Thunder Alley

Mar 9, 1994

A retired racecar driver and garage owner has to adjust when his daughter Bobbi and her children come to live with him, beginning with a clash over how to discipline the kids.

Mar 16, 1994

Gil becomes romantically interested in Harry's teacher, not realizing the boy has a crush on her himself.

Mar 23, 1994

Gil bribes the children with a promise of pizza to get them to do their chores, but his plan backfires.

Mar 30, 1994

Gil baby-sits while Bobbie goes out to dinner with his niece Rita.

Apr 6, 1994

Gil's impending IRS interview worries Bobbie; meanwhile, Gil plans a practical joke on the kids using a hearse that is in the garage for servicing.

Apr 13, 1994

Claudine is interested in a boy; meanwhile, Gil is being honored with a lifetime-achievement award.

Apr 20, 1994

Hostilities with annoying neighbor Mrs. Millman escalate when Jenny punches her daughter Phyllis.

May 4, 1994

Gil has trepidations about his grandchildren's behavior at an awards banquet.

Sep 14, 1994

Bobbi and Gil clash over how to soothe Harry's fears over an impending tonsilectomy.

Sep 21, 1994

Gil addresses Harry's class on career day, but Bobbie doesn't like the message he gives about the worth of formal education

Sep 28, 1994

Gill takes the kids to the racetrack, to Bobbi's consternation.

Oct 5, 1994

Gil is left to content with the kids after he shames Bobbie in looking for a ""real job"".

Oct 12, 1994

A boy asks Claudine to the school dance, but Bobbi and Gil impose conditions she rebels against.

Oct 15, 1994

As the new coach of Jenny's basketball team, Bobbie renames it the Bluebirds and puts its members (and their parents) in a foul mood with a winning-isn't-everything philosophy.

Oct 26, 1994

Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.

Oct 26, 1994

Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.

Nov 2, 1994

A family garage sale finds Bobbie and Gil in a rhubarb over ownership of a 1972 baseball card collection that may bring in as much as $2200

Mar 7, 1995

Bobbi meets an attractive new man, but the rest of the family don't approve of her dating him.

Mar 14, 1994

It's time for the stock-car racers' reunion, but Harry puts the brakes on Gill's enthusiasm when he decides to ta g along; Bobbie tries to sell the girls on the idea of a mother-daughter slumber party

Mar 21, 1995

Bobbi and Harry both learn lessons about trust and letting go when Bobbie, worrying that Claudine doesn't confide in her, is tempted to read her diary; and Gil prods Harry to lose his bicycle training wheels

Mar 28, 1995

The girls convince Harry that he has ruined Gil's prized stock-car engine with a dropped marble, but the prank backfires when Harry confesses and an overheated Gil explodes, prompting Harry to run away from home

Apr 4, 1995

When the kids misbehave, Gil metes out their punishment: Harry must work in the garage, and the girls are evicted from their rooms. Meanwhile, Bobbie laughs at Gil's plan to ""lock the tigers outside of their cage.""

Apr 11, 1995

Bobbie takes a break from the demands of the kids and Gil by going bowling with Rita and her friends -- on the night Gil plans to watch ""the fight of the century.""

Apr 18, 1995

When Bobbie finally takes Gil's advice about demanding the kids respect her authority, they seem singularly unimpressed

Apr 25, 1995

Gill's romantic evening is spoiled by the surprise arrival of Bobbie and the kids; but the disastrous evening only warms him up for the kids' well-intentioned plans to make amends.

May 2, 1995

Bobbi reserves a week at a family vacation spot in the hopes that it will leave the children with wonderful memories, but it looks like the only camp regulation at Scattered Pines is Murphy's Law.

May 9, 1995

Harry wants his birthday party to be in the theme of his favorite superhero, Buzzard Boy; but Bobbi wants a less violent alternative -- Enviro-Man, a superhero that only Mother Earth could love.

Jul 4, 1995

Bobbi can't afford the expensive toy the kids have their hearts set on.