by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Alice's 14-year-old son Tommy (Philip McKeon) is in the throes of his first case of puppy love. Not that there's been any real physical contact: in fact, Tommy mostly conducts his courtship by telephone. And it is precisely for this reason that mom Alice (Linda Lavin) is up in arms--the kid spends so much time yakking that she can never get to the phone herself. Appearing as the father of Tommy's girlfriend is Bruce Kirby, the father of comic actor Bruno Kirby.
