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Season 1

  • S01E01 A Day in the Life of Wood Newton

    • September 21, 1990
    • CBS

    On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.

  • S01E02 There Once Was a Boy Named Wood

    • September 28, 1990
    • CBS

    Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.

  • S01E03 Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?

    • October 5, 1990
    • CBS

    On seeing an old game film, Wood discovers his most celebrated high school touchdown catch was actually out of bounds.

  • S01E04 Sadie Hawkins Dance

    • October 16, 1990
    • CBS

    During Sadie Hawkins week, the football team begins a seven-day series of pranks on Coach Newton.

  • S01E05 Fast Women

    • October 29, 1990
    • CBS

    Ava asks Wood to talk with both their son, Taylor, and her father about their choice in dates.

  • S01E06 The Moustache Show

    • October 2, 1990
    • CBS

    Ava's high-school flame visits; Will shaves off half of Wood's moustache.

  • S01E07 All for Charity

    • November 9, 1990
    • CBS

    Hoping to win Wood's favour, Herman, at a fundraiser, bids for and wins a weekend with Wood and his family.

  • S01E08 Something to Hold Onto

    • November 19, 1990
    • CBS

    Wood and the rest of town tutor the football players in algebra so they won't fail their classes and be barred from a big game.

  • S01E09 Mr. Mom

    • November 26, 1990
    • CBS

    With Ava's prosecutorial work taking her away from her household duties, a miserable Wood has to take up the slack.

  • S01E10 Hooray for Wood

    • December 10, 1990
    • CBS

    Wood gets a bit part when a movie company and its temperamental star arrive to shoot a Civil War mini-series.

  • S01E11 The Wood Who Stole Christmas

    • December 17, 1990
    • CBS

    Tired of his kids' materialism, Wood gives their presents to a needy family.

  • S01E12 Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline

    • January 7, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood and Ava are asked to dinner by a married couple—who turn out to be swingers into spouse-swapping.

  • S01E13 Wood's Thirtieth Reunion

    • January 21, 1991
    • CBS

    At his 30-year high school reunion, Wood hooks up with two old pals and one old flame.

  • S01E14 Vote Early and Vote Often

    • January 28, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood and Ava recall how friends rallied to help her get elected Prosceuting Attorney over her opponent Jim Guy Puckett.

  • S01E15 Chip Off the Old Brick

    • February 4, 1991
    • CBS

    Herman's big, blustery father comes to visit, but talks football with Wood and chases after Frieda more than he sees his son.

  • S01E16 The Trials of Wood Newton

    • February 11, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood must testify against Evan, who's being defended by his daughter Ava.

  • S01E17 Into the Woods

    • February 18, 1991
    • CBS

    On Wood's annual deer-hunting trip, a local legend deer drops dead in front of his cabin—outside official hunting grounds.

  • S01E18 Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack

    • February 21, 1991
    • CBS

    A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.

  • S01E19 Gambler Anonymous

    • March 4, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood tries to keep secret the presence of his guest: old acquaintance country-music singer Kenny Rogers.

  • S01E20 Sex Education

    • March 24, 1991
    • CBS

    An in-over-his-head Herman substitute teaches a class in sex education, and calls in ""expert"" Wood.

  • S01E21 I Am Wood, Hear Me Roar

    • April 1, 1991
    • CBS

    Two female students attempt to join the football team.

  • S01E22 Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree

    • April 8, 1991
    • CBS

    Herman's relationship with Margaret hits a snag when she refuses to be seen with Herman on a formal ""date"".

  • S01E23 Far from the Madden Crowd

    • April 29, 1991
    • CBS

    Ava goes into labor the night of the Booster Club Sports banquest, to which Wood has invited his football archrival Terry Bradshaw.

  • S01E24 The Baby Show

    • May 6, 1991
    • CBS

    Ava rides in the back of Ponder's catering truck on a chaotic ride to the hospital.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Three Naked Men (1)

    • September 16, 1991
    • CBS

    War breaks out between the women and the men on a segregated camping expedition after Wood scares the girls with his bear costume and gets whacked with a shovel, and culminates with the women abandoning the men during their ritual skinny-dipping.

  • S02E02 Three Naked Men (2)

    • September 23, 1991
    • CBS

    The women begin to feel guilty about having abandoned the men naked in the woods.

  • S02E03 I'm With Stupid

    • September 30, 1991
    • CBS

    Molly caves in under pressure from her boyfriend and agrees to take part in a beauty contest.

  • S02E04 Tying the Knot

    • October 7, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood accompanies Will to the hospital when the boy needs a tonsillectomy—and decides that while he's there he might as well have a vasectomy.

  • S02E05 Miss Emily's Wild Ride

    • October 14, 1991
    • CBS

    When baby sitter Evan (Hal Holbrook) leaves baby Emily alone, she winds up going for a ride in Nub's wagon. Nub: Charlie Dell. Wood: Burt Reynolds.

  • S02E06 The Road Trip

    • October 21, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood and company quickly drive each other crazy when they take a road trip in a borrowed RV.

