Too Close for Comfort

After a week of Muriel's false labor pains, Henry reluctantly goes to a meeting with his boss, leaving Monroe in charge. First of two parts.

Henry gains a new son but loses his job when he misses his appointment with Wainwright to be with Muriel in the delivery room. Part 2 of 2

Henry threatens to move out when Muriel's mother Iris comes to visit her new grandson and decides to stay.

Muriel's photo session of babies with Cosmic Cow results in Andrew being taken by a slightly senile grandmother.

Henry ponders having a vasectomy to overcome his fear of impregnating Muriel again.

A robbery in the house prompts Henry to order a shotgun for protection.

Henry is forced to stay with Iris when Andrew contracts chicken pox, an illness Henry thinks he has never had.

Monroe's ineptitude while hanging a portrait of Henry sends an angry Henry chasing after Monroe who then tumbles down the stairs.

On Henry's advice, Monroe pursues a woman friend of Jackie's who turns out to be a man.

Henry and Muriel's decision to renew their wedding vows on their 26th anniversary puts their marriage on the rocks.

The family is worried when Iris, depressed about the coming holidays, fails to show up to help prepare the Thanksgiving dinner.

A visit from her ex-singing partner causes Muriel to wonder what her life would have been like if she had pursued her career.

Henry must undergo a rigorous physical examination to qualify for increased life insurance coverage.

Brad forces Jackie to choose between being his wife or having a career.

Henry brings a hungry Andrew to a photo session so Muriel can nurse him.

The Rush family's Christmas ski trip to Mammoth has to be cancelled when Andrew comes down with a fever.

Iris falls for a fortune hunter and it is up to Henry to save her from heartbreak.

Sara is the victim of questionable journalism practices when a picture of her face is put on a nude body in a men's magazine.

Henry and Monroe come to the aid of Wainwright's attractive young messenger who faints in the Rushes' apartment.

The Rushes hire a pair of hapless brothers to convert their attic into an apartment for Iris.

The wedding of Henry's lifelong friend to a young Las Vegas showgirl upsets the groom's sons from his previous marriage.