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- One Day at a Time
- Season 8
- Episode 20
The Letter
One Day at a Time - S8 - E20
A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
One Day at a Time: Season 8 - 26 Episode s
8x1 - The Perfect Wedding (1)
September 26, 1982
Barbara's nerves are on edge as her wedding day approaches and husband-to-be Mark is no help, he's more interested in his golf game than helping with the preparations.
8x2 - The Perfect Wedding (2)
October 3, 1982
Mark refuses to cancel his golf game and Barbara's worried he won't get to the church on time.
8x3 - Honeymoon's Over
October 10, 1982
Barbara tries to adapt to life at Mark's rooming house, where her new husband's friends, including a scantily clad woman, breeze in and out without knocking to use the bathroom, or asking to use the closet and community refrigerator.
8x4 - Catcher in the Mud
October 17, 1982
Believing Alex needs a father figure and more male influence, Schneider and his beer-guzzling buddies take him to a female mud-wrestling show.
8x5 - Last Time I Saw Paris
October 24, 1982
To land a new French account, Francine talks Ann into a weekend trip to Paris to learn about the French market.
8x6 - Auntie Francine
October 31, 1982
Ann may be a little envious of Francine's freewheeling lifestyle, especially after Francine takes Alex for the weekend and shows him the time of his life.
8x7 - Lovers & Other Parents
November 7, 1982
Barbara's scheme to get her mother and Mark's newly divorced father together at a dinner party gets faster results than she anticipated.
8x8 - Miracle of Birth (1)
November 21, 1982
Julie's announcement that her baby will be born underwater may be more than Ann can bear.
8x9 - Miracle of Birth (2)
November 28, 1982
Julie insists on flying to California to have her baby in an underwater birth tank but her labor pains are beginning at her mother's home in Indianapolis.
8x10 - First Things First
December 12, 1982
Barbara's decision to enroll in college forces the Royers to live on a shoestring budget with little time for romance.
8x11 - Pride and Privacy (1)
December 19, 1982
Forced out of their rooming house by an explosion, Barbara and Mark impose on Ann for a temporary home until they can find a place of their own.
8x12 - Pride and Privacy (2)
December 26, 1982
With Julie, Max and the new baby also needing a place to live, Ann may be forced to leave her own home to preserve her sanity and her relationship with Sam.
8x13 - Pride and Privacy (3)
January 2, 1983
Unable to cope with the pandemonium at her house, Ann takes refuge at Sam's place, until he offers her a solution for which she's completely unprepared.
8x14 - The Cruise
January 23, 1983
Grandma Romano returns from a vacation cruise with news that she's marrying the shipboard piano player.
8x15 - Spare the Child
January 30, 1983
Alex's video game fascination has him skipping school and facing punishment from the principal, and may be symptomatic of hidden emotional problems.
8x16 - The Hero
February 13, 1983
Saving a businessman's life earns Schneider executive status in a job, complete with a secretary, a plush office, a rent-free apartment nearby and very little work to do.
8x17 - The Good Life
February 20, 1983
A South Pacific island would be just the ticket for Sam, if only Ann would drop her work, desert the family and join him in paradise.
8x18 - Social Insecurity
March 6, 1983
Determined not to be a burden on anyone, Grandma Romano keeps her escalating financial problems from Ann.
8x19 - A Young Man's Fancy
March 7, 1983
Approaching his 15th birthday, Alex anticipates his first female encounter. But when he strikes out with the school's ""girl most likely to,"" he makes a play for an older woman.
8x20 - The Letter
March 14, 1983
A letter to Ann's mother from her father, mailed the day before he died, is delivered four years later.
8x21 - Buyer's Remorse
March 21, 1983
Barbara's newly friend Bob reveals he still has feelings for her.
8x22 - Sonny Boy
March 28, 1983
A weekend outing with a girl from school is more attractive to Alex than the father-son night he agreed to attend at Schneider's lodge.
8x23 - Panzini
May 2, 1983
Schneider feels threatened when his lookalike, a top Sicilian designer sweeps Francine off her feet.
8x24 - Sisters
May 9, 1983
Mark and Max rent a house without consulting their wives.
8x25 - Second Time Around
May 16, 1983
Sam unilaterally sets a wedding date as Ann learns from his newspaper announcement that she's getting married in three days. But it's Sam who starts getting cold feet.
8x26 - Honeymoon II
May 23, 1983
Ann and Sam's ski honeymoon quickly goes downhill when Ann loses her luggage and Sam injures his back on the ski lift.