Love, Sidney

1. Welcome Home

Air Date: 1981-10-28

Laurie and Patti move back in with Sidney when Laurie's marriage fails.

2. Piece of the Rock, A

Air Date: 1981-11-04

The trio are in danger of eviction when the building goes condo and the new rules limit occupancy to one family per unit.

3. The Party

Air Date: 1981-11-11

4. The Cat Burglar

Air Date: 1981-11-18

6. Run With It

Air Date: 1981-12-09

5. Just Folks

Air Date: 1981-12-02

Laurie's estranged parents come visit, and she learns that her father never told her mother about her many letters.

7. Fiddler Under the Roof

Air Date: 1981-12-16

Patti takes up the violin, an interest that plays on the nerves of Sidney and Laurie—until they learn that her teacher is virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.

8. Hello, Yetta

Air Date: 1981-12-30

Sidney sits in on a seance and asks to speak to his late mother Yetta.

9. Grade Expectations

Air Date: 1982-01-06

10. Charlotte's Web

Air Date: 1982-01-13

Laurie's boss goes after Sidney.

11. The Price of Security

Air Date: 1982-01-20

12. Sail Away

Air Date: 1982-02-03

14. Is There Life After Show Business?

Air Date: 1982-02-17

13. Laurie's First Date, A.D.

Air Date: 1982-02-10

Laurie considers marrying her new boyfriend.

15. Puppy Love

Air Date: 1982-02-24

Laurie tries to cure Patti and Sidney of their dog phobia.

16. Laurie's Commercial

Air Date: 1982-03-03

17. Patti the Torch

Air Date: 1982-03-17

A fire damages the apartment.

18. Patti's Roots

Air Date: 1982-03-31

19. Visitors from Smoot

Air Date: 1982-04-07

20. Sidney and the Actress

Air Date: 1982-06-16

21. The Activist

Air Date: 1982-09-08

22. Father's Day

Air Date: 1982-09-15

1. The Activist

Air Date: 1982-09-08

Laurie's bringing Patti to an anti-nuclear protest rally doesn't sit well with Sidney.

2. Father's Day

Air Date: 1982-09-15

Patti's biological father wants Patti to know the truth about him -- but Laurie doesn't.

3. Pros and Cons

Air Date: 1982-10-02

4. The Accident

Air Date: 1982-10-09

Sidney is racked with guilt when Patti lapses into a coma after falling from a swingset he built.

5. Sidney's Spree

Air Date: 1982-10-16

6. Sidney's Cousin

Air Date: 1982-10-23

7. The Anniversary

Air Date: 1982-10-30

It's the ninth anniversary of the day Sidney and Laurie first met.

8. Rhonda Rabbit

Air Date: 1982-11-06

9. Sitcom

Air Date: 1982-11-13

10. Jan (Part 1)

Air Date: 1982-11-27

Sidney tries to help a teenage prostitute get off the streets. (Part 1 of 2)

11. Jan (Part 2)

Air Date: 1982-12-04

12. Sidney's Hero

Air Date: 1982-12-11

Sidney's visiting uncle Mort is no longer the good man Sidney remembers.

13. Ballet

Air Date: 1982-12-18

Sidney worries about the stress Patti's undergoing because of her strict ballet teacher.

14. One is Enough

Air Date: 1983-03-28

Laurie's soap character undergoes a sex change and when Laurie begins using Sidney as inspiration for her work, he demands editorial rights.

15. Show Biz Mamas

Air Date: 1983-04-04

Patti auditions for a commercial.

16. Blinded

Air Date: 1983-04-11

Sidney and Patti are temporarily blinded by an accident during a repair of her dollhouse.

17. Sidney's Bar Mitzvah

Air Date: 1983-04-18

Sidney shocks a rabbi friend when he mentions he never had a bar mitzvah.

18. The Movie

Air Date: 1983-04-25

Laurie's birthday has her feeling old, so she goes on a date with a 21-year-old.

19. Sidney's Art Show

Air Date: 1983-05-02

Laurie enters Sidney's old paintings in an exhibition.

20. Alison (2)

Air Date: 1983-05-23

21. Alison (Part 2)

Air Date: 1983-05-16

22. Alison

Air Date: 1983-05-16

Sidney's fling with a female co-worker just doesn't work out. Guess Why?

23. The Shrink

Air Date: 1983-05-30

Sidney rescues a suicidal gay man, then is trapped into being his friend.

24. Surprise Party

Air Date: 1983-06-06

An opera star agrees to perform at Patti's birthday party, mercifully replacing Sidney's terrible clown act.