7.2/108 votesLoading...#1 - A Nickel Plate Romance
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1992
Ginger and Jeff break up again, and try to make each other jealous with Caroline and Charlie. Al takes a job at the bar and advises the warring couples.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
- 7.4/1012 votesLoading...
#2 - Getting to First Base
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1992
Caroline Hailey becomes a management spy, ruining the planned strike at the plant. Jeff makes the cut in camp but loses Ginger when she catches him red-handed.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
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#3 - The Traveling Lemo All-Stars
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1992
Jeff and the Lemo All-Stars board a train bound for promotional games west of the Mississippi, as do the Lemo Tomato Juice Girl, and Caroline, who's bound for Reno in search of a quickie divorce. Back in River Run, an apple cobbler in their oven alerts Ruth and Mike to Gloria and Abe's deception; Anne and Al can't agree on a name for the newborn.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
- 7.5/109 votesLoading...
#4 - Life is Short
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1992
The scourge of polio invades the Metcalf-Kahn home as new mother Anne is stricken with the disease, her family is quarantined and others who come in contact with her fear the worst. Meanwhile, Mike dreads the coming of another birthday; and 50-year-old Abe fears he's losing his memory, just as his father did.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.5/109 votesLoading...
#5 - Signed, Crazy in Love
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1993
Anne comes home in a wheelchair, the Davises test the competition, and Charlie gets a job as a Fuller Brush salesman.
Director: N/A
Writer: James Stanley
- 7.6/1014 votesLoading...
#6 - Kids
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1991
Gina finds a place, unaware that it was arranged by her hated former father-in-law. Charlie tells Ginger he married the wrong woman, but continues to make plans to start a family. Linda and Hank fight but manage to make improvements at the plant.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1014 votesLoading...
#7 - Holier Than Thou, Too
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1991
Union activity at the plant divides the town. Linda tries to talk her brother Hank out of becoming management while their mother confronts organizer Al about the danger he's brought to her family. Robert Davis joins the union after being attacked by racist co-workers, but has to fight his father on the issue.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.7/1010 votesLoading...
#8 - By Popular Demand
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1992
Caroline tries to recover her husband and the Sloans become obsessed with what their employees are up to every weekend as the Davises sneak off to run their restaurant. Jeff battles a jealous rival to stay on the team, and Ginger strikes out when a photographer comes to town.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
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#9 - Can't Say No
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1992
The newlywed Davises run into trouble, Ginger is torn between Jeff and her career and Charlie threatens to expose Caroline's spying if she doesn't quit spreading rumors about Linda.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1016 votesLoading...
#10 - By Word or Act
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/6/1993
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votesLoading...
#11 - The Lacemakers
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/13/1993
Lacemaker Gina is unnerved by terrifying flashbacks to her days in a Nazi concentration camp, and Charlie is baffled by her mood swings. Meanwhile, saved items hold treasured memories for Grandmother , who doesn't want to impose when she's asked to move in with Abe and Gloria.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.8/1013 votesLoading...
#12 - Bad Connection
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1992
Jeff's worries at training camp turn him toward a sports-savvy bar owner who happens to be female. Ginger copes with an amorous boss.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.8/1012 votesLoading...
#13 - No Man Loyal and Neutral
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1992
Linda is suspected of being the management spy, and the tension over the union results in violence at the Metcalf home. Judy reunites Jeff and Ginger.
Director: David Carson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votesLoading...
#14 - If You Want It Done Right...
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1992
The union goes on strike and as tensions inside the Sloan factory rise, Gina's resourcefulness keeps the situation from turning violent. Abe relents when he goes to argue with his striking son.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - Sinners Reconciled
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1991
Gina has her baby, which is born with a serious illness. Anne attempts to reconcile with Al via Christmas cookies.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#16 - When It Rains, It Pours
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1992
Linda gets a new view of her old boyfriend, Mike Sloan Jr., when old Army buddy Bill Caswell arrives in town. The Davis family searches for a misplaced gall bladder, and Anne and Al's relationship goes a step further. Jeff is accepted as a rookie ballplayer.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#17 - That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1992
Jeff departs for spring training in Florida. The Davises face discrimination in getting a loan for their business.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#18 - Spanish Moss
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1992
Hank moves out of the house as Anne prepares to marry Al. Charlie's growing closeness to Gina gets serious when he learns of Caroline's lies. The Davises are reluctant to accept help from their former employer despite the impossibility of getting a bank loan.
Director: N/A
Writer: James Stanley, Lynn Marie Latham
- 7.9/1011 votesLoading...
#19 - Like Being There When You're Not
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1993
TV seems to be the wave of the future, which could signal the end of Ginger and Jeff's radio show; a local sportswriter receives kudos after Judy ghostwrites his column on the Indians; and suspicions of infidelity lurk at the Sloan home.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 7.9/1011 votesLoading...
#20 - Garfield Slept Here
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1993
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1011 votesLoading...
#21 - Patriots
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1991
Mike Sloan, Sr. tries to keep the workers from organizing when union organizer Al Kahn comes to town. Jeff and Ginger date publicly, Abe plots to get his job back by bringing Gina back into the Sloan family.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 8.0/1011 votesLoading...
#22 - Toledo
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1991
Caroline's angry when her husband jealousy attacks Charlie over Ginger. Jeff and Ginger travel to Toldeo for a pregnancy test while Caroline strikes out at her husband by leaving town with a travelling salesman.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
- 8.0/1012 votesLoading...
#23 - Obstinacy or Constancy?
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1992
Al lies to the wokers about union money, trying to pull them into a strike. Caroline tries to dissaude Charlie from participating in the strike by telling him she's pregnant. Anne is determined to raise her baby Catholic. Judy Owens moves to town.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 8.0/1010 votesLoading...
#24 - Songs Unsung Are Sweetest
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/15/1992
Charlie leaves Caroline when he learns she's the spy. Hank goes to his mother's wedding, Al lies to Anne about his father's acceptance of a non-Jewish bride and the Davises open their restaurant.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
- 8.1/1010 votesLoading...
#25 - So All Alone
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1991
The Sloans fire the Davises for helping Gina. Caroline and Charlie discuss birth control. Hank and Sarah's impending wedding depresses Jeff and Ginger.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
The Worst Episodes of Homefront
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Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros. Television for ABC....
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Worst Episodes Summary
"A Nickel Plate Romance" is the worst rated episode of "Homefront". It scored 7.2/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Lynn Marie Latham, it aired on 10/22/1992. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Getting to First Base".