Grace has divorced her abusive husband and is faced with supporting their three children. In the premiere episode, she takes a job at an oil refinery and dates the local druggist. Quentin gets into…

Quentin's bad moods are puzzling to Grace. Perhaps he needs a male role model. Grace tells Russell that she is not ready to have a new relationship. These serious discussions take place up on the r…

Grace and Nadine take a night out and flirt with some frat boys, while Russell and Wade try to steal Russell's dog which his ex-wife got as part of the property settlement.

Grace is angry when her paycheck is attached to pay the back taxes of her ex-husband; Russell's ex-wife upsets a date with Grace when she decides to return to him.

The 'nice' guy Grace meets, at the behest of Nadine to attend a 'second time around' meeting, turns out to be Nadine's first husband (of three, she married the second twice. Wade is #4).

Faith asks Grace to talk to Evie, their wild younger sister, but when the three get together, Grace refuses.

Grace and Russell make plans for a double blind date; Libby is harassing baby Patrick.

Watching a talk show on tv, Grace sees her ex-husband brag about how his lawyer got him thousands for an injury and Grace decides to push for child support.

Wade gets fed up with his job at the phone company and takes a new job as the 'in the air, on the air' reporter.

Grace's status at the refinery becomes permanent and she gets a raise, but has to take the night shift and will miss the school play Libby is in playing a pork chop.

When Grace brings her depressed sister, Faith, home for the holidays, she learns that Faith has been having an affair with a married man.

Grace takes her kids to her in-laws' house to meet their great-grand mom (Lil) from their father's side, the only in-law she actually likes. Lil gives her a ring to pass-on to Libby.

Grace turns down the advances of a guy, but welcomes a gal who is a 'battered wife' needing help.

Needing her own space, Grace turns to the basement to create a room for herself and get some privacy.

A romantic weekend in the Windy City is blown away when Ryan fails to show up at the airport on time.

Quentin shows his displeasure when Grace invites Ryan to dinner.

Libby is entered in a beauty pageant with a friend. The two mothers don't hit it off very well. Libby sings ""Tomorrow"".

Quentin is totally out of control and getting into fights at school, so Grace takes him to a child psychologist.

Grace and Ryan have time for themselves when Faith takes the kids to visit their grandparents and the refinery is closed.

It is Mother's Day and mother comes to visit. Faith gives them an earful.

Grace's promotion does not bring her happiness. Quentin runs away to find his dad and the men at work are disgruntled.

Grace's car is on its last legs and she goes shopping for a replacement. A neighbor is irate when she catches Libby kissing her son.

Grace and the kids are set to wait out the big storm and rising flood when her ex arrives.

Grace tries to smooth things over when a new female employee charges Bill with sexual discrimination.

Grace lets Quentin and Libby care for themselves while she goes to work. Her new boss makes it clear that he is only concerned with himself and his retirement.

Grace dates a minor-league ballplayer while Faith wants a major commitment from Russell who backs off.

Jimmy's new girl friend comes to Grace for advice and Grace gives her the bitter truth. Otherwise, Grace has problems with her credit card.

Nadine and Wade have a marital battle with Grace in the middle. Nadine catches Libby shoplifting.

Grace wants to get Nadine back on track, so they take a trip to visit Grace's Aunt Vivian.

Acting somewhat like Abby, Grace tries to reconcile her boss with his estranged pregnant daughter. Meanwhile, Quentin seems embarrassed to go out in public with his mother.

It is a lonesome Thanksgiving when her ex takes the kids to the grandparents for the feast, but Libby escapes and the Kelly clan swoops down on Grace.

An employee is killed and the plant damaged by an explosion which puts Grace in the secretarial pool until the accident is investigated. Nadine and Wade date.

Grace slips on the icy walk at Wade and Nadine's house, then visits a therapist who helps her decide how she feels about their marital dispute.

Grace has to contend with her 'down-in-the-dumps' ex-mother-in-law and an invitation to a Christmas dance with Dougie.

Quentin goes to stay with his father and Grace has a short story published in the local paper.

Grace and Russell attend a real estate seminar with different objectives: Russell wants a profit, Grace needs material for a school assignment.

Grace has an relationship with her masseur, but doesn't like his need to be in control.

Matthew, Grace's first son, who was given up for adoption, contacts Grace and puts her in a quandry. He wants to know who is his father for starters.

The kids get into trouble with neighboring campers when Grace takes them into the woods.

