Season 1

Season 1 (1998)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Changes

Air Date: 1998-11-07

Josephine (Jo) Bhaer and her husband Fritz have run a boarding school for boys for several years. Now that Fritz has died everyone assumes that Jo will close the school. When Nick, a sailor home from the sea, hires on as handyman, Jo sees that there is a chance to keep the school open.

Ep.2 Quarantine

Air Date: 1998-11-14

A dangerous measles epidemic breaks out at the school.

Ep.3 Thanksgiving

Air Date: 1998-11-21

As Thanksgiving nears Amy decides that doesn't want her daughter in school with boys. Nick decides to return to the sea.

Ep.4 Tough Choices

Air Date: 1998-11-28

An old friend of Dan turns up at the school and asks Dan to leave with him.

Ep.5 Emancipation

Air Date: 1998-12-05

Prejudice finds some unlikely allies when a poor black family arrives at Plumfield.

Ep.6 The Christmas Angel

Air Date: 1998-12-12

Nick and the children discover a battered pregnant woman in the forest.

Ep.7 Philanthropy

Air Date: 1999-01-02

Jo finds out that Nick can't read. The students are tasked with doing a good deed in order to learn the meaning of the word Philanthropy.

Ep.8 Bluffing

Air Date: 1999-01-16

Nan plagiarizes one of Nat's essays. Laurie joins a poker game.

Ep.9 Coming Attractions

Air Date: 1999-01-30

Meg is attracted to a friend of Laurie's. Dan and Bess are paired on a science project.

Ep.10 Blame

Air Date: 1999-02-06

After Jo's carriage overturns, Nick searches for her; Dan is left in charge of the children.

Ep.11 The Living Years

Air Date: 1999-02-13

Asia's estranged father attempts a reconciliation; another woman pursues Nick.

Ep.12 Father Figure

Air Date: 1999-02-20

When Nat wants to enter a father son ski race with Nick as his surrogate fathers, Jo must teach Nick to ski.

Ep.13 Looking Forward

Air Date: 1999-03-06

Amy moves to Plumfield. Dan befriends a native american and goes on a vision quest of his own.