The Goldbergs, just back from their vacation in the Catskills, invite a new acquaintance to dinner, and Jake considers entering into a partnership with their distinguished guest.
When a new landlord takes over the Goldbergs' apartment building, Jake and Molly become become advocates for the tenants and demand renovations.
After listing various family members' shortcomings over dinner, Molly's cousin Simon gets sick and comes to regret his harsh words.
Molly becomes suspicious of Jake's fidelity when he insists she commission a new hat from his smart and sophisticated female assistant.
Molly and Jake are led to believe that they have been too strict raising Rosie and decide to change their approach. However, their new parenting methods don't sit well with Rosie.
When Molly's neighbors loan their apartment to a young British woman with a troubled marriage, Molly tries hard not to meddle in her affairs.
Molly's cousin believes all her ills would be cured if only her single daughter would get married, and Molly and all her neighbors happily enlist in the matchmaking effort.
Molly's wealthy uncle loans the family his Florida vacation house, but negotiating the vacation schedule with all the members of the Goldberg family proves difficult.
Tanta Elke is upset over her son's refusal to name his newborn baby after her mother, and Molly tries to persuade her to accept his decision.
Jealous of the attention given to Jake’s visiting relative, Uncle David is less than cordial to their guest.
The Goldbergs attend the shoe manufacturer's ball. Unskilled in the art of dancing, Molly feels left out but determines to learn the rumba!
Jake and Mrs. Burnett are concerned that Dora and Sammy are getting too serious, but the two sets of parents have different ideas about Sammy's future.
Molly urges her next-door neighbor's daughter to pursue a concert career, but ends up endangering the singer's marriage when her husband wants her to stay at home. Metropolitan Opera star Regina Resnick is featured as Eva Varga, the young wife.
When Mrs. Burnett enrolls in art school, Molly feels pressured to follow suit. Struggling to find inspiration, she finally decides to paint what she knows best—food!
Molly takes pity on a starving dentist, and the entire Goldberg family is drawn in when Molly decides to drum up some patients for the young man.
The Goldbergs' house is in an uproar when Tante Elka's grandchildren come to stay, upsetting Jake but thrilling Molly.
When Molly and Tante battle over the name for Elka's new grandchild, family tradition is pitted against practicality. Elka, the sentimentalist, wants the child named for her mother. Practical Molly wants it named after rich Uncle Simon.
Mr. Pincus, the proprietor of Pincus Pines, the Goldbergs' Catskills vacation resort, suggests a business venture to Jake. Unhappy with the idea, Molly conspires to halt the plan.
At Pincus Pines, Molly is busy promoting local romances but Rosalie is bored with her family. She changes her attitude after meeting a young doctor, but Molly unwittingly threatens Rosie's happiness.
An attractive divorcée arrives at Pincus Pines, upsetting the other women at the hotel. When Molly assigns Jake to keep the divorcée busy as a favor to Pincus, she soon regrets getting involved.
Jake and Uncle David make a series of investments on the advice of an impressive guest at Pincus Pines, but soon discover that their financial advisor is not all he appears to be.
Mr. Pincus' three stepsons want a bigger part in the business affairs at Pincus Pines. When Molly tries to help, she only ends up angering Mr. Pincus.
The Goldbergs are at Pincus Pines but it's no vacation when the kitchen help walks out and Molly volunteers to prepare the meals.
Molly returns to New York full of tales of Pincus Pines, but convincing Tante Elka to take a vacation of her own turns out to be tougher than she thought.
After one blintz too many at Pincus Pines, Molly is persuaded to attend a "reducing school" to lose weight, but soon finds the culinary temptations at home hard to resist.
Uncle David visits excitedly plans a visit to his son's new home in New Rochelle. But after frequently finding himself alone there, he begins to miss the lively atmosphere of the Goldbergs' apartment.
Cousin Muttel comes to visit the Goldbergs and asks for a job in Jake's dress factory. Jake knows that Muttel is a bad businessman and resists hiring him, but Molly insists.
David's friend Moishe is engaged, but the Goldbergs worry that his fiancée will be his ruin. David determines to save Moishe from this fate by charming the lady himself.
Jake and his partner are going to be listed in a Who's Who book of dressmaking. When the men sit down to write their biography, tempers flare over which one of them first thought of the half-size dress.
On Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, the Goldbergs attend synagogue for the solemn Kol Nidre services. Uncle David, however, is upset because his son is absent.
Cousin Muttel arrives at Molly's house claiming to have a heart condition. As his stay drags on, the family suspects Muttel of taking advantage of them.
Molly finds herself conflicted when she's nominated for president of the Ladies Auxiliary Committee, a position her friend also desires.
