The Mothers-in-Law

1967
4.6
28 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (30)

1 On Again, Off Again, Lohengrin
9/10/67
The bickering Hubbards and Buells are stunned when their kids return from a night out announcing they’re engaged. After arguments about the wedding plans are finally settled (amid the kids’ breaking up over a fight about whose mother is right), the kids wind up eloping with another couple, while their parents are trying to rescue Kaye’s beloved grand piano, set up in the Hubbards’ back yard for the next morning’s nuptials, from a midnight rain storm.
2 Everybody Goes on a Honeymoon
9/17/67
The Hubbards and the Buells show up at the same resort, and when their honeymooning kids unexpectedly arrive, having been rained out at their original destination, the in-laws spend a sleepless night together in a cramped room, giving the only other available room to the kids. Desi Arnaz, Jr. can be seen in a golf cart in the opening scene.
3 All Fall Down
9/24/67
Eve and Kaye break their legs skiing and are bedridden in the same room.
4 A Night to Forget
10/1/67
Going to a store to return a duplicate wedding gift for the kids, the mothers, who have been banned from their own phones for continually calling the honeymooning couple, spend $15.70 talking to them on a payphone, unknowingly getting locked in the store when it closes. With only one dime left, they accidentally reach a sleeping bullfighter in Barcelona, whom they beg to relay their SOS to their husbands. Madness ensues when a security guards finds them trying on fur coats.
5 The Newlyweds Move In
10/8/67
Checking out the place that the kids have rented, the mothers return their deposit and fix up the Hubbards’ garage apartment for them. After their snooping gets them caught hiding in the kids’ shower, they promise not to interfere, but their curiosity gets to them when they see friends arriving for a dinner party. Peeking in the electric garage door windows, they wind up spending the evening lying atop the horizontal door after Jerry opens it for some fresh air.
6 The Career Girls
10/15/67
To cut down on their wives’ meddling, Herb and Roger suggest that they get jobs. Realizing that all their “suggesting, recommending, and advising” might just be too much, they decide to try it. With Kaye’s past signing career as “Angelina Davina, The Little Girl with the Big Voice” and Eve’s youthful experience in local radio, they go to audition for a revue at the hip Club Cabaret and work up a novelty act, calling themselves The Marvys. (Desi Arnaz, Jr. is seen playing the drums).
7 Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?
10/22/67
When Roger and Herb admit that they would date Liz Taylor if given the chance, their wives console each other at the Buell house, leaving their befuddled husbands to go it alone next door.
8 My Son, the Actor
10/29/67
Jerry decides to major in dramatic arts, giving everyone the showbiz bug. Suzie and all four parents tune up to help him audition for the school musical.
9 How Do You Moonlight a Meatball?
11/5/67
When the kids in a financial bind, Eve and Kaye decide to help pay off Suzie’s ring by selling Kaye’s famous spaghetti and meatballs on the college campus.
10 I Thought He’d Never Leave
11/12/67
A fugitive bank robber holds everyone at gunpoint at the Hubbards’ home, whiling away the time reciting poetry and playing gin rummy, and everyone hopes that Kaye’s newly acquired karate skills will help them escape.
11 The Great Bicycle Race
11/19/67
A physical-fitness kick has the Hubbards and Buells joining a cycling club, and they wind up lose in the desert.
12 Through the Lurking Glass
11/26/67
Roger, wearing a Martian costume to test a scene from a new script, is arrested. Everyone comes to the rescue: The mothers and kids in animal costumes for a kiddie show, and Herb in his lodge outfit, resulting in a mad masquerade.
13 Divorce Mother-in-Law Style
12/3/67
A surprise visit from Suzie’s wealthy ex-boyfriend causes an uproar, with the mothers talking up a divorce for the newlyweds, and the kids faking a divorce to teach them a lesson.
