Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and her children after her husband Randy abandons the family.
The Torkelsons (Season 1)
Fence Neighbors 0.0
Air date: 1991-09-21
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
The Cotillion 0.0
Air date: 1991-09-28
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
A Kiss is Still a Kiss 1.0
Air date: 1991-10-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
For Love or Money 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
Poetry in Motion 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-19
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.
An American Almost in Paris 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-26
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Men Don't Leave 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-02
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Thanksgivingmesomething 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-24
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
Return to Sender 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-24
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.
I Fought the Law 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-01
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
A Sigh is Just a Sigh 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-08
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Educating Millicent 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-22
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.
Double Date 0.0
Air date: 1992-01-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
The Ice Princess 0.0
Air date: 1992-01-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Swear Not By the Moon 0.0
Air date: 1992-01-19
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Say Uncle 0.0
Air date: 1992-02-16
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
The Long Goodbye 0.0
Air date: 1992-05-02
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
The Egg and I 0.0
Air date: 1992-05-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
It's My Party 0.0
Air date: 1992-05-30
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Aunt Poison 0.0
Air date: 1992-06-13
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.
Seasons
Episodes 20
Episodes 13