It's a Living

Sonny is hoping his fiancee will make it to their wedding. Meanwhile, Howard's high school flame visits.

Nancy dozes off during a wedding reception and dreams that everyone has done well for themselves ten years into the future only to learn that Amy married Howard and she ended up marrying Sonny!

The waitresses start to worry about letting Jan's daughter Ellen date a senior student, while Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.

When Dot's production of "Little Red Riding Hood" is hit with a case of chicken pox that quarantines the children in the cast, the staff step in to fill their roles.

Dot lands a part in a soap opera and learns that her character is expected to be killed off the show.

Nancy demands Howard to accompany her to a square dance as a way to break him out of a mid-life crisis.

When Nancy is ordered by hotel management to search her staffs' lockers, Howard draws the line on her invading her waitresses' privacy.

Nancy is invited by singer Jack Jones to go with him to Las Vegas for a long weekend.

As the staff follow Nancy to Las Vegas, a jealous Howard finds Nancy at the gambling table with a lounge lizard and a surprise event awaits the gang upon their arrival.

Sonny learns that his mother, who never forgave him for not pursuing a career in classical music, is coming to visit him.

Dot's personal ad doesn't seem to attract any potential responses from readers.

Amy's prison pen pal is about to be released from prison. So guess what he plans to do and spend the rest of his life with after his release?

Feminists set their sights on Sonny during their visit at the restaurant. Meanwhile, Dot dates one of Amy's exes.

Dot gets jittery when her journalist boyfriend is assigned to review her new play.

Thanks to newfound wealth, Richie buys Jan a mink coat. But money doesn't buy happiness, as they're about to find out.

Nancy's visiting cousin shows up with her whole body tattooed, shocking Nancy.

Jan's hope to reconciling her divorced parents is dashed when her father tells her that he is newly engaged to another woman.

Ginger's grandmother shows up to tell Ginger that her son won't let her drive anymore. Meanwhile, Sonny makes a music video at the restaurant.

Dot gets her visiting friend, who came to Los Angeles to seek fame and fortune, a job as a dishwasher at the restaurant.

Sonny becomes jealous when Amy asks his friend Louie out on a date. Meanwhile, Ginger feels more like French toast when she goes on a blind date with an egg salesman.

Ginger makes front page news when she is caught in a Gary Hart-Donna Rice-style situation after she is pictured sitting on the lap of a senator who is up for election.

Sonny becomes a hero after he uses the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking victim. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard decide whether to take separate vacations.

Ginger's boyfriend wants to tie the knot with her, but she doesn't want to settle down yet.

What was supposed to be an interview with a journalist about the pro and cons about their careers turns into a trip down memory lane for the waitresses in this flashback episode.

Jan's attempt to spice up her marriage to Richie is about to turn sour. Meanwhile, a new TV set in the staff lounge draws the waitresses' attention when they become addicted to a mini-series.