Episode #220 "A Night At The Opera"

The stresses of motherhood and her job give Grace a bad case of insomnia, but winning two tickets to the opera in St. Louis through a radio giveaway does much to lift her spirits. Neither Nadine nor Russell nor her refinery workers will volunteer to be Grace’s "date," but Russell agrees to ride to St. Louis to visit his father while Grace goes to the opera. Russell confides to Grace that he has anxieties about seeing his father, whom he visits very rarely, because his father has always seemed so cold and distant. Cousin DeForest arrives with a makeup kit and velvet dress and turns Grace into Cinderella. Grace has an adventure at the opera with a handsome Italian, while Russell finally finds a way to bond with his father.