In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; the identity of Burt's long-lost son is a shock in more ways than one.

Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; Danny learns the identity

Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pidgeon; Danny tries to end Burt's life.

Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem;

Corinne moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of son Chuck, the ventriloquist; Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.

The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck,

Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and Tates.

Jodie goes to the hospital for his sex change; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.

The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne revisits Father Tim;

Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside; Corinne and Jessica confront

Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.

Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merry-making.

Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Sheriff Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.

After receiving some shocking news, Corrine is released from jail -- and Jessica arrested.

After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Tates; Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live – on one condition.

The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire.

Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.

Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the judge.

Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes

Jessica and Chester Tate wreak havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell.

Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica, on trial for the murder of Peter Campbell.

Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell.

Lefkowitz threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of a verdict in Jessica Tate's murder trial.