The Kids Are Alright
A pair of working class parents in an Irish-Catholic family try to raise their eight kids during the 1970s.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Mary McCormack , Jack Gore , Sam Straley , Caleb Foote , Sawyer Barth , Christopher Paul Richards , Andy Walken , Santino Barnard , Tim Doyle , Michael Cudlitz , Kennedy Lea Slocum , Paul Dooley , Markie Post , Thomas Barbusca , Jojo Nwoko , Michael Cornacchia , Galadriel Stineman , Sarah Benoit
S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Lawrence returns home and announces he's quitting the seminary to go off and "save the world." Times are changing and this family will never be the same.
S1.E2 ∙ Timmy's Poem
Timmy decides to enter a poetry contest to win the money he needs to repair his ventriloquist dummy; Lawrence complains that there are no fresh vegetables in the family's diet.
S1.E3 ∙ Microwave
After Mike proudly introduces a new microwave to the Cleary household, Peggy immediately rejects it. Meanwhile, eager to see "everything" exposed for the first time, Joey and Timmy go to extremes to see Barbara Eden's wardrobe malfunction on a Bob Hope TV special. Elsewhere, Lawrence attempts to apply lessons from a psych class at school to psychoanalyze Mike and Peggy.
S1.E4 ∙ Peggy's Day Out
After Eddie breaks a bottle of booze in his room, his girlfriend, Wendi, tries to distract Peggy by insisting she takes the day off. Peggy accepts but insists Wendi accompany her, hoping to teach her a lesson.
S1.E5 ∙ Boxing
Timmy must choose between his dad's dreams for him and his own dreams of showbiz glory; feeling rusty after being at the seminary for so long, Lawrence asks Eddie to help prepare him for a date by taking him on a practice date.
S1.E6 ∙ Behind the Counter
Mike comes to the conclusion that Eddie is sexually active and takes it upon himself to give him advice; Joey and Timmy attempt to disrupt Frank's plan to do free yard work.
S1.E7 ∙ Little Cyst
Mike and Peggy debate whether they should have another child; Pat overhears that he is going to have a little sister, leading the kids to dig deeper into the situation.
S1.E8 ∙ Christmas 1972
When Peggy's successful brother drops in for Christmas, Mike feels envious; Timmy mistakenly receives $100 from his great-aunt for Christmas; Eddie forgets to get Wendi a Christmas present.
S1.E9 ∙ The Love List
The Cleary boys beg Peggy to tell them she loves them; Mike invites a co-worker to help compel a confession from the child who broke the dining room light fixture.
S1.E10 ∙ Show Boat
Frank secretly helps design a set for a musical in which Timmy is performing; Mike grows increasingly concerned that Joey is heading down a shady moral path.
S1.E11 ∙ Mailbox
Eddie becomes distraught when Wendi breaks up with him over disagreements on how they want to handle their future; Peggy contemplates whether she has to sever ties with Wendi.
S1.E12 ∙ Vietnam
The Clearys feel conflicted when Lawrence and Eddie are drafted to serve in the Vietnam War; Mike and Peggy take matters into their own hands and try to derail Lawrence and Eddie's decision to serve their country.
S1.E13 ∙ Valentine's Day
Peggy tries to trick Timmy into taking better care of his personal hygiene; Mike fears that Peggy's meddling is causing Timmy to develop insecurities; Timmy receives a Valentine's Day card from a secret admirer and becomes unnerved.
S1.E14 ∙ Happy Cecil
Mike and Peggy are stunned when they learn that Father Dunne has a girlfriend; Frank loses the church keys entrusted to him and must find them before anyone else does.
S1.E15 ∙ Nine Birthdays
Peggy's talent for reusing wax from old birthday candles to create new ones leads her to pursue candle-making work; Timmy is determined to get audience tickets for a taping of "Boxcar Billy's Hobo Jamboree."
S1.E16 ∙ Wendi's House
Mike and Peggy are sympathetic when Wendi's parents split up until Peggy realizes that Wendi's parents left her in the house alone, leaving her and Eddie unsupervised; Joey goes under cover.
S1.E17 ∙ Low Expectations
Timmy enters a contest to appear on a TV show and takes matters into his own hands when he doesn't hear back; Peggy takes a driving test in order to get her license.
S1.E18 ∙ Peggy Drives Away
When Peggy storms out of the house without explanation after a mishap at the grocery store, Mike enlists Wendi to help find her.
S1.E19 ∙ Mass for Shut-Ins
Peggy manipulates William into joining the church choir to keep him engaged in Catholicism; Eddie and Joey are determined to get a hold of Led Zeppelin tickets.
S1.E20 ∙ Timmy's New Hobby
Peggy discovers that Timmy has a newfound and inappropriate hobby and urges Mike to talk to him about it; Mike tries to talk to Timmy about the topic and enlists Lawrence's help in the matter; Frank is determined to catch Joey in a lie.
S1.E21 ∙ Mike's Award
Peggy's competitive side kicks in and she decides to get Mike into the limelight; Joey acts as Timmy's manager to make sure he performs his magic act at the Pioneer Day Carnival; Eddie is determined to prove that the carnival games aren't all rigged.
S1.E22 ∙ Whales
After learning that donations are down at their church, Peggy grows concerned that the cutbacks will affect the nursing home where she is secretly housing a close relative; Mike and Peggy blame the low donations on Father Abdi.
S1.E23 ∙ Irish Goodbye
Peggy struggles with Lawrence's decision to move out of the house; Timmy can't find his ventriloquist dummy, Knuckles, and learns that Joey took him without asking.
