
Father Murphy(1981)
Overview
A good-hearted frontiersman poses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager.
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Season 1
22 episodes • 1981

Season 1
22 episodes • 1981
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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1 | Pilot (1) | Nov 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
2 | Pilot (2) | Nov 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
3 | Eggs, Milk and a Dry Bed | Nov 10, 1981 | 0.0 |
4 | Establish Thou the Work of Our Hands | Nov 17, 1981 | 0.0 |
5 | A Horse from Heaven | Nov 24, 1981 | 0.0 |
6 | By the Bear That Bit Me (1) | Dec 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
7 | By the Bear That Bit Me (2) | Dec 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
8 | False Blessings | Dec 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
9 | The Ghost of Gold Hill | Dec 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
10 | Graduation | Jan 5, 1982 | 0.0 |
11 | Will's Surprise | Jan 12, 1982 | 0.0 |
12 | Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness | Jan 19, 1982 | 0.0 |
13 | Knights of the White Camelia | Feb 2, 1982 | 0.0 |
14 | The Parable of Amanda | Feb 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
15 | The Spy | Feb 16, 1982 | 0.0 |
16 | The Heir Apparent | Feb 23, 1982 | 0.0 |
17 | In God's Arms | Mar 2, 1982 | 0.0 |
18 | The Dream Day | Mar 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
19 | Laddie | Mar 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
20 | Matthew & Elizabeth | Mar 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
21 | The First Miracle (1) | Apr 4, 1982 | 0.0 |
22 | The First Miracle (2) | Apr 11, 1982 | 0.0 |

Season 2
13 episodes • 1982

Season 2
13 episodes • 1982
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Happiness Is..... | Sep 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
2 | The Father Figure | Oct 5, 1982 | 0.0 |
3 | Stopover in a One-Horse Town | Oct 26, 1982 | 0.0 |
4 | Outrageous Fortune | Nov 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
5 | The Reluctant Runaway (1) | Nov 16, 1982 | 0.0 |
6 | The Reluctant Runaway (2) | Nov 23, 1982 | 0.0 |
7 | Buttons and Beaux | Nov 30, 1982 | 0.0 |
8 | John Michael Murphy - R.I.P. | Dec 7, 1982 | 0.0 |
9 | The Witness | Dec 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
10 | Blood Right | Dec 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
11 | Sweet Sixteen | Dec 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
12 | The Rockets' Red Glare | Jun 1, 1983 | 0.0 |
13 | The Matchmakers | Sep 18, 1983 | 0.0 |
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