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Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.

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Season 1

15 episodes

S1 E1 · The Wedding

On the day of his wedding, Cliff decides to come out as gay, which does not sit well with his two older brothers, Joe and Lou.

S1 E2 · You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me

Joe's high-school football buddies pay a visit, but it is underwhelming when they tease one friend, Bubba, who is coming out as gay. Joe tries to set the record straight and pretends to be gay himself to fool the two other friends.

S1 E3 · Lizards ain't Snakes

Joe is concerned that Cliff's new life as a gay man is preventing him from going back to his usual carefree activities, so Cliff decides to tag along with Donald to a neighborhood gay bar.

S1 E4 · He ain't Witty, He's my Brother

Joe attempts to woo Cliff's new friend, Lisa, but feels out of place amongst her other "sophisticated" friends.

S1 E5 · Mindless Passion

Joe finds out that the woman he is dating is married. Joe tries to break it off, but he and his girlfriend cannot control their lust for each other.

S1 E6 · FEAR OF FLYING

Joe, Cliff, Lou, and Donald notice a dead body in Joe's apartment. They decide it is best to bury the corpse and take an airplane out of town to figure out their next move.

S1 E7 · MONTE CARLO NIGHT

Joe's financial troubles are preventing him to get Penny an expensive gift when she is close to graduating high school.

S1 E8 · AND BABY MAKES TWO

The gang do not approve of Kelly's marriage to a tough guy and their plans on throwing a baby shower for Kelly ends in a free-for-all fistfight.

S1 E9 · FOOLS RUSSIAN

Cliff falls in love with a Russian wrestler. The wrestler is using him because he wants to stay in the United States.

S1 E10 · STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

Should Joe pose nude for the Sports Men of Philadelphia calendar?

S1 E11 · LIZA

A street person sparks a bet between Joe and snobbish Marcus that Joe can transform her into a beautiful, cultured woman.

S1 E12 · IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I'M GAY

Cliff is beaten up because he is gay. His brothers want to avenge him and end up in jail. There they meet the thugs.

S1 E13 · I REMEMBER PAPA

A spat between Joe and Lou causes Cliff to reflect themselves back when Joe promised their father that he and Lou would look after Cliff when he is gone.

S1 E14 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEL (PART 1)

Christmas activities are put on hold for the gang when a major snowstorm hits the city. At the same time, Joe befriends a fellow gay man.

S1 E15 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEL (PART 2)

Christmas activities are put on hold for the gang when a major snowstorm hits the city. At the same time, Joe befriends a fellow gay man.

Season 2

25 episodes

S2 E1 · AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

Joe and Kelly spend the night together after a night of heavy drinking. They don't remember what happened. Will this lead to a relationship?

S2 E2 · YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER

Lou has an attack of pride when he gets fired from his job and his ensuing personal crisis drives Cliff and Joe crazy, especially he starts working at the restaurant. At a loss for how to help him, Joe decides to fire him to give his wounded pride a boost.

S2 E3 · THE FOURTH BALL (aka Lucky Charm)

During a blackout one night at the restaurant a mysterious stranger shows up out of nowhere eating food that the place doesn't serve and waving a trinket that promises magic that everyone is ready to fall for.

S2 E4 · LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE DELICATE

Cliff is confronted by his former fiancé.

S2 E5 · LET THE EAGLE FLY

Lou is humiliated when he suddenly becomes impotent.

S2 E6 · THE GIRL MOST LIKELY

Joe offers to pose as Kelly's husband to impress her former classmates at her high school reunion.

S2 E7 · DONALD'S DAD

Donald's estranged father arrives in Philadelphia to visit his son, but the reunion is cut short when he suffers a heart attack.

S2 E8 · DONALD'S OLD FLAME

Donald considers settling down with a former girlfriend and her daughter, as this offers him a ready-made family.

S2 E9 · THE PROOF IS IN THE PJs

Joe feels like a failure when he does not approve of Penny's new boyfriend and she retaliates by moving in with him. Joe is then forced to enlist everybody's help into sprucing up their new apartment.

S2 E10 · A HOUSE DIVIDED

Joe's plans to run as city councilman is dampened due to disagreements and tensions within the gang.

