Ritch Shydner
Al leaves home after a fight and stays with his colleague Luke Ventura. Two sisters arrive, Luke takes one to bed, and the other spends the episode working on Al. He turns her down, which is the episode’s actual point and the reason the character stayed likeable.
Marcy gives Peggy a diet book meant to improve her love life, and Peggy puts the whole family on it. The episode is really about withholding, the weapon both Bundys would use on each other for eleven seasons. It is also the first time the show goes upstairs.
The episode that opened FOX’s first night of prime time, on April 5, 1987. Al has to choose between a basketball game and meeting the new neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades. Nancy becomes the first of the shoe store’s oversized customers, and Kelly gets the series’ first line.