One Day at a Time: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of One Day at a Time Season 6.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Alex Moves In
Oct 11, 1981 · 24 min
After the recent death of Nick, Alex is left feeling lonely and unwanted by his recently married mother. So, he hops a bus from Chicago and head straight to Ann and Barbara.
Airport
Oct 18, 1981 · 24 min
Awaiting Ann's overdue flight, everyone passes time in fleeting encounters with the opposite sex.
Shake Hands
Oct 25, 1981 · 24 min
Ann's old nemesis Francine insists that she would make a perfect partner, a prospect Ann finds revolting.
Julie Shows Up (1)
Nov 8, 1981 · 24 min
Julie shows up unexpectedly, toting all her posessions and spouting unlikely tales of Max's infidelity.
Julie Shows Up (2)
Nov 15, 1981 · 24 min
Julie and Max seem headed for divorce unless someone like Ann can persuade them to talk it out.
Dinner at Seven (1)
Nov 29, 1981 · 24 min
Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys but the first won't take her home.
Dinner at Seven (2)
Dec 6, 1981 · 24 min
Barbara hatches a plan to repay Mark for their disastrous first date.
Plain Favorite
Dec 20, 1981 · 24 min
Schneider contemplates taking Ann's cousin to a dance.
Alex's First Love
Dec 27, 1981 · 24 min
Alex's first date rekindles the protectionist approach Ann took with her daughters.
Not So Silent Partner
Jan 3, 1982 · 24 min
Schneider becomes the not-so-silent business partner of Ann and Francine after the bank turns down their loan.
Gift Horses
Jan 17, 1982 · 24 min
While Ann is away, Barbara's grandmothers wage a war of presents for her affection.
Stick 'em Up
Jan 24, 1982 · 24 min
Unwelcome guests arrive just in time for Barbara's surprise birthday party at the store.
Ann's Failure
Jan 31, 1982 · 24 min
Ann is sorely troubled by intimations of her own mortality that are triggered by Barbara's engagement.
Grandma's Nest Egg
Feb 7, 1982 · 24 min
Francine's father and Grandma Romano are a hot item until she learns his line of work.
Barbara's Crisis
Feb 21, 1982 · 24 min
Barbara fears that her marriage plans will dissolve after she learns that she can't conceive a child.
Mrs. O'Leary's Kid
Mar 7, 1982 · 24 min
Alex doesn't feel like the hero he's hailed after saving lives in an apartment blaze because he caused the fire in the first place.
Diamonds Are Forever
Mar 14, 1982 · 24 min
The men go fishing and the women await their return, but all have one thing in common, they're talking about marriage.
The Defector
Mar 21, 1982 · 24 min
A Russian women's basketball team visits Ann's home and one of the stars decides to defect and marry Schneider.
Hardball
Apr 4, 1982 · 24 min
Alex talks Max into coaching his baseball team and Max's first action as coach is to bench Alex.
Vegas (1)
Apr 11, 1982 · 24 min
At a dentistry convention in Las Vegas, Barbara and Mark consider avoiding the hassle of wedding arrangements with a quickie Vegas marriage ceremony.
Vegas (2)
Apr 18, 1982 · 24 min
The family rushes off to Las Vegas to talk Barbara out of a quickie marriage ceremony.
Orville and Emily
May 2, 1982 · 24 min
The annual variety show for the Park Utopia senior-citizens hotel takes place.
Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 9, 1982 · 24 min
It's coming through loud and clear, Schneider's going deaf.
It's in the Cards
May 16, 1982 · 24 min
Grandma Romano tries her hand at a new career, fortunetelling.