After the Goldbergs resolve to move from New York City to the suburb of Haverville, Molly must decide what to do with her possessions.
After moving to suburban Connecticut, Molly misses the intimacy of the Bronx and struggles to make friends.
The ladies of Haverville are suspicious of an attractive widow. Molly, sure of Jake's affection, initially urges her husband to monopolize the woman's time, but soon comes to regret this decision.
To try to help a beautician find free time, Molly appeals to the local ladies' sense of style and proves that fashion is fickle.
Rosie is convinced that her nose is too big and starts saving money for plastic surgery. The family is horrified, so Molly concocts a plot to try to change Rosie's mind.
Two escaped criminals invade the Goldberg home, but Molly believes they are college students and welcomes them.
When Molly dreams of vacuuming up Jake, Rosie, and Sam, Molly's friend provides an analysis that does not sit well with the rest of the Goldberg family.
Molly meets an intellectual, lonely widower on the train and, flattered by his attentions, questions her relationship with Jake.
Molly goes on a TV game show and must answer questions about a category with which she is intimately familiar—food!
Molly investigates a theft on an all-night bus trip, only to find herself accused of stealing a fellow passenger's purse.
Uncle David buys a pool table and hooks up with some local pool sharks who take advantage of David's kindness.
Molly arranges a production of an opera in Haverville. She goes beyond simply casting community members in the production, however, when she create a love match.
Molly serves on a jury and befriends the defendant afterward. Her compassion is put to the test when the acquitted man visits her home and she finds her watch missing.
When Jake's Uncle Sam comes to visit, a feud erupts in the Goldberg household over whether a dentist is a doctor.
A young man eager to escape the apron strings of his mother moves to Haverville to work for Jake. He soon becomes more interested in Rosie than in his job.
When the Goldbergs buy coupon booklets good at local businesses, everyone in the family becomes a rabid consumer.
Molly's cousin Harold inherits some money, and the family becomes concerned that his beautiful fiancée is a gold digger.
The family car breaks down, stranding Molly and Jake during a violent rainstorm. Molly accuses Jake of negligence, sending the family to the auto dealer.
When Sammy and Dora announce their engagement, Sammy feels pressure to buy Dora an engagement ring.
When David's death is mistakenly reported in the newspaper, he discovers just how many friends he really has.
When rich Uncle Simon goes to Europe and sends his servants to work for the Goldbergs, Molly must adapt to an elevated lifestyle.
Rosie is cast in a bit part in the local production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and, much to her father's consternation, considers becoming an actor.
When Sammy and Dora begin planning where they will live after their wedding, both sets of in-laws mix in and put the couple's love to the test.
David's cousin Boojie promises to take him to Dublin, but when Boojie falls in love it seems like the promise will be broken. Special appearance by Steve McQueen.
In a continuation of a previous episode, Boojie leaves his fiancée behind in Haverville to travel back to Ireland. When Boojie returns, he finds that David is now his rival for her love.
Jake and Mendel conspire to buy life insurance without telling their wives. When Jake stays home to rest prior to taking the physical examination, he raises Molly's suspicions.
Jake takes up painting as a hobby when Molly insists that he's working too hard. But Molly's suggestion backfires as Jake's hobby develops into an obsession.
Rosie starts dating three different boys. Everyone in the family has his or her favorite and tries to convince Rosie to choose that one for her "steady".
With Sammy's wedding right around the corner, his mother-in-law and Molly can't help but escalate the size and cost of the wedding.
Jake gets upset with his partner Mendel when he underrates Jake's intelligence. Jake insists that the two switch roles in the company, distressing Molly.
Molly becomes a a Girl Scout troop leader but, despite her enthusiasm, the parents and children alike doubt her ability.
Molly's matchmaking talents are challenged when she introduces her friend to a man who harbors his own matchmaking motives.
Molly's miserly cousin Simon suffers a crippling heart attack while visiting the Goldbergs. After the family overhears the doctor discuss the gravity of his disease, Simon repents for his past deeds.
Molly goes to a weight-reduction "milk farm" and soon finds herself leading a secret mutiny among the other women there.
Molly gets an offer from a supermarket chain to distribute her locally-famous gefilte fish. However, when put on the spot, she finds her recipe difficult to re-create.
Molly becomes a volunteer nurse's aide at the local hospital and, much to the chagrin of her family, begins bringing her patients home.
When Rosie demonstrates a degree of singing talent, Molly is convinced that she should take voice training and struggles to raise the money for the lessons.
Molly and Jake's relationship is threatened when they choose different sides in a quarrel between their old friends.
As Sammy's wedding day approaches, Molly wonders why her extended family has not responded to her invitations.