The Torkelsons

The Torkelsons

Ended First aired 21/Sep/1991 United States English 2 season(s) 33 episode(s)
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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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Season 2 · Season 2
13 episode(s) · Air date: 06/Feb/1993
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S2E11
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Air date: 24/Apr/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
Summary

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.

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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.

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S2E9
To Date or Not to Date
Air date: 10/Apr/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S2E8
Duelling Birthdays
Air date: 03/Apr/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S2E5
The Fox and the Hound
Air date: 06/Mar/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S2E3
Sleeping with the Enemy
Air date: 20/Feb/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S2E2
Girls and Boy
Air date: 13/Feb/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S2E1
New Moon
Air date: 06/Feb/1993 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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Season 1 · Season 1
20 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Sep/1991
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In the small town of Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma, Millicent Torkelson is struggling to raise her five children with no money after her husband abandoned the family. While she's busy trying to put food on the table, the kids are often getting into and out of trouble in ways that test her patience. Elderly loner Wesley Hodges pays for room and board to help them out, and becomes a quasi-family member before long.

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In the small town of Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma, Millicent Torkelson is struggling to raise her five children with no money after her husband abandoned the family. While she's busy trying to put food on the table, the kids are often getting into and out of trouble in ways that test her patience. Elderly loner Wesley Hodges pays for room and board to help them out, and becomes a quasi-family member before long.

S1E19
It's My Party
Air date: 30/May/1992 · Runtime: 24 min
Summary

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.

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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.

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S1E17
The Long Goodbye
Air date: 02/May/1992 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E16
Say Uncle
Air date: 16/Feb/1992 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E15
Swear Not By the Moon
Air date: 19/Jan/1992 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E11
A Sigh is Just a Sigh
Air date: 08/Dec/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E10
I Fought the Law
Air date: 01/Dec/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E9
Return to Sender
Air date: 24/Nov/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.

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Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.

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S1E7
Men Don't Leave
Air date: 02/Nov/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E6
An American Almost in Paris
Air date: 26/Oct/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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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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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S1E5
Poetry in Motion
Air date: 19/Oct/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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A blackmailing Ruth Ann reveals Dorothy Jane's private poems of passion to the world, but the unveiling ends up emboldening lovelorn Dorothy Jane.

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

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S1E3
A Kiss is Still a Kiss
Air date: 05/Oct/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E2
The Cotillion
Air date: 28/Sep/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E1
Fence Neighbors
Air date: 21/Sep/1991 · Runtime: 24 min
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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.

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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.

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Connie Ray
Connie Ray
Millicent Torkelson
Olivia Burnette
Olivia Burnette
Dorothy Jane Torkelson
Aaron Michael Metchik
Aaron Michael Metchik
Steven Floyd Torkelson
Lee Norris
Lee Norris
Chuckie Lee Torkelson
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy
Molly Morgan
Rachel Duncan
Rachel Duncan
Mary Sue Torkelson
Anna Slotky
Anna Slotky
Ruth Ann Torkelson
William Schallert
William Schallert
Wesley "Boarder" Hodges
Jason Marsden
Jason Marsden
Gregory Morgan
Perry King
Perry King
Brian Morgan
Vinessa Shaw
Vinessa Shaw
Meredith Reed
Alyson Hannigan
Alyson Hannigan
Samantha
Ernie Lively
Ernie Lively
J.W.
Jeff McCracken
Jeff McCracken
Langley Wilson
Alanna Ubach
Alanna Ubach
Willie
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Kevin Johnson
Linda Larkin
Linda Larkin
Kim
Robert Costanzo
Robert Costanzo
Big Bob Petrelli

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Arlene Sanford
Arlene Sanford
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Bruce Bilson
Bruce Bilson
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David Trainer
David Trainer
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Dennis Erdman
Dennis Erdman
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Linda Day
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Marco Zappia
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Michael Jacobs
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Michael Jacobs
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Wayne Lemon
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Ray Colcord
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