Seasons & Episodes
Pilot
Downsizing at the airport forces Hilton to retire.
It's My Party
Hilton feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye party, but Ruthie tells him he's being childis
Neighborhood Watch
To wrest control of his block from lowlifes (like the burglars who targeted him), Hilton forms a neighborhood-watch prog
Happily Ever Hilton
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
Hilton is shocked to find out that an antique store where he has a new job is really a front for illegal activity: a bro
One Foot in Your Mouth
Deceit weaves a tangled web around Hilton, who tells ""one little lie"" and then, to keep up the ruse, finds that he mus
Natural Born Debtors
Griffin is helping Hilton fix the bathroom door when Wendy arrives very upset and looking for Pauline, her godmother. Be
The Two Mr. Lucases
Hilton's cousin Earl has secretly checked himself into the hospital for a colonoscopy procedure, not telling his wife Li
No Nudes is Good Nudes
Hilton has to keep a naked lady in his bathroom a secret. Hilton was too embarrassed even to look at Monica, the nude mo
Basketball Story
When Hilton and Griffin attend a Nets/Magic professional basketball game, Hilton has the lucky ticket and gets the chanc
Guard Almighty
Although Hilton thinks he's going to fight crime in his new job as a security guard, he ends up as a glorified doorman
The Broken Reflection
Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When Hilton's cousin, Earl Lucas, g
Tempus Lucas
After Hilton realizes that his life insurance was affected when his company was downsized, he applies for a different po
Guess Whose President is Coming to Dinner?
In a White House public relations move, Hilton is chosen as the ideal ""common man"" to dine with the president. When Hi
Brave New Hilton
When Hilton's friend Bradshaw, the down mattress and bedding ""king"", confides to Hilton that his business is in a bit
Lucas Platonicus
After Griffin and Erica attend their high school reunion, Griffin realizes that their relationship is going nowhere and
Valentine's Day
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 dr
Florida
When Hilton and Ruth return to the blizzard-like conditions of New York City, after visiting friends in sunny Florida, t
Anniversary Waltz
Thirty years after their plans for a formal wedding at an elegant hall had to be cancelled, Hilton and Ruth celebrate
That Darn Cat
When Ruth and Pauline ""just happen"" to spot a used pregnancy test in Erica's garbage and then ""just happen"" to see t
I'm OK, You're Hilton
Pressed by Ruth to address his ""unusual behavior,"" Hilton enters group therapy. Bad idea. Now he misbehaves by counsel
The Return of the Charlites
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
A befuddled old gent from the neighborhood stops by Hilton's to borrow a video cassette and, as fate would have it, wind
Hilton's Playland
Erica brings Julius, her boyfriend of three months who stars in a kids' TV show, home to meet Hilton and Ruth; Hilton is
Social Insecurity
Hilton tries to convince the Social Security Administration that he is not dead.
About My Life
The walls come tumbling down this year for Hilton Lucas more ways than one. First, there's the so-called ""fourth wall,"
Wake up and Smell the Coffeehouse
By chance, Hilton brings Erica's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the struggling flower shop for Ruth and Pauline
The Rules
When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house -- watching his television and eating al
Two Cents
When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to G
Older and Out
Hilton is overjoyed when he meets new friends Chuck and Larry and joins their ""Older and Out"" team, since he's also ol
Lucas Smartypantsicus
Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new
Last Man Standing
A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quar
Dating Games
When Ruth's snobbish sister-in law Debra throws an engagement party for her daughter, Hilton and Ruth try to steal some
The Pilot (Not the Pilot)
Fasten your seat belts. When Griffin tries to back out of a lucrative out-of-state concert gig because of a flying phobi
Lucas Raymondicus
Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens hampionship since the day he was
Shall We Dance
Ruth surprises Hilton when she enrolls him in tap dancing classes as a birthday gift. He skips the classes, but tells Ru
The Two Hilton Lucases
Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize -- a weekend for two at The Plaza Ho
A Team of His Own
Ruth must deal with a bunch of know-it-alls. Her husband Hilton ""knows"" that his community center boys' basketball tea
Brazil
When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a p
Old Yeller
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating
Out to Launch
Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport. Despite Ruth's insistence that he doesn't ha
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
When Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from the ""David Letterman Show"". He talks them in to l
Mud
A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abstract artist. It's worth some
Enter Lucas
Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about
1040 - Not So EZ
It's April 15 and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover. R
Men are from Mars, Women are from Astoria
Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find ""Mr. Right,"" take Ruth's advise about changing their dating habits and set o
On the Rocks
When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight they assess the changes in their lives.
