Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Water

Grace and the kids are set to wait out the big storm and rising flood when her ex arrives.

Good Ol' Grace

Grace tries to smooth things over when a new female employee charges Bill with sexual discrimination.

June 15, 1997

Grace lets Quentin and Libby care for themselves while she goes to work. Her new boss makes it clear that he is only co

Pitch and Woo

Grace dates a minor-league ballplayer while Faith wants a major commitment from Russell who backs off.

Jimmy's Girl

Jimmy's new girl friend comes to Grace for advice and Grace gives her the bitter truth. Otherwise, Grace has problems w

Splitsville

Nadine and Wade have a marital battle with Grace in the middle. Nadine catches Libby shoplifting.

The Road to Paris, Texas

Grace wants to get Nadine back on track, so they take a trip to visit Grace's Aunt Vivian.

Dear Grace

Acting somewhat like Abby, Grace tries to reconcile her boss with his estranged pregnant daughter. Meanwhile, Quentin s

Cold Turkey

It is a lonesome Thanksgiving when her ex takes the kids to the grandparents for the feast, but Libby escapes and the Ke

Ka-Boom

An employee is killed and the plant damaged by an explosion which puts Grace in the secretarial pool until the accident

Grace vs. Wade

Grace slips on the icy walk at Wade and Nadine's house, then visits a therapist who helps her decide how she feels about

The Holidays

Grace has to contend with her 'down-in-the-dumps' ex-mother-in-law and an invitation to a Christmas dance with Dougie

The Good Mother

Quentin goes to stay with his father and Grace has a short story published in the local paper.

No Money Down

Grace and Russell attend a real estate seminar with different objectives: Russell wants a profit, Grace needs material f

Aging Gracefully

Grace has an relationship with her masseur, but doesn't like his need to be in control.

Hello, I'm Your Mother

Matthew, Grace's first son, who was given up for adoption, contacts Grace and puts her in a quandry. He wants to know w

Grace at the Campfire

The kids get into trouble with neighboring campers when Grace takes them into the woods.

Emmet Bypass

Jimmy's father has chest pains and Jean is a pain of a different kind, when Grace insists he be taken to the hospital.

Matthew, Come Home

Grace introduces her first son to her other kids, but it doesn't go well.

A Night at the Opera

Grace plans to go to the opera in St. Louis alone. Meanwhile, Russell visits his dad.

Memphis Bound

Faith and Grace drive to Memphis for their sister's wedding, with Russell who wants to see Graceland and a stranger wh

Sticks and Stones

Quentin has a fight at school and Grace is angry when she discovers that Quentin used a racial slur that started it.

Mother & Son & Father Reunion

Grace thinks Matthew's father should meet him, but the feeling is not mutual.

When It Rains, They Pour

From a dateless state to a flood. All her boyfriends ask her out at the same time.

You Can Lead a Horse to Water...

Grace is ready, but her boyfriend reneges on the grounds he is celibate due to two earlier affairs that went wrong.

Jimmy Goes Away

Jimmy has gotten his life in order and accepted a new job in Ohio, but the family has mixed reactions.

Great Eggspectations

To Grace's great shock, Nadine asks her to donate an egg so she and Wade can become parents.

Movin' on Down

Downsizing becomes a problem for Grace as she discovers that her job was not eliminated but usurped by her boss.

Grace and Rick and the Dance of Doom

While her relationship with Ben is waning, Rick asks her out on a date.

The Breakup

Grace faces a problem as she starts a relationship with Rick before she terminates Ben.

Grace Under a Wig

Grace is tired of kids, so she puts on a wig and goes to a bar where she assumes another identity.

Daycare

Grace demands that a day care center be provided at work when she can't find a suitable sitter.

Matthew Gets Busted

Grace and Matthew's adoptive mother get in a hassle after Grace bails him out when he is arrested for a college prank.

Grace Really Under Fire

A disgruntled ex-employee takes the gang hostage at the refinery.

Thanks for Nothing

Grace is annoyed by the friendliness of Rick and Jean, whose husband has gone fishing, at the Thanksgiving feast.

Sleeping Together

Grace and Rick get together, but will it last?

Emmet's Secret

Grace accidently learns something about Emmet and Wade considers running for city council.

Emmet, We Hardly Knew Ye

The Kelly's Christmas celebration is dampened when Emmet dies suddenly and his 'significant other' appears at the funera

Daddy's Girl

The title refers to Rick's daughter, Amy, who is rather ill-mannered and not Grace's cup of tea, but controls Rick.

No Help Wanted

Grace's fear of being dependent causes her to turn down offers of help from her family and friends.

Good Neighbor Sam

A neighbor's son starts hanging out at Grace's house and she finds he is escaping from a 'perfect' mother. Meanwhile, W

Positively Hateful

When the nasty janitor is about to be fired for being HIV+, Grace is reluctant to help him. Rick instructs Quentin on

Why Buy the Bull?

Grace is just about set to move in with Rick when he loses his job.

Love Thy Neighbor

The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.

