Life with Lucy

- Season 1

(1986)

Lucy moves in with her kids just as Curtis arrives from Hawaii. He is upset at what Lucy did to the store while he was gone. Lucy makes a mess when an industrial size fire extinguisher malfunctions. Curtis moves in with the family.

John Ritter stops by the hardware store and, after a series of painful mishaps, ends up staying at the family's home. Lucy accompanies him to a play he is appearing in.

Lucy's old flame Ben comes to town looking to enlist M&B Hardware as a supplier. Lucy and Ben rekindle their old romance, which causes Lucy have to make a difficult decision about her future.

With competition from other hardware stores, Lucy gets Curtis booked on a local morning TV show as Mr. Fix-It. Lucy goes along as his helper and ends up super gluing herself to Curtis and the hosts.

While clearing out the basement, Lucy finds her old saxophone. She wants to teach her granddaughter to play, but Becky isn't very enthusiastic and doesn't know how to tell Lucy the truth.

Lucy's attempt to computerize M&B Hardware results in a a shop full of lawnmowers and with Curtis listed in the obituary column.

At a yard sale, Kevin's favorite Teddy Bear is accidentally sold. When Lucy offers a $50 reward for its return, the woman who bought the bear asks for $500, so Lucy takes her to small claims court.

When Ted and Margo decide to renew their wedding vows, Lucy's sister Audrey (Audrey Meadows) drops by for a visit and starts to take over the entire event.

After M&B Hardware is robbed, Lucy rents a guard goose to protect the store. When Curtis accidentally injuries the goose, Lucy takes it home to nurse the feisty bird back to health.

Curtis is building a tree house for Kevin and Lucy is buying Becky fancy new clothes. Ted and Margo come to the conclusion that their parents are spoiling the kids. When Kevin overhears his grandparents' solution is to move out, he removes the ladder to the tree house stranding them in a rain storm.

Lucy's breakfast energy drink is so unpalatable that the entire family dump it into a potted plant. When they come home, the plant has tripled in size. Realizing that Lucy may have invented a new miracle fertilizer, the pressure is on for her to recreate the concoction. But when Lucy can't recall the recipe, Curtis's dreams of fame and fortune wilt.

Curtis wants to retire so he sells his half of the store to Lucy. Lucy's extravagant spending threatens the store with bankruptcy while Curtis gets bored with making birdhouses at home. When Lucy interviews prospective new partners, Curtis swallows his pride and asks her to take him back again.

Becky signs up Lucy for her school's Grandma Talent Contest. Unfortunately, Lucy doesn't sing, dance, tell jokes, or do magic, so she decides to do a dramatic recitation so as not to disappoint her grandchildren.