Dick and Joanna Loudon purchase the Stratford Inn, a remnant of colonial times in scenic Vermont. Their caretaker, George Utley, and his family have tended the inn for decades. Dick hires a maid, Leslie, and meets their next-door neighbor (and habitual liar) Kirk. The inn opens for business amid myriad start-up problems. Air Date : 25th-Oct-1982  Read More

Dick and Joanna learn that there's a body buried in the basement. The Loudons try to get the body moved to the church cemetery, only to find that she was a witch. Air Date : 1st-Nov-1982  Read More

Dick gets his hopes up after two city officials suggest he run for town council. Air Date : 8th-Nov-1982  Read More

Joanna falls through the ice at the annual River Day festival. Dick is on the outs when Joanna blames him for everything bad that happens in her life. Air Date : 15th-Nov-1982  Read More

Dick and the gang pitch in to help Kirk get the Minuteman up to code after its shut down. Air Date : 22nd-Nov-1982  Read More

Dick spirals into a profound depression after the Stratford is denied in its bid to be classified an historic landmark. Air Date : 29th-Nov-1982  Read More

Leslie's high school sweetheart returns from far off places to ask for her hand in marriage, to Kirk's obvious displeasure. Air Date : 6th-Dec-1982  Read More

Dick praises an aspiring writer's work to avoid hurting her feelings. The writer's enthusiastic husband quits his job to allow his wife to write full time. It's up to Dick to secure her an agent and teach her to write, all before their savings runs out in a month and a half. Air Date : 13th-Dec-1982  Read More

The inn is swamped when 24 guests are snowed in on Christmas Eve. While Kirk tries to keep the guests entertained, Dick tries to find room for a traveller named Joseph and his pregnant wife. Air Date : 20th-Dec-1982  Read More

A U.S. Senator's wife checks into the inn and holds a press conference to announce she's divorcing her inattentive husband. Air Date : 27th-Dec-1982  Read More

Dick jeopardizes Leslie's lifelong dream of becoming a world-class skier when he accidentally falls on her. Air Date : 3rd-Jan-1983  Read More

George's old flame visits the inn. Both are disappointed when the other isn't as they remember. Air Date : 10th-Jan-1983  Read More

Dick and Joanna cant wait for their 'fun' friends to visit, but soon become perturbed after their friends treat the Loudons not as friends, but innkeepers. Air Date : 17th-Jan-1983  Read More

Leslie's attractive cousin Stephanie visits Vermont to settle her emotions as she nears her wedding day. Stephanie soon finds herself lusting after Kirk. Air Date : 31st-Jan-1983  Read More

Washed-up comic Manny Silver visits the Stratford, reminding Dick of the 'debt' he owes Manny for starting his writing career. Manny shames Dick into letting him perform in the inn, over Joanna's strenuous objections. Air Date : 7th-Feb-1983  Read More

Kirk goes into the hospital for surgery to remove a foreign object from his nose, leaving Larry, Darryl and a very svelte Darryl in charge of the cafe. Dick and Joanna, about to go to New York for a writer's conference have to bail out the boys when an unexpected crowd turns up at the cafe. Air Date : 14th-Feb-1983  Read More

Dick, Kirk, and George go to Boston to use their bench passes for a Celtics game. Dick loses his pass. Meanwhile, Leslie and Joanna wait at the inn for incoming guest, Daniel J. Travanti. Air Date : 21st-Feb-1983  Read More

When Kirk's cafe is robbed, his history of deception comes back to haunt him as the insurance investigator refuses to believe his story. Air Date : 13th-Mar-1983  Read More

George is the town laughingstock when he claims to have spied an UFO. Air Date : 20th-Mar-1983  Read More

Dick inadvertently insults Joanna, calling her a homebody. Joanna takes a job with a travel agency in an attempt to assert herself. Air Date : 27th-Mar-1983  Read More

Kirk's grandmother visits on the same night he finally gets a date with Leslie. Air Date : 3rd-Apr-1983  Read More

Dick loves being 'just one of the guys' when Chester and Jim invite him to join their golf foursome. Dick is distressed to find that their gambling habit and lousy golfing abilities make him the big winner. Dick tries to figure out a way to give the money back without breaking 'the guy code'. Air Date : 10th-Apr-1983  Read More