Mark Neely

Reverend Alden offers 15-year-old Mary her first temporary teaching position in a backwoods community. Unfortunately, it ends up being one of the most difficult jobs a young girl could ever encounter. Now she must decide if her career - not to mention her family values - are worth putting up the fight of her life.

It's mass confusion at the Harper household when Mama becomes hooked on television shopping. Surrounded by the clutter of her purchases and tired of fending for themselves, the family decides to cure Mama of her addiction with their own hysterical form of "adversion therapy".

Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason uses the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor. The founder of the company is Julia Sugarbaker, a sharp-tongued but elegant and surprisingly compassionate woman. Her younger sister, Suzanne, is a former beauty queen who is long on charm but a bit slow on the uptake. Their associates are Mary Jo Shively, a recent divorcee, and officer manager Charlene Frazier, whose sweetness is matched only by her naivete. Their deliverman is Anthony Bouvier, a well-spoken ex-convict, and cheerfully dotty senior citizen Bernice Clifton often drops by for a visit as well.

Kimberly takes an unchaperoned ski trip with a girlfriend, and Drummond pays her a surprise visit.

At work Larry (MARK LINN‑BAKER) meets Bunky (MARK NEELY), a fellow who used to treat him miserably in high school. However, now Bunky seems impressed when Wainwright (F.J. O'NEIL) tells Larry that an article he wrote is Pulitzer Prize material. Bunky invites Larry, Balki (BRONSON PINCHOT) and their dates to the exclusive Midtown Club for a formal dinner dance.