Editing Once and Again (section)

===Season 1 (1999–2000)===
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Boy Meets Girl
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|9|21}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| DirectedBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| ShortSummary = Lily Manning is separated with two daughters, Grace and Zoe. Rick Sammler has been divorced for three years with a teenage boy Eli and a daughter Jessie. They meet by chance one day when Grace is injured during a soccer game at their kids' school. Rick decides to ask Lily out and the two start dating while juggling their family problems. After a few dates, they end up at Lily's house but are surprised by her children and her ex walking in on them making out on the couch.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Let's Spend the Night Together
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|9|28}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]] and [[Edward Zwick]]
| DirectedBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| ShortSummary = Rick and Lily want to take their relationship to the next level. While out on a lunch, they run into an ex-girlfriend of Rick. Rick is embarrassed and Lily becomes anxious about being intimate for the first time since separating from Jake. Eli asks his father advice about sleeping with his girlfriend Jennifer for the first time. A rumor starts at school about Eli and Grace.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Scarlet Letter Jacket
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|5}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]] and [[Edward Zwick]]
| DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
| ShortSummary = Rick, Karen, Jake and Lily all sign up to help with the school carnival. Lily and Karen are paired together to work a booth but Karen still doesn't know about Lily dating her ex husband. Lily acts awkwardly all day around Karen, while Jake and Rick seem to get along. Eli and Grace also work the popcorn booth together but Grace becomes embarrassed when some girls at school make fun of her for being interested in Eli.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Liars and Other Strangers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|12}}
| WrittenBy = [[Winnie Holzman]]
| DirectedBy = [[Ron Lagomarsino]]
| ShortSummary = Lily and Rick try to find a place to spend time together without the risk of being interrupted by their kids. Judy offers to lend her place and ends up meeting Rick. She expresses her doubts about him to Lily. Eli lies to Karen about his dad being with Lily to protect her feelings.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = There Be Dragons
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|19}}
| WrittenBy = [[Liberty Godshall]]
| DirectedBy = [[Robert Lieberman]]
| ShortSummary = Rick arranges to have Lily stop by his place when his kids are there in order to introduce her. When Rick cuts himself while cooking, Lily helps handling the situation, which leads to some tension with Jessie. Jessie gets her first period. Jake tries to get back together with Lily, who refuses.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = A Dream Deferred
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|26}}
| WrittenBy = [[Jan Oxenberg]]
| DirectedBy = [[Scott Winant]]
| ShortSummary = Lily discovers that Jake hasn't paid the mortgage. She is hit with the reality that she has to take care of herself and be more careful about her financial situation and arrangement with Jake. At the bookstore, Judy wants to remodel but her plans are taken over by Lily and Rick. Judy, feeling left out and unable to help her sister, considers moving on from the bookstore.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Ex-Files
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|2}}
| WrittenBy = [[Winnie Holzman]]
| DirectedBy = [[Robert Allan Black]]
| ShortSummary = Rick and Karen both attend Eli's weekend basketball tournament. The situation brings some awkwardness between the two. Grace and Zoey spend the weekend at Jake's and meet a friend of his, Tiffany, who he has a romantic history with. Grace is uncomfortable and calls Lily for help, which leads to a fight with her father.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Past Is Prologue
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|9}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]] and [[Edward Zwick]]
| DirectedBy = [[Patrick R. Norris]] and [[Claudia Weill]]
| ShortSummary = Rick has to work non stop on an important architecture project for his firm. He tries to juggle working and spending time with Lily. The situation triggers memories from their past marriages and how Lily would spend time waiting around on Jake, and Rick would be criticized by Karen for working too much.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Outside Hearts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|16}}
| WrittenBy = [[Alexa Junge]]
| DirectedBy = [[Todd Field]]
| ShortSummary = Lily goes away for a convention and leaves her daughters with Judy. Judy naively lets Grace go to an unsupervised party. Karen and Rick decide to trust Eli with driving to the same party. At the party, things turn bad leaving Grace in shock and Eli trying to be responsible under pressure.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Thanksgiving
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|11|23}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]] and [[Edward Zwick]]
| DirectedBy = [[Claudia Weill]]
| ShortSummary = Lily's parents, Phil and Barbara, visit for Thanksgiving. They decide to go see Jake at the restaurant, ignoring Lily's complaints. Lily and Judy discover that Jake still owes money to their parents. Phil empathizes with Jake's situation and tries to convince Lily to give her marriage another chance. Rick spends Thanksgiving alone while Karen invites a coworker, Lloyd, over for dinner.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Where There's Smoke
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|7}}
| WrittenBy = [[Michael Weller]]
| DirectedBy = [[Edward Zwick]]
