United States — Season 1
13 Episodes · Premiered March 11, 1980 · Ended April 29, 1980
Episodes
Richard and Libby have a fight over his refusal to ask her father for a loan.
When Uncle Charlie dies, the Chapins have to figure out how to explain it to their sons.
Libby finally confesses a shocking childhood secret.
Sometimes it's like this... he's wrong.
Richard and Libby separately reveal their thoughts to interviewers for a book survey.
Staying in a motel after a fight with his wife, Richard is tempted to stray when a female friend visits to console him.
An old friend for the past 30 years suddenly reveals to the Chapins that he has been hiding his homosexuality all that time.
Libby's ex-husband makes a surprise visit to the Chapin home.
An already depressed Richard becomes even more so when Libby tells him that their son Nicky is part of a gang of kids who are going around killing cats.
A severe storm causes their friends to have to stay over because their house is about to slide away. Richard questions his emotions when he cries for no apparent reason.
The Chapins' dinner party with another couple turns into a disaster when the main topic of conversation becomes the husband's infidelity.
The Chapins panic when they think that Libby is pregnant.
When Nicky's teacher comes to talk to them about his difficulties learning how to read, Libby feels pangs of guilt that her son seems to be inheriting her learning disability.