The Kids Are Alright
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Set in the 1970s, follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family, the Clearys, as they navigate changes during one of America's most turbulent decades. In a working-class neighborhood outside L.A., Mike and Peggy raise eight boys, who live out their days with little supervision. The household is turned upside down when oldest Lawrence returns and announces he's quitting the seminary to go and "save the world." There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.
The Kids Are Alright Season 1 (2018-2019)
![]() | 1x01 Pilot Lawrence returns home and announces he’s quitting the seminary to go off and “save the world.” Times are changing and this family will never be the same. | Oct. 16, 2018 |
![]() | 1x02 Timmy's Poem To Peggy’s dismay, Timmy decides to enter a poetry contest to win the money he needs to repair his ventriloquist dummy. Stumped, he decides to plagiarize a poem and soon realizes ... | Oct. 23, 2018 |
![]() | 1x03 Microwave After Mike proudly introduces a new microwave to the Cleary household, Peggy immediately rejects it as she feels like it’s intruding into her domain. Fed up with Mike’s experimenting ... | Oct. 30, 2018 |
![]() | 1x04 Peggy’s Day Out To hide a mess Eddie made, his girlfriend, Wendi, tries to distract Peggy by insisting she take a day off with a fun day out while they take care of the housework. To everyone’s ... | Nov. 13, 2018 |
![]() | 1x05 Boxing Frank announces that he has decided to compete in the church boxing tournament, making it obvious that he’s playing for Mike’s affections. When Frank can’t cut it, Timmy steps ... | Nov. 20, 2018 |
![]() | 1x06 Behind the Counter Mike comes to the conclusion that Eddie is being sexually active and takes it upon himself to give him enough advice to work things out. Later, Peggy disagrees with how Mike handled ... | Nov. 27, 2018 |
![]() | 1x07 Little Cyst Mike and Peggy think they might be expecting again, but later Peggy is diagnosed with having a cyst instead. The experience launches them into a debate about whether or not they should ... | Dec. 04, 2018 |
![]() | 1x08 Christmas 1972 When Peggy’s successful brother, Tom, drops in for Christmas, Mike immediately oozes with jealousy. Thus begins Mike’s one-sided competition with Tom, using his kids as pawns ... | Dec. 11, 2018 |
![]() | 1x09 The Love List After seeing how loving Pat’s friend’s parents are, the Cleary boys beg Peggy to tell them she loves them. Playing on their insecurities, Peggy posts a ranked list of their names ... | Jan. 08, 2019 |
![]() | 1x10 Show Boat Against Peggy’s wishes, Frank secretly helps design a set for a musical in which Timmy is performing. Feeling jealous of all the positive attention Frank is getting for his work, ... | Jan. 15, 2019 |
![]() | 1x11 Mailbox Eddie becomes distraught when Wendi breaks up with him over disagreements on how they want to handle their future. Meanwhile, Mike struggles to address Eddie’s heartbreak, and Peggy ... | Jan. 22, 2019 |
![]() | 1x12 Vietnam The Clearys feel conflicted when Lawrence and Eddie are drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. Although Eddie and Lawrence try to avoid going, they come to terms with their fate, but ... | Feb. 05, 2019 |
![]() | 1x13 Valentine’s Day To inspire Timmy to take better care of his personal hygiene, Peggy decides to take matters into her own hands and tricks him in hopes of solving the problem. Meanwhile, a concerned ... | Feb. 12, 2019 |
![]() | 1x14 Happy Cecil Mike and Peggy are stunned when they learn that Father Dunne has a girlfriend and decides to leave the priesthood. When the associate pastor, Father Abdi, ... | Feb. 19, 2019 |
![]() | 1x15 Nine Birthdays Peggy’s talent for reusing wax from old birthday candles to create new ones lures her into exploring an identity outside the home for the first time. Her newfound candle-making ... | Feb. 26, 2019 |
![]() | 1x16 Wendi's House Mike and Peggy are sympathetic when Wendi's parents split up until Peggy realizes that Wendi's parents left her in the house alone, giving her and Eddie an unsupervised love nest. ... | Mar. 19, 2019 |
![]() | 1x17 Low Expectations To fulfill his showbiz dreams, Timmy enters a contest to appear on “The Partridge Family” and takes matters into his own hands when he doesn’t hear back. Elsewhere, Peggy takes ... | Mar. 26, 2019 |
![]() | 1x18 Peggy Drives Away After a mishap at the grocery store, Peggy storms out of the house without explanation, leaving Mike and the boys wondering which one of them set her off. Meanwhile, Mike thinks he ... | Apr. 09, 2019 |
![]() | 1x19 Mass For Shut-ins A concerned Peggy manipulates William into joining the church choir to keep him engaged in Catholicism after learning he's questioning his beliefs. Meanwhile, Timmy learns that the ... | Apr. 16, 2019 |
![]() | 1x20 Timmy's New Hobby Peggy discovers that Timmy has a newfound and inappropriate hobby and urges Mike to talk to him about it even though he is reluctant to do so. Despite being uncomfortable, Mike attempts ... | Apr. 30, 2019 |
![]() | 1x21 Mike's Award Peggy’s competitive side kicks in when she learns that Helen’s husband’s professional accomplishments are getting high recognition, so she decides to get Mike into the limelight. ... | May. 07, 2019 |
![]() | 1x22 Whales After learning that donations are down at their church, Peggy grows concerned that the cutbacks will affect the nursing home where she is secretly housing a close relative. Mike and ... | May. 14, 2019 |
![]() | 1x23 Irish Goodbye Peggy struggles with Lawrence's decision to move out of the house, especially after she discovers that he is secretly moving in with a girlfriend she's never met. Lawrence's determination ... | May. 21, 2019 |
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