Life Goes On: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Pilot
Sep 12, 1989 · 60 min
Corky tries to mainstream into the 9th grade, the same grade as Becca. Becca worries that Corky may stop her from getting to the boy she really wants, Tyler Benchfield, a star on t
Corky for President
Sep 24, 1989 · 60 min
Corky runs for freshman class president with the help of an unpopular, smart student,Lester Fishbein. He has a crush on Rona and really believes that Rona likes him as well. Rona e
The Baby-Sitter
Oct 1, 1989 · 60 min
Corky gets a babysitting job; his classmates barge in at the house where he is babysitting. The intrusive folks include Tyler, who regrets the whole thing, and ""Russo"", who is ba
Break a Leg, Mom
Oct 8, 1989 · 60 min
An episode showcasing the singing talents of Patti LuPone. A Tony winner for the musical ""Evita"", actually centers around Corky, for whom nothing seems to be going right. First,
Becca's First Love
Oct 15, 1989 · 60 min
Becca falls for the lead singer (Gabe) in a neighborhood band. She stays out with Maxine to listen to the band past curfew. Gabe encourages her to stay late and she gets in trouble
Paige's Date
Oct 22, 1989 · 60 min
Drew sets up Paige with a charmer whose head is in the clouds; unfortunately his sense of responsibility seems to be mired in quicksand.
Paige's Mom
Nov 5, 1989 · 60 min
Paige's mom comes back. They have a great time, and make plans for a trip to New England. Paige's mom winds up living without Paige. A lot of flashbacks to when Paige's mom, an act
Call of the Wild
Nov 12, 1989 · 60 min
Drew works on a construction project at an Indian burial ground. A wolf who mysteriously gaurds the grounds saves Corky from Dobermans pursuing him in a nearby wooded area.
Corky Witnesses a Crime
Nov 26, 1989 · 60 min
Corky tries out for the football team. The footbal coach hits a student, one of his former players, and all the team stands up for the coach except Corky who is compelled to tell t
Ordinary Heroes
Dec 3, 1989 · 60 min
A frustrated Drew decides to quit his construction job and go into the restaurant business; and he joins Libby in counseling a couple whose newborn daughter has Down's Syndrome. As
Pets, Guys and Videotape
Dec 10, 1989 · 60 min
Paige goes to work for a veteranarian who is very kind with suffering animals but kind of insufferable with humans. The vet is divorced and has a child. Meanwhile, Becca videotapes
Corky's Crush
Jan 14, 1990 · 60 min
Becca and Corky (in the same class somehow) do a classroom exercise in which paired students must pretend to be married for a week to investigate issues of marriage and family life
Thacher and Henderson
Jan 21, 1990 · 60 min
At the high school football reunion, Drew finally makes peace with his best friend after a falling out over a business deal that caused Drew to lose $10,000 after 10 years. Becca w
The Return of Uncle Richard
Feb 4, 1990 · 60 min
Drew's younger brother Richard, a lovable family black sheep, breezes in at a time when Corky is beginning to wonder who'll look after him when his parents die. Drew and Richard do
Brothers
Feb 11, 1990 · 60 min
The Special Olympics, a time for warmhearted competition and fun, also bring love to Corky and a challenge to Tyler, whose father won't permit Tyler's Down-syndrome brother to part
Corky Rebels
Feb 18, 1990 · 60 min
At 18, Corky wants out from under his parents' wings-- even if it just means taking the bus to school. Unfortunately, he ends up with the bad crowd. The height of this episode come
It Ain't All It's Cracked up to Be
Mar 4, 1990 · 60 min
Becca enters a Miss Teen contest and finds out that she is sharing a room with none other than Rona Lieberman. Scholarship money is at stake in this pageant. Becca gets know Rona a
Pig o' My Heart
Mar 25, 1990 · 60 min
Drew finally gets a chance to own his own restaurant, but it's Corky who brings home the bacon: a huge runaway porker that hogs Corky's affections. Corkt adopted it to fill the voi
Becca and the Underground Newspaper
Apr 1, 1990 · 60 min
As a reporter for an underground newspaper, Becca zealously pens an expose of the school janitor's criminal past for the that's the truth- but not the whole truth. The janitor's na
Save the Last Dance for Me
Apr 15, 1990 · 60 min
Becca's aged dance teacher (Viveca Lindfors) must enter a nursing home.
With a Mighty Heart
Apr 29, 1990 · 60 min
Drew is sure that his father, who stops by on his way to join the Peace Corps in the Solomon Islands, isn't telling them the whole story.
The Spring Fling
May 13, 1990 · 60 min
Becca finally gets asked to the dance by Tyler. Only had already accepted an invitation with someone else. She breaks it off with the first guy, but then feels guilty and dances wi