  • S02E07 Winning Isn't Everything

    • October 28, 1991
    • CBS

    The fate of the Evening Shade football program rests on the shoulder pads of Wood's new quarterback.

  • S02E08 Where's My Watch?

    • November 11, 1991
    • CBS

    Harlan's retirement leads to a fight with Merleen, and then to the Newtons', where's he's on his way to earning another gold watch---as the housekeeper.

  • S02E09 I Do, I Don't

    • November 18, 1991
    • CBS

    Taylor and Aimee decide to marry.

  • S02E10 The Thanksgiving Show

    • November 25, 1991
    • CBS

    It's a turkey of a Thanksgiving for Wood and family when his ex-con cousin (Billy Bob Thornton) and his brood show up for the holiday.

  • S02E11 Busted

    • December 9, 1991
    • CBS

    A public outcry over exotic dancing leaves Ava exposed to criticism when she strips Fontana of her topless act.

  • S02E12 Rear Window

    • December 16, 1991
    • CBS

    Wood gets stuck in the bathroom window.

  • S02E13 The Getaway

    • January 6, 1992
    • CBS

    An unwelcome visitor creates a stink during Wood and Ava's weekend alone. Hunter: Brent Briscoe.

  • S02E14 Herman in Charge

    • January 13, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood and Ava leave Herman alone with the kids.

  • S02E15 The Au Pair Affair

    • January 27, 1992
    • CBS

    Ava feels displaced by the Newstons' talented au pair girl.

  • S02E16 Goin' to the Chapel (1)

    • February 3, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood must express the family's concern over Evan's wedding.

  • S02E17 Goin' to the Chapel (2)

    • February 24, 1992
    • CBS

    Fontana calls off the wedding.

  • S02E18 Goin' to the Chapel (3)

    • March 2, 1992
    • CBS

    Fontana decides to proceed with the wedding; Merleen meets her daughter.

  • S02E19 Play Herman For Me

    • March 9, 1992
    • CBS

    An auto mechanic hopes to get Herman's engines running with a series of erotic letters, causing a breakdown in Herman's relationship with Margaret (Ann Hearn).

  • S02E20 Callous Hearts of Rage

    • March 23, 1992
    • CBS

    Friends and family of Taylor make a scene after seeing themselves portrayed in the debut of his new play.

  • S02E21 Taylor Buys a Car

    • April 6, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood tries to steer Taylor (Jay R. Ferguson) away from buying a car, especially when Taylor suggests speeding things along with a garage sale, full of Wood's memorabilia.

  • S02E22 Hasta la Vista, Baby

    • May 4, 1992
    • CBS

    Herman takes humiliating work after losing his teaching job due to budget cuts.

  • S02E23 Cousin Readith

    • May 11, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood learns his bully cousin plans to visit.

  • S02E24 No Pain, No Gain

    • May 18, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood hopes to throw strikes bowling against a sports-show host (Don Meredith), but throws his back out instead.

  • S02E25 The Perfect Birthday Party, Sort Of

    • May 18, 1992
    • CBS

    Planning the perfect birthday party for Will is no piece of cake for Wood and Ava, while Evan and Fontana's first fight ends with a surprise.

Season 3

  • S03E01 First Heroes

    • September 21, 1992
    • CBS

    Taylor returns, transformed by his three months in Amsterdam; Wood's late father's store is slated to be demolished.

  • S03E02 The Diary of Molly Newton

    • September 28, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood is having trouble dealing with Molly's growing womanhood— even before he discovers her erotic diary. And he totally overreacts to her first ""date"" (slides at the church followed by ice cream). Meanwhile, Harlan's visiting inlaws are putting a damper on his sex life.

  • S03E03 You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You

    • October 5, 1992
    • CBS

    Ava sends Wood to investigate when Harlan rents property to a massage parlor.

  • S03E04 What a Night

    • October 12, 1992
    • CBS

    Dumped by his girlfriend, Taylor quits the football team.

  • S03E05 Father-Child Campout

    • October 19, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood cajoles Will into a father/son camping trip.

  • S03E06 The Hole Story

    • October 26, 1992
    • CBS

    Events get out of hand when a hole in a bedroom wall resembles Abraham Lincoln.

  • S03E07 Harlan Deals a Meal

    • November 9, 1992
    • CBS

    Harlan fibs about his weight loss to Richard Simmons, then persuades Herman to impersonate him.

  • S03E08 The Resurrection of Wood Newton

    • November 16, 1992
    • CBS

    Ava is voted ""Arkansas Prosecuting Attorney of the Year.""

  • S03E09 The NFL on CBS

    • November 23, 1992
    • CBS

    Wood forgets his anniversary when he gets a chance to be on ""The NFL Today.""

  • S03E10 The Really Odd Couple

    • December 7, 1992
    • CBS

    Herman moves in with Freida when his building goes condominium.

  • S03E11 Carl the Mule

    • December 14, 1992
    • CBS

    A frustrated Wood resigns as team coach, and is replaced by Herman.

