Jeff's hometown debut with the Indians brings everyone out to the ballgame. Meanwhile, Hank feels alienated from his family after learning that Al will soon be part of it; Grandma Davis plays matchmaker for Robert, who has another gal in mind.

Linda is tempted by an offered management position just as the workers rebel over news of Ruth Sloan's new fur. Ruth accepts Gina and the baby into her home, and Mike Sloan tells Caroline he'll be ready to repay the Hailey's kindness to his daughter-in-law.

Gina has her baby, which is born with a serious illness. Anne attempts to reconcile with Al via Christmas cookies.

Caroline's angry when her husband jealousy attacks Charlie over Ginger. Jeff and Ginger travel to Toldeo for a pregnancy test while Caroline strikes out at her husband by leaving town with a travelling salesman.

Mike Sloan, Sr. tries to keep the workers from organizing when union organizer Al Kahn comes to town. Jeff and Ginger date publicly, Abe plots to get his job back by bringing Gina back into the Sloan family.

Episode airs in syndication; Ginger continues a hot and heavy courtship with Arthur Schillabe, Charlie pursues Gina with some force, and Jeff tries unsuccesfully to manage a rendezvous with Caroline Hailey. Unlike his tender romance with Ginger, Jeff (out of character) and Caroline go to her rooming house, and strip down to undergarments--Caroline throws his shirt on the hotplate, starting a fire. Gina and Charlie burst in to help, finding Jeff in his underwear and Caroline in a slip. They successfully meet at a hotel, after which Jeff complains to Judy about the lack of real feeling. To which (figuring out that Jeff slept with Ginger at some point) Judy knowingly informs him the earth only moves when you're in love. This points Jeff back toward Ginger, and gets the ball rolling.

Jeff and the Lemo All-Stars board a train bound for promotional games west of the Mississippi, as do the Lemo Tomato Juice Girl, and Caroline, who's bound for Reno in search of a quickie divorce. Back in River Run, an apple cobbler in their oven alerts Ruth and Mike to Gloria and Abe's deception; Anne and Al can't agree on a name for the newborn.

Jeff departs for spring training in Florida. The Davises face discrimination in getting a loan for their business.

Ginger sticks it out in California but Jeff heads back to Ohio. Anne crosses religious lines to date Al. The Davises go into business for themselves.

The Sloans' tactic of hiring blacks to scare the workers into leaving the union backfires when the new employees start joining up. Hank confronts his boss over his attempt to bring race into the union issue, Anne falls for organizer Al, and Ginger heads to Hollywood with Jeff.

A dance contest promising a chance at a Hollywood screentest steps up competition between Ginger and Caroline, and sends Jeff to a dance studio for lessons. It also gives Mike Sr. a chance to charm workers out of unionizing, and allows Al Kahn to trip the light fantastic with Anne.

Gina finds a place, unaware that it was arranged by her hated former father-in-law. Charlie tells Ginger he married the wrong woman, but continues to make plans to start a family. Linda and Hank fight but manage to make improvements at the plant.

The newlywed Davises run into trouble, Ginger is torn between Jeff and her career and Charlie threatens to expose Caroline's spying if she doesn't quit spreading rumors about Linda.

Three soldiers return home from World War II and each is faced with his own set of problems. Two brothers in love with the same girl; race discrimination; gender discrimination in the work force; family betrayal; and a soldier's death.

Union activity at the plant divides the town. Linda tries to talk her brother Hank out of becoming management while their mother confronts organizer Al about the danger he's brought to her family. Robert Davis joins the union after being attacked by racist co-workers, but has to fight his father on the issue.

The union goes on strike and as tensions inside the Sloan factory rise, Gina's resourcefulness keeps the situation from turning violent. Abe relents when he goes to argue with his striking son.

Hank moves out of the house as Anne prepares to marry Al. Charlie's growing closeness to Gina gets serious when he learns of Caroline's lies. The Davises are reluctant to accept help from their former employer despite the impossibility of getting a bank loan.

Charlie leaves Caroline when he learns she's the spy. Hank goes to his mother's wedding, Al lies to Anne about his father's acceptance of a non-Jewish bride and the Davises open their restaurant.

The Sloans refuse their son's last wish to have Gloria Davis, their black cook, sing at his funeral. Mike's Italian war bride, now a widow, confronts the girl he left behind.

Caroline tries to recover her husband and the Sloans become obsessed with what their employees are up to every weekend as the Davises sneak off to run their restaurant. Jeff battles a jealous rival to stay on the team, and Ginger strikes out when a photographer comes to town.

Ginger becomes the ""Lemo Tomato Juice Girl,"" but can't marry Jeff if she wants to keep her job. Robert Davis brings his white French bride back to America, Linda writes a newspaper column, and Charlie falls for Gina and the baby.

Ginger becomes the prize for a local contest, inciting Jeff's jealousy. Robert and his bride decide to move when they get threats. Mike Sloan and Judy Owen hit it off at the baseball games.

Ginger and Jeff break up again, and try to make each other jealous with Caroline and Charlie. Al takes a job at the bar and advises the warring couples.

Mike quits pursuing Judy when he witnesses his wife deliver the Kahns' baby. The young couples collide on the same train out of town as Ginger heads off on tour, Jeff goes with the team, and Caroline starts off to Reno for a divorce.