 Widower & former unemployed baseball player Tony Micelli,meets up with Mona,the mother of Angela Bauer at the local community college. (A scene later shown in flashback in a later show) She tells Tony about the vacant position of housekeeper at her daughter s home and says there s "no problem". Tony then uproots himself and his 11 year old Samantha from Brooklyn and takes them in his less than beautiful blue van to Angela s New England suburbs home. Angela is none to thrilled about a man applying for the job,or that her mother said okay to him without checking with her. After much bartering & discussion Tony is hired but only because she sees how good he is with her son Johanthan. A few first week difficulties result (like Tony threatening her boss with a baseball bat,thinking he s attacking Angela). but she later thanks him for his concern and the show concludes with Tony telling Samantha,"Looks like we got our work cut out for us Sam."