14 The Not Cold Enough War
12/10/67
The Hubbards sell their old refrigerator to the Buells. When it breaks down, the Buells retaliate by launching a raid to steal the Hubbards’ new one.
15 You Challenge Me to a What?
12/17/67
A heated argument leads to Roger challenging Herb to a duel at dawn. While they practice with fencing foils, their wives conspire to stop the showdown.
16 Everyone Wants to Be a Writer
12/31/67
Eve and Kaye team up to write a TV script, and wind up begging Roger for ideas, snapping at each other, and trying to retrieve their script, which they plagiarized, after Roger submits to it for them.
17 The Kids Move Out
1/7/68
When their mothers’ interference becomes too much, the kids move out to a gloomy apartment, where the struggle and strain give them second thoughts.
18 The Hombre Who Came to Dinner, Part 1
1/14/68
The Hubbards get an unexpected visit from a bullfighter Raphael Del Gado and his colorful entourage, whose late-night partying cause a spectacle in the suburbs. Desi sings his composition “I Love You.”
19 The Hombre Who Came to Dinner, Part 2
1/21/68
The Hubbards and Buells work up acts to go to Mexico to be on a variety show hosted by their matador friend. Desi sings "The Straw Hat Song" with Desi, Jr. on drums; Eve and Kaye sing "Turn Around."
20 Don't Give up the Sloop
1/28/68
The Hubbards and the Buells battle as they both want, and then don't want, the boat they won on a telephone quiz show.
21 I’d Tell You I Love You but We’re Not Speaking
2/4/68
When all channels of communication break down between the Hubbards and Buells, a family-style group therapy session is conducted by Jerry’s psychology professor.
22 Herb’s Little Helpers
2/11/68
Eve and Kaye turn Herb’s office into a model of inefficiency when they take over for his sick secretary.
23 Bye, Bye, Blackmailer
2/25/68
Eve and Kaye try diplomacy and artful deception to prevent a blow-up over Herb’s $100 loan to Roger, which is due and which Roger can’t repay.
24 The Wig Story
3/3/68
Kaye borrows a blonde wig from Eve, and Roger's romantic reaction succeeds only in depressing Kaye, who's convinced that he now prefers blondes.
25 It’s Only Money
3/10/68
Tired of Roger’s skinflint ways, Herb plots to play golf and gin rummy for money, but Herb finds himself in the financial hole when Roger’s luck turns for the better.
26 I Haven’t Got a Secret
3/17/68
Kaye gets a game of charades under way to let everyone in on a secret that she isn’t allowed to divulge: Roger’s scripts are being considered for a TV series.
27 Jerry’s Night out with the Boys
3/24/68
The men side with Jerry’s decision to play poker with the guys, so the women plan an all-girl night out for Suzie.
28 The Long, Long Weekend
3/31/68
The Hubbards, Buells, and newlyweds each have secret plans for a weekend away from each other. But it backfires: They all head for the same mountain cabin, where snowstorm traps them together.
29 Jealousy Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
4/7/68
Thanks to Kaye’s overactive imagination, Eve suspects a rekindled romance between Herb and his old flame, who has come to visit.
30 How Not to Manage a Rock Group
4/28/68
Jerry convinces his folks to put up $500 for a hippie rock group to make a demo recording. They scare off the band with talk of crew cuts, tuxedos, and old songs. The parents wind up recording “Some Enchanted Evening” w/the help of a Salvation Army band.

The Seeds play The Warts, and sing their hit song, “Pushing Too Hard.”

About this show

Set in the swinging late 1960s, The Mothers-in-Law centers on the laugh-filled misadventures of longtime neighbors who become related when their children suddenly get married.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
28 reviews
Carmen Macias
July 21, 2015
Loved Eve Arden. Her comedy style was unique. Kay Ballard was loud and brassy but Eve's was subdued & ladylike always.
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Miri Schwartz
April 20, 2017
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Sal salgado
April 1, 2017
Funny
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