NBC · Ended

United States

Drama, Comedy · 1980

Last aired: S1 E7, Josh · 1980-04-29

United States is a half-hour comedy-drama focusing on Richard and Libby Chapin, an upwardly mobile couple who lives in a Los Angeles suburb, Woodland Hills.

Cast

Beau Bridges Richard Chapin

Helen Shaver Libby Chapin

Rossie Harris Dylan Chapin

Justin Dana Nicky Chapin

Season 1

E1 All Our Weapons 1980-03-11 · 30 min Richard and Libby have a fight over his refusal to ask her father for a loan.

E2 Uncle Charlie 1980-03-18 · 30 min When Uncle Charlie dies, the Chapins have to figure out how to explain it to their sons.

E3 A Touching Story 1980-03-25 · 30 min Libby finally confesses a shocking childhood secret.

E4 Sometimes 1980-04-08 · 30 min Sometimes it's like this... he's wrong.

E5 Better Than Burning 1980-04-15 · 30 min Richard and Libby separately reveal their thoughts to interviewers for a book survey.

E6 Room Service 1980-04-22 · 30 min Staying in a motel after a fight with his wife, Richard is tempted to stray when a female friend visits to console him.

E7 Josh 1980-04-29 · 30 min An old friend for the past 30 years suddenly reveals to the Chapins that he has been hiding his homosexuality all that time.

E8 Windmills 30 min Libby's ex-husband makes a surprise visit to the Chapin home.

E9 The Grand Funk 30 min An already depressed Richard becomes even more so when Libby tells him that their son Nicky is part of a gang of kids who are going around killing cats.

E10 Slide Area 30 min A severe storm causes their friends to have to stay over because their house is about to slide away. Richard questions his emotions when he cries for no apparent reason.

E11 Broccoli 30 min The Chapins' dinner party with another couple turns into a disaster when the main topic of conversation becomes the husband's infidelity.

E12 And Baby Makes Two... 30 min The Chapins panic when they think that Libby is pregnant.

E13 Lysdexia is No Joek 30 min When Nicky's teacher comes to talk to them about his difficulties learning how to read, Libby feels pangs of guilt that her son seems to be inheriting her learning disability.

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