Here We Go Again

- Season 1

(1973)

Recent divorcée Susan Standish marries Richard Evans in a Las Vegas chapel. Returning home, the two reside in Susan's home with her two young daughters Cindy and Jan. Their new domestic life is complicated by Susan's playboy ex-husband Jerry and Richard's former wife Judy, who lives nearby with his teen-aged son Jeff. In the series opener, Susan arranges a cocktail party, unaware that it falls on the same night as Jeff's high school graduation. The situation becomes even stickier when former spouses Judy and Jerry crash Richard and Susan's party.

On the pretext of visiting his daughters, Jerry has become a regular visitor to the Evans household. When Susan's attractive younger sister Lori comes to stay for a visit, Jerry's appearances become even more frequent. Susan attempts to steer Jerry's interest toward Richard's ex-wife Judy, but he only has eyes for an impressionable Laurie... and, it appears that the attraction is reciprocated.

Sensitivity to age becomes a problem for Richard as his 40th birthday approaches. Wanting to prove that he hasn't lost his youth, he challenges Jerry to a tennis match. Unknown to Richard, Jerry is a proficient player with awards for his athleticism. Susan secretly persuades Jerry to throw the match for her new husband's sake, but when Richard discovers the truth, he insists that his opponent fight a fair game.

Richard and Judy's season tickets to the Lakers basketball games suddenly become an issue of community property. It's playoff time for the team, and five people want to attend. However, there are only three tickets. How to divide them fairly among the new families is the humorously tricky issue to solve.

Richard and Susan are in desperate need of a little privacy. They arrange a leisurely Sunday afternoon just for two, but their plans go completely awry as ex-spouses, children, and unexpected intruders provide a steady stream of interruptions to their time alone. Finally, Richard proposes a rather unorthodox solution to help the couple achieve some peace.

Phil, Richard's good friend, needs consolation when his wife decides she wants him out of their house. He turns to Richard, now an expert in divorce and remarriage. Through a series of flashbacks, Richard recounts the circumstances leading to the termination of his own marriage to Judy, and how he came to start all over again with Susan.

While shopping at the supermarket, Judy meets eligible bachelor Glen over a box of laundry detergent and quickly begins to dream of remarriage. The whirlwind romance pleases Susan, who hopes it will result in the end of Richard's alimony payments. However, a suspicious Richard begins to suspect that Glen isn't the Prince Charming he appears to be.

Former spouses Jerry and Susan find it difficult to completely put their shared past behind them, when the Internal Revenue Services orders an audit of their joint taxes from 1969. The issue at hand is Jerry's undisclosed poker winnings, but no one seems to remember them. It's up to Richard to get to the bottom of the problem.

Jerry introduces his daughters to the free spirited Linda, his latest in a line of girlfriends. Problems arise as Linda's nonconformist attitude makes quite an impression on the girls, particularly Cindy. When her school grades begin to slip, Susan worries about how to be a good parent while dealing the ever- changing mores of society.

Jerry offers Jeff a summer job working in his restaurant to make some money before starting college in the fall. However, Jeff soon finds the attention of attractive customers and Jerry's swinging lifestyle far too enticing to ignore. When he contemplates forgoing college to continue working, Judy and Richard are none too pleased with his decision or Jerry's help.

Bill Norton, an old friend of Richard's, is running for the local assemblyman's office. Richard is dismayed when Susan decides to support his opposition. Since Bill once saved Richard's life, he insists upon demonstrating loyalty to his friend, leading to marital discord with Susan. After researching Bill's political record, Richard too must choose between loyalty and voting his conscience.

Judy is faced with a second chance at love when Jim Sutton, an old flame, suddenly re-enters her life again. Although he's not exactly her ideal mate, his attention to Judy makes it difficult for her to contemplate saying no to a proposal. Unsure of what to do, she turns to an unlikely source for advice... her ex-husband Richard.

In the last episode of the series, Jeff must decide which college he wants to attend in the fall. His preference for one away from home doesn't sit well with Judy. When everyone else in the family seems to have opinion about where he should enroll, Richard and Susan and Judy and Jerry all accompany him on a college tour, resulting in a sentimental journey to their own days of youth.