Almost Home - Season 1

Almost Home - Season 1

Season 1

The Torkelsons

Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and her five children, between the ages of fourteen and six, after her husband Randy abandons the family. Randy eventually returns for a short time, but the couple end up divorcing. Millicent perpetually struggles as the sole financial provider, getting so far in debt that even her home appliances get repossessed. In dire need of income and another adult in the household, Millicent rents out the basement to Wesley "Boarder" Hodges who quickly finds himself part of the family.
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Episodes20
DatesSep 21, 1991 - Jun 13, 1992
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Episodes

Fence Neighbors
Season 1Episode 130 min

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.
Sep 21, 1991
The Cotillion
Season 1Episode 230 min

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.
Sep 28, 1991
A Kiss is Still a Kiss
Season 1Episode 330 min

A Kiss is Still a Kiss

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.
Oct 5, 1991
For Love or Money
Season 1Episode 430 min

For Love or Money

Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
Oct 12, 1991
Poetry in Motion
Season 1Episode 530 min

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.
Oct 19, 1991
An American Almost in Paris
Season 1Episode 630 min

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.
Oct 26, 1991
Men Don't Leave
Season 1Episode 730 min

Men Don't Leave

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.
Nov 2, 1991
Thanksgivingmesomething
Season 1Episode 830 min

Thanksgivingmesomething

Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
Nov 24, 1991
Return to Sender
Season 1Episode 930 min

Return to Sender

Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.
Dec 1, 1991
I Fought the Law
Season 1Episode 1030 min

I Fought the Law

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.
Dec 1, 1991
A Sigh is Just a Sigh
Season 1Episode 1130 min

A Sigh is Just a Sigh

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.
Dec 8, 1991
Educating Millicent
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Educating Millicent

Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.
Dec 22, 1991
Double Date
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Double Date

Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
Jan 9, 1992
The Ice Princess
Season 1Episode 1430 min

The Ice Princess

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.
Jan 12, 1992
Swear Not by the Moon
Season 1Episode 1530 min

Swear Not by the Moon

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.
Jan 19, 1992
Say Uncle
Season 1Episode 1630 min

Say Uncle

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.
Feb 16, 1992
The Long Goodbye
Season 1Episode 1730 min

The Long Goodbye

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.
May 2, 1992
The Egg and I
Season 1Episode 1830 min

The Egg and I

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.
May 30, 1992
It's My Party
Season 1Episode 1930 min

It's My Party

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.
May 30, 1992
Aunt Poison
Season 1Episode 2030 min

Aunt Poison

Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.
Jun 13, 1992

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