Too Close for Comfort

- Season 1

(1980)

It is getting a little crowded in the Rush family's duplex row house. Sisters Jackie and Sara want to move out, but their father, Henry, doesn't like the idea of two young girls living in the big city by themselves. However, they might be headed to a win-win situation when Jackie and Sara contemplate on renting the downstairs apartment from their dad.

Sara goes on a trip to Lake Tahoe with her friends, and Henry panics after he inadvertently finds birth control pills in her room.

Henry and Muriel hire two ex-convicts to repair a damaged wall in their kitchen. Meanwhile, Jackie was tasked to deposit a large sum of money for her work at the bank. When the bank closes before she gets there, Jackie had to take the cash home. As a result, Henry tries to hide the cash, not wanting the ex-cons to spot it.

On the Rushes 24th Anniversary, Monroe Ficus follows Sarah home. Then he never leaves.

Sarah gets a job as a waitress. Muriel moves in with Jackie and Sarah after a fight with Henry over Sarah's new job.

Mildred Rafkin, the sister of the former tenant of Jackie and Sara's apartment, returns to claim her late brother's belongings, including all the furniture. With an unfurnished apartment, the girls find another apartment to rent, albeit in a seedy and high-crime neighborhood.

Sara is a new hire at Jackie's bank. Jackie is suspicious when her boss promotes Sara to a manager level position after only a week on the job.

Henry's comic book company is being acquired by Wainwright Publishings, and he thinks his job is in jeopardy when new boss Arthur Wainwright prefers to hire more youthful people.

Sara rents her apartment to a film crew for a movie, which involves live animals. Unfortunately, one of the animals, a male lion, escapes and ventures into Henry and Muriel's apartment during their dinner engagement with Arthur Wainwright.

Monroe feels it's time to finally lose his virginity. Henry hopes talking will help, while Sara thinks a sex surrogate is a better idea. Oddly enough, Mrs. Rafkin may be the answer.

Muriel's friend from college, Sylvia Walker, pays her a visit after undergoing a divorce. While left alone with Henry, Sylvia makes advances towards him.

Rich Holland, Muriel's old drummer, is in town. Rich takes a liking to Jackie, which does not exactly thrill Muriel.

Arthur Wainwright gives Henry an assignment that requires him to work overnight, which is a huge burden for Henry as he has jury duty. Therefore, Muriel, Jackie and Monroe take turns keeping Henry awake at night.

Henry's father, Huey, gets kicked out of his retirement home and is thinking of venturing out on his own. Meanwhile, Jackie is considering moving to New York for a new job opportunity.

An "oversexed quarterback" chooses Muriel to photograph him nude.

Jackie is dating a married (actually separated) man.

Henry and Muriel go on a skiing trip, which gives Sara the opportunity to offer her parents' apartment to Monroe to stay during Spring Break, as Monroe's parents do not want him to visit.

Henry loses his job when he writes a satire of Cosmic Cow and Nancy Reagan fixing the country's problems. To combat the salary loss, Muriel takes a job and the Rushes deal with the role reversal.

The Rush's hire a medium to conduct a séance for Miss Rafkin, as she thinks her late brother is trying to communicate with her from the other side.