Under One Roof

This sitcom is about a widowed mother of three grown daughters (one's a lesbian, one's divorced, one's still single). Florence Henderson plays Marge Cooper, the always-nagging mom/grandma who recently retired from 45 years of nursing. Ellen DeGeneres plays Ellen Cooper, the recently out-of-the-closet radio talk show host. Marge isn't quite accepting yet of Ellen being a lesbian. Laurie Metcalf plays Laurie Cooper (Van Lanen), the bitter (towards men) divorcee who is a mom of two daughters: the smart 21-year-old Charisse Van Lanen (Ashley Johnson) and the angst-ridden 17-year-old Kendra Van Lanen (Evan Rachel Wood). Laurie and her ex-hubby, Dave Van Lanen (Ray Romano) share a love-hate relationship with each other, even after their divorce-since they both share custody of Kendra, much to Kendra's dismay at times. Dave is a complete angel who does no wrong in Marge's eyes. Faith Ford plays Maggie Cooper, the single sister who has no kids and no relationship. Maggie is looking for Mr. Right in all the wrong places and wrong times. Marge is constantly on Maggie's back about settling down and getting married and having a family. Marge, Ellen, Laurie, Maggie, Charisse, and Kendra (every other week) lives in the same house.


CAST:
Florence Henderson as Marge Cooper (70)
Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Cooper (46)
Laurie Metcalf as Laurie Cooper (Van Lanen) (45)
Faith Ford as Maggie Cooper (39)
Ashley Johnson as Charisse Van Lanen (21)
Evan Rachel Wood as Kendra Van Lanen (17)
Ray Romano as Dave Van Lanen (45)

Episodes

Ep1: Pilot Episode:
Marge tries to deal with Ellen's announcement of being a lesbian. Laurie tries to deal with her ex, Dave living within walking distance of her house. Maggie has to deal with her mother's constant nagging about being single at age 39.

Ep2: Mr. Fix-It:
Marge hires Dave to fix a leaky faucet in the upstairs bathroom, much to Laurie's dismay. Meanwhile, Kendra's secret of already having a date for homecoming gets out and thrills the family.

Ep3: Essays And Such:
Charisse decides to write her college essay on her Aunt Ellen coming out of the closet recently. Everyone is proud of her and her essay being so good, except Marge refuses to listen to it, upsetting Ellen and Charisse. Maggie decides to give Laurie advice on how to put up with Dave in a healthier way.

Ep4: Dress Shopping:
Kendra is mortified by her mom, aunts, grandma, and sister all wanting to go with her to pick out 'the perfect prom dress' for her. Meanwhile at the mall, Ellen tries to keep a low-profile, due to the fact shes on the radio and her coming out of the closet has became the topic of conversations on the radio.

Ep5: Dave's Got A New Girl:
Dave is spot having dinner with a blonde, gorgeous woman, Vanessa (Heather Locklear) by Ellen and Laurie. Laurie and Ellen decide to say hi to them, and find out Vanessa is a married co-worker of his-they are discussing work. Laurie is relieved yet wonders why she would care since they are divorced now. Meanwhile, Kendra and her date, Justin (Matt Long) head to the Homecoming Dance.

Ep6: More Than Friends?:
Kendra and her now-boyfriend, Justin are catch making out in the basement by Charisse and Maggie, who swears not to tell anyone. Charisse and Maggie try and try, but end up telling Ellen and Marge-who tells Laurie and Dave. Kendra is upset, until Justin thinks she is embarrassed of him or something. Kendra spills her guts and decides to be more open with her personal life with the family (and Justin), as long as her family doesn't become too nosy.

Ep7: Dating Ex-Relatives:
Maggie learns she is dating her mom's first-husband's son (Not really related, but still). Maggie dumps the man, after learning that his dad and her mom use to be married once years ago. Meanwhile, Dave asks a reluctant Laurie out to eat.

Ep8: New York, New York:
Ellen gets the chance to go to New York for a week, she brings along Charisse and Kendra-who are more than thrilled. Meanwhile, Marge is more than thrilled when she finds out Laurie and Dave went out for drinks one night and didn't come back home til 3am next morning.

Ep9: Interning:
Charisse gets offered the chance to become an intern at Ellen's radio station, where she accepts the internship. Laurie fears Charisse is just "their personal slave" after hearing about her first day of interning. Ellen is offended by Laurie's comments.

Ep10: Stay Out Of It:
Marge once again rudely introduces Maggie to the hunky, new next-door neighbor, James (James Denton). James and Maggie find each other attractive and schedule a date, Marge takes all credit-much to Maggie's dismay.

Ep11: Walking In On It All:
Kendra accidently walks in on Laurie and Dave doing it in the middle of the afternoon (at Dave's house when no one was suppose to be home). Kendra tells Charisse, Maggie, and Ellen (and Marge who overhears them). Laurie and Dave are extremely embarrassed that Kendra caught them doing it. Dave and Laurie privately discuss if they should get back together now or not.

Ep12: Turning Out:
Turns Out that Kendra's boyfriend, Justin (Matt Long) is the nephew of Maggie's boyfriend, James. Marge gets a visit from her college roommate/best friend, Nancy Roberts (Mary Tyler Moore). Nancy and Marge go spend the weekend together, resulting in Marge learning Nancy has been married-then-divorced a total of four times, and that Nancy married and divorced one of Marge's old college flames, whom Marge and Nancy literally fought for back in the day.