It Takes Two

Season

1982

6.6

Sam and Molly Quinn are two hardworking career people just too busy with their careers (he's a doctor, she's a lawyer) to pay attention to each other or their teenagers.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Sam and Molly

In the pilot episode, we learn that Molly's new career as a lawyer threatens Sam's traditional role as the family breadwinner.

S1 • E2

Turnabout

Sam is left home to do the chores while Molly is working an Mama is attending a party.

S1 • E3

Death Penalty

Molly prosecutes a man that killed six women and argues for the death penalty. Sam does all he can for a patient who may be near the end of his life.

S1 • E4

Promises in the Dark

Sam's experiencing impotency. Molly is up for a seat on a prestigious law committee.

S1 • E5

Heartbreak

Lisa takes an interest in the son of a family friend, who is seeing another girl on the side. Sam learns Molly's become more financially independent.

S1 • E6

Hello, I Must Be Going

After a med school friend dies, Sam re-evaluates his life. Lisa has been caught skipping class.

S1 • E7

Andy and the Older Woman

Andy is seeing a 35 year old divorcee and introduces her to everyone. Lisa makes a documentary about the family for a social studies project.

S1 • E8

A Healthy Romance

Molly receives a death threat from a mobster she prosecuted, so she uses her father's old gun to protect herself. Mama's beau proposes but she has second thoughts.

S1 • E9

An Affair to Remember

A sexy patient tries to seduce Sam. Molly thinks Sam is having an affair.

S1 • E10

Mister Molly Quinn

Sam feels left out when he accompanies Molly to a women's law conference in New York. Mama entertains Lisa with family stories when a blackout occurs during a snowstorm.

S1 • E11

Anniversary

It's Molly and Sam's 20th anniversary but work responsibilities prevent them from spending time together. Andy thinks he might have a venereal disease.

S1 • E12

The Choice

Sam is involved in a euthanasia case at the hospital. Molly helps Mama when Mama and a friend are arrested for illegal gambling.

S1 • E13

Looks Bad, Feels Good

Sam, Molly and Mama are held at gunpoint by an unhappy former patient. Caroline needs surgery on her knee.

S1 • E14

Lying Down on the Job

Sam tries to help Molly get a prostitute to testify in a criminal case and is arrested by an undercover cop who thinks he's soliciting sex. Chaiken covets a special award that will be handed out at the hospital.