An author-turned-innkeeper navigates the ups and downs of small-town life in rural Vermont, surrounded by a cast of quirky friends and acquaintances.
Dick Loudon, a how-to book writer, and his wife Joanna leave their life in New York City to purchase a small inn in Vermont. Dick becomes a local TV celebrity hosting "Vermont Today". The inn has a handyman, George Utley, and a maid, Leslie Vanderkellen, who dreams of becoming an Olympic ski champion.
Aired: Oct 25, 1982New York couple Dick and Joanna Loudon purchase the Stratford Inn in rural Ve...
2. Mrs. Newton's Body Lies A-Mould'ring in the Grave
Aired: Nov 1, 1982Dick and Joanna are horrified to discover a 300 year-old grave in their basem...
Aired: Nov 8, 1982Dick is persuaded to run for the town council.
4. Shall We Gather at the River?
Aired: Nov 15, 1982Dick is in the doghouse when he persuades Joanna to attend the town's annual ...
Aired: Nov 22, 1982The staff of the Stratford Inn pitch together to help Kirk get his café up to...
Aired: Nov 29, 1982Dick becomes disenchanted with the Stratford when its application to be made ...
Aired: Dec 6, 1982Kirk is jealous when an old flame of Leslie's appears with a proposal.
8. Some Are Born Writers... Others Have Writers Thrust Upon Them
Aired: Dec 13, 1982Dick reluctantly helps an aspiring author make it in the business.
Aired: Dec 20, 1982Dick and Joanna's much-awaited first Christmas in Vermont ends up being not s...
10. The Senator's Wife Was Indiscreet
Aired: Dec 27, 1982Dick and Joanna play marriage counselors when the flaky wife of a senator lea...
Aired: Jan 3, 1983Kirk has a date with Leslie. Dick decides he wants to go skiing but since he ...
12. The Way We Thought We Were
Aired: Jan 10, 1983George is dismayed when an old flame returns after thirty-one years and has c...
Aired: Jan 17, 1983Dick and Joanna feel left out when some old friends visit the Inn but spend n...
14. What Is This Thing Called Lust?
Aired: Jan 31, 1983Leslie's cousin is about to be wed and has set her lustful sights on next-doo...
Aired: Feb 7, 1983An aging, unfunny comic who is an old friend of Dick's uses the Stratford to ...
16. Ricky Nelson, Up Your Nose
Aired: Feb 14, 1983While Kirk goes in for surgery, Larry, Darryl and Darryl mind the Minuteman C...
Aired: Feb 21, 1983Dick, George and Kirk embark on a trip to Boston to attend a Celtics game, me...
Aired: Mar 13, 1983Kirk must take a lie detector test to prove his claims that the Minuteman Caf...
Aired: Mar 20, 1983George becomes the joke of the town after he spies a UFO and nobody believes ...
20. You're Homebody 'til Somebody Loves You
Aired: Mar 27, 1983When Dick labels her a homebody, Joanna decides to return to the workforce.
21. Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have
Aired: Apr 3, 1983Kirk finally manages to get a date with Leslie when his grandmother arrives f...
Aired: Apr 10, 1983After winning big at golf and poker, Dick tries desperately to lose his new w...
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