One Day at a Time
Home Again, Home Again
TV Flash files “Home Again, Home Again” as hour 94 of 209 in the TV Flash guide — One Day at a Time (1975–1984) on CBS, season 5, episode 5, aired 1979-10-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E05: listed hour 94 of 209 in the One Day at a Time guide, hour 5 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1979-10-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Julie's Wedding (2)” (S05E04). Next is “Between Mother and Daughter” (S05E06).

Viewer FAQ
Where does Home Again, Home Again sit in the One Day at a Time guide?
S05E05 is listed hour 94 of 209 — hour 5 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 5.
When did One Day at a Time S05E05 air?
Home Again, Home Again aired 1979-10-28 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Original series or the later reboot first?
This catalog hour is the 1975–1984 CBS original with Bonnie Franklin. The later reimagining is a cousin, not a replacement.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Bonnie Franklin's newly divorced Ann Romano raises two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment while Pat Harrington Jr.'s Schneider supplies the tool-belt Greek chorus. Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real stakes under the jokes. Women's lib as weekly multi-cam, not a one-episode pamphlet.
The first image is an Indianapolis apartment that has to look like independence: Bonnie Franklin's newly divorced Ann Romano raising two daughters, a tool-belt superintendent in the doorway, and women's lib as weekly multi-cam rather than a pamphlet. CBS's One Day at a Time (1975–1984) ran nine seasons, 209 episodes, a Whitney Blake / Allan Manings / Norman Lear relevant sitcom about single motherhood, teen trouble, and a laugh track that does not apologize. Valerie Bertinelli and Mackenzie Phillips grew up on…
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- Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano
Bonnie Franklin’s Ann Romano raised two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment on One Day at a Time — newly divorced, Pat Harrington Jr.’s Schneider as tool-belt Greek chorus, Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real stakes under the…
- Mackenzie Phillips as Julie Cooper
Mackenzie Phillips grew up in public as Julie Cooper on One Day at a Time — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann Romano, two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment, Pat Harrington Jr.’s Schneider as tool-belt chorus. Lear-adjacent…
- Valerie Bertinelli as Barbara Cooper
Valerie Bertinelli’s Barbara Cooper grew up in One Day at a Time’s Indianapolis apartment — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann, Schneider’s tool-belt chorus, women’s lib as weekly multi-cam — then walked Touched by an Angel’s…
- Pat Harrington Jr. as Dwayne Schneider
Pat Harrington Jr. made Dwayne Schneider the tool-belt Greek chorus on One Day at a Time — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann Romano raising two daughters in a 1970s Indianapolis apartment. Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real…