Season 1

1. Changes

1998-11-07 · 60m

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.

2. Quarantine

1998-11-14 · 60m

A dangerous measles epidemic breaks out at the school.

3. Thanksgiving

1998-11-21 · 60m

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

4. Tough Choices

1998-11-28 · 60m

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

5. Emancipation

1998-12-05 · 60m

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

6. The Christmas Angel

1998-12-12 · 60m

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

7. Philanthropy

1999-01-02 · 60m

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.

8. Bluffing

1999-01-16 · 60m

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

9. Coming Attractions

1999-01-30 · 60m

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

10. Blame

1999-02-06 · 60m

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

11. The Living Years

1999-02-13 · 60m

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

12. Father Figure

1999-02-20 · 60m

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

13. Looking Forward

1999-03-06 · 60m

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