Evening Shade

1. A Day in the Life of Wood Newton

Air Date: 1990-09-21

On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.

2. There Once Was A Boy Named Wood

Air Date: 1990-09-28

Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.

3. Whatever Happened to Clutch Newton?

Air Date: 1990-10-05

On seeing an old game film, Wood discovers his most celebrated high school touchdown catch was actually out of bounds.

4. Sadie Hawkins Dance

Air Date: 1990-10-16

During Sadie Hawkins week, the football team begins a seven-day series of pranks on Coach Newton.

5. Fast Women

Air Date: 1990-10-29

Ava asks Wood to talk with both their son, Taylor, and her father about their choice in dates.

6. The Moustache Show

Air Date: 1990-10-02

Ava's high-school flame visits; Will shaves off half of Wood's moustache.

7. All for Charity

Air Date: 1990-11-09

Hoping to win Wood's favour, Herman, at a fundraiser, bids for and wins a weekend with Wood and his family.

8. Something to Hold Onto

Air Date: 1990-11-19

Wood and the rest of town tutor the football players in algebra so they won't fail their classes and be barred from a big game.

9. Mr. Mom

Air Date: 1990-11-26

With Ava's prosecutorial work taking her away from her household duties, a miserable Wood has to take up the slack.

10. Hooray for Wood

Air Date: 1990-12-10

Wood gets a bit part when a movie company and its temperamental star arrive to shoot a Civil War mini-series.

11. The Wood Who Stole Christmas

Air Date: 1990-12-17

Tired of his kids' materialism, Wood gives their presents to a needy family.

12. Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline

Air Date: 1991-01-07

Wood and Ava are asked to dinner by a married couple—who turn out to be swingers into spouse-swapping.

13. Wood's Thirtieth Reunion

Air Date: 1991-01-21

At his 30-year high school reunion, Wood hooks up with two old pals and one old flame.

14. Vote Early and Vote Often

Air Date: 1991-01-28

Wood and Ava recall how friends rallied to help her get elected Prosceuting Attorney over her opponent Jim Guy Puckett.

15. Chip Off the Old Brick

Air Date: 1991-02-04

Herman's big, blustery father comes to visit, but talks football with Wood and chases after Frieda more than he sees his son.

16. The Trials of Wood Newton

Air Date: 1991-02-11

Wood must testify against Evan, who's being defended by his daughter Ava.

17. Into the Woods

Air Date: 1991-02-18

On Wood's annual deer-hunting trip, a local legend deer drops dead in front of his cabin—outside official hunting grounds.

18. Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack

Air Date: 1991-02-21

A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.

19. Gambler Anonymous

Air Date: 1991-03-04

Wood tries to keep secret the presence of his guest: old acquaintance country-music singer Kenny Rogers.

20. Sex Education

Air Date: 1991-03-24

An in-over-his-head Herman substitute teaches a class in sex education, and calls in ""expert"" Wood.

21. I am Wood, Hear Me Roar

Air Date: 1991-04-01

Two female students attempt to join the football team.

22. Herman and Margaret Sitting in a Tree

Air Date: 1991-04-08

Herman's relationship with Margaret hits a snag when she refuses to be seen with Herman on a formal ""date"".

23. Far from the Madden Crowd

Air Date: 1991-04-29

Ava goes into labor the night of the Booster Club Sports banquest, to which Wood has invited his football archrival Terry Bradshaw.

24. The Baby Show

Air Date: 1991-05-06

Ava rides in the back of Ponder's catering truck on a chaotic ride to the hospital.

1. Three Naked Men (Part 1)

Air Date: 1991-09-16

War breaks out between the women and the men on a segregated camping expedition after Wood scares the girls with his bear costume and gets whacked with a shovel—and culminates with the women abandoning the men during their ritual skinny-dipping. (Part 1 of 2)

2. Three Naked Men (Part 2)

Air Date: 1991-09-23

The women begin to feel guilty about having abandoned the men naked in the woods. (Part 2 of 2)

3. I'm With Stupid

Air Date: 1991-09-30

Molly caves in under pressure from her boyfriend and agrees to take part in a beauty contest.

