The Torkelsons

Season 1

• E1 Fence Neighbors 1991-09-21 · 24m A homespun family led by a single mom tries to get by, but teenage daughter Dorothy Jane isn't thrilled when her mom's forced to take in a border to make ends meet.
• E2 The Cotillion 1991-09-28 · 24m Dorothy Jane hopes for a fairy-tale resolution to a school-dance, but she has no dress, no date, and Riley, her Prince Charming next door, seems oblivious.
• E3 A Kiss is Still a Kiss 1991-10-05 · 24m Dorothy Jane would like a romance between Millicent and the new pastor but when he comes calling, its only to report that Steven Floyd nearly turned a hayride into a roll in the hay.
• E4 For Love or Money 1991-10-12 · 24m Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
• E5 Poetry in Motion 1991-10-19 · 24m A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.
• E6 An American Almost in Paris 1991-10-26 · 24m Dorothy Jane wants desperately to bid adieu to Oklahoma and say bonjour to Paris, and she might, if she's selected the winner in a student-exchange competition.
• E7 Men Don't Leave 1991-11-02 · 24m Randall Torkelson blows in from Texas after more than a year away, but his arrival is an ill wind to Dorothy Jane, and she may be the last gasp of his marriage to Millicent.
• E8 Thanksgivingmesomething 1991-11-24 · 24m Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
• E9 Return to Sender 1991-11-24 · 24m Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.
• E10 I Fought the Law 1991-12-01 · 24m Millicent stands up for the American way, and the right to sell homemade pickled goods, by insisting on operating her annual roadside stand without a license.
• E11 A Sigh is Just a Sigh 1991-12-08 · 24m Steven Floyd goes to bat for Millicent by beating up a school big mouth - but she doesn't know that until after she's chewed him out and he's run away.
• E12 Educating Millicent 1991-12-22 · 24m Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.
• E13 Double Date 1992-01-09 · 24m Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
• E14 The Ice Princess 1992-01-12 · 24m Dorothy Jane resolves to become the kind of girl who makes guys melt, and she looks to the school's resident ice princess for guidance.
• E15 Swear Not By the Moon 1992-01-19 · 24m Never was there a story of more woe (except maybe one) than of Dorothy Jane's trial playing Juliet in the school play opposite her Romeo, Riley Roberts.
• E16 Say Uncle 1992-02-16 · 24m Dorothy Jane and Millicent get a double dose of relentless wooing by two Scroggins men - Kirby and his big-talkin' uncle, who takes a liking to Millicent.
• E17 The Long Goodbye 1992-05-02 · 24m Randall Torkelson returns with a big hello for Millicent and the kids, but Dorothy Jane is fretting over college-bound Riley, who didn't say goodbye.
• E18 The Egg and I 1992-05-23 · 24m Dorothy Jane and Kirby learn parenthood isn't all it's cracked up to be when a school assignment requires them to care for an egg.
• E19 It's My Party 1992-05-30 · 24m Dorothy Jane is exposed to the perils of popularity when she throws a party to increase her social standing, but leaves a new friend standing out in the cold.
• E20 Aunt Poison 1992-06-13 · 24m Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.