Shirley

S1 • E1

Is This What Dad Really Wanted?

Shirley Miller, a widow with four children, moves her family from New York to Lake Tahoe. Upon arrival they discover their new home is being fumigated.

S1 • E2

Hard Hat

Shirley is met with resentment by her boss and the men working at the construction firm where she has the job of paymaster.

S1 • E3

Son of a Gun

Shirley is unhappy when she learns that son Bill has discovered his father's gun. An intense discussion follows as to why she is uncomfortable with her child having a weapon.

S1 • E4

Things Your Mother Forgot to Tell You

Shirley becomes a substitute in a sex education class.

S1 • E5

The One That Got Away

Bill's haughty mother wants him to leave Shirley and the family and live permanently in Paris.

S1 • E6

Play on Words

A student athlete disrupts substitute teacher Shirley's class and she is angered when the vice-principal insists that she overlook the behavior.

S1 • E8

Twenty Years to Life

Shirley, while substitute teaching, flunks an elite athlete which keeps him benched. Shirley finds out the student's older brother is the vice principal at the school which creates conflict.

S1 • E9

Separate Agendas

Debra does not trust the divorced man (Edward Winter) who is going out of his way to get into Shirley's good graces.

S1 • E10

Visions of Christmas Past

Shirley is caught up in memories of her late husband as she sets off in a snow storm to buy a Christmas tree for her family.

S1 • E11

On the Skids

After several times going out with Lew Armitrage Shirley realizes he has a drinking problem.

S1 • E12

The Three Dates of Shirley Miller

S1 • E13

Teddy Roosevelt Slept Here

A historical society believes that Teddy Roosevelt once slept in Shirley's house and invade her home.