The Torkelsons
A working-class single mother provides for her quirky family of five kids in rural Oklahoma.
Cast:Connie Ray , Olivia Burnette , Lee Norris , Rachel Duncan , William Schallert , Aaron Michael Metchik , Anna Slotky , Paige Gosney , Michael Landes , Ronnie Claire Edwards , Mother Love , Alyson Sullivan , Jeff McCracken , Gregg Henry , Amy Hathaway , Elizabeth Poyer , Benj Thall , Ernie Lively
S1.E1 ∙ Fence Neighbors
Millicent Torkelson is a single mother raising 5 children. When she finds out the family is broke, she is forced to take in a boarder, much to 14-year-old daughter Dorothy Jane's upset.
S1.E2 ∙ The Cotillion
Dorothy Jane has always dreamed of her first high school dance. Things don't seem as glorious as thought however, when she isn't able to get a date or a dress.
S1.E3 ∙ A Kiss Is Still a Kiss
Steven Floyd is caught french kissing a girl during a hayride. This upsets Dorothy Jane, who can't believe her younger brother was kissed first.
S1.E4 ∙ For Love or Money
When Millicent takes a job to earn more money, she leaves the running of the household to Dorothy Jane, who learns the pitfalls and joys of adult responsibilities. Meanwhile, Millicent realizes how much she misses being a part of things.
S1.E5 ∙ Poetry in Motion
When Dorothy Jane's racy poem about high school senior neighbor Riley Roberts is published throughout the school and the town, she gets invited to a party hosted by a senior boy.
S1.E6 ∙ An American Almost in Paris
Dorothy Jane tries to fulfill her lifelong dream of a trip to Paris by winning a French sponsorship. She unfortunately feels that her chances of winning are hindered by the poverty and backwardness of her family.
S1.E7 ∙ Men Don't Leave
S1.E8 ∙ Thanksgivingsomething
Millicent invites the new pastor and some other friends over for Thanksgiving Dinner. Dorothy Jane tries to get her to see the pastor as dating potential, but things do not necessarily go as planned.
S1.E9 ∙ Return to Sender
Boarder Hodges confides to Millicent that he has a granddaughter in Connecticut. Millicent flies his daughter (Patty Duke) and granddaughter to Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. He and his daughter talk about the way things are.
S1.E10 ∙ I Fought the Law
The town's newest councilman, a grocery store owner, enters a new ordinance against selling home preserves without a permit, which sends Millicent to jail. Dorothy Jane must come up with a solution or have Kirby in her home every Saturday.
S1.E11 ∙ A Sigh Is Just a Sigh
S1.E12 ∙ Educating Millicent
S1.E13 ∙ Double Date
S1.E14 ∙ The Ice Princess
S1.E15 ∙ Swear Not by the Moon
Dorothy Jane doesn't see the point of auditioning for the school play until she learns that her neighbor and so-far-unattainable love interest Riley Roberts will play the lead.
