It's a Living

Newcomer Amy Tompkins must deal with a stalker sending her threatening messages. Howard refuses to accept a shipment of fish from a supplier he does not approve of, infuriating Nancy.

Cassie falls for a millionaire cowboy, who wants Cassie to be a cowgirl if she wants to be with him.

Amy's father pays a surprise visit...to bring her back to Texas with him.

An ambassador of a third-world country comes to visit, but the restaurant is taken hostage by terrorists from his country. Meanwhile, Jan helps her daughter deliver her pet cat's litter of kittens.

Sonny is offered a recording contract and abruptly quits the restaurant hoping that he'll make it big...or so he thinks.

Jan falls for a fan repairman, but the romance accelerates when he asks Jan to marry him. Meanwhile, Amy, taking advice from Dot, tries to lie to Nancy to get a day off so she can go to a rodeo.

A Russian decides to defect to the United States after he falls for Cassie and takes refuge in her locker.

When the prom entertainment fails to show up, Dot takes charge with help from Sonny and Amy. Meanwhile, Jan is not so sure about marrying Richie after learning that he wants to have a child with her.

The wedding day for Jan and Richie is about to hit a snag when the judge is a no-show and the honeymoon brings along a third wheel.

The president is expected to come to the restaurant. There's only one problem: lead chef Howard isn't cleared by Secret Service after they check his background.

Dot serves jury duty and ends up being the only holdout. Meanwhile, the waitresses hold out for Dot's return as they pick up her slack.

Nancy is forced to hire an obnoxious waiter after the restaurant is hit with a sex discrimination lawsuit.

Cassie's dreamy one-night stand becomes her nightmare when she is humiliated by the wife of the guy she slept with.

After Nancy suffers a hernia during a date, her physician insists that she have an operation. But when she begins to relive her phobia about hospitals, she refuses to seek treatment.

Terrorists target the restaurant when they learn that a princess will be dining there wearing a necklace that they want. Too bad that Dot accidentally takes a drugged napkin meant for the princess.

While they are forced to stay at the restaurant to take inventory, the waitresses swap their tales of the worst guys that they had ever dated.

Cassie reluctantly moves in with Sonny while she attempts to find a place. But this pairing also has everyone at work guessing about this arrangement.

Dot replaces her dead cat with a noisy puppy. Meanwhile, Sonny decides to quit his job so he can date a roller derby skater.

Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her.

Cassie is mad at a customer who refuses to tip her but learns he works for the IRS and is auditing her. Dot's boyfriend threatens to jump off the building if she doesn't continue to date him.

Dot learns that her cartoonist boyfriend is using her as a model for a new character in his comic strip.

Sonny learns the girl he's dating is a mobster's moll.