Disasters strike Slap and he thinks he is dead.

Judy wants commitment; Eliot defends his father.

Slap is determined to uncover the truth behind the defection of a "Commie mutant" tennis pro.

Slap fights for his job and reconciles with Judy.

Slap faces indignities upon returning to The Ledger.

Slap abandons Kitty and Texas to get his job back.

Slap visits his ailing father; Nelson replaces Slap with a woman.

Slap rekindles an old flame; Judy and Charlie have regrets.

Slap gives a Marine a ride and winds up back home in Texas.

Auto trouble keeps Slap from his wedding with Annie.

Slap wins "Sportswriter of the Year" but loses Judy.

Slap has difficulty criticizing Eliot's writing.

Judy asks Slap to her high-school reunion.

Judy fills in as advice columnist; Charlie's dog dies.

Slap recognizes The Ledger's prospective buyer as a con artist.

Judy hunts for an apartment; Slap misses a big story.

Slap mistakenly thinks he can reconcile with Annie.

Slap saves a newspaper carrier who was an Olympian.

Slap thinks he has died during a day with son Eliot.

Nelson hires Slap's old nemesis as sportswriter.

A nun, Judy's beau, a dog and his ex-wife plague Slap.

Lawsuits force Nelson to fire Slap from sports.