About
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.
Cast
Connie Ray
as Millicent Torkelson
Olivia Burnette
as Dorothy Jane Torkelson
Lee Norris
as Chuckie Lee Torkelson
Brittany Murphy
as Molly Morgan
Rachel Duncan
as Mary Sue Torkelson
Jason Marsden
as Gregory Morgan
Perry King
as Brian Morgan
Seasons
Season 1
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.
Season 2
Episodes
Season 1
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 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.
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.
For Love or Money
Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.
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.
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.
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.
Thanksgivingmesomething
Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.
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