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This nostalgic family comedy, which series creator Gary David Goldberg loosely based on his own childhood, chronicles life in 1956 Brooklyn, N.Y., from the perspective of Alan Silver, a middle-class Jewish 14-year-old who shares an apartment with his parents -- George, a postal worker, and Phyllis, who also works outside the home -- and his younger brother, Nathaniel. Phyllis' parents, Jules and Sophie, live in the same building. Alan is dating Katie Monahan, a Catholic girl, which is hard for his grandmother to accept, although in every other respect Sophie is stern but loving and tolerant.
S1, EP12 "Ovaltine and Sympathy"
A teacher whom Nathaniel worships marries and moves to Japan; Benny's conscience bothers him after he forges a note from his mother.
S1, EP13 "Boys and Girls Together"
Benny is too shy to ask a girl out on a date, so to help him out, Alan asks Karen Frankel, a classmate Benny has always liked, to a couples-only party, and asks Katie to go with Benny, then they will trade later on.
S1, EP11 "Where Have You Gone, Jackie Robinson?"
The weekly Cousins Club meeting; Jackie Robinson has been traded to the arch-rival New York Giants; Aunt Miriam chooses that time to reveal that Uncle Willy cheated on her with a model named Cookie LaBarbera.
S1, EP8 "Old Fools"
Nathaniel is upset when Jules and Myron have a falling out at the weekly Friday night poker game and stop speaking to each other. Uncle Joel is helping George and Phyllis get through an income tax audit.
