Aspiring actress Ann Marie is working at a newsstand in an office building, where she meets Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell), a writer for Newsview magazine. Ann has just gotten an acting job for a television commercial filming in the lobby of the office building, but an encounter with the chivalrous Donald may put her new job at risk.

Ann Marie moves out of Brewster, New York to an apartment in New York City, with the help of her agent Harvey Peck (Ronnie Schell), much to the chagrin of her father (Lew Parker). While looking at her apartment she meets her neighbor, Judy Bessemer (Bonnie Scott), and her independence is tested when her mother (Rosemary DeCamp) moves in after an argument with her father, and the only decent paying

Ann agrees to babysit for her neighbor and friend, Judy Bessemer, who assures her that she'll be back long before Ann has to leave for her audition for an acting workshop. Judy gets stuck at her sisters house and her husband, Leon, is an obstetrician and gets called to deliver a patient's baby, forcing Ann to take baby Stanley along on her audition. The director of the acting workshop is very no-n

As Ann borrows Donald's car to move a rubber tree plant, a sewing machine salesman (Carl Ballantine) distracted by a pretty girl bumps into the car and sues her for damages.

Ann talks Don into a drive to Brewster to pick up her old hi-fi system, which leads to an on-the-road picnic that goes wrong.

While paying a parking ticket, Ann meets a rich young man(Sam Melville) who invests in the theater and tries to seduce her, much to the chagrin of Donald.

When Donald's secretary goes on maternal leave, Judy Bessemer suggests hiring Ann as a substitute.

Ann's acquisition of a box full of various items at an auction draws the attention of a mysterious stranger (Michael Conrad) who has a strong interest in one of its contents.

Ann is found in jail in a cave-girl outfit, after replacing her neighbor and fellow actress Margie (Jackie Joseph) on a side job that turns out to be a catering job for a Mafia boss seeking to merge with a rival family.

A friend of Ann's named Sandy Stafford, lands a role in a Broadway show, and asks Ann to be her understudy. While Sandy is staying with her, she comes down with the measles and Ann has to take Sandy's place on stage.

Ann's attempt to adopt a stage name based on a suggestion from her agent is met with disapproval from her parents. The recycled version of the original pilot episode.

Ann's role as a villainess in a soap opera compromises a potential relationship with Don's mother. Will a visit from the actor playing the hero improve her image?

Donald works with one of the actresses in Ann's workshop to do an article about her, but she thinks he's having an affair.

Ann's apartment building is being "haunted" by an old movie theater organist 

A member of Ann's acting workshop tries to buy her friendship.

As her shift as an elf for a department store Santa Claus concludes, Ann tells Donald about her stint as a teacher in a boarding school trying to bring good tidings and joy to a boy who won't be able to go home for Christmas.

While sifting through boxes of souvenirs, Ann finds a ring given to her by a high school sweetheart and attempts to return it.

Seeking a job that gives her more free time for auditions, Ann tries her luck as a traveling saleswoman selling shoes door-to-door. What her boss doesn't tell her is that the shoes are poorly constructed... in fact they're made entirely from cardboard.

When Ann finds out how messy Don's apartment is, she hires a maid to help him clean the place up. Suddenly she begins to suspect that this little geisha girl has other plans for him.

Donald hands Ann the manuscript for a novel he wrote, which she is suddenly convinced she lost.

At the Bauman's wedding in Connecticut, a snowstorm traps Ann, Don, and their friends at the hotel, but only two rooms are available, and Ann has no intention of sharing a bed with Donald.

While Ann expects a dinner date with her father to be a surprise birthday party, Judy assembles one on short notice just in case it isn't.

Ann's father presses Donald as to whether he intends to marry his daughter.

A famous opera singer makes a play for Ann while Don tries to get an interview with the temperamental celebrity.