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Following the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who returns home with her two teenaged children; daughter Lindley and husband Jim, parents of a newborn baby daughter; black sheep son Jack; and conservative youngest son Sam, newly married to free-spirited Kay.
Last Episode Aired
1988-04-13
S1E22 — Love Mother
A journey to visit her ailing mother is a painful one for Alice. Anne refuses to celebrate her thirty-something birthday. Kay learns she's pregnant. A sick baby wearies Lindley.
Billed Cast
Richard Kiley
Joe Gardner
Trey Ames
David Sisk
Adam Arkin
Jim Eisenberg
Jayne Atkinson
Lindley Gardner Eisenberg
David Oliver
Sam Gardner
Sarah Jessica Parker
Kay Erickson
Amanda Peterson
Sunny Sisk
Wendy Phillips
Anne Gardner Maxwell
Morgan Stevens
Jack Gardner
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