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Unhappily Ever After · S2 · E8

A Line in the Sand

  • TV-PG
  • Nov 8, 1995
  • 30 min

When the family earns 40,000 frequent flyer miles, Jack wants to go to Las Vegas and Jennie wants to go to Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tiffany gets in a fight with Patty, a cheap girl who Ryan is in love with.

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About this episode

When the family earns 40,000 frequent flyer miles, Jack wants to go to Las Vegas and Jennie wants to go to Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tiffany gets in a fight with Patty, a cheap girl who Ryan is in love with.

Season 2

22 episodes
  1. 1Jack Moves Back

    30 minSep 6, 1995

    Jack moves back in to the house for the sake of the kids, but must live in the basement until he can win Jennie back.

  2. 2Zit Could Happen to You

    30 minSep 13, 1995

    When Tiffany gets a zit and Ryan sets the scale to ten pounds more than normal, Tiffany tries to develop a personality and Jennie starts jogging. Jennie becomes Vicky Vixen on the Internet, and Ryan finds that Vicki Vixen has the hots for him.

  3. 3The Rat

    30 minSep 20, 1995

    Jack leaves Jennie's room for the basement because she won't let him have his ways, but he finds a giant rat in the basement and makes the kids get rid of it.

  4. 4Rocky VI

    30 minSep 27, 1995

    When Jennie gets in a fight with Susan, a neighbor, she has Jack fight Vic, Susan's husband.

  5. 5Rock Star

    30 minOct 4, 1995

    When Jennie gets a date with Ray Paul Jones, her teen crush, she gives Jack the right to fantasize about a celebrity. Jack picks Cindy Crawford and gets arrested for stalking her.

  6. 6Driving Me Crazy

    30 minOct 11, 1995

    Disasters occur when Jack teaches Ryan and Tiffany how to drive.

  7. 7A Touch of Glass

    30 minOct 25, 1995

    Jennie gets a glass table on Ross's ninth birthday and throws everyone out of the house for getting the table dirty.

  8. 8A Line in the Sand

    30 minNov 8, 1995Now viewing

    When the family earns 40,000 frequent flyer miles, Jack wants to go to Las Vegas and Jennie wants to go to Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tiffany gets in a fight with Patty, a cheap girl who Ryan is in love with.

  9. 9Making the Grade

    30 minNov 15, 1995

    When Ryan gets all D's and F's on his report card, Jennie says he can't have the car keys until he gets a B, so he makes a deal with Miss Taylor, his Civics teacher. Meanwhile, Jack tries to figure out why Ryan is so dumba nd Tiffany begins to suspect that the mailman is her father.

  10. 10Honey, I Screwed up the Kids for Life

    30 minNov 22, 1995

    Tiffany thinks Jack doesn't trust her when he doesn't let Tiffany go in her room with Mike, her boyfriend.

  11. 11The Whiz Kid

    30 minNov 29, 1995

    When Ryan starts taking urine tests for football players, he gets a lettered jersey and the respect of a football player. Meanwhile, no one notices Tiffany, because of Ryan being on the football team, when she gets the highest SAT scores in the school and becomes a national merrit scholar.

  12. 12Hot Wheels

    30 minDec 20, 1995

    After Tiffany and Ryan take Jack's car to a party without his permission, Jack and Jennie pretend the car is stolen, until it actually is.

  13. 13Picnic of Pain and Peril

    30 minJan 10, 1996

    After seeing a movie, Jennie takes the family to a picnic to bond. But the picnic trip is soon ruined by gophers, poison ivy, and pesticide.

  14. 14Meter Maid

    30 minJan 31, 1996

    Jack is thrown in jail when Jennie punches a meter maid. Jennie won't bail Jack out and things are terrible around the house without him.

  15. 15In the Stars

    30 minFeb 7, 1996

    When the family becomes obsessed with horoscopes, Ryan looks for a girl and Jennie tries to be nice.

  16. 16Mr. No

    30 minFeb 14, 1996

    Tiffany is disturbed when Danny, a boy, doesn't want to go to the Valentine's Dance with her. Ryan plans on taking Ms. O'Hara, his chemistry teacher, but she blows herself up. Mr. Floppy sends obscene mail to Pamela Anderson.

  17. 17The Agony of Victory

    30 minFeb 21, 1996

    Jack uses his height to beat Ryan at basketball for the 2001st time.

  18. 18All About Jennie

    30 minFeb 28, 1996

    Jennie relives her high school days when Tiffany is cast as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Jack helps Ryan practice his one line for the play.

  19. 19Jack Writes Good

    30 minMay 1, 1996

    Jack starts writing stories that are really Floppy's and gets a big break, but later tries doing his own writing.

  20. 20Girls Who Wear Glasses

    30 minMay 8, 1996

    Tiffany isn't the smartest girl in the class anymore when she is put into a smarter class.

  21. 21Leaving Van Nuys

    30 minMay 15, 1996

    It's summer break Ryan has just finished his senior year. After Ryan gets fired from the used car lot, Jack threatens to kick him out of the house if he doesn't get a job. So Ryan goes to Cheeseburger Community College, but finds he must repeat his senior year. Jack tries to keep the family out of the basement and works the night shift so he doesn't have to deal with the kids.

  22. 22Getting More Than Some

    30 minMay 22, 1996

    After taking Jack's advice, Ryan becomes engaged to Crystal, a thirty year old woman with two kids.

Guest stars

Dana DaureyAmber
AntBarry
Elisabeth HarnoisPatty
Dawn LandonJJ
Scott Matthew BloomFootball Player
Donna D'ErricoFantasy Girl #1
Kristen WilliamsFantasy Girl #2