Jimmy's father has chest pains and Jean is a pain of a different kind, when Grace insists he be taken to the hospital.

Grace introduces her first son to her other kids, but it doesn't go well.

Grace plans to go to the opera in St. Louis alone. Meanwhile, Russell visits his dad.

Faith and Grace drive to Memphis for their sister's wedding, with Russell who wants to see Graceland and a stranger who somewhat resembles Elvis keeps in touch with Grace.

Quentin has a fight at school and Grace is angry when she discovers that Quentin used a racial slur that started it.

Grace thinks Matthew's father should meet him, but the feeling is not mutual.

From a dateless state to a flood. All her boyfriends ask her out at the same time.

Grace is ready, but her boyfriend reneges on the grounds he is celibate due to two earlier affairs that went wrong.

Jimmy has gotten his life in order and accepted a new job in Ohio, but the family has mixed reactions.

To Grace's great shock, Nadine asks her to donate an egg so she and Wade can become parents.

Downsizing becomes a problem for Grace as she discovers that her job was not eliminated but usurped by her boss.

While her relationship with Ben is waning, Rick asks her out on a date.

Grace faces a problem as she starts a relationship with Rick before she terminates Ben.

Grace is tired of kids, so she puts on a wig and goes to a bar where she assumes another identity.

Grace demands that a day care center be provided at work when she can't find a suitable sitter.

Grace and Matthew's adoptive mother get in a hassle after Grace bails him out when he is arrested for a college prank.

A disgruntled ex-employee takes the gang hostage at the refinery.

Grace is annoyed by the friendliness of Rick and Jean, whose husband has gone fishing, at the Thanksgiving feast.

Grace and Rick get together, but will it last?

Grace accidently learns something about Emmet and Wade considers running for city council.

The Kelly's Christmas celebration is dampened when Emmet dies suddenly and his 'significant other' appears at the funeral and shocks everyone by announcing that fact.

The title refers to Rick's daughter, Amy, who is rather ill-mannered and not Grace's cup of tea, but controls Rick.

Grace's fear of being dependent causes her to turn down offers of help from her family and friends.

A neighbor's son starts hanging out at Grace's house and she finds he is escaping from a 'perfect' mother. Meanwhile, Wade discovers his name has been engraved on a veterans' memorial.

When the nasty janitor is about to be fired for being HIV+, Grace is reluctant to help him. Rick instructs Quentin on how to behave on his first date.

Grace is just about set to move in with Rick when he loses his job.

The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.

Nadine has some big news for Grace.

The creative writing teacher and Grace are not tuned to the same frequency and trouble ensues.

Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.

While working for a crisis hot-line, Grace encounters the nasty janitor, Mullens, again and he hasn't improved.

Grace is sent home after a toxic spill at the plant and has an hallucination that her late father comes to talk to her.

Libby has been suffering from stomach pangs and Grace finds out they are from a stress-related ulcer.

Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and Russell is invited to his detested ex-wife's wedding.

After years of doing improvements on her rental house, Grace learns that her landlord is putting it on the market. Grace and Nadine attempt to discourage potential buyers, but the house is sold. When …

When Russell's ex-wife Barbara shows up with her current boy-toy in tow and says she's dragging Russell back to court to have her alimony payments raised, Russell thinks he's doomed, but Grace says th…

Russell asks Grace to be his date at the dance at the Victory Country Club where he's applying for membership; though Grace can't imagine why he'd want to associate with such a bunch of snobs, she agr…

Dougie moves into Grace's garage apartment, and it soon becomes apparent that he's a forty-two year old man who still needs his mother. Grace comes up against a brick wall in her attempts to communica…

Grace and Russell are so bored with their lives that they decide to go out on a pretend date. Grace and the guys at the refinery learn that they've been fired and rehired as independent contractors wh…

Grace finds some of Mrs. Walker's old dresses and tells Libby she can use one of them for a Halloween costume. Jean's chairlift suddenly stops working, and Wade agrees to have a look at the wiring in …

Jimmy's back in town to stay, and, on Grace's recommendation, he gets a job at the refinery, but his first day is a disaster, and Nadine and Wade say she shouldn't jeopardize her job for someone who u…

Jimmy's back in town to stay, and, on Grace's recommendation, he gets a job at the refinery, but his first day is a disaster, and Nadine and Wade say she shouldn't jeopardize her job for someone who u…

When Libby's poem wins the ""Why I Love My State"" contest, Grace, Nadine and Libby go to New York for the national competition. Rick follows Grace to New York to tell her that he's about to get marri…

