Life Goes On Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Life Goes On: Season 4 (1992 - 1993)

• Season 4 Episode 17: Life Goes On (and On and On)

  A bedtime story involves the Thachers in present and future events.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Last Wish

  Jesse stabilizes and leaves the hospital, but he and Becca realize they must make a decision about their future.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Bedfellows

  Hospitalized Jesse learns from a terminally ill patient; Becca weighs a scholarship from Brown and her desire to stay with Jesse.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Five to Midnight

  Doctors try to save Jesse after he goes into cardiac arrest in the emergency room.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Visions

  Jesse collapses at a surprise party and is rushed to the hospital.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Lost Weekend

  Becca and Jesse consider romantic involvement; Paige copes with feelings for Artie; Libby's mom spends the weekend when her furnace quits.

• Season 4 Episode 11: Incident on Main

  Gay-bashers target Jesse, whose blood is smeared on Becca's hands.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Choices

  Paige's pregnancy pleases everyone but Michael, which brings her to a tough decision.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Happy Holidays

  As Christmas approaches, Corky grapples with the complexities of marriage.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Udder Madness

  Goodman enters a cow in a homecoming queen competition in which Becca reluctantly vies; Paige and Artie remodel a restaurant with a bovine motif.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Babes in the Woods

  A camping trip alienates Becca, Jesse and Goodman; a skunk sits on Becca's clothes; Paige and Artie become contractors.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Windows

  The couple runs away to a honeymoon after Amanda's parents vow to have the marriage annulled; Becca resents Jill.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Love Letters

  Corky and Amanda secretly get a marriage license; Jesse and Becca are attracted to others; Libby's practicality arrests Drew's romanticism.

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Whole Truth

  A calendar model comes to life in Corky's fantasy; Paige foils a rape by Becca's English teacher (Leigh J. McCloskey).

• Season 4 Episode 3: Premarital Syndrome

  Drew suggests a trial marriage when Corky wants to buy an expensive ring for Amanda.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Exposed

  Becca hangs Jesse's revealing portrait of her in the bookstore, to Drew's dismay.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Bec to the Future

  Becca imagines herself at 45 having haunting memories of Jesse; Jesse foresees rough times for him and Becca.

Life Goes On: Season 3 (1991 - 1992)

• Season 3 Episode 22: Consenting Adults

  The Thachers throw a block party for Paige's wedding; Jesse tells Becca he's moving away with his mother.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Confessions

  The accident renders Corky mute and Tyler near death; after an encounter with Michael, Paige wants to move up her wedding.

• Season 3 Episode 20: More Than Friends

  With Drew and Libby away, Becca and Jesse plan a party; Kenny proposes to Paige; Tyler and Corky are in a car accident.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Corky's Romance

  The parents of Corky's girlfriend try to end their relationship; Becca vies in a scholarship program for the needy.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Hearts and Flowers

  Becca proposes to Jesse, then plans a June wedding; Paige asks Kenny to slow down; Becca visits Jesse's hospice.

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Fairy Tale

  An assortment of characters answer a personals ad placed in Paige's name; Corky submits Libby's fairy tale to a magazine contest.

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Blues

  Drew hires Jesse to get to know him better, but Becca thinks they're spending too much time together.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Wall

  Jesse challenges Becca to live for the moment; Tyler reveals his feelings for Becca; Corky finds an abandoned infant at the theater.

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Room

  Libby, Becca and Paige remodel a hidden room upstairs; Becca ponders early graduation's effect on her and Jesse.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Jerry's Deli

  Corky advances at the theater, but Drew needs him at the restaurant; Jerry (Ray Buktenica) quits his business.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Struck by Lightning

  A bolt of lightning hitting the house affects each family member.

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Smell of Fear

  Becca fears visiting hospitalized Jesse; the Thachers cope with the school Christmas pageant.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Triangles

  Corky falls for a girl at work; Becca helps Jesse search for the girl who infected him.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Loaded Question

  After the house is robbed, Drew considers getting a gun.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Invasion of the Thacher Snatchers

  Corky imagines his family as extraterrestrials after seeing an alien movie.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Dueling Divas

  Libby's visiting cousin (Patti LuPone in a dual role) exerts her influence on the Thachers.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Life After Death

  Becca falls for Jesse, then learns he has tested positive for the HIV virus.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Sweet 16

  Becca and Tyler face a decision; Corky gets his first paycheck, then overdraws his account.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Armageddon

  Drew's stint as househusband strains the marriage; Becca imagines life with Tyler at age 40.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Out of the Mainstream

  Corky offers a classmate study help; fifth-year qualms strain Tyler's relationship with Becca.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Hello, Goodbye

  Drew decides not to rebuild; Becca could go to Paris as an exchange student; Paige and Corky get jobs.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Toast

  The Thachers face big decisions in the wake of the restaurant's loss.

