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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".

  • The Ice Princess
    8.8/1070 votes
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    #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

  • Swear Not By the Moon
    8.7/1073 votes
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    #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

  • I Fought the Law
    8.6/1067 votes
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    #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

  • The Egg and I
    8.6/1066 votes
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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

  • Fence Neighbors
    8.2/1069 votes
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    #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

  • The Cotillion
    8.2/1070 votes
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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

  • Poetry in Motion
    8.2/1072 votes
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    #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

  • A Sigh is Just a Sigh
    8.2/1067 votes
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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

  • Educating Millicent
    8.2/1067 votes
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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

  • The Long Goodbye
    8.1/1067 votes
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    #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

  • An American Almost in Paris
    8.0/1069 votes
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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

  • Men Don't Leave
    7.9/1067 votes
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    #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

  • Say Uncle
    7.8/1069 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • For Love or Money
    7.7/1066 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Double Date
    7.7/1066 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Thanksgivingmesomething
    7.6/1067 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Return to Sender
    7.6/1067 votes
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    #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

  • It's My Party
    7.6/1080 votes
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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

  • A Kiss is Still a Kiss
    7.4/1069 votes
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    #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

  • Aunt Poison
    7.1/1066 votes
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    #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

  • New Moon
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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

  • Girls and Boy
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    #22 - Girls and Boy

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/1993

    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.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • Sleeping with the Enemy
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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

  • Is That All There Is?
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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

  • The Fox and the Hound
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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