Grace, Libby and Nadine are still in New York, and Grace is obsessing that she's somehow failed to make this the perfect trip for Libby. Back in Victory, Russell is taken over babysitting chores, and,…

With Grace at work all day and taking college classes at night, the kids are a little resentful that she's away so much and let Grace know it, and when she learns that the refinery will no longer pay …

Holiday festivities are underway in the Kelly household with Jean making her famous punch loaf to Grace's dismay and Jimmy's delight. Floyd is so much in the holiday spirit that he's giving away the e…

When Matthew shows up at Grace's and announces he's about to marry Joan, a woman old enough to be his mother who also happens to be pregnant, Grace tries to keep her cool, especially when Matthew tell…

Grace is going crazy trying to finish her paper on ""The Grapes of Wrath,"" and she keeps reminding Quentin that he also has a book report that's due. When Martha, one of Grace's classmates, says she'…

Libby reminds Grace of their deal that if she could keep her goldfish alive for six months, Grace would buy her a dog. Tomorrow, Libby tells Grace, Fishy Fishman will be six months old, and a deal's a…

Russell thinks all his friends are being disloyal because they're shopping at the new chain store pharmacy that's opened in the neighborhood. Libby is so involved in planning her birthday party that i…

Grace tells Quentin that he can't get a driver's license until he improves his grades just as Jimmy arrives driving a 1969 red GTO and announces that he bought the car for Quentin using Quentin's coll…

Grace brings Rob home to meet her kids just as Nadine announces that the baby's on it's way; Wade's off on an undercover assignment so Grace has to take her to the hospital, leaving Rob alone with Lib…

When Grace isn't invited to Rick's weekend getaway because he has made plans with someone else, Grace decides to go Vegas for the weekend with Jean, Jean wins it big on the slots and Grace finds out s…

Grace gets a new job at an advertising company and shockingly, her misery brings something new and improved.

Grace arrives home very late from her job in St. Louis and finds the kids still up, the house in disarray, Jean asleep on the sofa and Libby cleaning the kitchen. The next day Grace gets an unexpected…

Grace is in search of a job and Libby is worried that they're going to be poor again. Russell knows D.C. is looking for an assistant and suggests that he hire Grace, but D.C. says Grace talks too much…

Wade's back from Colorado and tells Grace that he and Nadine are splitting up. He also tells her he's heard that some kids were partying down by the quarry, and it's possible Quentin may have been the…

Louise, Grace's mom, arrives for the holidays, surprising everyone. Louise has definite ideas about how little girls are to be brought up and she disapproves of Libby's tomboy behavior. Her mission is…

Jean is upset, complaining that the new bridge will cut off Emmet's (grave) view of the river, so Grace suggests that she move the grave site. Jimmy and Quentin attempt to do that and Russell takes Do…

Libby wants to go to Washington on a class trip, but Grace can't afford to send her. A tornado has hit Victory and there has been much destruction: the church steeple blew off, and an armored car from…

D.C. has a chance to bid on a hotel job for one of the biggest developers in the Midwest. Grace tells him he's going to have to make an extra effort to schmooze the guy and make him feel at ease, even…

Libby visits the bridge construction site on a field trip and discovers that the Victory Tree that holds a significant place in the town's history is to be cut down. She's very upset, so Grace suggest…

Grace buys some new clothes for the first time in years and the next day learns that her paycheck will be late because D.C. is having trouble getting his payroll money from the government. On the way …

When D.C. and Grace have a meeting in a motel with an equipment supplier, gossip that they're having an affair flies around Victory. Jean gets the news at the fabric store, Libby hears it while going …

Wade shows up with Dan Gabriel, his old commanding officer in Vietnam, who's now a covert operations/demolition expert. Dan and Grace begin a verbal sparring match almost immediately. He's a warrior a…

At the construction site, Grace feels the resentment of her co-worker, Derrick, who wanted the job Grace has. Grace, who has asked D.C. for more responsibilities, is surprised when her old pal Vic fro…

Grace stops by the pharmacy while Quentin's working at the soda fountain. Quentin's girlfriend Laurie is there, and Grace meets her for the first time. She also sees the expensive backpack Laurie has …

At the pharmacy, Russell and D.C. get into a disagreement about a watch D.C. tries on that breaks before he has a chance to buy it. Grace runs into Bev, Quentin's girlfriend's mother, at the pharmacy.…