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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 the family.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 1 - New Moon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 2 - Girls and Boy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 3 - Sleeping with the Enemy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 4 - Is That All There Is?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 5 - The Fox and the Hound
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    #5 - 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.

    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 6 - Winner Take Millicent
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Winner Take Millicent

    S2:E6

    Brian's hotshot brother Jim asks out Millicent, and when things heat up between the two, Brian is left cold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 7 - To Jane Eyre is Human
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - To Jane Eyre is Human

    S2:E7

    Molly plagiarizes Dorothy Jane's book report in order to please Brian, who's not pleased at all with Molly's recent report card.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 8 - Duelling Birthdays
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    #8 - Duelling Birthdays

    S2:E8

    Dorothy Jane and Molly's sweet-16 birthday parties coincide. Molly's is a back-yard extravaganza, while Dorothy Jane's is a plain affair with just the family.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 9 - To Date or Not to Date
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - To Date or Not to Date

    S2:E9

    Millicent's decree that Molly can't date a college-age guy creates solidarity between Molly and Dorothy Jane, who sneak out of the house together.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 10 - The Dance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Dance

    S2:E10

    Gregory's in trouble when tom-boy friend Sam transforms herself into a pretty young lady and asks him to the Girls' Choice Dance.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 11 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - You Ought to Be in Pictures

    S2:E11

    The camera loves Chuckie Lee, who loves the attention he gets posing in Brian's clothing catalogue. And when he gets a chance at a commercial, a reluctant Millicent acquiesces.

    Director:Dennis Erdman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 12 - Hot Ticket
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Hot Ticket

    S2:E12

    Gregory gets it but good when he uses Brian's credit card in a desperate effort to land hard-to-get tickets to a big rock concert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Torkelsons Season 2 Episode 13 - Bowling for Daddies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Bowling for Daddies

    S2:E13

    Millicent and Chuckie Lee enter themselves in Chuckie Lee's Wilderness Troop's father-son bowling tournament.

    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 20 - Aunt Poison
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #14 - Aunt Poison

    S1:E20

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

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 3 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss
    7.6/10(71 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 8 - Thanksgivingmesomething
    7.8/10(68 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 9 - Return to Sender
    7.8/10(68 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 19 - It's My Party
    7.8/10(81 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 4 - For Love or Money
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 13 - Double Date
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 16 - Say Uncle
    7.9/10(70 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 7 - Men Don't Leave
    8.1/10(68 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 1 - Fence Neighbors
    8.2/10(71 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 6 - An American Almost in Paris
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Torkelsons Season 1 Episode 17 - The Long Goodbye
    8.2/10(68 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Arlene Sanford
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"New Moon" is the worst rated episode of "The Torkelsons". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/6/1993. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Girls and Boy".