The Family Man

Season

1990

USA

6.7

A widowed fire chief tries to raise his four children with help from his father-in-law.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

Widower Jack Taylor tries to be both mother and father during his kids' first week back to school without their mother.

S1 • E2

Family Day

Jack tries to establish a new family tradition he calls "Family Day", despite his kids protests..

S1 • E3

Making Babies

After Jack reluctantly explains sex to Allison, she repeats his speech to a friend whose mother takes a very dim view of Jack's actions.

S1 • E4

Roommates

Steve and Brian's constant bickering causes Steve to separate the two guys and Steve's new roommate becomes Jeff, whose rules make Brian look pretty good.

S1 • E5

Tea for Two

S1 • E6

Drive My Car

S1 • E7

Torn Between Two Brothers

Jeff hits on Heather Lewis, a hot girl in the junior class, but she has eyes for Steve. This causes the brothers to fight.

S1 • E8

Fire Break

Jack decides to give up firefighting in order to ensure he's always around for his kids, but the kids see how miserable he is and try to convince him to get his job back.

S1 • E9

The New Guy

The new firefighter in Jack's fire house, Pat Jenkins, turns out to be a woman and Jack has to fight chauvinistic attitudes both at work and at home.

S1 • E10

The Coach

Jack coaches Brian's basketball team, who is two wins away from the championship, but gets flack from some of the parents and Brian when he jeopardizes winning the championship in order to give the team's weakest player a chance to play.

S1 • E11

Double Date

Steve tries juggling two dates at the Spring Dance despite his dad's warnings. Trouble ensues.

S1 • E12

My Little Runaway

Steve steals Allison's Buttercup cookie money in order to buy a cassette player. When Allison realized it's missing she thinks she's in trouble and runs away.

S1 • E13

Jack and Jill: Part 1

A TV reporter, Jill Nichols, does a feature story on Jack. Jill accidentally films Jack stepping out of the shower and they argue over the use of the footage. When the smoke finally clears their animosity turns to romance.

S1 • E14

Trading Places

Steve and Jack decide to see what it's like to walk a mile in each others' moccasins and switch places for the weekend.

S1 • E15

Jack and Jill: Part 2

Jack and Jill start dating, but they have trouble when they realize the big gap between Jack's family oriented lifestyle and Jill's career-oriented life.

S1 • E16

You Bet Your Life

S1 • E17

Scenes from a Marriage

Jack and Joe end up at a family counselor when they can't settle an argument over household rules.

S1 • E18

A Tiny Advantage

Jack attempts to use Tiny, a sizable kid from the high school football team, as a ringer to win a fire department competition, but ends up hurting Tiny's feelings instead.

S1 • E19

Throw Momma from the House

Jack's mom, who drives him crazy, visits from San Francisco and announces her intention to move to Los Angeles, and he tries to talk her out of it.

S1 • E20

Father Figure

Patrick stays with the Taylor's for the weekend and Jack teaches him guy stuff since Patrick's own dad isn't around. Allison gets jealous.

S1 • E21

The Boss's Daughter

Jack invites his boss to dinner in order to get a promotion and gets roped into dating the Commissioner's crazy daughter, Glenn. Glenn jeopardizes Jack's chance at a raise.