Love Intervention
The Lucases play cupid for smitten Griffin
The First Gentleman
Ruth is President of the Businessmen's Roundtable, and Hilton the Ladies auxiliary.
Now Is the Time, the Walrus Said
Hilton's new responsibility, looking after 11-year-old Jurnee while her dad is at work, becomes a little too hot to hand
Do Not Overheat
Griffin and Erica work out a financial deal to move into Griffin's house on a landlord-tenant basis -- thus giving Hilto
Chemistry
Hilton is devastated to learn that Erica is breaking up with her latest boyfriend, Gil -- a handsome, well-educated jazz
Lucas Discordia
Petty differences about irritating personal habits threaten to escalate into a major brawl when Ruth and Pauline plan a
The Greatest Gift
A major argument erupts when Ruth accidentally discovers that Erica has been hiding all the gifts she has given her over
Lucas Matriculus
When Griffin accompanies Hilton to ""Grandparents Day"" at Jurnee's school and adds his two cents to the science lesson,
Playground Scar
After Jurnee expresses her fondness for schoolmate Kevin and he retaliates by shoving her on the school playground, amat
The Episode Episode
Hilton is sentenced to a life without pork chops, barbeque ribs and bacon when a doctor's visit reveals a too-high chole
Judgment Day
Hilton's steaming when a klutzy customer spills coffee on her dress, admits it's her own fault---and then sues the Flowe
Turkey Day
When Hilton offers to make Jurnee's Thanksgiving Day Parade turkey costume from scratch, it comes out to be just that...
Episode 11
The Awful Truth
Del's new girlfriend Karen agonizes over a secret she's worried about sharing with him: the youth who passes as her kid
Episode 13
Lucas Absentia
Griffin contemplates quitting the teaching profession when his first day as a substitute teacher is a disaster. The Luca
False Alarm
After the Lucas home is burglarized, Hilton invests in a security system -- only to discover that the thief is someone h
A Very Nice Dance
Hilton and Ruth recall their first date many years ago. Their flashbacks are done through animated sequences, and of cou
Ol' Betsy
While searching for a rare part for his beloved turntable, Hilton bumps into an old friend from his bachelor days, Fred.
Afterschool Delight
Jurnee is aghast when she finds out that her dad intends to date the ""meanest"" teacher at her school. Del is so troubl
Will Power
Hilton is attempting to help Jurnee with her ""Romeo and Juliet"" homework assignment when his true feelings about The B
Lucas Illuminus
Hilton volunteers as a reader for a retired, blind English literature professor and, upon realizing his gift for teachin
Timerity
Hilton is caught in the middle when his curmudgeonly friend, Tim, stages a rent strike against his landlord.
The Party's Over
Hilton is stunned when 11-year old Jurnee, left in his care while her father is away, returns from a friend's birthday p
The Vesey Method
He Who Hesitates is Lucas
When Hilton and Ruth hear that their ""little girl"" is getting married, they couldn't be happier for her, or themselves
War Stories
Griffin's trust in his new girlfriend Anita is put to the test when her job as a conference planner puts her smack in th
My Spy
Hilton falls asleep during an ""I Spy"" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on
The Wedding
Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with wh
Book 'Em, Griff O
Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Drica and Darien return from their
Lucas Apocalypse
When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborh
A Teacher's Life
Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the
There's Something About Hilton
A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie.
Superstar
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
Episode 8
The Parent Trap
Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.
One for the Books
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
Loving Madeline
The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her character Pauline.
The Hilton Hilton
Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.
Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf
When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.
To Catch a Thief
Hilton finds himself in the middle of a Bank Heist.
Raising Paranoia
Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.
It's a Wonderful Wife
For a school paper, Keisha discovers intriqing facts about Ruth's past.
Perfect Valentine
Griffin's inablity to deal with the return of his estranged father, who abandoned him 15 years earlier, causes problems
A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.
Thursday's Child
A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things
Griffin tries to encourage both his students and the Lucases to eat healthier foods.
A Long Night's Journey
Hilton suffers from insomnia for several days, falling asleep during the day at inopertune moments, causing Erica and Ru
The Song Remains the Same
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in marriage.
Episode 23
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