Apple's Way

Seasons

1974

USA

6.5

The Apple family adjusts to life in a small Iowa town.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Tree

Shortly after moving back to Iowa, George learns that a stately tree planted by his ancestors is to be removed. George leads the fight to save the landmark and have the motel built elsewhere.

S1 • E2

The Musician

A father makes his disabled son abandon his musical career in favor of a hopeless campaign to walk again.

S1 • E3

The Zoo

The Apples discover a menagerie of animals in a roadside zoo kept in abysmal conditions. Cathy is particularly upset, and George impulsively decides to take the wild creatures home. But the family soon learns how unworkable that is.

S1 • E4

The Teacher

The Apples intend to hire a housekeeper but there's a mixup and they end up hiring George's former French teacher. Mrs. Perry shows up expecting to teach the family a foreign language, but imparts a more valuable lesson instead.

S1 • E5

The Miller

Apple is determined to persuade his lonely old father to come and live with the family.

S1 • E6

The Coach

After a long losing streak, the coach of Appleton's high-school basketball team is fired by a group of irate alumni.

S1 • E7

The Witness

George is ridiculed by his neighbors when he reports to the newspaper that he saw a UFO.

S1 • E8

The Temptation

George is offered his old job in California.

S1 • E9

The Applicant

When a longtime employee is passed over for a promotion, Barbara thinks that the woman has been discriminated against and decides to protest; George tries his hand at selling perfume.

S1 • E10

The Pen Pal

Patricia finds out her pen pal in Greece is handicapped. After she shares the details with her family, George organizes a fundraising effort for an operation that will help the young girl recover.

S1 • E11

The Accident

George is on a crusade to have an traffic signal installed at a dangerous intersection. The matter becomes personalized when one of the Apple sons is seriously injured at the site.

S1 • E12

The Fair

The Apple children unwittingly use a design of their father's to build a float for a contest, a fact which might disqualify them.

S1 • E13

The Lamb

Steven is excited about his 4-H project, which involves taking care of a young sheep. But when it's time to sell the animal, Steven is distraught and George must help him through the realities of farm life.