The Torkelsons

1991-09-21 | TV-G | en

Connie Ray Olivia Burnette Lee Norris

Drama Comedy Family

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 New Moon

Feb. 06,1993

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.

EP2 Girls and Boy

Feb. 13,1993

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.

EP3 Sleeping with the Enemy

Feb. 20,1993

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.

EP4 Is That All There Is?

Feb. 27,1993

The top jock in school asks out plain old Dorothy Jane, who sports newfound popularity in exchange for a rather bland relationship.

EP5 The Fox and the Hound

Mar. 06,1993

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.

EP6 Winner Take Millicent

Mar. 20,1993

Brian's hotshot brother Jim asks out Millicent, and when things heat up between the two, Brian is left cold.

EP7 To Jane Eyre is Human

Mar. 27,1993

Molly plagiarizes Dorothy Jane's book report in order to please Brian, who's not pleased at all with Molly's recent report card.

EP8 Duelling Birthdays

Apr. 03,1993

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.

EP9 To Date or Not to Date

Apr. 10,1993

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.

EP10 The Dance

Apr. 17,1993

Gregory's in trouble when tom-boy friend Sam transforms herself into a pretty young lady and asks him to the Girls' Choice Dance.

EP11 You Ought to Be in Pictures

Apr. 24,1993

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.

EP12 Hot Ticket

Jun. 05,1993

Gregory gets it but good when he uses Brian's credit card in a desperate effort to land hard-to-get tickets to a big rock concert.

EP13 Bowling for Daddies

Jun. 12,1993

Millicent and Chuckie Lee enter themselves in Chuckie Lee's Wilderness Troop's father-son bowling tournament.

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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.

The Torkelsons Audience Reviews

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

insomniac_rod Eh, what can I say? This was a sitcom dedicated exclusively for the family. As a teenager I watched it but I thought it was too kitsch and naive but for a younger audience and parents, I think it's a great show.The situations and jokes were very, very naive but that doesn't means not funny.I remember with tenderness this show because I grew with it until my pre-pubert phase.Olivia Burnette was sexy and now more! Please Disney give it a new chance.By the way, the chapter I remember the most was Drew Carey's guest appearance as the uncle of a loser fat boy.

jennifermize455 The Torklesons, and later Almost Home, were sitcoms originally aired on NBC, and later, canceled mid-season. We faithfully watched each week, until the bitter end. I was so excited when The Disney Channel -years later- acquired the reruns (Disney went through a phase -before they started producing their own sitcoms- where they aired episodes of several good family shows other networks had dropped or canceled mid-season). These little-known shows were much-enjoyed by my family. We were able to tape each episode as it aired later on the Disney channel and still play them, marathon-style, on rainy days. Most people are unaware that a very young Brittany Murphy got her start here (as well as a few other sitcoms from that era).

JennLynn This sitcom was great. And the spin-off, Almost Home, was as well. This one had something. But, after a few episodes, we saw re-runs. Oh, why are the good things so short? Maybe it would have helped if ABC, CBS, NBC, or FOX had partnered up with Disney to produce the sitcom.

KarenW-2 This show should have been on longer! It's terrific!