| ShortSummary = A small fire at Lily's house leads to Jake spending more time at her house to fix wiring issues. At Karen's, Eli asks to move into the basement with some help from Rick. Karen has trouble accepting that Eli wants more independence. Lily organizes a dinner to officially introduce Rick to her daughters. Jake has problems at the restaurant which worries Lily and Grace. Jake confides in Lily bringing them closer together.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Gingerbread House
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|12|21}}
| WrittenBy = [[Pamela Gray]] and [[Winnie Holzman]]
| DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
| ShortSummary = After sleeping with Jake, Lily is uncomfortable around Rick and tries to hide it from him. Rick figures out something is wrong and tries to learn the truth. Grace, who saw her parents together, think Lily and Jake are getting back together.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Mediation
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|1|24}}
| WrittenBy = [[Pamela Gray]]
| DirectedBy = [[Peter Horton]]
| ShortSummary = Rick and Lily each try to deal with their breakup but decides to get back together. Lily and Jake start mediation in their divorce proceedings and Lily worries about having to sell the house. Pushed by Jennifer, Grace starts tutoring Eli. Rick begins working with a difficult new client, Miles Drentell, which puts him at odds with his business partner, David.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Sneaky Feelings
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|1|31}}
| WrittenBy = [[Daniel Paige]] and [[Sue Paige]]
| DirectedBy = [[Claudia Weill]]
| ShortSummary = Karen has a new client, Leo Fischer, whom she's attracted to. Eli wants some space from Jennifer and starts to hang out with another girl, Cassidy. Jessie, who likes Jennifer, is uncomfortable with her brother's actions.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = The Mystery Dance
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|7}}
| WrittenBy = [[Daniel Paige]] and [[Sue Paige]]
| DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
| ShortSummary = Judy goes on a dating spree. At an art gallery, she meets Sam Blue, a sculptor working on a project for Miles Drentell with Rick. Lily and Rick try to mend their relationship but Rick has trouble letting go of her infidelity.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Daddy's Girl
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|14}}
| WrittenBy = [[Liberty Godshall]]
| DirectedBy = [[Barnet Kellman]]
| ShortSummary = Jake's restaurant is reopening and Lily's father, Phil, visits them for the occasion. Lily is in financial trouble because Jake maxed out their credit card for the restaurant. She decides to hire a divorce lawyer which escalates the situation with Jake. Grace meets a boy in school that she has a lot in common with.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Unfinished Business
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|6}}
| WrittenBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]] and [[Edward Zwick]]
| DirectedBy = [[Edward Zwick]]
| ShortSummary = Lily applies for a job in a magazine. Lily's father, Phil has a car accident with Grace. Recovering from minor injuries at Lily's house, he collapses on the floor. The family gathers in the hospital to face his difficult health predicament.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Strangers and Brothers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|13}}
| WrittenBy = [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]
| DirectedBy = [[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| ShortSummary = Aaron, Lily's brother, reunites with the family for their father's funeral. They also have to deal with Phil's will and find out that he put his family in charge of the restaurant over Jake.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Cat-in-Hat
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|3}}
| WrittenBy = [[Michael Weller]]
| DirectedBy = [[Claudia Weill]]
| ShortSummary = As Karen and Leo grow closer together, they are forced to define their relationship when Leo invites himself over to Karen's and meets the kids. Eli becomes interested in joining a band and manipulates his parents in order to go see the band in a bar. His lies are discovered when he bumps into Karen at the bar. Jessie gets upset about her taekwondo belt test when she realizes that boys treat her differently because she's better than them.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = My Brilliant Career
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|10}}
| WrittenBy = [[Jan Oxenberg]]
| DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
| ShortSummary = Lily starts her new job at the magazine with Chrissy Parker. Overwhelmed by her new responsibilities and her family life, she struggles to find her place and show her skills.
Grace has a date with Jared to go see his father play jazz in a club. After a conversation with Tiffany, Grace understands that she started seeing her father when he was still with Lily.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Letting Go
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|17}}
| WrittenBy = [[Alexa Junge]]
| DirectedBy = [[Peter Horton]]
| ShortSummary = Rick and Lily find out that Judy has been seeing Sam even though he's still married. Being out of her bubble with Sam leads to Judy to make decisions about her relationship. Jake tries to mend his relationship with Grace after she discovered he cheated on Lily with Tiffany. When Rick gets sick with pneumonia without her noticing, Lily realizes she's been taking him for granted.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = A Door, About to Open
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|24}}
| WrittenBy = [[Winnie Holzman]]
| DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
| ShortSummary = Lily and Rick decide to organize a dinner to officially introduce their kids. It triggers a domino effect of everyone trying to figure out their places in the family. Lily realizes that her friends hang out without her anymore since she started dating Rick. Rick is in a lot of stress at his firm because of the pressure Miles puts on him. Grace is forced to have a difficult conversation with Eli about his girlfriend Cassidy. Judy bonds with Karen when she visits the bookstore.
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