Episode list

A confused young woman thinks Syd kidnapped her baby and holds her at gunpoint.

On the one-year anniversary of Lynda's death, Jim is haunted by a letter he wrote on that fatal day.

Hannah's Father returns for her first birthday party with his new bride.

Kyle invites Syd to a Grand Canyon tent trip. Doug enters the Barkery with a classy dog he claims to be a street dog. Robbie warns Joanie that Doug is somewhat too weird. Robbie grabs an opportunity to matchmake Heather. Syd gets a patient that she remembers from her childhood.

Kyle has two tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert but his dog is very uneasy so Jim offers to dogsit. The Barkery looks likely to be closed as Joanie's finances are very low. Syd suggests that Jim makes a pep talk show there but he's uncomfortable in front of what he sees as a crowd.

Robbie plans to let his his father be a star on cable TV. A therapist and Syd have their differences what's best for Kyle who suffers phantom pains. A sports agent for a rising star in grave alcoholic trouble wants help with a contract from Kyle and a favor from Syd.

Syd gets Kyle a tempting job opportunity, and so does one of his own old friends. Heather is really unhappy about her love life and seeks spiritual help from a shaman. Robbie sells his father's show to a TV company even if they unconditionally hires a younger host. A new nurse, Izzy, is hired by Syd at her clinic.

Syd's ex-boyfriend Jerry asks her to come to Los Angeles to perform urgent plastic surgery on a child star. Syd crosses paths with three wayward travelers.

Syd forms a bond with three other women while traveling home for Thanksgiving.

In a Christmas dream Syd's late mother shows her what would have happened if she had chosen to stay in California.

Syd discovers a Russian art prodigy who has been kept hidden.

Syd questions if a young patient is the victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. The ex-boyfriend of Robbie's new love interest wants her back.

Syd's high school reunion heralds the arrival of a famous friend.

Syd wants to move out of the family house. Robbie gets caught in the middle of Heather's feud with her Mother.

Syd urges a patient to do a DNA test based on her family's history of breast cancer. Syd and Joanie both fall for a charming painter.

Heather and Charlie's wedding commences. Joanie helps Dog Boy clear his name with the police.

Syd helps a pregnant young woman during a huge storm. Robbie and Heather make a major decision.

The Hansens siblings make plans to celebrate Jim's 60th Birthday. Syd is asked to perform a ritual surgery. Joanie helps Dog Boy with his confidence.

Syd attempts to reunite a broken family during a crisis. Robbie helps his Dad at the clinic. A career opportunity forces Dog Boy to make a major decision.

Dad is reluctant to be Syd's friend photographer Monica Lang's American workers series vet, but a puppy abuse project gets him riveted. When his daughters see them getting on like a house on fire, they fear the younger woman might, once the fire subsides, leave him and keep the house... Robbie considers game shows a lame waste of time, especially Chuck Chance's 'Down on Your Luck' where contestants tell their pitiful loser story before playing the trivia quiz, but hearing the prize is $100,000 still gets a fan to give him Providence auditions specifics. The only hurdle is abusive quiz-master Chuck himself, but Robbie's rascal charm seemingly gets his assistant Andi Paulsen on his side.

As things heat up between Jim and Monica, Syd grows suspicious of her friend's true intentions. A handsome firefighter rescues Joanie. Robbie goes on a game show.

Robbie is cramming trivia for the next round of Down on Your Luck, his ticket to a chance of winning $100,000, but assistant Andi insists he can only succeed if she continues -as he suspected- feeding him answers, which would cost 40%, and his self-respect... Syd is not herself, obsessed with getting fat or going mad, even gets Alice in Wonderland day-dreams and faints feverish. Dad looks forward to an exhibition of Monica's photographs, including some with him, but didn't tell the kids in time. Monica has a new assignment, a month in Paris in all- and asks Jim along. Discovering her colleague Donald feels being in a Nicaraguan prison created a unique bond starts trouble when the reporter pair is urgently sent to cover a Karen (tribal) rebellion in Burma... Joanie feels her Burt is too much of a gentleman, but hopes that will change in old Bud & Darlene's 'exclusive' B&B Château D'Amour- alas she's rather put to domestic - and he to repair chores, by the time they're alone they doze off, in the morning the oldies even steal her elaborate breakfast. Syd is hospitalized for a CAT scan...

The Hansen family hopes to be strong and supportive now Syd is comatose, cause unknown, dreaming about ma and St.Peter introducing her 'in between' to paradise or return to life, a paradoxical choice her body and heart must make. Andy suggests Robbie will need the $100,000 prize to pay for Syd's long-term care, and announces she'll move on to an LA game show after his finale. Joanie is happy with Burt and his new Dalmatian puppy, kissing and dining yet absent-minded, but he is called for a huge fire, and gets trapped inside. After Syd gets convulsions only to revert to an even deeper state then coma, Jim remembers Syd was with him in a cloud of mosquitoes at the marina, Dr. Hopper concurs encephalitis is around. Robbie is not handed the answer but knows it anyway, only...