The Best Episodes of The Torkelsons Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(71 votes)

   #1 - Fence Neighbors

   S1:E19/21/1991

   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.

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   8.4/10(71 votes)

   #2 - The Cotillion

   S1:E29/28/1991

   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

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   7.6/10(71 votes)

   #3 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss

   S1:E310/5/1991

   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

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   7.9/10(67 votes)

   #4 - For Love or Money

   S1:E410/12/1991

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

   Director:Arlene Sanford

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   8.4/10(73 votes)

   #5 - Poetry in Motion

   S1:E510/19/1991

   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

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   8.2/10(70 votes)

   #6 - An American Almost in Paris

   S1:E610/26/1991

   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

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   8.1/10(68 votes)

   #7 - Men Don't Leave

   S1:E711/2/1991

   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

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   7.8/10(68 votes)

   #8 - Thanksgivingmesomething

   S1:E811/24/1991

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

   Director:Arlene Sanford

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   7.8/10(68 votes)

   #9 - Return to Sender

   S1:E911/24/1991

   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

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    8.8/10(68 votes)

    #10 - I Fought the Law

    S1:E1012/1/1991

    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

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    8.4/10(68 votes)

    #11 - A Sigh is Just a Sigh

    S1:E1112/8/1991

    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

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    8.4/10(68 votes)

    #12 - Educating Millicent

    S1:E1212/22/1991

    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

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    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #13 - Double Date

    S1:E131/9/1992

    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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    8.9/10(71 votes)

    #14 - The Ice Princess

    S1:E141/12/1992

    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.

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    8.8/10(74 votes)

    #15 - Swear Not By the Moon

    S1:E151/19/1992

    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.

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    7.9/10(70 votes)

    #16 - Say Uncle

    S1:E162/16/1992

    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.

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    8.2/10(68 votes)

    #17 - The Long Goodbye

    S1:E175/2/1992

    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

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    8.8/10(67 votes)

    #18 - The Egg and I

    S1:E185/23/1992

    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.

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    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #19 - It's My Party

    S1:E195/30/1992

    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.

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    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #20 - Aunt Poison

    S1:E206/13/1992

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

    Director:Arlene Sanford

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