4. Tying the Knot

Air Date: 1991-10-07

Wood accompanies Will to the hospital when the boy needs a tonsillectomy—and decides that while he's there he might as well have a vasectomy.

5. Miss Emily's Wild Ride

Air Date: 1991-10-14

6. The Road Trip

Air Date: 1991-10-21

7. Winning Isn't Everything

Air Date: 1991-10-28

The fate of the Evening Shade football program rests on the shoulder pads of Wood's new quarterback. Buddy: Buddy Reynolds. Harlan: Charles Durning. Wood: Burt Reynolds. Herman: Michael Jeter.

8. Where's My Watch?

Air Date: 1991-11-11

9. I Do, I Don't

Air Date: 1991-11-18

Taylor and Aimee decide to marry.

10. The Thanksgiving Show

Air Date: 1991-11-25

11. Busted

Air Date: 1991-12-09

12. Rear Window

Air Date: 1991-12-16

Wood gets stuck in the bathroom window.

13. The Getaway

Air Date: 1992-01-06

14. Herman In Charge

Air Date: 1992-01-13

Wood and Ava leave Herman alone with the kids.

15. The Au Pair Affair

Air Date: 1992-01-27

Ava feels displaced by the Newstons' talented au pair girl.

16. Goin' To the Chapel (Part 1)

Air Date: 1992-02-03

Wood must express the family's concern over Evan's wedding. (Part 1 of 3)

17. Goin' To the Chapel (Part 2)

Air Date: 1992-02-24

Fontana calls off the wedding. (Part 2 of 3)

18. Goin' to the Chapel (Part 3)

Air Date: 1992-03-02

Fontana decides to proceed with the wedding; Merleen meets her daughter. (Part 3 of 3)

19. Play Herman For Me

Air Date: 1992-03-09

20. Callous Hearts of Rage

Air Date: 1992-03-23

21. Taylor Buys A Car

Air Date: 1992-04-06

22. Hasta la vista, Baby

Air Date: 1992-05-04

Herman takes humiliating work after losing his teaching job due to budget cuts.

23. Cousin Readith

Air Date: 1992-05-11

Wood learns his bully cousin plans to visit.

24. No Pain, No Gain

Air Date: 1992-05-18

25. The Perfect Birthday Party, Sort Of

Air Date: 1992-05-18

1. First Heroes

Air Date: 1992-09-21

Taylor returns, transformed by his three months in Amsterdam; Wood's late father's store is slated to be demolished.

2. The Diary of Molly Newton

Air Date: 1992-09-28

Wood is having trouble dealing with Molly's growing womanhood— even before he discovers her erotic diary. And he totally overreacts to her first ""date"" (slides at the church followed by ice cream). Meanwhile, Harlan's visiting inlaws are putting a damper on his sex life.

3. You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You

Air Date: 1992-10-05

Ava sends Wood to investigate when Harlan rents property to a massage parlor.

4. What A Night

Air Date: 1992-10-12

Dumped by his girlfriend, Taylor quits the football team.

5. Father-Child Campout

Air Date: 1992-10-19

Wood cajoles Will into a father/son camping trip.

6. The Hole Story

Air Date: 1992-10-26

Events get out of hand when a hole in a bedroom wall resembles Abraham Lincoln.

7. Harlan Deals A Meal

Air Date: 1992-11-09

Harlan fibs about his weight loss to Richard Simmons, then persuades Herman to impersonate him.

8. The Resurrection of Wood Newton

Air Date: 1992-11-16

Ava is voted ""Arkansas Prosecuting Attorney of the Year.""

9. The NFL on CBS

Air Date: 1992-11-23

Wood forgets his anniversary when he gets a chance to be on ""The NFL Today.""

10. The Really Odd Couple

Air Date: 1992-12-07

Herman moves in with Freida when his building goes condominium.

11. Carl the Mule

Air Date: 1992-12-14

A frustrated Wood resigns as team coach, and is replaced by Herman.

12. I'll Be Home For Christmas

Air Date: 1992-12-21

...but Wood and Herman may not be, as they are stranded when their car breaks down on the way home from being Will an elusive gift available only out of town.

