Life's Work
an Episode Guide
by Russell Wodell
Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00
Life's Workan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Sep 1996 to: Jun 1997 | 18 eps | ABC | 30 min | stereo | closed captioned |
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recurring characters:
Stand-up comedian Lisa Ann Walter stars as Lisa Hunter, a happily married middle-class mother of two who, after years of odd jobs and law school at night during her child-rearing years, becomes an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore. Eager to prove herself as a prosecutor, Lisa takes feistiness to a new level, which translates inevitably into a demanding workload and long hours that strains her family responsibilities to her daughter and her husband, a college basketball coach. Her new co-workers include fellow attorney DeeDee; her boss Jerome Nash; her rival Lyndon Knox; and the eccentric supply clerk Matt Youngster.
Production credits:
Weest, Inc. in association with Touchstone Television
Created by Warren Bell and Lisa Ann Walter
Executive producer: Warren Bell
Co-executive producer: Michael Lessac
Supervising producers: David Fury, Elin Hampton
Producers: Douglas Tuber, Tim Maile, Lisa Ann Walter, Sam Baum
Produced by Brian J. Cowan
Co-producer: Warren Bell
Director: Michael Lessac
Executive consultant: Betsy Borns
Consultants: Vicki Horwitz, Pat Dougherty
Story editors: Phil Palisoul, Nora Lynch
Associate producer: Myron Nash
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rc: Coach Brick, Emily
In the opener, husband Kevin has trouble adjusting to Lisa's long hours outside the home. On her first day of work, she's given less than 24 hours to prepare for a case. Since Kevin is stuck caring for an injured basketball player, Lisa is forced to take Tess and Griffin with her when she interviews the key witness: a bartender.
b: 17 Sep 96 pc: L402 w: Warren Bell s: Warren Bell & Lisa Ann Walter d: Michael Lessacrc: Connie, Emily
Lisa's vociferous, meddlesome mother visits the Hunters when the two-career couple's schedule conflicts cost their toddler his daycare.
b: 24 Sep 96 pc: L404 w: Nora Lynch & Phil Palisoul d: Michael LessacThe Hunters undergo unwanted assertiveness training when a cantankerous old judge pushes Lisa to the boiling point and a newspaper article about Kevin's team has him steamed.
b: 1 Oct 96 pc: L406 w: Warren Bell d: Michael Lessacrc: Connie
Lisa is worried that Kevin is becoming a square when he lacks enthusiasm at a rock concert, so she rents a replica of his old car to turn him around; then she realizes it's her own lost youth she wants back.
b: 8 Oct 96 pc: L407 w: Vicki S. Horwitz d: Michael Lessacrc: Coach Brick
Lisa 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 ful to run dry. Meanwhile, Kevin looks for basketball recruits, but a trip to Philadelphia to check out a hot prospect yields only the info that the player is on probation.
b: 15 Oct 96 pc: L405 w: Elin Hampton & David Fury d: Michael Lessacrc: Coach Brick
Lisa 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.
b: 22 Oct 96 pc: L403 w: Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile d: Michael Lessacrc: Coach Brick
Lisa and DeeDee team up to take out a smug defense attorney who dated - and dumped - both of them, but Lisa's personal vendetta goes too far. Meanwhile, at home, Lisa and Kevin ponder a frank talk about sex with Tess after the eight-year-old accidentally sees Kevin's basketball players naked when she wanders into the showers.
b: 29 Oct 96 pc: L408 w: ______________ d: ______________rc: Emily
The Hunters try not to make a mountain out of a potential molehill when Lisa's suspected pregnancy threatens their plans for a romantic weekend in the Poconos.
b: 12 Nov 96 pc: L409 w: Mitchell Newman d: Michael LessacLisa is thrilled when Kevin is offered a dream job, but the realization that the new position will take him away from home for 20 weeks out of the year quickly dampens her enthusiasm - just in time for her upcoming performance evaluation at work.
