8.2/1069 votes#1 - 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
- 8.2/1070 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.4/1069 votes
#3 - 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
- 7.7/1066 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.2/1072 votes
#5 - 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
- 8.0/1069 votes
#6 - 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 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.8/1066 votes
#8 - 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
- 7.6/1067 votes
#9 - 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
- 8.6/1067 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.2/1067 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.2/1067 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.7/1066 votes
#13 - 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
- 8.8/1070 votes
#14 - 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 votes
#15 - 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
- 7.8/1069 votes
#16 - 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
- 8.1/1067 votes
#17 - 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
- 8.6/1066 votes
#18 - 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
- 7.6/1080 votes
#19 - 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
- 7.1/1066 votes
#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
The Best Episodes of The Torkelsons Season 1
Every episode of The Torkelsons Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Fence Neighbors" is the best rated episode of "The Torkelsons" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Arlene Sanford and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Cotillion".