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Newspaper columnist Dave Barry deals with everyday life in the suburbs.

A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...

In New York City, friends Annie, Roger, and Elliot work in a personnel agency. Divorcee Didi offers dating advice to the love-seeking Annie and the others.

A criminal lawyer and his promoter son, who no longer understand each other well, face each other in the case of a beautiful woman.

The story takes place in 1910, Texas. Nineteen-year-old Horace Robedaux (Tim Guinee).

Twelve years ago, Lacey was raped and had a son as a result. Now her rapist is out on parole, and since he's the boy's father and has shown signs of rehabilitation, a judge has granted him visitation rights. Slowly but predictably, Lacey realizes things just aren't right with him, but thanks to her rapist's manipulation, everybody she knows, from her boss to her friends, dismisses her feelings and thinks she's crazy. Meanwhile, her attacker is primed to finish what he started twelve years ago.

Convinced his narrow escape from a mattress fire is a sign from God to mend his ways, Roger sets his sights on Annie. Charlotte Rae makes a cameo appearance as Annie's bitter client.

Beth's pregnancy scare becomes the topic of gossip before Dave finds out, and then he wonders whether or not he should have a vasectomy because two children are enough.

Dave and Beth decide to have a backyard pool installed. But cranky new neighbor Mr. Maxwell and a widowed longtime neighbor waxing wistful about her marriage both complicate things, as does Mia's idea to hire bumbling Eric to do the job.

To satisfy Tommy's need for privacy, he Barrys build him a tree house with a view of the neighbors' second-floor bedroom window. Said neighbors leave their Venetian blinds open during intimacy.

Dave is determined to ensure his boys the opportunity to pick a jack-o-lantern from a real pumpkin patch.

Dave gets an unwelcome taste of life as a celebrity when a photo of him next to a mobster becomes tabloid fodder.

A column of Dave's, based on an anecdote from Shel, is optioned by a movie studio, and Dave and his pal collaborate on the script. Brandon Tartikoff plays a studio executive.

Willie looses his stuffed bear and thinks his classmate Stefan Yosway took it, so he retaliates by stealing Stefan's personal organizer. Dave and Beth try to return the organizer to Stefan's pretentious parents, in return for the bear.

Eric's dad returns from a lengthy fishing trip with a woman named Helen. Eric is unhappy about it because he was expecting a puppy instead, so Dave and Beth intervene and try to put an end to the family friction.

After Dave grounds Tommy for a prank that Tommy claims he didn't do, he and the gang get into a brawl at Eric's bachelor party.

A domineering agent (Beatrice Arthur) pushes even laid-back Dave to the limit. Wink Martindale appears as himself.

The Barry's get a visit from Beth's mother for Thanksgiving.

Beth helps out with the second grade candy sale. Kenny and Shel are making bets on everything. Julie exploits Tommy's school car wash in order to find dates.

The Barrys host a dinner party fraught with diffident guests, a slobbering dog, Eric;'s inept plumbing skills, a malfunctioning toilet, and a misplaced kiddie toy..

Shel has trouble with his inept receptionist and attends a car show with Dave and Eric, while Mia delves into astrology and Tommy plagiarizes one of Dave's columns for a school project.

Shel serves on a jury. Julie reunites with an ex-boyfriend. Mia takes Dave's creative writing lectures at a local college, forcing Dave to ruminate over how to tell her that she has no writing talent.