b: 19 Nov 96 pc: L410 w: ______________ d: ______________rc: Connie
It's Thanksgiving time at the Hunter household, and Lisa and Kevin are looking forward to celebrating the holiday this year without the hassle of relatives. However, this day of thanks turns into a real turkey when duty calls and sends Kevin packing for a basketball-recruiting trip on the sandy shores of Maui. Lisa is devastated that her husband is taking their dream honeymoon without her and is now left to spend Thanksgiving with the office gang. When Lisa's mother, Connie drops in, things heat up a bit when she jumps to the conclusion that Lisa and Lyndon are having an affair! Meanwhile, Nash desperately tries to get closer to his visiting teenage daughter.
b: 26 Nov 96 pc: L411 w: Nora Lynch & Phil Palisoul d: Michael Lessacrc: Connie
The Hunter family is in an uproar when Lisa's mother Connie moves in with them and quickly seizes control of very aspect of their lives. Hiring Connie to take care of the kids seems like such a simple solution to Lisa and Kevin. What they haven't bargained for is Connie's insistence on doing things her way - regardless of Lisa and Kevin's wishes. Desperately trying to regain control over household matters, Lisa confronts Connie, but the discussion quickly disintegrates into a mother-daughter-screaming match - with surprising results. Meanwhile, back at the office, Lisa finds herself in hot water when she defies Mr. Nash's order to plead a case instead of taking it to court. Not only does the case blow up in her face, with Nash there to see it, but he lays down the law: one more slip-up and she gets the pink slip!
b: 3 Dec 96 pc: L412 w: Elin Fury & David Hampton d: Michael Lessacrc: Connie
Lisa's big mouth gets her in trouble for the last time when she violates a gag order and is promptly served with her walking papers. When the judge on the deadbeat-dad case Lisa is prosecuting issues a gag order, Mr. Nash reminds her that she is already treading on thin ice and warns her to keep her mouth shut. However, when a local radio talk-show host personally attacks her, Lisa's uncontrollable gift for gab takes over and promptly lands her in the unemployment line. In an unexpected turn of events, she gets re-hired, only to find Mr. Nash out of a job. In an attempt to get her boss's job back, she confronts the district attorney and tries to set things right so it will be a merry Christmas for all.
b: 17 Dec 96 pc: L413 w: Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile d: Michael LessacWhen Tess is suspended from class for kissing a boy on the playground, Lisa decides to teach the school board a lesson.
b: 7 Jan 97 pc: L414 w: Matt Ember & Warren Bell d: Howard Murrayrc: Connie
When the man who conned Connie out of her retirement savings is brought to trial, Lisa grudgingly takes a backseat to Lyndon, after Jerome assigns him the case. Lisa hopes she'll finally get some respect from her mother when she and Lyndon are assigned to prosecute the con man who swindled her mom. But things don't work out as planned when her mother begins valuing Lyndon's advice far more than Lisa's.
b: 14 Jan 97 pc: L415 w: Marsha Myers & Alana Burgi d: Howard Murrayrc: Connie
When Lisa and Kevin are robbed, they get to know their neighbors -- including one, Marty Cranepool, who becomes a fast friend. But their new friendship becomes a conflict of interest for Lisa when it turns out that Marty is Baltimore's most powerful mob boss.
b: 28 Jan 97 pc: L417 w: Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile d: Michael LessacLisa and the other lawyers are taken hostage by a disgruntled cop after a suspect goes free on a technicality.
b: 27 May 97 pc: L418 w: Phil Palisoul & Nora Lynch s: Lois Bromfield d: Michael LessacLisa decides to act as a matchmaker when she realizes that a beautiful but tough defense attorney, Mr. Nash's old flame from law school, is attracted to him. But Lisa has to use some special tricks to get her stubborn boss interested in romance.
b: 3 Jun 97 pc: L416 w: ______________ d: Michael LessacLisa's dancing as fast as she can as she tries to attend an office soiree with Baltimore's jitterbugging D.A. as well as a dinner date with Kevin and his boss.
b: 10 Jun 97 pc: L419 w: Alana Burgi & Marsha Myers s: Douglas Tuber & Tim Maile d: Michael Lessac| Back to TOP of Page |
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