Pregnant Pause

Nadine has some big news for Grace.

Broads for Broader Horizons

The creative writing teacher and Grace are not tuned to the same frequency and trouble ensues.

Head Games

Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.

Mr. Mullen's Opus

While working for a crisis hot-line, Grace encounters the nasty janitor, Mullens, again and he hasn't improved.

Take Me to Your Breeder

Grace is sent home after a toxic spill at the plant and has an hallucination that her late father comes to talk to her.

Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?

Libby has been suffering from stomach pangs and Grace finds out they are from a stress-related ulcer.

You Go, Girl

Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and R

This Sold House

After years of doing improvements on her rental house, Grace learns that her landlord is putting it on the market. Grace

Neither a Borrower or a Roofer Be

When Russell's ex-wife Barbara shows up with her current boy-toy in tow and says she's dragging Russell back to court to

Quentin Returns

Russell asks Grace to be his date at the dance at the Victory Country Club where he's applying for membership; though Gr

Grace and Sailor Bob

Dougie moves into Grace's garage apartment, and it soon becomes apparent that he's a forty-two year old man who still ne

Dating Buddies

Grace and Russell are so bored with their lives that they decide to go out on a pretend date. Grace and the guys at the

The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly

Grace finds some of Mrs. Walker's old dresses and tells Libby she can use one of them for a Halloween costume. Jean's ch

Road to Nowhere

Jimmy's back in town to stay, and, on Grace's recommendation, he gets a job at the refinery, but his first day is a disa

Redeeming Jimmy

Jimmy's back in town to stay, and, on Grace's recommendation, he gets a job at the refinery, but his first day is a disa

The Show-Me State

When Libby's poem wins the ""Why I Love My State"" contest, Grace, Nadine and Libby go to New York for the national comp

Fire Music

Grace, Libby and Nadine are still in New York, and Grace is obsessing that she's somehow failed to make this the perfect

Grace Tests Out

With Grace at work all day and taking college classes at night, the kids are a little resentful that she's away so much

A Holly, Jolly Christmas

Holiday festivities are underway in the Kelly household with Jean making her famous punch loaf to Grace's dismay and Jim

Matthew's Old Lady

When Matthew shows up at Grace's and announces he's about to marry Joan, a woman old enough to be his mother who also ha

Grace of Wrath

Grace is going crazy trying to finish her paper on ""The Grapes of Wrath,"" and she keeps reminding Quentin that he also

Wade's Partner

Libby reminds Grace of their deal that if she could keep her goldfish alive for six months, Grace would buy her a dog. T

Pills

Russell thinks all his friends are being disloyal because they're shopping at the new chain store pharmacy that's opened

Waiting for Peugeot

Grace tells Quentin that he can't get a driver's license until he improves his grades just as Jimmy arrives driving a 19

Birthin' Babies

Grace brings Rob home to meet her kids just as Nadine announces that the baby's on it's way; Wade's off on an undercover

Vega$

When Grace isn't invited to Rick's weekend getaway because he has made plans with someone else, Grace decides to go Vega

Jimmy Moves On

Quentin Gets His Gun

Sam's Dad

Grace Graduates

Rob vs. Jimmy

Grace's New Job

Grace gets a new job at an advertising company and shockingly, her misery brings something new and improved.

Smells Like Victory

Grace arrives home very late from her job in St. Louis and finds the kids still up, the house in disarray, Jean asleep o

Grace Under Construction

Grace is in search of a job and Libby is worried that they're going to be poor again. Russell knows D.C. is looking for

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Wade's back from Colorado and tells Grace that he and Nadine are splitting up. He also tells her he's heard that some ki

Mother Christmas

Louise, Grace's mom, arrives for the holidays, surprising everyone. Louise has definite ideas about how little girls are

A River Runs Through Him

Jean is upset, complaining that the new bridge will cut off Emmet's (grave) view of the river, so Grace suggests that sh

Finders Keepers

Libby wants to go to Washington on a class trip, but Grace can't afford to send her. A tornado has hit Victory and there

Riverboat Queen

D.C. has a chance to bid on a hotel job for one of the biggest developers in the Midwest. Grace tells him he's going to

The Victory Tree

Libby visits the bridge construction site on a field trip and discovers that the Victory Tree that holds a significant p

Grace Under-Funded

Grace buys some new clothes for the first time in years and the next day learns that her paycheck will be late because D

Digging Up the Dirt

When D.C. and Grace have a meeting in a motel with an equipment supplier, gossip that they're having an affair flies aro

Fire in the Hole

Wade shows up with Dan Gabriel, his old commanding officer in Vietnam, who's now a covert operations/demolition expert.

Fall from Grace

At the construction site, Grace feels the resentment of her co-worker, Derrick, who wanted the job Grace has. Grace, who

Grace Under Class

Grace stops by the pharmacy while Quentin's working at the soda fountain. Quentin's girlfriend Laurie is there, and Grac

Down in the Boondocks

At the pharmacy, Russell and D.C. get into a disagreement about a watch D.C. tries on that breaks before he has a chance