Evening Shade

- Season 1

(1990)

In the series pilot, Wood Newton, a former NFL football player and the head coach of the local high school football team, has to deal with his team's losing streak and the possible pregnancy of his wife.

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Wood begins to question his accomplishments when a replay from 30 years ago shows that his clutch touchdown should have been invalid.

Taylor takes "Marge the Barge" to a Sadie Hawkins dance while Harmon and Wood engage in a war of pranks with the seniors.

Both Taylor and Evan begin relationship with women who have reputations for being very provocative.

After a boozy evening, Wood passes out on the coffee table, giving Will a chance to shave off half his mustache. Meanwhile, Ava gets a visit from her old high school boyfriend Kyle Hampton.

Wood donates "a weekend with Wood Newton" to Harlan's charity. Being the high bidder, Herman Stiles wins the prize and drives Wood's entire family nuts.

Right before a game with arch-rival Piggot High School, Wood's entire offensive line fails an algebra test and has to cram for a makeup test or else they will be barred from playing.

When Ava's new job as a prosecuting attorney keeps her away from home, Wood takes on extra domestic chores and resents it so much that he packs up and moves in with Ponder Blue. Meanwhile, Herman joins a mail-order hair club.

When a Hollywood film crew arrives in town to shoot a Civil War mini-series, the townsfolk flock to play extras. Wood is cast as a Confederate colonel. The shoot is beset with problems, including temperamental actress Shelly Darling.

Everyone is dealing with issues at Christmastime. Wood is so tired of his children's materialism that he donates all of their gifts to a hard-luck family in the neighborhood.

Wood and Ava are spending a lot of time with Gil and Madeline Hall, but the Halls' increasingly frequent sexual banter is making Wood and Ava nervous enough to reevaluate the friendship.

Wood's visiting high school friends tell incriminating stories about him to Ava and Evan. And Wood's former fiancée Rebecca Kincaid is back in town and still carrying a torch for him.

In a flashback, the Newton family helps Ava runs for district attorney against an obnoxious opponent, and Harlan is convinced that a win for Ava would have negative effects on her marriage to Wood.

Herman's visiting father Brick gets pushy with Frieda and seems interested in spending time with everyone in town except for Herman.

Evan has a physical confrontation with Vernon Moody who disagrees with one of Evan's editorials. But Wood is called as the star witness - for Moody.

Ava persuades Wood to take Taylor on a hunting trip at Evan's cabin, where a legendary buck dies on the front porch.

Ava feels there is cause for concern when armed robber Harvey Lujack, whom she helped put in prison, escapes and swears revenge on her.

When Kenny Rogers comes to town to visit the Newton family, they try to keep his presence a secret.

During a town-wide flu epidemic, the biology teacher gets sick and Herman Stiles winds up substitute-teaching sex education for her.

Wood has to decide whether to allow women to try out for the football team.

Herman wants his friendship with Margaret to move to the next level, so Wood, Ava, Harlan, and Merlene plan a dinner party to facilitate this.

John Madden is sought to emcee an annual sports banquet, while Wood comes to regret asking Herman to film a documentary on the Newton family life for the Newtons' unborn baby to see.

The annual sports banquet is interrupted when Ava goes into labor and is rushed to the hospital.