Life's Work
Season 1
TV-PG
Lisa Ann reenters the work force after attending law school and starting a family. She deals with the difficulties of having a job and children with humor and a supportive husband.
18 Episodes
- Pilot
E1PilotLisa begins her new job as Assitant States Attorney for the City of Baltimore, and Kevin has trouble adjusting to Lisa's long hours outside of the home. On her first day at work, she's insulted by the entire staff and given less than a day to prepare for a case. Later that day, after a basketball player is injured and Kevin has to go to the ER, instead of watching Snow White, Tess and Griffin get to go on thier first trip to a bar, where Lisa interviews a key witness in her case -- a loopy bartender. - Daycareless
E2DaycarelessLisa and Kevin realize how overwhelming thier lives have become when they mistakenly leave baby Griffin at daycare, each thinking the other has picked him up. After several warnings and one more tardy pick-up, Griffin is expelled and the Hunters must find alternative daycare. Temporary relief arrives in the form of Connie, Lisa's larger-than-life mother, who comes to stay with the Hunters. Although she's happy to help her daughter and son-in-law, Connie quickly makes it clear that she loves her grandchildren but she's not about to become their full-time baysitter. Lisa and Kevin must return, apologetically to Griffin's original daycare center. In order to get their baby re-enrolled, they generously ""donate"" their brand new VCR to the center. To Lisa's dismay, her beloved copy of ""Braveheart"" was still in the VCR-- and the task falls to Kevin to provide a suitable replacement -- so he transforms into a Mel Gibson-esque warrior, complete with blue complexion and kilt. - BurnoutE5
BurnoutLisa hopes her star will rise when Mr. Nash offers her a shot at a high profile case, but the nonstop shuttle between home and work is causing her fuel to run dry. Meanwhile, Kevin looks for basketball recruits, but a trip to Philadelphia to check out a hot prospect yields only the information that the player is on probation. - Playdate
E6PlaydateLisa discovers that kids' ""play dates"" can be as troublesome as adult dating when the mother of Tess's new friend, Corrine, causes nothing but problems, almost ruining the little girls' friendship. Meanwhile, Kevin and Lisa clash when Kevin realizes the only way his assistant coach, Brick, will get a raise is if Kevin pays him out of his own pocket. - Girlfriends
E7GirlfriendsLisa and DeeDee are assigned a case against a defense attorney who dated - and dumped - both of them. Meanwhile, Tess spends a day at work with Kevin and innocently wanders into the locker room where the basketball team is showering. When her teacher calls the next day and informs Lisa that Tess drew a picture entitled ""12 Angry Men,"" Lisa and Kevin have a frank(ly uneasy) talk with thier 8 year old about the facts of life. - Jobs
E9JobsAfter being assigned a rediculous performance evaluation at work, Lisa and her coworkers scramble to try to match Mr. Nash's answers (though Matt goes over-the-top and sets his to music). Kevin is offered a job coaching at another college, but the catch is, he'll be on the road 20 weeks of the year. - Boss
E11BossThe Hunter family is in an uproar when Lisa's mother Connie moves in with them, and quickly seizes control of every aspect of their lives. Hiring connie to take care of the kids seemed like such a simple solution to Lisa and Kevin. what they hadn't bargained for was Connie's insistence on doing things her way—regardless of Lisa and Kevin's wishes. Desperately wanting to regain control over their household matters, Lisa confronts Connie, but the discussion quickly disintegrates into a mother-daughter screaming match which has surprising results. Meanwhile, back at the office, Lisa finds herself in hot water when she defies Mr Nash's order to plead a case and not take it to court. Not only does the case blow up in her face, with Mr. Nash there to see it, but he lays down the law: one more slip-up and she gets the pink slip. - Fired
E12FiredAfter Visa raises their credit limit, Lisa decides that it's time for the Hunters to have tidings aplenty for Christmas (she and Tess decide to be Jewish, so they can have 8 days worth of presents each!). However, things start looking dreary when Lisa is placed under a gag order on a case she's working on, and she accidentally blurts out classified information to a obnoxious radio talk show host who's personally attacked her character. When the judge declares a mistrial, Lisa is initially fired, but her job is reinstated because the DA feels the ""voters frown on a working mother being fired during the holidays."" So, in need of a fall guy, Mr. Nash takes the bullet, and it's up to Lisa to stand up to the pretentious D.A. and win Mr. Nash's job back. - Harassment
E13HarassmentLisa and her coworkers amuse themselves joking about a case Lyndon is assigned involving a man ""getting splinters"" with a tree on the lawn of the public library. Meanwhile, Matt builds a robot, the TC5-1000, to help out with tedious mailroom chores, and becomes paranoid that everyone likes the robot better than him. Tess finds herself in a heap of trouble when she kisses a little boy on the playground ""against his wishes,"" and is suspended from school. Lisa pays a visit to the paranoid principal, ""Blair the Square,"" and inadvertantly ends up arguing with and mocking him. Finally, she pays a visit to the school board, and proceeds to annhiliate thier policy on sexual harassment. - NeighborsE15
NeighborsWhen the Hunters get robbed, they get to be friends with their new neighbor, Marty, and his son. The next thing they know, Marty's gotten their possessions returned. They figure out how he pulled those stings when a picture of Lisa and Marty ends up on Mr. Nash's desk -- Marty's the head of the mob!