S2 E11 · THE STING

A crooked detective sets up a sting when he accuses Donald of being a criminal.

S2 E12 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BROTHER

Cliff find a rich boyfriend (Winston) who quickly gets too serious about his relationship with Cliff. Cliff does not feel the same way about Winston.

S2 E13 · TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY

Cliff is failing one of his college courses, which will prevent him from playing baseball. His female professor offers him a passing grade in exchange for sex.

S2 E14 · THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD

Joe decides to write a book about his memoirs, but decides to bend the truth on certain things, causing a rift between him and his family.

S2 E15 · AMONGST MY SOUVENIRS

A young woman shows up from Korea who might possibly be Lou's daughter. Lou was involved with her mother when he was stationed in Korea. Is this his daughter?

S2 E16 · RHINO RHAPSODY

Lou feels he needs a way to "be remembered", so he runs for president of the Rhinos. In order to cement the election he recruits three new members: Joe, Cliff, and Donald.

S2 E17 · DONALD'S AIR FORCE BLUES

Donald is faced with the possibility of coming out to his former Air Force buddies.

S2 E18 · THE STRANGER

Joe's old friend Bubba is back in town, but he does not answer. Joe questions him and learns that Bubba has AIDS.

S2 E19 · IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER

Joe and his ex-wife Janey begin spending time with each other again and Penny hopes for a reconciliation, but Janey's selfishness jeopardizes their chances.

S2 E20 · FATHER, FATHER

Lou is embarrassed and upset when his son Bucky considers leaving the seminary because he cannot take the vow of celibacy.

S2 E21 · A GREASEPAINT SMILE

Penny dates an African-American circus clown. Rose Marie and Maury Amsterdam play the clown's parents.

S2 E22 · GOBBA, GOBBA

Donald is very secretive about the reason he doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with the Waters brothers.

S2 E23 · GODZILLA MEETS BAMBI (aka Donald's Apartment)

Lou and Donald get the chickenpox. They are quarantined for a fortnight in Donald's apartment. Soon they are annoyed by each other. Penny fears the two are killing each other.

S2 E24 · A CARNATION BY ANY OTHER NAME

Joe and Cliff do not want to live together anymore. Everyone feels cramped in their privacy. In order to complete the change, they immediately enter a contact ad. The badge is a red carnation.

S2 E25 · THE SHOOP SHOOP SHOP (aka Isle Of Lesbos)

Kelly is turned off by a bad date. She becomes friends with Donald's friend, Annie. When Lou tells the gang that Annie is a lesbian, they begin to read more into their relationship than there is.

Season 3

25 episodes

S3 E1 · HAIRBALL BLUES

After Donald's cat Blanche Dubois dies, Cliff gives him one of the two kittens he's been feeding in the alley and keeps the other.

S3 E2 · TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALLGAME (aka Dreams Of Summer)

Cliff gets the chance of a lifetime to try out for a pro baseball team. When things don't quite go the way he would have planned, he learns a something about himself.

S3 E3 · THE SEDUCTION OF LOU

Lou gets a huge promotion at work but is having second thoughts after the bosses daughter makes advances at him.

S3 E4 · A PENNY A DANCE

Joe makes Penny get a job because she gets her first credit card bill. He tries to help her out by getting her a secretarial job but she turns it down and tries to get a job on her own.

S3 E5 · DONALD'S HALF SISTER

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S3 E6 · WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO

When the bar gets closed down by the building inspector, Joe agrees to host a wake when a widow offers to pay enough to make the repairs to reopen the bar.

S3 E7 · BLIND LOVE

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S3 E8 · THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

Lou finds out Kelly can sing and tries secretly to have her perform for a record producer.

S3 E9 · BROTHERS THREE

The Waters brothers face off with childhood rivals when three bullish brothers return to town for a family reunion.

S3 E10 · THE PLAYS THE THING

Donald writes a play but the only producer that will consider his play doesn't seem very legit.

S3 E11 · HARRY AND THE OGRE OF OCK

Lou is excited to spend the day with Flo's nephew Harry. But Lou realizes that him and Harry don't have that much in common.

