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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...

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  1. Background image for The Ice Princess
    8.8/10(70 votes)

    #1 - The Ice Princess

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Swear Not By the Moon
    8.7/10(73 votes)

    #2 - Swear Not By the Moon

    S1:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for I Fought the Law
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #3 - I Fought the Law

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Egg and I
    8.6/10(66 votes)

    #4 - The Egg and I

    S1:E18

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Cotillion
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #5 - The Cotillion

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Poetry in Motion
    8.2/10(72 votes)

    #6 - Poetry in Motion

    S1:E5

    A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Sigh is Just a Sigh
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #7 - A Sigh is Just a Sigh

    S1:E11

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #8 - Educating Millicent

    S1:E12

    Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Fence Neighbors
    8.1/10(70 votes)

    #9 - Fence Neighbors

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Long Goodbye
    8.1/10(67 votes)

    #10 - The Long Goodbye

    S1:E17

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for An American Almost in Paris
    8.0/10(69 votes)

    #11 - An American Almost in Paris

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Men Don't Leave
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #12 - Men Don't Leave

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Say Uncle
    7.8/10(69 votes)

    #13 - Say Uncle

    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for For Love or Money
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #14 - For Love or Money

    S1:E4

    Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Double Date
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #15 - Double Date

    S1:E13

    Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Thanksgivingmesomething
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #16 - Thanksgivingmesomething

    S1:E8

    Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Return to Sender
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #17 - Return to Sender

    S1:E9

    Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for It's My Party
    7.6/10(80 votes)

    #18 - It's My Party

    S1:E19

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for A Kiss is Still a Kiss
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    #19 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Aunt Poison
    7.1/10(66 votes)

    #20 - Aunt Poison

    S1:E20

    Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for New Moon
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    #21 - New Moon

    S2:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Girls and Boy

    S2:E2

    Dorothy Jane enjoys her new job at a fast-food chicken joint, mainly because of her handsome supervisor, but Molly also wants a piece of this action.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Sleeping with the Enemy

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Is That All There Is?

    S2:E4

    The top jock in school asks out plain old Dorothy Jane, who sports newfound popularity in exchange for a rather bland relationship.

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    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Fox and the Hound
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    #25 - The Fox and the Hound

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:Unknown

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 Unknown, it aired on 1/12/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Swear Not By the Moon".