Life Goes On: Season 2 (1990 - 1991)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Proms and Prams

  Libby wonders what life would have been like with an ex-boyfriend (Ben Murphy), then goes into labor.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Lighter Than Air

  Libby seeks a better job at the ad agency; Corky and Zoe try to find out who Tyler is dating.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Arthur

  Corky befriends another youth with Down's syndrome who must cope with his mother's death.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Ghost of Grandpa Past

  The ghost of his grandfather (Bert Remsen) advises Drew on the eve of his restaurant's sale.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Thanks a Bunch, Dr. Lamaze

  The impending birth prompts personality changes in Drew; Becca pens a scathing article on school athletes.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Corky's Travels

  Visiting Paige in Chicago, Corky finds himself at loose ends in the city when her car breaks down.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Head Over Heels

  Becca has a crush on her gym teacher; Gina moves out after Drew disapproves of a younger beau.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Last Stand in Glen Brook

  To her father's chagrin, Becca protests a record-store owner's (Quincy Jones) arrest for selling obscene material.

• Season 2 Episode 14: The Bigger Picture

  Corky can't accept his teacher's taking another job; tension mounts between Gina and her mother.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Isn't It Romantic?

  Cupid's arrow strikes Becca and a classmate, Paige and her beau, Libby's boss and Gina, and Hans the cook.

• Season 2 Episode 12: The Bicycle Thief

  Corky wants to compete in a bicycle marathon.

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Buddy

  A friend advises Drew how to make fast money; Becca has trouble sharing her room with her cousin.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Libby's Sister

  Libby's sister (Mary Page Keller) and niece come to help during Libby's final stages of pregnancy.

• Season 2 Episode 9: A Thacher Thanksgiving

  Corky imagines the Thachers at the first Thanksgiving; Drew meets a down-and-out former classmate.

• Season 2 Episode 8: La Dolce Becca

  A fast crowd fascinates Becca; Drew gets a surprise after saving a customer from choking.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Chicken Pox

  Libby must run everything when Drew, Becca and Corky contract chicken pox.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Halloween

  Corky won't remove his mask at a Halloween party; being alone in the house spooks Becca.

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Banquet Room Renovation

  Corky is jealous of a boy doing work on the restaurant; a dog-food account tries Libby.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Becca and the Band

  Becca manages Tyler's band; Libby mulls going back to her old job; guest Ray Buktenica.

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Visitor

  Libby's ambivalence about pregnancy affects Corky.

• Season 2 Episode 2: Corky and the Dolphins

  In Hawaii: Corky befriends a dolphin; Becca falls for a surfer; Drew and Libby meet an unusual couple.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Honeymoon From Hell

  Raffle-winner Corky sends his parents on a Hawaiian honeymoon.

Life Goes On: Season 1 (1989 - 1990)

• Season 1 Episode 22: The Spring Fling

  Becca winds up with two dates for the spring formal.

• Season 1 Episode 21: With a Mighty Heart

  Drew learns why his father (Pat Hingle) joined the Peace Corps.

• Season 1 Episode 20: Save the Last Dance for Me

  Becca's aged dance teacher (Viveca Lindfors) must enter a nursing home.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Becca and the Underground Newspaper

  Becca zealously reports a story about a janitor with a record, in the school paper.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Pig O' My Heart

  Corky adopts a pig to fill the void of Paige's leaving.

• Season 1 Episode 17: It Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be

  Becca vies with a dreaded rival for scholarship money in a beauty pageant.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Corky Rebels

  Corky's rebellion shocks all; a community benefit show reunites Libby and an obnoxious rival.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Brothers

  Drew and Corky encourage a boy with Down's syndrome to compete in the Special Olympics, against his father's wishes.

• Season 1 Episode 14: The Return of Uncle Richard

  Drew's free-spirited brother arrives for a family funeral; the wake unsettles Corky.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Thacher and Henderson

  At a high-school reunion, Drew encounters a former friend who involved him in a bad business deal.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Corky's Crush

  Corky experiences his first crush; Libby's parents say they're splitting up.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Pets, Guys and Videotape

  Paige goes to work for a short-tempered veterinarian.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Ordinary Heroes

  Drew faces a career decision; Libby and Drew counsel the parents of a newborn with Down's syndrome.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Corky Witnesses a Crime

  Equipment manager Corky sees the coach (Denis Arndt) hit a player.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Call of the Wild

  Drew goes to work on a housing project that would desecrate a sacred Indian burial ground.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Paige's Mom

  Libby suspects the intentions of Drew's ex-wife, who offers to take Paige to live in London.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Paige's Date

  Drew thinks he fixed Paige up with the ideal guy.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Becca's First Love

  Becca experiences first love; the family experiences the fallout.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Break a Leg, Mom

  Corky will take remedial math if Libby auditions for a community revue.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Corky for President

  Class-president candidate Corky's sudden popularity changes his relationships.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Corky heads for his first day in high school; Becca balks at having Corky in the same class.