Struggling to figure out where he fits in, Dean decides to pursue his calling as "The Great Uniter" and attempts to o...

While Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and ...

Dean stumbles upon some “racy literature” and shares it with friends at school. When he is caught by the school princ...

It’s “Take Your Son to Work Day” and Dean heads to band practice with Bill. But the “grown folks’ business” at the mu...

Dean is reluctant to attend the annual church lock-in until Kim tells him it’s where she got her first kiss. He enlis...

When Coach Long and Bill take the boys on a camping trip as part of their newly formed scout troop, their starkly dif...

As Kim’s campaign for a car coincides with the need to take Grandaddy Clisby’s keys away, Bill proposes a solution th...

After seeing Dean bullied by Michael after school Lillian goes to confront his parents and learns he needs more compa...

Dean can’t wait to spend Christmas with his older brother, Bruce, when he returns home from Vietnam. But adjusting to...

Bill and Lillian decide to join high society club Lads & Ladies as a way to introduce Kim and Dean to positive influe...

Brad works through his nerves preparing for his bar mitzvah speech while Dean ends his friendship with Keisa when Cha...

When Dean loses his position as first chair saxophone in the school band, Bill lays the pressure on him to earn it back.

Dean’s plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine’s Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first after a new mak...

The family spends spring break with Lillian's parents in the countryside, and Dean lies to his cousins about city lif...

When their teacher goes on maternity leave, Dean, Cory and Keisa are excited to be taught by Mr. Brady, the school’s ...

When Dean learns that Corey’s dad, Coach Long, is in the doghouse, he struggles to keep this secret from his friend.

Kim is excited to start her new job as a waitress at the local diner, which Dean adopts as his local hangout. When Ki...

When Dean comes down with the chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Grandaddy Clisby, Lillian forces...

Bruce returns home from Vietnam, and the family is shocked to find out he is dating an older woman with an 8-year-old...

Bill is excited to have made tenure at the university, only to find that his focus on career and family has cost him ...

Dean tries to impress Keisa's cool new boyfriend by inviting him and his friends to a party Kim is throwing while Bil...

It's the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around; Bill and Lillian each receive major career oppo...