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The Best Episodes of The Torkelsons Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Torkelsons Season 1

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 Fence Neighbors
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    #1 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Thanksgivingmesomething

    S1:E8

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

    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Aunt Poison

    S1:E20

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

    Writer:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Fence Neighbors" is the best rated episode of "The Torkelsons" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Cotillion".