Season 1 - Episode 1 - Anything You Want
Air Date: Aug 26, 1996
Description: In the premiere of this series it introduces the Camden family consisting of Eric Camden his wife Annie, and their children Matt, Lucy, Mary, Simon, and Ruthie
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Family Secrets
Air Date: Sep 23, 1996
Description: Matt shocks his family when he reveals his secret, that he is very close friends with a teenage pregnant girl, Renee.
Season 1 - Episode 3 - In The Blink Of An Eye
Air Date: Sep 30, 1996
Description: Annie continues to suffer through her mother's recent leukemia diagnosis. Annie then decides to go to Arizona to visit them and see what is going on with them.
Season 1 - Episode 4 - No Funerals And A Wedding
Air Date: Oct 7, 1996
Description: Following her mother's funeral, Annie's sunny demeanor turns to sadness.
Season 1 - Episode 5 - The Color Of God
Air Date: Oct 14, 1996
Description: When the Camden family learns that their friend, Reverend Morgan Hamilton’s church was burned down by a racist group.
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Halloween
Air Date: Oct 28, 1996
Description: With Halloween just around the corner, Lucy attempts to learn the truth about The Mutant Mike.
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Saturday
Air Date: Nov 4, 1996
Description: After Mary unexpectedly un-invites her family to watch her play basketball at an important basketball game, the Camdens begin to make other plans for themselves.
Season 1 - Episode 8 - What Will People Say?
Air Date: Nov 11, 1996
Description: The possibility of Eric having an extramarital affair is what the Camden children are assuming when they catch Eric escorting a woman to a hotel alone.
Season 1 - Episode 9 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Air Date: Nov 18, 1996
Description: After Annie and Matt are car-jacked, Matt fears of leaving the house while Annie appears unusually normal after being car-jacked. Eventually it hits Annie--- especially after losing her wedding ring and that her son could've been killed instantly.
Season 1 - Episode 10 - The Last Call For Aunt Julie
Air Date: Nov 25, 1996
Description: Matt, Mary and Lucy make plans to get away from the family for Thanksgiving, but when Eric’s sister Julie comes to spend the holiday’s with them, plans are changed.
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Now You See Me
Air Date: Dec 16, 1996
Description: The Camdens become suspicious when Matt's new girlfriend, Tia, wants to spend more time with the family than being alone with Matt.
Season 1 - Episode 12 - With A Little Help From My Friends
Air Date: Jan 13, 1997
Description: To help preserve a woman's pride, Matt lies to his family and secretly helps an old Mrs. Bink (guest-star Eileen Brennan) around her house.
Season 1 - Episode 13 - America's Most Wanted
Air Date: Jan 27, 1997
Description: Mary tries to impress her basketball team by stealing a glass from their teen hangout The Varsity---which is a school ritual. An upset Eric finds the glass and makes Matt return it but gets arrested when the store manager doesn’t accept his apology for stealing it---which makes Mary feel guilty.
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Seven Is Enough
Air Date: Feb 3, 1997
Description: All three Camden generations dread the annual visit of Eric’s parent’s, The Colonel (John Camden) and Grandma Ruth Camden. The tension between father and son is heightened when both Eric and The Colonel want to adopt a homeless and orphaned 10-year old boy, George.
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Happy's Valentine
Air Date: Feb 10, 1997
Description: While both couples, Annie and Eric---Patricia and Morgan Hamilton spend a romantic Valentine's Day camping, Matt is left in charge of the rest of the family and allows chaos to reign in the Camden household.
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Brave New World
Air Date: Feb 17, 1997
Description: Lucy asks Eric to investigate her new best friend's white lies as to where she and her family really live and their financial situation.
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Choices
Air Date: Apr 14, 1997
Description: Mary meets a wild girl, Camille (guest-star Keri Russell, Felicity) in detention who convinces her to sneak out of her house to attend a fraternity party with her. Although, the party turns out to be an intimate double date with a driver who's been drinking all night. Lucy, now at age thirteen, must officially choose her religion and faith---to the pressure of Eric on ... Read More
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Faith, Hope And The Bottom Line
Air Date: Apr 21, 1997
Description: Eric wants to hire an ex-convict to be the new organist as the church vestry's the opposition. Acting church treasurer, Annie must determine whether there is enough money in the church's budget to hire a new organist.
Season 1 - Episode 19 - It's About George...
Air Date: Apr 28, 1997
Description: When Eric's parents return for a visit with their newly adopted ten-year-old son George in tow, they are shocked to meet the boy's real father, who desperately wants to be a part of his life again. Annie tries to get the family excited as she is building a row boat in the backyard.
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Say Good-bye
Air Date: May 5, 1997
Description: Matt is uneasy when Annie's oldest friend Rachel, a boy-crazy divorcee makes a pass at him during a night out in the town with Mary.
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Dangerous Liaisons (1)
Air Date: May 12, 1997
Description: Annie’s father, Charles is visiting the Camden family but he has a new girlfriend, Ginger. Annie is really upset that her father is already seeing someone since her mother died only a few months ago.
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Dangerous Liaisons (2)
Air Date: May 19, 1997
Description: In the first season finale, Eric and Annie await for Mary to come out of surgery after her car accident. The culprit who ran Mary over comes out as it is Michael Towner, which enrages Matt and gets into a fight with him.