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Fence Neighbors

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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

Episode number: 4

Overview: Millicent deems it necessary to be regularly employed, giving Dorothy Jane the job of looking after the other kids.

Poetry in Motion

Episode number: 5

Overview: 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

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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

Episode number: 8

Overview: Pastor Langley and his assistant will be guests for Thanksgiving, prompting Dorothy Jane to push Millicent to play up her femininity.

Return to Sender

Episode number: 9

Overview: Wesley's estranged former daughter-in-law who, along with his granddaughter, is reunited with Wesley thanks to some goodhearted butting in by Millicent.

I Fought the Law

Episode number: 10

Overview: 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.

A Sigh is Just a Sigh

Episode number: 11

Overview: 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.

Educating Millicent

Episode number: 12

Overview: Millicent had her reasons for not finishing high school, but there's no good reason why she couldn't take an equivalency exam now.

Double Date

Episode number: 13

Overview: Radio "Love Professor" Kitty Drysdale wires into the affairs of Dorothy Jane and Millicent's hearts and jump-starts their dating lives.

The Ice Princess

Episode number: 14

Overview: 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.

Swear Not By the Moon

Episode number: 15

Overview: 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.

Say Uncle

Episode number: 16

Overview: 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.

The Long Goodbye

Episode number: 17

Overview: 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.

The Egg and I

Episode number: 18

Overview: 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.

It's My Party

Episode number: 19

Overview: 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.

Aunt Poison

Episode number: 20

Overview: Millicent's aunt leaves her a diverse inheritance...and lots of unanswered questions.