Seasons
Feeling that he cannot support Bess with his struggling singing career, Mark leaves. Phyllis then runs after him, and tells him to return because Bess has a surprise -- she's pregnant.
Mark and Bess move into a dirty, run-down apartment and Phyllis voices her concerns. Johnathan agrees to allow them to move into his house temporarily.
Bess and Dan's nephew Mark Valenti run off and elope and Phyllis must wrestle with the issue.
Feeling useless, Audrey gets a job in an Antique store to Jonathan's dislike.
Phyllis gets an idea to bring Dan and his soon to be-ex back together again because she thinks there is still love there. They, however, cannot stand each other.
Harriet has always been the sarcastic co-worker of Phyllis, but Phyllis befriends her and tries tot make her more attractive to men, Leonard in particular.
Bess' boyfriend dumps her, so Phyllis takes her on a trip to cheer her up.
Leonard is offered a $100,000 bribe to cast a particular vote, but is unsure what to do.
Leonard receives a death threat about his vote on a low-cost housing project and must wrestle with the fear.
Dan and Phyllis trade jobs for a day to see how the other one lives.
Leonard's side of the office decides to throw a Christmas party, but Dan makes Phyllis work to the very last minute.
Bess and other students protest the firing of a teacher because she had posed nude for a photo years ago, the group of students get expelled for taking a group photo in the nude.
Phyllis has taken care of all the arrangements for Sally's wedding; but there's one thing... she forgot to pick up the bride. Sally must find a way to get to the wedding on her own.
Phyllis struggles with Sally's feelings about her boyfriend, Arthur Lanson. She decides to marry him, though.
Phyllis has Lars' body shipped from Minneapolis so he can be buried at her new home. When the box arrives, something is moving on the inside.
Phyllis has a strange date who first announces his plans to marry her, but later reveals that he's actually gay.
Phyllis must deal with the fact that Bess has a new boyfriend...who is older...and is her professor at college.
Phyllis is upset when Dan doesn't pay any attention to her or appreciate her work, so she goes on strike.
Phyllis runs into Van Horn in the park once again, she feels sorry for him and tries to improve his image and make him a respectable human being -- unsuccessfully, of course.
Phyllis' birthday is coming up and no one is throwing her a party or even cares. She then becomes depressed because she has no friends and calls old friend Mary Richards in Minneapolis. Mary flies to San Francisco thinking something is wrong, then is angry when she learns Phyllis just wanted her company for a birthday party.
Julie had gotten married and closed the photo studio, so Phyllis was out of a job. She tries to find work unsuccessfully, until she is hired as an assistant to a crooked city supervisor. After he is fired the new supervisor is uncertain about hiring Phyllis at first, but reconsiders.
Description
After her husband’s death, Phyllis Lindstrom and her daughter Bess move to San Francisco to start over. There, she faces the challenges of clashing with eccentric relatives and adjusting to a new life.
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Genres
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CastCloris LeachmanHenry JonesJane RoseLisa GerritsenJudith LowryJohn LawlorGarn StephensCarmine Caridi
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Channel
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Premiere DateSeptember 08, 1975
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Rating6.9 (7)