  • S03E12 I'll Be Home for Christmas

    • December 21, 1992
    • CBS

    ...but Wood and Herman may not be, as they are stranded when their car breaks down on the way home from being Will an elusive gift available only out of town.

  • S03E13 Freida and the Preacher

    • January 4, 1993
    • CBS

    Freida falls for a man at the ice cream parlour, only to discover that he is the new preacher.

  • S03E14 Private School

    • January 18, 1993
    • CBS

    The Oakwood Academy, an exclusive private school Molly wants to attend, scrutinizes Wood and Ava, who discover they must pass an exam before Molly can be admitted. Meanwhile, Nab goes on a date with Amanda.

  • S03E15 Ava Takes a Shower (1)

    • February 1, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava hosts Fontana's baby shower, and wants Herman, who has joined Reba McEntire's security team, to get her to entertain.

  • S03E16 Ava Takes a Shower (2)

    • February 8, 1993
    • CBS

    Rebuffed by Reba McEntire, Ava still persists in planning the baby shower all by herself.

  • S03E17 They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)

    • February 15, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava invites sixties civil rights leader Aurelia Danforth to a Martin Luther King commemoration, then discovers that the guest has a past involving Ponder.

  • S03E18 They Can't Take That Away From Me (2)

    • February 22, 1991
    • CBS

  • S03E19 She What?!

    • March 1, 1993
    • CBS

    Taylor's girlfriend elopes with the school hunk.

  • S03E20 Another Baby Shower

    • March 15, 1993
    • CBS

    Fontana goes into labour, but Evan can't be reached.

  • S03E21 Cousins Behind Bars

    • March 22, 1993
    • CBS

  • S03E22 Mommy Goes AWOL

    • April 12, 1993
    • CBS

    Fontana despairs of her mothering abilities when only Evan can quiet baby Scout.

  • S03E23 Teaching Is a Good Thing

    • May 3, 1993
    • CBS

    Herman is ashamed to tell his mentor that he has lost his teaching job.

  • S03E24 Saint Bobby

    • May 10, 1993
    • CBS

    Wood thinks a college footbal coach is interested in Taylor.

  • S03E25 The Graduation

    • May 17, 1993
    • CBS

    Herman books John Denver for Taylor's graduation but gets Bob Denver instead.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Four Naked Women

    • September 20, 1993
    • CBS

    After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.

  • S04E02 One Down, Three to Go

    • September 27, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.

  • S04E03 One Hot Game

    • October 4, 1993
    • CBS

    Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.

  • S04E04 Witness for the Prosecution

    • October 11, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.

  • S04E05 Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman

    • October 18, 1993
    • CBS

    Herman has some bad news for the returning Margaret (who has some for him in return). Herman confesses that he cheated on Margaret by kissing the ice cream woman—but only after Margaret confesses to kissing a man during her trip to Greece.

  • S04E06 Night of the Living Newtons

    • October 25, 1993
    • CBS

    Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.

  • S04E07 The Dance

    • November 1, 1993
    • CBS

    Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.

  • S04E08 Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure

    • November 8, 1993
    • CBS

    With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.

  • S04E09 Small Town Girl

    • November 15, 1993
    • CBS

    A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.

  • S04E10 Where There's Smoke

    • November 22, 1993
    • CBS

    Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.

  • S04E11 Chain of Fools

    • November 29, 1993
    • CBS

    A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.

  • S04E12 Sleepless in Arkansas

    • December 13, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.

  • S04E13 The Proof is in the Pudding

    • December 20, 1993
    • CBS

    Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.

  • S04E14 The People's Choice

    • January 3, 1994
    • CBS

    Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.

  • S04E15 Educating Calvin

    • January 10, 1994
    • CBS

    When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.

  • S04E16 Paint the Town Nude

    • January 17, 1994
    • CBS

  • S04E17 The Perfect Woman

    • January 31, 1994
    • CBS

    The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.

  • S04E18 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood

    • February 7, 1994
    • CBS

    Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.

  • S04E19 The Fabulous Frazier Girls

    • February 28, 1994
    • CBS

    Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.

  • S04E20 I Did, I Did

    • March 7, 1994
    • CBS

    On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.

  • S04E21 Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs

    • March 14, 1994
    • CBS

    The town is bankrupt and it's up to Mayor Wood to fix the problem; and he starts by attending a mayors conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

  • S04E22 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?

    • March 28, 1994
    • CBS

    Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.

  • S04E23 Wood Climbs to New Heights

    • April 11, 1994
    • CBS

    A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.

  • S04E24 Mama Knows Best

    • May 9, 1994
    • CBS

    Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.

  • S04E25 The Odder Couple

    • May 16, 1994
    • CBS

    To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.

  • S04E26 I Left My Ring in Evening Shade

    • May 23, 1994
    • CBS

    Nub becomes a chimney sweep. Meanwhile, Frieda's ex-husband returns with an unusual proposal: he wants to get married again, and wants Frieda to return his grandmother's ring so he can give it to his new spouse.