Season 1
(1996)
Cast
as Hilton Lucas
as Ruth Lucas
as Erica Lucas
as Griffin Vesey
as Pauline Fox
Episodes
Pilot 0.0
September 16, 1996
Downsizing at the airport forces Hilton to retire.
It's My Party 0.0
September 23, 1996
Hilton feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye party, but Ruthie tells him he's being childi…
Neighborhood Watch 0.0
September 30, 1996
To wrest control of his block from lowlifes (like the burglars who targeted him), Hilton forms a neighborhood-watch pro…
Happily Ever Hilton 0.0
October 7, 1996
The airline company that dismissed Hilton is now rehiring, and he's fired up to go back to work. But his impatience and…
The Best Little Antique Shop in Astoria 0.0
October 14, 1996
Hilton is shocked to find out that an antique store where he has a new job is really a front for illegal activity: a br…
One Foot in Your Mouth 0.0
October 21, 1996
Deceit weaves a tangled web around Hilton, who tells ""one little lie"" and then, to keep up the ruse, finds that he mu…
Natural Born Debtors 0.0
October 28, 1996
Griffin is helping Hilton fix the bathroom door when Wendy arrives very upset and looking for Pauline, her godmother. B…
The Two Mr. Lucases 0.0
November 4, 1996
Hilton's cousin Earl has secretly checked himself into the hospital for a colonoscopy procedure, not telling his wife L…
No Nudes is Good Nudes 0.0
November 11, 1996
Hilton has to keep a naked lady in his bathroom a secret. Hilton was too embarrassed even to look at Monica, the nude m…
Basketball Story 0.0
November 18, 1996
When Hilton and Griffin attend a Nets/Magic professional basketball game, Hilton has the lucky ticket and gets the chan…
Guard Almighty 0.0
November 25, 1996
Although Hilton thinks he's going to fight crime in his new job as a security guard, he ends up as a glorified doorma…
The Broken Reflection 0.0
December 2, 1996
Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When Hilton's cousin, Earl Lucas, …
Tempus Lucas 0.0
December 16, 1996
After Hilton realizes that his life insurance was affected when his company was downsized, he applies for a different p…
Guess Whose President is Coming to Dinner? 0.0
January 6, 1997
In a White House public relations move, Hilton is chosen as the ideal ""common man"" to dine with the president. When H…
Brave New Hilton 0.0
January 13, 1997
When Hilton's friend Bradshaw, the down mattress and bedding ""king"", confides to Hilton that his business is in a bit…
Lucas Platonicus 0.0
February 3, 1997
After Griffin and Erica attend their high school reunion, Griffin realizes that their relationship is going nowhere and…
Valentine's Day 0.0
February 10, 1997
It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she already has, it's back to the d…
Florida 0.0
February 17, 1997
When Hilton and Ruth return to the blizzard-like conditions of New York City, after visiting friends in sunny Florida, …
Anniversary Waltz 0.0
February 24, 1997
Thirty years after their plans for a formal wedding at an elegant hall had to be cancelled, Hilton and Ruth celebrate…
That Darn Cat 0.0
March 3, 1997
When Ruth and Pauline ""just happen"" to spot a used pregnancy test in Erica's garbage and then ""just happen"" to see …
I'm OK, You're Hilton 0.0
March 10, 1997
Pressed by Ruth to address his ""unusual behavior,"" Hilton enters group therapy. Bad idea. Now he misbehaves by counse…
The Return of the Charlites 0.0
April 28, 1997
When Ruth's high school friend Charlene comes to town for a visit during her worldwide singing tour, she gives Ruth the…
My Dinner with Methuselah 0.0
May 5, 1997
A befuddled old gent from the neighborhood stops by Hilton's to borrow a video cassette and, as fate would have it, win…
Hilton's Playland 0.0
May 12, 1997
Erica brings Julius, her boyfriend of three months who stars in a kids' TV show, home to meet Hilton and Ruth; Hilton i…
Social Insecurity 0.0
May 19, 1997
Hilton tries to convince the Social Security Administration that he is not dead.