S3 E12 · MOTHER'S DAY

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S3 E13 · TWO-TIMIN' MAN

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S3 E14 · IF I ONLY HAD A WATCHAMACALLIT

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S3 E15 · GOODBYE, CLIFFIE

Cliff gets a job interview as an apprentice sports writer. But he would have to move to Utica, NY if he takes the job.

S3 E16 · JOE LEAVES THIS OLD WORLD BEHIND

Joe suffers a midlife crisis when one of Penny's friends hits on him.

S3 E17 · WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 1)

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S3 E18 · WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 2)

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S3 E19 · THE BOXER

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S3 E20 · LAY THE POINTS

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S3 E21 · THE GANG WHO COULD SHOOT STRAIGHT

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S3 E22 · A PENNY FOR YOUR DREAMS

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S3 E23 · ICEMAN

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S3 E24 · STILL MARRIED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

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S3 E25 · MI CASA ES SEWER CASA

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Season 4

25 episodes

S4 E1 · WEDDING BELL BLUES

After going out for over 6 months, Joe and his new girlfriend Annie announce they're ready to tie the knot.

S4 E2 · WHAT?

An innocent prank by Lou causes Donald to temporarily lose his hearing.

S4 E3 · CHEZ CLIFF

After graduating college in journalism Cliff has second thoughts about his direction in life.

S4 E4 · LOVE AND LEARN

After Flo leaves Lou he has trouble learning to charm her into coming back.

S4 E5 · LEAVE IT TO CLEAVAGE

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S4 E6 · FEAR OF HEIGHTS

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S4 E7 · CLIFF'S MAGIC RECIPE

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S4 E8 · OLD MAN WATERS

While tagging along with Lou to a physical, Joe finds out he has high blood pressure. Fearing for his health he starts to act like an old man.

S4 E9 · HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

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S4 E10 · ON THE REBOUND

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S4 E11 · MAN'S CHOICE

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S4 E12 · STARRY, STARRY NIGHTMARE

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S4 E13 · PENNY AND THE HARD HAT

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S4 E14 · THE POINT AFTER NO MORE?

Joe gets an irresistible offer to sell the bar. But little does he know the offer is from a developer who wants to tear down the bar to build a high rise.

S4 E15 · LAS VEGAS SERENADE (PART 1)

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S4 E16 · LAS VEGAS SERENADE (PART 2)

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S4 E17 · ONE ON ONE

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S4 E18 · THE FARMER ALWAYS RINGS TWICE

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S4 E19 · BACHELOR FATHER

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S4 E20 · MASQUERADE

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S4 E21 · STOLEN PLEASURES

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S4 E22 · IS THE CALLER THERE?

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S4 E23 · THE WINDSOR WAR

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S4 E24 · THERE'S A LID FOR EVERY POT

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S4 E25 · THANKSGIVING

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Season 5

26 episodes

S5 E1 · SITTIN' IN A TREE

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S5 E2 · BARNEY, WE HARDLY KNEW YE

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S5 E3 · I'LL KNOW WHEN MY LOVE COMES ALONG

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S5 E4 · L. A. MALTBY

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S5 E5 · HUSTLE UP

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S5 E6 · BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE

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S5 E7 · MOVING OUT

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S5 E8 · A JOB WELL DONE

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S5 E9 · TWO FOR THE SEESAW

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S5 E10 · NOTHIN' SAYS LOVIN'

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S5 E11 · THE DETOUR

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S5 E12 · GUARDIAN ANGELS

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S5 E13 · A STUDY IN MALTBY

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S5 E14 · NANNY FROM HEAVEN

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S5 E15 · THE POINT AFTER BOWLING TEAM

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S5 E16 · ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?

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S5 E17 · THREE INFANTS AND A BABY

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S5 E18 · GUARDING THE NEST

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S5 E19 · SAM'S DAD

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S5 E20 · INHERIT THE BAR

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S5 E21 · FANTASY IN EBONY

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S5 E22 · BIG

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S5 E23 · SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

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S5 E24 · WOULDN'T IT BE NICE

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S5 E25 · THE ROAD YET TAKEN

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S5 E26 · I REMEMBER BUT I DON'T LIKE IT (Compilation Show)

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