One Day at a Time: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
Shakedown
Oct 2, 1983 · 24 min
Sam and Ann are adjusting to married life and find they disagree on monumental issues such as where the spoons should be kept.
Take My Ex
Oct 16, 1983 · 24 min
A visit from Sam's ex-wife sparks a sudden need for attention in Ann, who resents the pampering the former Mrs. Royer receives from Sam.
The Dentist
Oct 23, 1983 · 24 min
The opening of his new dental office gives Mark such a case of the jitters that he may give up his practice before the first patient walks through the door.
The Bedtime Story
Oct 30, 1983 · 24 min
A plan to collaborate on the writing of children's stories drives Julie and Max into a bitter feud over Max's potential as a writer.
Worried Heart
Nov 6, 1983 · 24 min
Ann's imagination runs away with her when Sam runs off on a business trip with an associate who happens to be his ex-girlfriend.
Baby Love (1)
Dec 4, 1983 · 24 min
A weekend watching little Annie for Max and Julie has Barbara longing to have her own baby and begins considering the option of adoption.
Baby Love (2)
Dec 4, 1983 · 24 min
Barbara, still wanting to have a child, continues to consider adoption.
Travel Agent
Dec 18, 1983 · 24 min
To arrange a long-overdue vacation, Barbara and Mark visit a travel agency, where Barbara finds an unexpected career opportunity.
Not a Creature Was Staying
Dec 25, 1983 · 24 min
Ann has the holiday blues, believing she and Sam will be alone on Christmas, but Sam plans to surprise her with a Caribbean cruise.
Sam's Apartment
Jan 1, 1984 · 24 min
Sam's late night disappearance has the family convinced he's been kidnapped until Ann learns he's kept his old apartment.
Never Hire a Relative
Jan 15, 1984 · 24 min
Francine goes behind Ann's back to talk Sam into designing an elaborate office suite that's too grandiose for Ann's taste.
Fifty
Feb 12, 1984 · 24 min
Schneider has a sentimental reunion with his high-school love, who pays him a visit on his 50th birthday, bringing along her own cherished memories of their past.
Woman of the House
Mar 7, 1984 · 24 min
Barbara loses charge of her household when Grandma Romano moves in with her own set of rules, menus, meal schedules and a collection of cuckoo clocks.
Parting Company
Mar 14, 1984 · 24 min
Ann and Francine's business relationship is threatened when Francine announces she's marrying an ad executive Ann doesn't trust.
Ave Romano
Mar 21, 1984 · 24 min
An Italian priest arrives unexpectedly at the Royers, claiming to be a distant relative of Grandma Romano.
Bringing in the Clowns
Apr 4, 1984 · 24 min
Mark's jokester friends are visiting and taking their jokes too far to the point where everyone gets sick of them. Barbara gets so fed up that she tries to teach them a lesson by "
Up in Smoke
Apr 25, 1984 · 24 min
After six years of not smoking, Sam lights up. But when he tries to quit, he finds his willpower has gone up in smoke.
Meaning of Life
May 2, 1984 · 24 min
Schneider gets a new lease on life after he's accidentally electrocuted, then revived, a hair raising experience in which he claims he died and came back to life.
The Nearness of You
May 14, 1984 · 24 min
Working side by side at the travel agency spawns a growing attraction between Max and Barbara, that becomes impossible to ignore.
Off We Go
May 21, 1984 · 24 min
Ann gets a job offer in London and ponders taking it. Despite getting nagged by her mother, she decides to accept the job. This leads her to wonder how she's going to tell the res
Another Man's Shoes
May 28, 1984 · 24 min
Schneider learns that his brother passed away and that somebody needs to take care of his nephew and niece so Schneider gets a phone call to come and pick them up. The place where