The Torkelsons

8.2(5)|1991-09-21|2 seasons, 33 episodes

ComedyDramaFamily

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(20)Season 2(13)

S1E1 · 1991-09-21 · 24m

Fence Neighbors

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.

S1E2 · 1991-09-28 · 24m

The Cotillion

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.

S1E3 · 1991-10-05 · 24m

A Kiss is Still a Kiss

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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.

S1E4 · 1991-10-12 · 24m

For Love or Money

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

S1E5 · 1991-10-19 · 24m

Poetry in Motion

A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.

S1E6 · 1991-10-26 · 24m

An American Almost in Paris

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.

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