Season 7

October 24, 1988

Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.

October 31, 1988

Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.

November 14, 1988

Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.

November 21, 1988

Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.

December 12, 1988

Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.

December 19, 1988

Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.

January 9, 1989

Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.

January 16, 1989

Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.

January 23, 1989

Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.

February 6, 1989

The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.

February 13, 1989

Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.

February 20, 1989

Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.

February 27, 1989

Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.

March 13, 1989

Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.

March 20, 1989

Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.

March 27, 1989

While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.

April 10, 1989

Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).

April 24, 1989

Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.

May 1, 1989

Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.

May 8, 1989

George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.

May 15, 1989

The townspeople accuse Dick of murdering Joanna after her "disappearance" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, "Murder at the Stratley".

May 22, 1989

Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.