Duet - Episode Guide

A detective-novel writer meets his dream woman.

Ben asks Laura out on a double date.

Ben is eager to rush into a relationship with Laura, but she puts up resistance.

Laura is disappointed after spending the night with Ben.

Ben won't let Laura read his just-finished novel.

Richard may become a father sooner than he expects.

Ben's hospitality toward an ex-lover who arrives unexpectedly angers Laura.

Laura decides to rekindle an old romance of her own.

Laura fails to reciprocate after Ben declares his love.

Catering weddings leaves Laura little time for romance.

Ben meets Laura's family at a funeral.

Jane worries about being alone if Ben and Laura live together.

Ben breaks up with Laura, and Jane gets her own apartment.

Ben gets set for a book-promotion tour, while Laura pours out her troubles to a contented bartender.

Laura continues her drunken bender at Richard and Linda's house, much to their chagrin. Meanwhile, Ben's star is on the rise, and new publicist Nina books him for an appearance on Rona Barrett's talk show.

Laura blows up over Ben's public comments about her. Later, realizing the pain she's caused everyone, she apologizes and visits a psychiatrist.

Linda's 30th birthday gala turns into a disaster.

Laura awakens with a hangover and a stranger in her bed.

Linda's boss offers Ben a movie deal for his new book.

While Laura and Ben settle in, Jane is unsettled when Cooper asks her what his next movie should be.

Richard wants to pursue his dream of becoming a pianist, but he has difficulty breaking the news to his dad.

Conclusion. Concern for his family's welfare brings Richard back to House of Patio.

Ben and Laura visit his parents in Brooklyn and discover they've sold the family's home. Meanwhile, Jane'a dance lessons result in the destruction of Linda's ceiling.

After Laura runs into Nina, Ben becomes convinced that he's living a real-life "Fatal Attraction," although there's a less sinister explanation for the recent telephone hang-ups. Meanwhile, Linda's eating has spiraled out of control, so Geneva intervenes -- for a price.

Ben agrees to collaborate on a novel with his mentor, but he finds himself doing all the work.

Geneva's old boyfriend breaks out of jail and entrusts her with a bag of stolen diamonds.

Richard asks Laura to throw a baby shower, but hormonal Linda isn't happy when she learns the idea was her husband's. Also, Ben ribs Laura over a laundry room mixup that resulted in a neighbor fleeing with her underwear.

When Ben and Richard get stranded from their mates on Valentine's Day, Ben recalls his courtship of Laura. 

Note: This is a clip episode. 

Richard and Linda throw a party for a Presidential candidate who corners Laura and makes unwanted advances. 

Linda beats the stork to the hospital, but has second thoughts at the 11th hour.

Richard forgets the baby at home when he takes his buddies to lunch, and Steve contemplates having an affair with a waitress.

Richard becomes the star of the parenting class, much to the annoyance of both Linda and Cindy, the instructor.

Jane takes drastic action to get Social Security benefits for a homeless woman.

Ben and Laura decide to get married when Laura's home-pregnancy test is positive. 

Linda and Richard are grilled as they try to get their child into an exclusive preschool.

Laura and Ben return from a two-year European honeymoon and find Linda jobless, as is Laura, whose catering business went South with sister Jane at the helm.

College reminiscing turns ugly when Richard learns that Linda and Ben had a close encounter.

Amanda leaves because she and her mother cannot agree on how Amanda's birthday should be celebrated. 

Richard and Linda learn the hard way that they're broke.

Linda attempts to suck up to some rich clients and inadvertently becomes the object of their awkward teenage son's affection. Meanwhile, Ben and Richard play with a model train set.

Manager Ben's softball teammates give him an ultimatum after all agree that Richard is an incompetent player.

Jane has a whirlwind romance with Peter, a man she met on a video dating service. After they impulsively become engaged, Laura and Linda discover Jane bears an uncanny resemblance to Peter's domineering mother.

Richard joins the Big Brothers organization to mentor a troubled teen.

Feelings of inadequacy stalk Linda with the arrival of her "perfect" sister, a gorgeous doctor who suddenly feels unworthy of accepting her Woman of the Year award. 

The girls visit a psychic who warns Linda that a terrible fate will befall her if she doesn't become a nicer person.

Laura convinces a producer to let her host a cooking segment on a Los Angeles morning show, but she freezes up when the camera goes on.

Steve's life is in shambles, and Linda realizes his problems all stem from illiteracy. Meanwhile, Ben and Laura fight about his love of Late Night with David Letterman.

Linda accepts a vice president job at a movie studio, unaware that she's being used as the token female executive. Ben and Laura later discover this and attempt to intervene, not knowing that Linda's already hard at work plotting her revenge.

When he begins writing a nonfiction newspaper column, Ben haplessly alienates everyone in his life.

Laura is miffed when it appears that Jane has usurped her position as worshiped older sister in the eyes of their visiting younger sister Molly.

Linda is less than thrilled at the sudden arrival of her father, a door-to-door salesman who walked out on the family 25 years earlier.

While correcting her deviated septum, Linda considers having a nose job, but Richard is highly opposed.

Letters from a secret admirer tempt Richard to stray.

When Linda pops into a real estate office seeking change for the parking meter, she ends up selling her house and landing a new job as a realtor.
Note: This establishes the setup for the next season, but since the show had shifted so far away from its original concept, it was retitled "Open House".