Maggie Winters
★ 8.5 · 1998 · 30m · Comedy
Maggie Winters is a short-lived CBS sitcom that ran from 1998 to early 1999. The title character was played by Faith Ford.
Episodes
▶1. Total Eclipse30m · Maggie leaves her cheating husband and returns home to Indiana, where she plans to stay for only 6 months. She finds that her mother hasn't changed her bedroom in the fifteen years since she'd left and its also time for her high school reunion. She applies for a job, but finds the woman in charge of the interview, Rachel, still holds a grudge against her from high school. Seems Maggie got everything in high school that Rachel ever wanted, including Bobby Campanella. Rachel still wants Bobby (who is available) and she wants to know if Maggie is back to get together with him. Later when she is stressed out, Maggie rants about all her old friends still being stuck in high school. Out on the front porch, she and Bobby do get together and they do more than they ever did in high school. Maggie works to make amends with her other friends and later at the reunion, Rachel finds out about Maggie and Bobby.▶2. Maggie's Master Plan30m · Maggie goes back to plan A, something she wrote in her diary in years ago. Get a fabulous job in fashion, move out of mom's house, live happily ever after with Bobby and get a pony. Unfortunately, finding a job isn't going as well as she'd hoped and her relationship with Bobby might take her down the same path she's already been down. She calls it off with Bobby and ultimately finds herself faced with trying to get the job that Rachel still has available at her store.▶3. Likable Maggie30m · Maggie is nearly in a car accident and she gives the driver a piece of her mind. She discovers that the driver is a racecar driver and Sonny Mayfield, the owner of the restaurant where she has been hanging out with ""the gang"" that Rachel wants to belong to. When she discovers that they all like him, she works to make herself liked by him, when it appears as though he doesn't like her. Turns out it is just the opposite.▶4. Mama's Got a Brand New Bag30m · It's Saturday night and Maggie is staying home with her mother, again. Only this time, Mom has a date. Feeling in the way, Maggie goes to Sonny's. Tom suggests that when two older people are alone, they are starving for conversation. Maggie returns, only to find that Mom and her date aren't talking together, they're showering together. Maggie must learn to deal with the fact that her mother has a sex life. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to make it through the killer 3rd date with a guy she really likes, without having sex. Sex she feels will ruin her chance to have a deep meaningful relationship with a man, before she nails him.▶5. Suburban Myth30m · Estelle's friends get on Maggie's case because she is in her 30's, single and without children. To prove she can handle those responsibilities she volunteers to watch Robin and Jeff's children while they get away for an evening. With Lisa's ""help,"" Maggie learns what it takes to be a parent, with just a little help from her mother.▶6. Singles Night30m · Maggie is introduced to the concept of single's night at the grocery store, you get a 10% discount and maybe a date. Of course, Maggie still has to confront the task of signing her divorce papers. Maggie tries the dating scene at the grocery store; however, Sonny tells her that now she needs to go on a real date. He offers to have one with her, even though he doesn't really like her. Their date reveals things about their respective relationships, but in the end Maggie accomplishes one of her tasks.▶7. Friend or Faux30m · When Lisa changes to continue dating a Harvard educated man, Robin and Maggie are taken aback. Robin suggests that Maggie, as the bossy one, must do something about it. Meanwhile, Estelle is taking a dream analysis course and she analyzes one of Tom's dreams. She believes he is denying the exploration of his feminine side. When Maggie confronts Lisa, Lisa only becomes angered and they break apart. Robin brings Maggie and Lisa back together, especially when Lance makes a move on Robin.▶8. And Those Who Can't30m · Maggie runs into the high school teacher (Mr. Wiehe) that she, Lisa and Robin had a crush on. She gets an invitation to come to a school play, which leads to a date. Even though Maggie wants the date to be solo, Lisa and Robin tag along. Mr. Wiehe, was the only teacher to ever give Maggie a grade of B, so she feels that each time he gives something a rating, he is actually grading. She works hard to try and get a grade of A.