An ex-"big-leaguer" takes his daughter, pride and future on the road to start a new life, settling in the suburbs to keep house for a budding female executive with a son who loves snakes and a mother who loves men.
Angela reluctantly returns to her life in Connecticut as Tony begins his new life in Iowa, but her search for a new housekeeper has a surprisingly happy ending.
Tony in Iowa and Angela in Connecticut make valiant efforts to keep their relationship going, but soon come to the heartbreaking realization that it's just too difficult to maintain a long-distance romance.
No sooner does Tony graduate and start hunting for a teaching job than a dream position is offered to him at a distant Iowa college. Now Tony and Angela face the toughest decision to date: what to do about their future together.
Tony's incessant demands for perfection during the remodeling of the master bedroom drive everybody crazy, so he decides to fire the contractor -- his new in-law, Joe -- and take the tools into his own hands.
When Tony's temper takes its toll on Angela, she escapes with Mona and Samantha to a posh resort only to run into a guest who is a dead ringer for Tony.
When Tony's temper takes its toll on Angela, she escapes with Mona and Samantha to a posh resort only to run into a guest who is a dead ringer for Tony.
Tony, Angela and Hank's parents rush to Vermont to try to forestall the wedding of Samantha and Hank, who have eloped to a chapel there. But Tony has a heart-to-heart talk with Samantha, and finally consents to her marriage.
Already infuriated with Samantha's beau Hank, because the guy can't seem to do anything right, Tony is decidedly not prepared for the arrival of Hank's parents, nor for their mission: to celebrate Hank and Sam's engagement.
Angela is concerned that Tony is having doubts about their relationship when he develops a mysterious marriage-related allergy.
Tony is envious of his friend Mike's glamorous life as a professional baseball player, until a household accident causes him to lose consciousness and experience what his life as a major league player could have been like.
When Tony's friends accuse him of letting Angela control his social calendar, Tony feigns illness to avoid attending the ballet with her, with disastrous results.
When music promoter Samantha needs to find a headliner for Ridgemont's rock festival, Tony calls on an old friend with big connections in the music business, who makes a promise that seems too good to be true.
Tony has his hands full when an "influential businessman" from his old neighborhood asks Tony to take his spoiled daughter under his wing.
Tony's beloved "second mother," the earthy Mrs. Rossini and Angela's sexy mother Mona have fallen for the same man, and the competition soon engulfs Tony and Angela, who do everything they can to champion the cause for their respective "moms."
Tony and Angela's plans for a simple birthday party for Billy take a different turn when their pretentious next-door neighbors decide to throw their son's party on the same day.
When Mona inadvertently becomes "guest lecturer" for Tony's science class, he's mortified to discover that she's been teaching her favorite subject.
When Tony and Angela learn that they are married -- in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service -- they begin to act like a married couple, thus changing the entire household's attitude toward them.
Angela encourages Tony and Billy to take part in an after-school activity, but Tony gets cold feet when Billy opts for swimming lessons.
When Tony begins a two-week teaching internship and Angela, eager to spend more time with Billy, volunteers to keep house, they both find their changed roles overwhelming.