Season 1
Episodes • 1991

1. Fence Neighbors
24 minA 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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2. The Cotillion
24 minDorothy 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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3. A Kiss is Still a Kiss
24 minDorothy 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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4. For Love or Money
24 minMillicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
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5. Poetry in Motion
24 minA 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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6. An American Almost in Paris
24 minDorothy 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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7. Men Don't Leave
24 minRandall 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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8. Thanksgivingmesomething
24 minPastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
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9. Return to Sender
24 minWesley'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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10. I Fought the Law
24 minMillicent 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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11. A Sigh is Just a Sigh
24 minSteven 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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12. Educating Millicent
24 minMillicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.
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13. Double Date
24 minRadio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.
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14. The Ice Princess
24 minDorothy Jane resolves to become the kind of girl who makes guys melt, and she looks to the school's resident ice princess for guidance.
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15. Swear Not By the Moon
24 minNever 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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16. Say Uncle
24 minDorothy 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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17. The Long Goodbye
24 minRandall 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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18. The Egg and I
24 minDorothy 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.
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19. It's My Party
24 minDorothy 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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20. Aunt Poison
24 minMillicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.
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