Me and Maxx - Season 1

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Pilot

1 - Pilot

Air Date: March 22, 1980

Maxx's mother abandons her at the door of her divorced father.

Lunch at the Plaza

2 - Lunch at the Plaza

Air Date: March 29, 1980

Filled with high hopes of meeting her mother at the Plaza Hotel for her birthday lunch, Maxx ventures to the posh New York hotel, but it's her father who shows up to cheer the waiting 11-year-old.

Maxx's Friend

3 - Maxx's Friend

Air Date: April 5, 1980

Norman plans for a romantic dinner date with a beautiful neighbor are cut short when he begins worrying about Maxx and a male sleep-over guest.

Sparrow

4 - Sparrow

Air Date: April 16, 1980

When an injured sparrow that Maxx has been nursing dies in his care, Norman wonders what to tell his daughter.

Robert

5 - Robert

Air Date: May 30, 1980

All wrapped up in his work, Norman is angry when he learns that Maxx's constant companion, Robert, is an imaginary "perfect" father and substitute for him.

The Negotiation

6 - The Negotiation

Air Date: June 6, 1980

Maxx holds off on household chores until her father agrees to settle her strike for the same necessities of life that her friend Karen has - a stereo, bicycle, and telephone.

4

7 - 4

Air Date: June 13, 1980

Maxx catches her father reading her diary.

The Commitment

8 - The Commitment

Air Date: June 20, 1980

Norman wants his partnership with Barbara to go beyond business, but she won't agree to rekindle their romance until he pledges fidelity.

Dad's Day

9 - Dad's Day

Air Date: June 27, 1980

When Norman learns of the death of his father, whom he hadn't seen for years, he forgoes a baseball game to attend Dad's Day at Maxx's school.

Some Are Savers

10 - Some Are Savers

Air Date: July 25, 1980

When Norman absent-mindedly throws out a drawing Maxx gave him, she counters by tossing out some of the things he gave her.