Friday, October 10, 2025

"One Day at a Time" S9:E22 - "Another Man's Shoes"

For some reason, Get Comedy aired about 20 minutes of this series finale instead of a "Benson" murder mystery episode.  It's a doozy.  Ann Romano, who apparently had married a character played by Howard Hesseman in the previous season finale, had taken a job in London in the previous episode and didn't even appear.  Barbara, who was now a travel agent, briefly appeared to book Schneider a trip to Florida to take care of his dead brother's two kids, one of whom played by Corey Feldman.  Julie hadn't been seen for almost a season and was probably off shooting up heroin or having sex with her father.  This episode is obviously a last-ditch backdoor pilot and a weird one - as Wikipedia states, "The place where he arrives is a carnival-like place with circus-like people.  The place needs repairs and some "mainly guidance," so everyone tries to persuade Schneider to move there and with Ann gone and the kids grown up, Schneider finally accepts the move."