Episode guide
Down to Earth: (us) season 1
13 episodes · premiered Mar 10, 1984
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- Episode 1: Happy Birthday to Me Mar 10, 1984 · 30m Ethel is sent Down to Earth to help the Preston's family, as a maid. Richard is skeptical of hiring her, but she talks him into it, which is something she seems to be very good at. She's…
- Episode 2: Make Mine Murder 30m Ethel mistakenly thinks Richard is trying to kill Lissy.
- Episode 3: Back to Basics 30m When the Prestons are stuck inside due to bad weather, Ethel comes up with games to have fun.
- Episode 4: Food For Thought 30m When Ethel has to order groceries on the home computer, she accidentally orders ten of everything and must hide the mountain of groceries from the family.
- Episode 5: Everything Old is New Again 30m When Richard brings a client home for dinner, Ethel realizes that she was the man's housekeeper when he was a little boy in the 1920's. To complicate matters, Lissy needs a chaperone for…
- Episode 6: A View From Above 30m Duane is recklessly charging expensive things on the credit card in preparation for the school formal -- a formal that Lissy is protesting because the girls aren't allowed to wear pants…
- Episode 7: Duane For President 30m Duane becomes a megalomaniac when he runs for class president.
- Episode 8: Aunt Roz 30m Rivalry develops between Ethel and Aunt Roz, Richard's flamboyant, world-traveling sister, as they vie for the children's attention. Soon Ethel finds that ""Duane is applying for a…
- Episode 9: For Better, For Worse 30m When Richard spends the morning being a general crab, Ethel suggests that he needs to make changes in his life and go out and date. So when Richard arrives home with a smile on his face…
- Episode 10: Romance and Real Estate 30m After being rear-ended by Polly Sue Pickwood, Richard invites her home for dinner, unaware that she's a business competitor's spy. Meanwhile, Lissy stages a protest against sexism in her…
- Episode 11: Rejuvenation of Richard 30m Richard thinks he is getting old, so Ethel hatches an outrageous exercise and diet scheme that convinces him to stop worrying about it.
- Episode 12: Practical Jokes 30m Richard has to go out of town, so he reluctantly leaves Duane as the man of the house. After Duane traps Lissy on her inversion table, a practical joke war between the siblings ensues…
- Episode 13: Selling the House 30m Duane accidentally breaks a vase while playing football in the house. Richard sees that his son's attempting to make money, so he invites him to come to work at Preston Reality. But a…