True Colors

Sep 2, 1990

Ron and Ellen's families try to adjust to the marriage, while Lester befriends a turkey scheduled to become dinner.

Sep 9, 1990

Sara comes to Lester's defense when he is mistakenly accused of stealing expensive basketball shoes.

Sep 16, 1990

After Lester joins Sara and her friends for mah-jongg, he starts behaving like his step-grandmother—including seeing things.

Sep 23, 1990

Katie inadvertently jeopardizes Terry's chance for a student athletic scholarship.

Sep 30, 1990

Ellen washes Terry's lucky t-shirt, and he gets injured playing football soon after. Sara brings Ron bad luck when they take a flight together.

Oct 7, 1990

Ron gets the blues when Katie gets a visit from her dad on her 16th birthday.

Oct 21, 1990

Lester's continued drawing and dreaming land him in hot water, both at school and home.

Oct 28, 1990

Sara agrees to let Ron look at her teeth after her former dentist passes away.

Nov 4, 1990

Ellen disapproves of Katie's relationship with a collegiate environmental activist.

Nov 11, 1990

Sara's easily able to find a date to a wedding—a gentleman who may make a proposal to her of his own.

Nov 18, 1990

To protect his frail aunt, Ellen pretends to still be married to Leonard.

Nov 25, 1990

Lester and Katie hope to cure Terry's aerophobia by taking him to the roof and making him face his fear.

Dec 16, 1990

The family bands together to build the confidence of Ron's cousin before an audition to join a puppeteering group.

Dec 23, 1990

Ron and Ellen use the family Christmas gathering to reflect on both how they first met and how they revealed their romance to their loved ones.

Jan 13, 1991

Ellen's afraid her being white will hinder Ron's ability to win an award from a black magazine.

Feb 3, 1991

An hysterical Sara is hospitalized for a gallbladder operation.

Feb 10, 1991

Terry teaches Lester some ways to approach girls with confidence, but neglects to teach him how to handle rejection.

Feb 17, 1991

On a date, Terry regrets giving Katie a lift after his car breaks down.

Mar 3, 1991

A horror movie marathon frightens Katie and Lester. Meanwhile, Ellen and Terry find themselves stuck in an elevator en route to a banquet.

Mar 24, 1991

Mom puts a downer on Katie's hoped-for romance on a ski vacation, while Ron and Terry aren't pleased with having to take care of Sara.

Apr 14, 1991

Ellen's plan to bring her students to see Ron's dental office is met with resistance by a racist parent.

Apr 21, 1991

Terry's conscience eats away at him after plagiarizing a paper of Katie's.

Apr 28, 1991

Sara's friend accidentally gets a locket that was a gift for Ellen, and she comes up with a plan to retrieve it.

May 12, 1991

Ellen's joy at throwing a surprise party for Ron is ruined by his pushy mother.

Aug 22, 1991

Sep 12, 1991

Sep 15, 1991

Terry's girlfriend proclaiming that 'she's ready' leaves him speechless.

Sep 22, 1991

Terry's fraternity needs a housemother to avoid losing its charter.

Sep 29, 1991

Ellen shapes Terry's fraternity into respectable young men, but makes them lose respect amongst their peers in the process.

Oct 6, 1991

Oct 20, 1991

Terry loves Reggie's way with handling women—until Katie ends up his next date.

Nov 3, 1991

Terry and Lester's squabbling takes a backseat when they find themselves accused of stealing from a hardware store.

Nov 10, 1991

Sara's senior citizen friends hang out with Terry's fraternity.

Dec 8, 1991

Lester tries to fix Sara up with a singer appearing at a rest home.

Dec 15, 1991

Fed up with Terry and Lester, Katie moves out to be with her dad.

Dec 22, 1991

As Christmas approaches, Ellen finds living with her father to not be all she'd hoped it would be.

Dec 29, 1991

Terry's joy at making the football team is tempered when he learns it's so he can pose as the star player, who needs to pass a test to continue playing.

Jan 5, 1992

Lester's elated after a perfect date with Ron's new assistant.

Jan 12, 1992

A depressed Ellen is encouraged by the family to get back in touch with her artistic side.

Feb 2, 1992

Grandpa Bernard can't believe that Katie and Lester's school dances might be segregated.

Feb 9, 1992

Terry finds himself unable to follow through on a promise he made to Donna.

Feb 16, 1992

Lester hopes he can get a rapper to use his influence to help dissuade a friend from joining a gang.

Mar 1, 1992

Terry's excitement over a new job is quickly tempered when he learns he's not been hired for his merit, but as affirmative action.

Mar 22, 1992

Ellen's worried when her sister thinks an 'up with feelings' guru is the man of her dreams.

Apr 12, 1992

Finding a tape of his dead mother's voice stirs resentment inside Lester, who finds himself irrationally angry at Ellen for replacing her.