Honor Thy Mother

what happens

A non-church patron Marie enlists Eric's help in handling her elderly mother, Mrs. Wagner into getting her into a nursing home, but Eric gets a different impression when he finally meets Mrs. Wagner and sees that she doesn't need help and is still very capable. In fact, it turns out Marie may need more help than her mother as she's very unhappy with her life. But things turn out bad later on when Mrs. Wagner ends up in the emergency room due to her stress from her daughter. Ruthie puts up a fight with Lucy while shopping as she wants to spend the day with Vincent without Annie knowing about it. Ruthie wants to go to a family dinner with Vincent. Although, it inevitably blows up in her face and leads to an interesting conversation with Annie and Lucy in the driveway. Ben (guest-star Geoff Stults) shows up in Glen Oak to pay Kevin and his new family a visit and makes himself well at home again in the garage apartment. But Kevin is not happy to see his brother as he wanted his mom and hus

who made it

directed

Harry Harris

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Melissa Gilbert as Marie Wagner
• Louise Fletcher as Mrs. Wagner
• Bo Derek as Mrs. Kinkirk
• Geoff Stults as Ben Kinkirk
• Thomas Dekker as Vincent