Grace and the kids are set to wait out the big storm and rising flood when her ex arrives.

Grace tries to smooth things over when a new female employee charges Bill with sexual discrimination.

Grace lets Quentin and Libby care for themselves while she goes to work. Her new boss makes it clear that he is only concerned with himself and his retirement.

Grace dates a minor-league ballplayer while Faith wants a major commitment from Russell who backs off.

Jimmy's new girl friend comes to Grace for advice and Grace gives her the bitter truth. Otherwise, Grace has problems with her credit card.

Nadine and Wade have a marital battle with Grace in the middle. Nadine catches Libby shoplifting.

Grace wants to get Nadine back on track, so they take a trip to visit Grace's Aunt Vivian.

Acting somewhat like Abby, Grace tries to reconcile her boss with his estranged pregnant daughter. Meanwhile, Quentin seems embarrassed to go out in public with his mother.

It is a lonesome Thanksgiving when her ex takes the kids to the grandparents for the feast, but Libby escapes and the Kelly clan swoops down on Grace.

An employee is killed and the plant damaged by an explosion which puts Grace in the secretarial pool until the accident is investigated. Nadine and Wade date.

Grace slips on the icy walk at Wade and Nadine's house, then visits a therapist who helps her decide how she feels about their marital dispute.

Grace has to contend with her 'down-in-the-dumps' ex-mother-in-law and an invitation to a Christmas dance with Dougie.

Quentin goes to stay with his father and Grace has a short story published in the local paper.

Grace and Russell attend a real estate seminar with different objectives: Russell wants a profit, Grace needs material for a school assignment.

Grace has an relationship with her masseur, but doesn't like his need to be in control.

Matthew, Grace's first son, who was given up for adoption, contacts Grace and puts her in a quandry. He wants to know who is his father for starters.

The kids get into trouble with neighboring campers when Grace takes them into the woods.

Jimmy's father has chest pains and Jean is a pain of a different kind, when Grace insists he be taken to the hospital.

Grace introduces her first son to her other kids, but it doesn't go well.

Grace plans to go to the opera in St. Louis alone. Meanwhile, Russell visits his dad.

Quentin has a fight at school and Grace is angry when she discovers that Quentin used a racial slur that started it.

Grace thinks Matthew's father should meet him, but the feeling is not mutual.

From a dateless state to a flood. All her boyfriends ask her out at the same time.

Grace is ready, but her boyfriend reneges on the grounds he is celibate due to two earlier affairs that went wrong.

Jimmy has gotten his life in order and accepted a new job in Ohio, but the family has mixed reactions.