Plot
The story follows the Ames family, a prominent clan in the fictional Northeastern town of Woodbridge (eventually identified as being located in New York). The Ames family consisted of Peter, his wife Ellen, and their three children: Susan, Jerry, and Amy. Ellen was killed in the first episode and subsequent stories focused on Peter raising his three children. Lending a hand, however dubiously, was Peter's sister in-law, also his former fiancée, Pauline Rysdale (Haila Stoddard).
Despite Susan and Pauline's efforts to derail any new romances in Peter's life, he eventually remarried two more times. His first re-marriage was to Myra Lake (June Graham), one of Amy's teachers, but that ended in divorce. His second and most successful re-marriage was to divorcee Valerie Hill (Lori March) and was married to her until his death.
Later the villainous Belle Clemens (Marla Adams) was the main source of trouble for Woodbridge, taking over from Aunt Pauline, the show's original villain. Originally due to die of kidney disease, the writers had Belle's daughter drown in an accident. Belle blamed Amy for the death.
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