13. Freida and the Preacher

Air Date: 1993-01-04

Freida falls for a man at the ice cream parlour, only to discover that he is the new preacher.

14. Private School

Air Date: 1993-01-18

The Oakwood Academy, an exclusive private school Molly wants to attend, scrutinizes Wood and Ava, who discover they must pass an exam before Molly can be admitted. Meanwhile, Nab goes on a date with Amanda.

15. Ava Takes a Shower (1)

Air Date: 1993-02-01

Ava hosts Fontana's baby shower, and wants Herman, who has joined Reba McEntire's security team, to get her to entertain.

16. Ava Takes a Shower (2)

Air Date: 1993-02-08

Rebuffed by Reba McEntire, Ava still persists in planning the baby shower all by herself.

17. They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)

Air Date: 1993-02-15

Ava invites sixties civil rights leader Aurelia Danforth to a Martin Luther King commemoration, then discovers that the guest has a past involving Ponder. (First of two parts)

18. They Can't Take That Away from Me (2)

Air Date: 1993-02-15

19. She What?!

Air Date: 1993-03-01

Taylor's girlfriend elopes with the school hunk.

20. Another Baby Shower

Air Date: 1993-03-15

Fontana goes into labour, but Evan can't be reached.

21. Cousins Behind Bars

Air Date: 1993-03-22

22. Mommy Goes AWOL

Air Date: 1993-04-12

Fontana despairs of her mothering abilities when only Evan can quiet baby Scout.

23. Teaching Is A Good Thing

Air Date: 1993-05-03

Herman is ashamed to tell his mentor that he has lost his teaching job.

24. Saint Bobby

Air Date: 1993-05-10

Wood thinks a college footbal coach is interested in Taylor.

25. The Graduation

Air Date: 1993-05-17

Herman books John Denver for Taylor's graduation but gets Bob Denver instead.

1. Four Naked Women

Air Date: 1993-09-20

After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.

2. One Down, Three to Go

Air Date: 1993-09-27

Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.

3. One Hot Game

Air Date: 1993-10-04

Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.

4. Witness for the Prosecution

Air Date: 1993-10-11

Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.

5. Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman

Air Date: 1993-10-18

Herman has some bad news for the returning Margaret (who has some for him in return). Herman confesses that he cheated on Margaret by kissing the ice cream woman—but only after Margaret confesses to kissing a man during her trip to Greece.

6. Night of the Living Newtons

Air Date: 1993-10-25

Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.

7. The Dance

Air Date: 1993-11-01

Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.

8. Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure

Air Date: 1993-11-08

With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.

9. Small Town Girl

Air Date: 1993-11-15

A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.

10. Where There's Smoke

Air Date: 1993-11-22

Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.

11. Chain of Fools

Air Date: 1993-11-29

A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.

12. Sleepless in Arkansas

Air Date: 1993-12-13

Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.

13. The Proof is in the Pudding

Air Date: 1993-12-20

Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.

14. The People's Choice

Air Date: 1994-01-03

Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.

15. Educating Calvin

Air Date: 1994-01-10

When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.

16. Paint the Town Nude

Air Date: 1994-01-17

17. The Perfect Woman

Air Date: 1994-01-31

The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.

18. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood

Air Date: 1994-02-07

Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.

19. The Fabulous Frazier Girls

Air Date: 1994-02-28

Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.

20. I Did, I Did

Air Date: 1994-03-07

On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.

21. Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs

Air Date: 1994-03-14

The town is bankrupt and it's up to Mayor Wood to fix the problem; and he starts by attending a mayors conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

22. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?

Air Date: 1994-03-28

Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.

23. Wood Climbs to New Heights

Air Date: 1994-04-11

A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.

24. Mama Knows Best

Air Date: 1994-05-09

Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.

25. The Odder Couple

Air Date: 1994-05-16

To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.

26. I Left My Ring in Evening Shade

Air Date: 1994-05-23

Nub becomes a chimney sweep. Meanwhile, Frieda's ex-husband returns with an unusual proposal: he wants to get married again, and wants Frieda to return his grandmother's ring so he can give it to his new spouse.