Sisters

When his Aunt Alex plans an elaborate birthday party for him, Evan, who is being treated for leukemia, fears everyone is making his party a big event because he is going to die.

Alex learns that her husband also has a girlfriend. Mitch, who is having financial problems, agrees to form a business partnership with Frankie to save his store. Instead, they decide to get married.

When Wade comes clean, Alex goes for divorce while his girlfriend plots her own action.

When Cat finds out about her father's secret marriage to her mother's sister, she leaves home. Meanwhile, her mother Teddy keeps it a secret that she is pregnant by Mitch.

Alex runs into an old flame and Georgie tries to bring some heat back to her marriage.

When nude photos of Teddy are banned from an art exhibit, Teddy and her sisters protest and go to jail. Alex and Wade spend the night together. When a radio show ridicules John and his music, he and his fans demand air time.

The Reed clan learns that Teddy is pregnant. Later, Mitch, now married to Teddy's sister, learns Teddy's baby is also his. Beatrice begins a romantic liaison.

Alex joins a computer dating service but finds her plumber's apprentice Victor the most appealing date. The Whitsigs argue with a neighbor, who later takes Evan to the hospital on an emergency.

The Whitsigs await Evan's test results to learn whether or not his leukemia is in remission. Teddy and Frankie work together to prepare Thanksgiving dinner. The Halseys are shocked when their teenage daughter returns from Paris with a French lover.

A pregnant Teddy gets a job then suffers a miscarriage. A client makes unwanted sexual advances toward Frankie but helps get her promoted.

Georgie invites the entire family at her house for a perfect Christmas Eve, but tainted eggnog makes everyone sick. Teddy grieves over her miscarriage and is visited by the ghost of Charles Dickens.

Georgie gets actively involved with school politics when she learns her son's teacher is HIV positive. Frankie has conflicting emotions about helping husband Mitch and his ex-wife Teddy with their tax audit. Alex's maid has immigration problems.

Alex has two dates for one evening, when she agrees to accompany Wade and Victor to their awards banquets. Frankie and husband Mitch fight about vacation plans. Teddy buys a car.

Frankie handles sexual harassment in the workplace. Beatrice and Judge Truman Ventner make plans to live together. Teddy finds a new way to earn money.

Alex lies to get Reed into a private school, and Georgie runs for school board.

Alex's daughter, Reed, decides that she loves her mother's boyfriend. Frankie and husband Mitch try to have a baby. Teddy accidentally burns Georgie's garage down, destroying all the clothing she designed.

Georgie does last-minute campaigning for the school board election. Teddy and Frankie argue over a pair of their dad's cuff links. Their mother, Beatrice, suffers a heart attack.

Teddy's teenage daughter Cat announces she wants to make love with her boyfriend. Alex is robbed and attacked. John Whitsig makes his stage debut.

Frankie thinks she's pregnant. Alex thinks she's losing her home. Their mother, Beatrice, thinks she's dying.

Teddy becomes enamored with a man she meets at her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting who can't stop drinking. Alex is wooed by her ex-husband. Georgie is bombarded with the non-stop music of husband John and his ever-present female singing partner.

Frankie and her husband, Mitch, adopt a baby. Alex postpones telling her lover, Victor, that she's reuniting with her ex-husband. Beatrice's beau Truman is leaving town unless she tells him how she feels.

Alex becomes a soap fan, and the sisters all volunteer to be surrogate mothers for Frankie and Mitch.