- 8.8/1070 votesLoading...
#1 - The Ice Princess
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1992
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1073 votesLoading...
#2 - Swear Not By the Moon
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1992
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1067 votesLoading...
#3 - I Fought the Law
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#4 - The Egg and I
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/23/1992
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1069 votesLoading...
#5 - Fence Neighbors
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#6 - The Cotillion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1072 votesLoading...
#7 - Poetry in Motion
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1991
A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#8 - A Sigh is Just a Sigh
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Educating Millicent
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1991
Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1067 votesLoading...
#10 - The Long Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/2/1992
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#11 - An American Almost in Paris
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1067 votesLoading...
#12 - Men Don't Leave
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Thanksgivingmesomething
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1991
Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Say Uncle
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1992
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - For Love or Money
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1991
Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Double Date
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1992
Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1067 votesLoading...
#17 - Return to Sender
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1991
Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#18 - It's My Party
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/30/1992
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1069 votesLoading...
#19 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1991
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.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1066 votesLoading...
#20 - Aunt Poison
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/13/1992
Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#21 - New Moon
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/1993
The Torkelsons get a new start, as Millicent and her kids move to Seattle, where she takes a job as a nanny for the two spoiled children of widower Brian Morgan.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Sleeping with the Enemy
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/1993
It's far from a perfect match when Dorothy Jane and Molly must share a bedroom, but the possibility of Brian's match with an attractive woman is what really bothers Molly.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Is That All There Is?
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/1993
The top jock in school asks out plain old Dorothy Jane, who sports newfound popularity in exchange for a rather bland relationship.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
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#25 - The Fox and the Hound
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/1993
When Brian's dinner date cancels at the last minute, he asks Millicent to fill in since the client he is meeting feels the man is only as good as the woman in his life.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Torkelsons
Every episode of The Torkelsons ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Torkelsons!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Ice Princess" is the best rated episode of "The Torkelsons". It scored 8.8/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Arlene Sanford and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Swear Not By the Moon".