▶9. Angstgiving Day30m · Maggie wants to surprise her mother by having her father join them at Thanksgiving. When she realizes her mother would rather never see him again. So she checks her father into a motel under an assumed name, but word gets out the Maggie Winters is seeing an old man at a sleazy motel, her mother is beside herself. On Thanksgiving Day, Maggie reveals who the old man in her life is; now Estelle is really beside herself.▶10. Dinner at Rachel's30m · After receiving the employee of the month award, after three weeks of work, Maggie gives in to Rachel's invitation to join her family for dinner that evening. Leaving, Robin, Lisa, Jeff and Tom to be entertained playing a game with Estelle. Rachel's family turns out to be just as bizarre as she is, but Maggie endures the evening and tries to make Rachel shine in the eyes of her family, unfortunately, they only see Maggie.▶11. When Sonny Gets Blue30m · Maggie needs to ""let her monkey out."" An opportunity arises, when everyone is attending the wedding of Sonny's ex-girlfriend. She agrees to accompany Sonny this event, when she he insists he must attend to obtain closure. The event almost goes off as planned (at one point Sonny introduces Maggie as his fiancé and Miss Nude World) until Maggie says something which re-ignites the old flame between Sonny and his old ex-girlfriend, the ex-bride.▶12. You'll Never Walk Alone in this Town Again30m · Maggie quickly relearns that she can't remain anonymous in a small town, when she tries to help Tom out with his landlord problem, he can't get his water problem fixed. Her efforts to help Tom, get him evicted and Mr. Stickley, the landlord, also happens to be the representative from the landlord tenant association, amongst his other responsibilities. Meanwhile, Lisa is finding herself attracted to Tom's unkempt, ""skanky different"" look. A solution to Tom's need for an apartment is found above the Winters' garage.▶13. Working Robin30m · Maggie gets a promotion (because of her new spin on the old slogan ""Satisfaction Guaranteed"") and hires an assistant, Robin. Estelle starts taking advantage of Hanley's new policy, by beginning to return old merchandise that she is no longer satisfied with. Maggie learns the difficulty of working with her best friend as her other best friend (Lisa) tries to turn to Tom for companionship as she seems to have nothing in common with Maggie and Robin. To save her friendship, Maggie fires Robin or at least thinks she has. Rachel is delighted when Robin shows up for work and when Robin finds out the truth, with Lisa in the middle, the misunderstanding sets the three friends apart and Rachel is really delighted. Will they ever talk again?▶14. Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut30m · Maggie and Estelle discover that they've been robbed. When the local sheriff proves to be ineffective, Maggie, fearing her small town is going to lose its ability to leave its doors open, looks to take action. She goes to the town meeting and finds that she is the only one really concerned about the problem, so she is put in charge of the neighborhood watch, the others present are more interested in refreshments. Maggie manages to get the townspeople concerned about the crime wave, to the point where they begin panicking. Then Maggie discovers the culprit.▶15. Suffering Estelle30m · Estelle throws her back out of whack. Maggie offers to stay home, but meets with objections from her mother. As the girls discuss the fact their parents are getting older, Maggie begins to worry. Especially, when she returns home to find her mother tripping on muscle relaxants. So Maggie begins working from home and helping her mother out, but does Estelle beginning to take advantage of the situation? Because it is part of what she does and who she is, Maggie overreacts.▶16. Girls Night Out30m · It's girl's night out! Tom's not invited, so Estelle suggests that he have a guy's night out. Maggie plans to take the girls to a place her ex-husband never took her to, so imagine her surprise when they run into him and his girlfriend there. The rest of Maggie's evening is spent reconciling her feelings for Jack. When Tom's arrangements don't go as planned, he winds up spending the evening with Estelle.▶17. Spare Me30m · To prove she is no longer as competitive as she was when she was younger, Maggie throws a bowling match to boost Rachel's confidence. But Rachel's confidence is boosted through the roof as she begins to gloat, causing Maggie to return to her old ways and demand a rematch.▶18. Three for the Seesaw30m · Tom's living in the Winters' family garage and having free run of their house causes Maggie to feel her space is being invaded. So she schemes to get Tom to move out by fixing him up with Rachel.
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