It Takes Two is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from October 14, 1982 until April 28. Billie Bird would subsequently join the cast of sister series Benson. “It Takes Two' is the kind of movie that ought to put rocks in its pockets to keep from floating away. It's so featherbrained and lightweight, it almost elevates.

It Takes Two Created by Starring Theme music composer Composer(s) George Aliceson Tipton Country of origin United States No. Of seasons 1 No. Of episodes 22 Production Executive producer(s) Susan Harris Running time 24–25 minutes Production company(s) Release Original network Original release October 14, 1982 ( 1982-10-14) – April 28, 1983 ( 1983-04-28) Chronology Preceded by It Takes Two is an which ran on ABC from October 14, 1982 until April 28, 1983. It was created by, who had previously created the sitcom and its spin-off, both for ABC, the latter of which was in the midst of its run when this series premiered. The series starred and as a modern, dual career couple whose personal lives were largely impacted by their professions. Harris, her husband and executive produced the series, under the group's company.

Contents • • • • • • • Synopsis [ ] Dr. Sam Quinn (Crenna) was a successful surgeon in, who for many years had the comfort of coming home to his devoted wife Molly (Astin) after long hours at the local hospital. Within time, Sam would be in for a rude awakening when Molly, bored with being a housewife and yearning to make even more out of her life, enrolled in law school.

As the series began, Molly was now an assistant D. Permohonan Program Magister Usm. A., and before either of them knew it, the passion in their marriage, and quality time for each other, had quickly started to slip from their grasp. Sam missed being able to come home to warm dinners and clean laundry, and lovemaking opportunities were few and far between—not to mention fruitless (Molly's long hours caused her to fall asleep right away when the two retired for the night).

Fortunately, Sam and Molly were master communicators, and the two tried their best to compromise, in order to bring that spark back into their marriage. When they came to each other for support over highly emotional career-related matters, it was clear that there was still plenty of love to be shared. The one aspect of their marriage that did change upon Molly's entrance into the legal system was political points of view. Molly had always seemed to agree with Sam's liberal leanings, which he continued to maintain.

Eventually, Molly's time in the D.A.' S office had made her more hard-line and conservative, which became the cause of many debates in their household.

In the end, it was Sam's knack for witty, no-holds-barred but warm reasoning that kept sensitive Molly from wanting to chuck her career when her cases became too much to bear. Sam and Molly had two teenaged children, carefree and sometimes smart-alecky daughter Lisa (), who was in high school, and all-around cool customer Andy (), an aspiring rock musician who, at 18, was privileged enough to be moving into his own apartment. However, like many young adults in TV series who were attempting to break away from their parents, Andy would still find a reason to drop by so that Sam and Molly would help with his responsibilities. Completing the household in the Quinn's luxurious high-rise apartment was Molly's salty mother (), only known as 'Mama', whose blunt and often spontaneous comments added to the comic relief. Also featured were Sam's jovial colleague at the hospital, Dr. Walter Chaiken (), and Judge Caroline Phillips (), who presided over many of the cases that Molly was hired for.

The original proposed title for the series was For Better or Worse.