Roc

Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) tries to give his wife, Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE), the perfect birthday gift on his garbageman's wages, but runs into trouble when his father and brother try to help.

On his deathbed, Andrew's best friend Frankie confesses that he once had sex with Andrew's wife and could be the father of either Roc or Joey.

Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) decide to spend a romantic night at a hotel, but romance is the farthest thing from Roc's mind ... and body.

Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) throws a retirement party for a fellow garbageman but ends up alone.

Instead of paying Joey's (ROCKY CARROLL) gambling debts, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) gets Joey a job at the sanitation plant so that he can learn about financial responsibility.

Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) is jealous when one of Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) patients gives her flowers, a diamond necklace and a marriage proposal.

When he accepts a promotion as Crew Supervisor, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) hopes it will lead to an even bigger promotion--until he's ordered to fire one of his best friends.

Andrew's reunion with his younger brother, Russell, throws the Emerson household into chaos when Russell announces new plans for his future.

When Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) meets Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) friend Nadine (OLIVIA BROWN), they find themselves passionately attracted to each other even though they have nothing in common.

Roc and Eleanor want a new house, but they don't have the money. At a bank foreclosure auction, they find their "dream house" and meet the elderly woman who's losing it.

When an Army reunion renews an old boxing rivalry, Roc (CHARLES DUTTON) and George (DAN MARTIN) get back into the boxing ring only to realize their boxing days were over long, long ago.

After trying for months to conceive a child, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) see a doctor to find out whether one of them is having a medical problem.

When doctors suggest that a low sperm count is the reason for Roc's (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) inability to conceive a child, Roc's masculinity is insulted.

The Emersons are shocked when Andrew (CARL GORDON) announces his engagement to Celia Miller (KAREN BANKHEAD), a beautiful woman almost young enough to be his granddaughter.

While attending a family wedding, Eleanor's mother, Margaret, insists that Roc pretend to be a successful doctor.

Joey is hired to give trumpet lessons to children but spends all his time betting on horses. Meanwhile, his brother, Roc, has volunteered Joey's students to play in a musical recital.

Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) innocently offers marital advice to his boss, Stan (GEORGE WENDT), who then ends up staying with the Emersons after an argument with his wife.

When the garbagemen's union goes out on strike, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) accepts a job as a hospital orderly, but refuses to take orders from the head nurse, his wife, Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE).

When Joey (ROCKY CARROLL), Andrew (CARL GORDON) and Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) offer a meal to a pregnant homeless woman, she suddenly goes into labor in the middle of their kitchen.

When Roc is assigned to train Angela, a beautiful new sanitation worker, no one believes his story that she's trying to seduce him every minute they're alone.

When a gang of drug dealers move into a nearby house, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) try to organize their neighbors into a non-violent protest movement to scare them away.

When Andrew's lover dies after a passionate evening, he's afraid his wife has cursed him from beyond the grave. Later, when Roc and Eleanor set him up on a date, Andrew resists.

Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) wins The Fly Guys, a rock 'n' roll group, as payment on a bet. Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) becomes the group's new manager.

Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) learns a harsh lesson about surviving in the world of show business when he's hired as a trumpet player for the famous Les McCann Band.

When Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) awakens from a bad dream, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON), Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) and Andrew (CARL GORDON) try to calm her fears by confessing their own worst nightmares.