Philip's widowed mother, Hattie Banks, arrives in Bel-Air to spend time with the family, but finds herself spending even more time with Ed Downer, the local handyman.
Kayson, a married man, tries to start a romance with Susan by asking her to dinner. Deb unknowingly eats LSD-laced chocolates. Carol takes an interest in a Russian girl abandoned in the ER.
After her husband (Kevin McCarthy) is murdered, an actress neighbor (Kate Mulgrew) involves Jessica in the investigation into the crime.
Kevin has his first confrontation with death when his Aunt Rose passes away.
Jonathan tries to reunite a Soviet emigre and her long-lost son; guests Nehemiah Persoff, Liam Sullivan.