S01E01 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.
The Torkelsons
S01E06: 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.
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
S01E02 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.
S01E03 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.
S01E04 For Love or Money
Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
S01E05 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.
S01E06 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.
S01E07 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.
S01E08 Thanksgivingmesomething
Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
S01E09 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.
S01E10 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.
S01E11 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.
S01E12 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.
S01E13 Double Date
Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
S01E14 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.
S01E15 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.
S01E16 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.
S01E17 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.
S01E18 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.
S01E19 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.
S01E20 Aunt Poison
Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.
Cast
Connie Ray
Millicent Torkelson
Olivia Burnette
Dorothy Jane Torkelson
Lee Norris
Chuckie Lee Torkelson
Brittany Murphy
Molly Morgan
Rachel Duncan
Mary Sue Torkelson
Jason Marsden
Gregory Morgan
Perry King
Brian Morgan
