Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
11 episodes
E01
Wailin' Wheeler Is Dead
This episode deals with Truckie's problems keeping his younger brother in line and the return of Pa. With his father out of the house, Doobie has taken to drinking beer, dating, plus he has decided to quit school. He dreams, he tells his brother, that he's locked up in a room with blackboards and chalk. "Man, I'm dying of white lung,man." When Pa returns home, at a time when one of the younger children's duck, named Jonathan Livingston, is being buried, Truckie takes him aside to give him a beating while the kids sing "Rock of Ages" over the duck's grave. He agrees to let his father remain home provided he can trick Doobie into returning to school. He does so by siding with him and getting Doobie a tough job at the local steel mill. "Back-breaking work gives a man a lot of character and a slight stoop," he tell his son. Two more jobs follow, and young Doobie, beaten and wiser, has decided a classroom isn't so bad after all.
E02
The X-Rated Movie
E03
The Accident
E04
The Twister
As a tornado approaches Lamont, Truckie takes the kids to safety while Zack and Doobie are trapped together in the Wheeler basement.Â
E05
The Bookmobile
E06
The Music Box
E07
The Call
E08
The Rebel
E09
The Widow
E10
Big Night in Blue Gum
E11
The Liar's Contest
Jack Elam
as Zack Wheeler
Gary Busey
as Truckie Wheeler
Mark Hamill
as Doobie Wheeler
Tony Becker
as T.J.
Karen Oberdier
as Boo