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  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Sep 21, 1989
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Sep 21, 1989
  • 1 h

Summary Meet the Thatchers, Drew, Libby, Becca, and Corky. Corky suffers from Down Syndrome. The show dealt with many issues. Some of which included drinking, sex, and HIV in the third season when Becca started dating a man that was HIV positive. Drew also had a daughter from a previous marriage, whose name was Paige.

Directed By: Rick Rosenthal

  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Sep 21, 1989
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Sep 21, 1989
  • 1 h
Life Goes On
S1 • Episode 1
Pilot
Air Date: Sep 21, 1989
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Summary Meet the Thatchers, Drew, Libby, Becca, and Corky. Corky suffers from Down Syndrome. The show dealt with many issues. Some of which included drinking, sex, and HIV in the third season when Becca started dating a man that was HIV positive. Drew also had a daughter from a previous marriage, whose name was Paige.

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Episode 1 • Sep 21, 1989 • 1 h
Pilot
In the series premiere, Charles "Corky" Thatcher tries to mainstream in a regular high school with his sister, Becca. But his first few days in Grade 9 take a serious turn when he is accused of cheating off of an exam.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1989 • 1 h
Corky for President
Encouraged by Rona Liberman, Corky runs for freshman class president with the help of smart, but very unpopular classmate, Lester. Thinking that Rona likes him, Corky doesn't know he was only nominated by her as a joke.
Episode 3 • Oct 1, 1989
The Baby-Sitter
Corky gets his first babysitting job. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned when classmates Tyler and Russo show uninvited up at the house where he is watching young Billy Graber.
Episode 4 • Oct 8, 1989
Break a Leg, Mom
Libby has a chance for a comeback of sorts, at the community college's "Autumn Follies". Meanwhile, Corky is having troubles in math class, but doesn't want to take arithmetic tutoring with kids ten years younger than himself.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1989
Becca's First Love
Becca falls in love with Gabe, the bad-boy lead singer of a garage band who encourages her to stay out past her curfew which resorts Becca getting into trouble with her parents.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1989 • 1 h
Paige's Date
Drew sets up Paige with a charmer named Larry whose head is in the clouds; unfortunately his sense of responsibility seems to be mired in quicksand.
Episode 7 • Nov 5, 1989
Paige's Mom
When Paige's actress mother comes to town, mother and daughter have a great time together. But like many of their visits, this is another full of big promises that will never come true.
Episode 8 • Nov 12, 1989
Call of the Wild
Just as Drew begins a construction project on sacred Native American soil, the spirit of a long-gone brave appears to Corky.
Episode 9 • Nov 26, 1989 • 1 h
Corky Witnesses a Crime
Corky tries out for the football team. But when the 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 truth.
Episode 10 • Dec 3, 1989
Ordinary Heroes
A frustrated Drew decides to quit his construction job and wants go into the restaurant business. Later, he joins Libby in counseling a couple whose newborn daughter has Down Syndrome.
Episode 11 • Dec 10, 1989
Pets, Guys and Videotape
Paige goes to work for a divorced veterinarian who is very kind with suffering animals but kind of insufferable with humans. Meanwhile, Becca videotapes a hectic day in the life of her working mother.
Episode 12 • Jan 14, 1990 • 1 h
Corky's Crush
Becca and Corky are paired off with other students who must pretend to be engaged for a week to investigate issues of marriage and family life. Meanwhile, Libby's feuding parents hole up at the Thatcher residence.
Episode 13 • Jan 21, 1990
Thacher and Henderson
At the high school football reunion, Drew finally makes peace with his best friend after a ten-year riff. Meanwhile, Paige and Becca each find themselves pitted between two vying for their affections.
Episode 14 • Feb 4, 1990
The Return of Uncle Richard
Drew's younger brother Richard, a lovable family black sheep, breezes into town. The brothers don't get along, but needless to say, the kids love him; and at a time when Corky begins to wonder who'll look after him when his parents die.
Episode 15 • Feb 11, 1990
Brothers
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 brother, Donny (who also has Downs) to participate.
Episode 16 • Feb 18, 1990
Corky Rebels
At 18, Corky wants out from under his parents' wings -- even if it just means taking the bus to school. Unfortunately, he ends up hanging out with the rough and tough "bad" crowd at school.
Episode 17 • Mar 4, 1990
It Ain't All It's Cracked up to Be
When Becca enters a beauty pageant she ends up competing with Rona Lieberman.
Episode 18 • Mar 25, 1990
Pig o' My Heart
Drew finally gets a chance to own his own restaurant, but it's Corky who brings home the bacon: a huge runaway porker -- later named "Jeffrey" -- that hogs Corky's affections.
Episode 19 • Apr 1, 1990 • 1 h
Becca and the Underground Newspaper
Episode 20 • Apr 15, 1990 • 1 h
Save the Last Dance for Me
Becca's aging dance teacher Mrs. Doubcha must enter a nursing home.
Episode 21 • Apr 29, 1990 • 1 h
With a Mighty Heart
Drew is certain that his father, who stops by on his way to join the Peace Corps in the Solomon Islands, isn't telling him and the rest of the family the whole story.
Episode 22 • May 13, 1990
The Spring Fling

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