S1 • E1
Tom Nash trades in his network newsman job to write a human interest column for a Chicago newspaper, moving to Wisconsin with his two children. He begins by exploring women's anger toward men by hiring a female assistant and visiting the woman he stood up on prom night.
S1 • E2
Tom attempts to find out why men are not open with their feelings by hosting a bonding party for men.
S1 • E3
Tom's depressed friend Teddy (Austin Pendleton) has come for a visit. Teddy draws a bird-based comic strip for Joe and is set to quit drawing.
S1 • E4
Tony Nash's meeting with an Episcopal cleric causes him to question his current standing as a lapsed Catholic.
S1 • E5
Tom buys a classic Corvette from Bill. Bill turns out to be Lillian's no-good ex-husband.
S1 • E6
Tom's preliminary results of his physical reveal he's in great shape but a chest X-ray casts a spot of doubt, requiring further tests.
S1 • E7
Tom Nash begins substitute teaching and discovers it is not easy and happily accepts advice.
S1 • E8
It is the first anniversary of Lillian's divorce from Bill. She is not doing well. Neither is Tom who has trouble with the concept.
S1 • E9
Tom considers writing about his memories and the loss of his wife but his kids consider her a forbidden subject for his column.
S1 • E10
Robert learns the true identity of Kathleen in the conclusion of a two part episode.
S1 • E11
Holly's free-spirited sister Drew returns and makes good copy for Tom's newspaper column.
S1 • E12
Tom has writer's block and pressure mounts for his next column.
S1 • E13
Bill claims to have a spring well in the back of his property and starts a successful bottle water business. Tom uncovers his fraud.
S1 • E14
Lillian's mother is coming for a visit. The problem is that Lillian has been lying about being married to Tom. Now, everybody has to play along.
S1 • E15
Joe's estranged daughter Lisa (Kiersten Warren) is visiting. He is fighting with his ex-wife. Lisa reveals that they are planning to move to Paris.
S1 • E16
There is a proposal to put Tom's columns together into a book but he's distracted. Rachel is out on a date - with a teenage boy.
S1 • E17
Bill gets Nelson a gun for his birthday gift. Bill invites Tom to a father and son duck hunting trip.
Tom Nash
Lillian Abernathy
Rachel Nash
Danny Nash
Holly Baker
Joe Baines
Bill
Nelson
Davey
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