Episode guide
Life Goes On: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 12, 1989
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- Episode 1: Pilot Sep 12, 1989 · 1h 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 the…
- Episode 2: Corky for President Sep 24, 1989 · 1h 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…
- Episode 3: The Baby-Sitter Oct 1, 1989 · 1h 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 basically…
- Episode 4: Break a Leg, Mom Oct 8, 1989 · 1h 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, he has…
- Episode 5: Becca's First Love Oct 15, 1989 · 1h 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 with…
- Episode 6: Paige's Date Oct 22, 1989 · 1h Drew sets up Paige with a charmer whose head is in the clouds; unfortunately his sense of responsibility seems to be mired in quicksand.
- Episode 7: Paige's Mom Nov 5, 1989 · 1h 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 actress…
- Episode 8: Call of the Wild Nov 12, 1989 · 1h 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.
- Episode 9: Corky Witnesses a Crime Nov 26, 1989 · 1h 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 the…
- Episode 10: Ordinary Heroes Dec 3, 1989 · 1h 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 it…
- Episode 11: Pets, Guys and Videotape Dec 10, 1989 · 1h 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 a…
- Episode 12: Corky's Crush Jan 14, 1990 · 1h 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. Becca…
- Episode 13: Thacher and Henderson Jan 21, 1990 · 1h 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 watches…
- Episode 14: The Return of Uncle Richard Feb 4, 1990 · 1h 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 don't get…
- Episode 15: Brothers Feb 11, 1990 · 1h 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 participate.
- Episode 16: Corky Rebels Feb 18, 1990 · 1h 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 comes when…
- Episode 17: It Ain't All It's Cracked up to Be Mar 4, 1990 · 1h 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 little…
- Episode 18: Pig o' My Heart Mar 25, 1990 · 1h 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 void of…
- Episode 19: Becca and the Underground Newspaper Apr 1, 1990 · 1h 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 name was…
- Episode 20: Save the Last Dance for Me Apr 15, 1990 · 1h Becca's aged dance teacher (Viveca Lindfors) must enter a nursing home.
- Episode 21: With a Mighty Heart Apr 29, 1990 · 1h 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.
- Episode 22: The Spring Fling May 13, 1990 · 1h 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 with him…