1. Pilot — Episode — Who's the Boss?

1. Pilot

Single dad Tony Micelli and his street smart young daughter Samantha decide to leave the mean streets of their poor neighborhood for a chance at a better life in Connecticut. Tony happens upon a job offer as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy business woman Angela Bower and her young son by means of her flirtatious mother Mona. He puts his machismo aside and takes the job for the betterment of his daughter and a new "family" is formed.

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Complete story — includes the ending

Widowed dad Tony Micelli and his street-smart young daughter Samantha decide to leave the mean streets of their poor neighborhood in Brooklyn for a chance at a better life in Connecticut. Tony happens upon a job offer as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy businesswoman Angela Bower and her young son, by means of her flirtatious mother Mona. He puts his machismo aside and takes the job for the betterment of his daughter, and a new "family" is formed. Note: The pilot was filmed in very late 1983, but it wasn't broadcast until months later.

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