Too Close for Comfort

Henry invites his down-and-out Navy buddy to dinner and is shocked to learn that he is gay.

Jackie considers a breast-implant operation thinking it will improve her love life.

When the city announces plans to build a subway station on their block, the Rushes mobilize the neighbors to save their neighborhood.

Henry's life is threatened after he positively identifies the gunman in a robbery.

Henry turns to Mildred Rafkin for inspiration when he develops a writer's block.

Monroe's visit with his father goes from bad to worse when Monroe catches him with another woman.

Henry's father surprises everyone when he comes to visit with Cora, a fortyish woman pregnant with Huey's child.

Hoping for a tax deduction and an honorary degree, Henry donates some original "Cosmic Cow" drawing to a college.

Henry regrets fixing up Sara with a pro baseball player when he learns that the young man has a drug problem.

An open anchorwoman position at the TV station pits pretty, young Sara against a plain but ex­ perpended newswoman.

Monroe's mysterious friend visiting from Florida turns out to be a runaway 17-year-old girl.

Henry hires Monroe as his assistant after Monroe is rejected for every post-college job he applies for.

Monroe plays the stock market and the horses with the aid of a borrowed computer.

Monroe's canine security partner keeps Henry at bay overnight.

On her way to China, Muriel's natural mother pays a visit to the Rush household, but Muriel refuses to meet her.

A weekend rendezvous with an old flame sends Iris into a romantic tailspin.

Sara's date falls in love at first sight, but it's Jackie who is the apple of his eye.

A change of editors at his publishing company drives Henry to work for another publisher, but the new job is in New York.

When Muriel's friend, a recent and happy divorcee, makes an appearance at the Rush household, Muriel has some second thought about married life.

Muriel mistakenly snaps a photo of a wanted gangster and the intrigue it causes leads Henry to believe she's having an affair.

Jackie shocks the family when she announces her plan to marry a surfer she met while on vacation in Hawaii.

Henry takes the law into his own hands when the police refuse to search for the two women who assaulted Monroe.

When Henry breaks his arm, his boss hires an ambitious young cartoonist to help with his comic strip.

Fear of being robbed strikes Henry and Monroe when they find a bag containing thousands of dollars and decide not to tell anyone.

A series of flashbacks trace Monroe's relationship with the Rushes.